Richie the Rally Goat
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Firmly agree with the OP and @gman. Jax has had a rough month and shouldn’t be this bad forever. Pagan has been a train wreck for 3 years, why see if you can fix him in the 4th, if you couldn’t fix him in the 3rd? further, there’s too many low leverage relievers on this team, they can’t afford to have firmly established low leverage relievers. Stewart was a great find, they need to turn Pagan’s spot over to another kid, see if they have another lightning in a bottle reliever in the minors. -
Giants 4, Twins 3: As Bad As It Gets?
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Steven Trefz's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
1) while they miss having more hitters, this rotation is awesome and P. Lopez has contributed to winning far more games than Arraez would have. Arraez WPA season to date .33, Lopez .70. Lopez has contributed twice as much to win expectancy outcomes as Arraez has. 2/3 - Buxton is still hurt. Is Buxton Perma-DH? 4 - agreed, he likely won’t stay this bad all year. 5 - Duran is the “true closer” and an elite reliever in the MLB. If he’s not good enough, there likely isn’t a reliever good enough for you. the bullpen is a problem, issue is no depth and they haven’t developed or signed depth. 3 reliable relievers out of 8 is not good. 6 - lineup inconsistency, can you provide data to back this up? Do hitters that hit in the same spot in the lineup produce better results? -
Giants 4, Twins 3: As Bad As It Gets?
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Steven Trefz's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This! they also need to hit more. They won’t win many games scoring only 3 runs -
Over Managing Manager of the Year Award
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Riverbrian's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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1B is the new DH? Maybe get Buck a new mitt?
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They’ve done the bonus pool slot maneuvering a few times, and have played it straight a few times. You could be on to their strategy for the draft.
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Series Preview: Slaying Giants?
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Steven Trefz's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Wade has played 6 games in CF field being traded. The Giants don’t see him as a CF.- 5 replies
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Oh man! That is horrible news! Best of luck to Alcala on the recovery path
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Yup! But I don’t mind
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I’ll take shots at Laudner
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Paris France, it’s currently 4:20 AM
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Looking at Fangraphs, WAR/wRC+, 2017 and 2018 were very good seasons for Hicks, and that’s pretty much it. Also, looks like the Twins sold high, not low as they traded him after his 2 WAR 2015 season.
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@Cody Christieyou missed THE pivotal moment in Trevor Plouffe’s media career! January 2020 he was guest at the Twins Daily Winter Meltdown with some guy named Kent Hrbek that jump started his podcasting career im sure it was Gleeman and The Geek and not Jomboy that launched the empire :)
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Go Twins!
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when assessing relievers, I like WPA, Win Probability Added. There was the article about Jax having some bad luck, that seems to jive and Jax would likely be in that 5 range, and Brock Stewart probably wouldn’t be number 1, probably 4 so.. Duran Lopez Thielbar Stewart Jax De Leon Headrick Sands Winder Rodriguez SWR Alcala Pagan Moran Passes the sniff test
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Agreed with your desire for fairness to Pagan, disagree with your assessment. Pagan has a -.27 WPA. I would call that reasonably effective in very low leverage. The problem is, he’s a veteran reliever, Rocco needs the minor league/quad A development pipeline to be those reasonably effective low leverage relievers to try to turn them into effective high leverage relievers. Sands, Winder, Deleon they should be the low leverage guys who become high leverage some day. Pagan needs to succeed under pressure or get DFA’d, but they don’t have anyone chomping at the bit to take his place.
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Mahle is already on the 60. Gordon could go on the 60 too.
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Feel terrible for Nicky G! It has been such a long road to health for him, and now a fracture!
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tip you’re waiters I’m here all week
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manager A .484 Gardy manager B .558 Rocco manager C .471 Molly manager D .478 TK i remember two World Series and 10 years of God-Awful baseball in the TK and Gardy years. There were some magical years in there, don’t get me wrong, but there were just as many terrible ones too.
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I was around for TK and Gardy. career winning percentages manager A .484 manager B .558 manager C .471 manager D .478 pick one
