Richie the Rally Goat
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The League (not necessarily the Owners) wants to change the incentive structure for the teams. Sharing TV revenue equally means the way to earn more money is getting fans in the seats. Today, revenue sharing model incents teams outside of the top tier, to not try to win. The murky middle loses the most in our current model which is largely why the mlb is failing. The murky middle is where competition should be the strongest! the ceiling gives the top end owners a reason to sign on, the floor gives the players something to sign on to. while the two sides are a loooong way apart, I’m encouraged in the direction. edit to add, throwing more money into the player pool will be interesting. Will there be more or less service time shenanigans? Will the top end contracts get bigger relative to the league like quarterbacks in the NFL? Will players reach free agency more or less frequently?- 86 replies
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Brooks Lee is Built for the Big Moment
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Sam Caulder's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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Putting balls in play increases the opportunities, which should stabilize to a bell curve if the outcomes are completely random. agreed, the outcomes are not completely random, the Twins do have an impact via running, steals, etc but the pendulum swings both ways. Those outcomes can go badly just as much as go in the Twins favor.
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The Twins have been beneficiaries of absolute dog crap fielding from their opponents. https://www.aarongleeman.com/fact-or-fiction-have-the-twins-opponents-played-horrible-defense-against-them/ I have to believe -21 runs prevented against them will regress to the mean as the season wears on. The Twins +4 run differential looks really different were they to play against league average run prevention. color me skeptical of the resilience
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Agreed, usage has a lot to do with Banda’s improvement. I also think it’s the high variability he and all the other mediocre relief pitchers go through. He’s had similar bad stretches and good stretches in the past, but his overall stats look pretty similar to his career. look for Banda to crap the bed and be lights out over a few more stretches this season
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100% agreed the most disappointing part about 2025 is that we didn’t see last August and September as development time for post-hype starters converting to relievers.
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Agreed, quick to judge, but encouraging start
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Gray reinstated Gabby back to St Paul
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I read it as a coaching staff caricature, that hasn’t had an answer for Sim or most of the bullpen.
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encouraging to see Gabby take a walk
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like dust in the wind
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Tristan Gray to Paternity List Gabriel Gonzalez recalled from St Paul
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Former Twins. Where are They Now? 2026 Edition
Richie the Rally Goat replied to stringer bell's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Possibly the second worst trade in Twins history.- 321 replies
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Outman should be the Paternity leave fill in who’s pinch running and defensive specialist.
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Let’s start his clock because he’s the best option they have at either SS or 3B? When Gray comes back, send down Outman, keep Lee and Culpepper on the left side of the diamond, Kreidler and Martin can hold down center while Buck is injured.
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While St Paul is technically in Minnesota, the big league club is in Minneapolis
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Traded? For what? If he doesn’t show he can win a job for this disaster of a team, one that has been rostering Outman on the bench… how can you possibly expect a guy out of options, in arbitration, requiring a 26 man roster spot with no defensive ability and lost at the plate bring back anything in return when he would likely be available on a minor league deal when he gets DFA’d? They wouldn’t get cash for him, because his only value would be if he cleared waivers
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They play in a terrible league too. 3 days ago the West Sacramento As led the AL West with a below .500 record and still today Texas, the third Wildcard, is below .500. The Twins are absolutely contenders right now. To be clear, my view is the state of the AL in 2026 should not entice Zoll to go all-in on 2026. They should not behave like contenders, they should continue to rebuild the bullpen and get younger in the field. This team is still very old. what sucks about this trade deadline is the injuries could torpedo any value they could get to bolster the future. While the AL is a mess, the NL is a horse race with a ton of potential buyers of front line starting pitching and mashing catchers
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I don’t “hope” the Twins trade away Bell, it’s a precondition for me to see Wallner in the bigs. i hope Wallner crushes it to make a case for the Twins to trade away Bell to make a roster spot for him.
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I want to see his swing path and attack angle consistently closer to 2023/24. Up and in pitches getting beaten in to the dirt and doing nothing with meatballs is a bad sign. Agreed with the OP, I also want to see consistently better pitch selection he’s swinging at everything, including balls and pitches he can’t do anything with. The last thing I want to see is not ever being in the outfield. This means waiting for Bell to be traded away, so he can full time DH. WOOF!
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They show up for has-beens they do not show up for never-was
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Sure did, 1 for 4 with two runs batted in. Looked terrible before the rain delay, didn’t stay up for the end.
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For the record I think Culpeper staying down is more for Lee than for Lewis.
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Richie’s thought bubble: “the last thing I want to see is Kody Clemens at SS” … … ”OH! Man am I glad I didn’t post that!” then I posted it anyways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I never thought I would be typing this right now, but Clemens at first base is not the problem. The problem is they haven’t invested into first base at all in decades. Not good free agents or moving actual prospects to first in the minors. They treat the position like they treat the bullpen, both of which drive me a little bonkers when it wouldn’t take a huge investment to make a big difference. Right now, my priority would be getting Lewis and the bullpen sorted out. Maybe the reset with Lewis involves a move to 1B in the minors?
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