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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Cmon Duran!
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Close, but I have to go with this one https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/1/4/3833034/an-oral-history-of-nick-punto-sliding-headfirst-into-first-base
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Row Labels Average of W% Average of ALC Finish Sum of Playoffs Count of Year % Playoff Falvine 52.20% 2.142857143 3.5 7 50.0% Baldelli 52.95% 2.2 2.5 5 50.0% Molitor 50.31% 2 1 2 50.0% Smith 51.07% 2.25 2 4 50.0% Gardenhire 51.07% 2.25 2 4 50.0% Ryan 47.38% 3.333333333 4 18 22.2% Gardenhire 50.94% 2.666666667 4 9 44.4% Kelly 43.81% 4.142857143 0 7 0.0% Molitor 43.83% 3.5 0 2 0.0% Grand Total 49.05% 2.896551724 9.5 29 32.8% I gave the current year a currently first place and currently in line for a post season berth (.5 out of 1 in the playoff column) How much leash will Falvine get with the Pohlads? Probably alot, look at how much they gave Terry Ryan. How much will Baldelli get from Falvine? Likely less but still another year or two.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Care to elaborate? Hard to discuss one line.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    But would you rather watch Luis Arraez hit and watch Devin Smeltzer, and Randy Dobnak pitch? Plus the parade of relievers? Have we forgotten about 2022 already?
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Thanks for kicking it off!
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Right here
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Yup, even with his bonuses per start, he’s not making alot, 10 mil or something like that. I like the idea to pay him his start bonus anyways. He’ll come well short of that 10m
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    How in the world is it possible to know, prove, or disprove any of this? It isn’t fair to question his motives or dedication.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Is that code for “we can’t get anything for him”?
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Yup, middle of the pack in runs created, 20th in OPS, league leading Ks, all accurate, all leading us to the conclusion: Room for Improvement. how much improvement? with a +46 run differential but an offense that says 0 or even negative…. It won’t take much of a boost for this team to go on a tear.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    How’s Royce’s knee? He’s looking really good, and if Miranda can show today, what he did last year, I want both in the lineup
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    They are ranked 8th league wide in homeruns, 16th in slugging percentage, 20th in OPS. I agree, hitting is what’s holding this team back, but they aren’t without power. They’re league average on the run creation metrics. The Yankees are right there with the Twins. They’re 17th in payroll, league average hitting, one of the best pitching staffs in baseball, and middle of the pack in terms of record, plus 45 in run differential, 4th in the AL. Looking at the injuries, how poorly Buck and Correa have hit, and Larnach, Wallner, and Julien mashing in triple A, I have optimism this team will begin to hit better and dominate the ALC soon. It’s not all doom and gloom, even if this team is very frustrating to watch right now.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Royce, 28.2 sprint speed, ranked 108
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    What kind of Reliver is Kepler worth? We already have Emilio Pagan? I don’t want two Pagans!
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Oh, and Thielbar’s return should help alot
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Fangraphs splits tool does that. here’s Bullpen ranks by WHIP, Twins are 10th here it is by WPA, Twins rank 15 and is in aggregate positive, which tells me the bullpen might not be blowing it as much as it feels. They’re around 500, so WPA wouldn’t be really high. Twins starters are 3rd in WHIP 4th in ERA First in WAR
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sub Wallner for Kepler (IL, DFA, whatever) and IL Buck for Julien and these could have been much different games
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Great article!
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    That video was full of nuggets! TR says “don’t bat him third, bat him lead off”: I read that as “get him the most at bats possible”, and Dougie Baseball read it as “I’m right and don’t need numbers to tell me that the three hole gets more sliders”. Why the heck would position in the lineup dictate how you pitch to him?
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Yup, and deflects mistakes then asks for credit. He did say the “we made a mistake in developing Buxton”, but really disjointed. That was weird
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    I bet the age for MLB viewership skews older than other sports. gotta get mom’s building a firestick and a teenager to run it
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    That’s the hindsight 20/20 thing that I come back to. In what we now know was a lost season, why didn’t they get his knee repaired right away and end his season early last year? Maybe coulda, woulda, shoulda…. He’s 100% and an all star. I know, we can’t know or speculate, but I can’t help myself, playing on the bum knee last year might have contributed to the extended recover this year.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    This gets at the heart of the debate. Is Buxton’s health and capability to play CF in Falvine and Baldelli’s control? I don’t think we know if he is healthy enough and capable to play CF. I do think the FO and Baldelli know. I also think if Buxton were healthy enough and capable to play CF, he would be. everyone, Buxton, Baldelli, Falvey, Correa, would rather have Buck in CF than DH.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Ugh…
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