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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Right, but there’s too many Duffeys and Pagans, Need more Durans and Smiths
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Duffey has -1.09 WPA, .491 ERA and 33% HR/FB. He has had some improved outings lately, but has not shed his low leverage label from me, yet
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    The 14 pitcher rule was pushed back to the 19th
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    I really like how you phrased this. Individual perception based on their lived experience is real, and how people make their decisions. We all do. Inflationary effects are also perceptive. Inflation gets thrown around as this 2% or 5% or 8% of GDP, but it does not effect all products equally, so individuals feel it differently. We all make our decisions based on our individual experiences.
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  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Great work as always Sherry! I believe Josh had another long relief appearance this week. Is that to keep him stretched out for his next turn? Bundy and Archer look toasty, I’d think Archer would be in the Pen and Winder start.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed and to add, we’ve seen how quickly perceived depth can be depleted. 3 weeks ago there was a perceived glut of starting pitching, and now it’s looking rather meager again. There’s only 17 fielders on the 40 man roster. Trading Urshela or another DFA type of move to DH force a roster spot for Lewis will make that even more difficult in the certain event of an injury
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Can we all agree in our disdain for SkorNorth?
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don’t think Molitor or Mientkewics were fired for their record or their acumen, or coaching capability. i don’t know why they were fired, but my guess is it had more to do with their ability to collaborate with Falvey and Levine. Modern MBA theory promotes matrix decision making over hierarchical. Mientkewics specifically was characterized in the media as “it’s my clubhouse, not your business” and Molitor kinda had that vibe, though he clearly tried to fit the matrix, but “my clubhouse” would not fit in the matrix decision making process. Putting that into context with some of Baldelli’s comments about Buxton’s health management plan and other decisions it seems clear to me that Baldelli subscribes. that might be some of the deltas on perception we see. Being a team player in decision making doesn’t make Baldelli indecisive or Counsell decisive, it might be that the Brewers fans having had their FO somewhat longer than the Twins, might be better used to the management model in place for quite some time longer than the Twins where the Hierarchical management had been in place basically forever.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    IKR! @Melissa Berman really ground out that at bat! The full Luis Arraez experience in excellent prose.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Awesome analysis! Really great work
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    To @Trov’s point, just like actual theft, base stealing deterrence is way more effective at mitigating runs than actually catching steals. It’s not a great measurement at any sample size.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    Just a little stitious I am now jealous and need to get my own Richie figurine
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Chemistry is literally ingredients, tools and process. Good process for chemistry is built on the scientific method, to isolate changes in the process or ingredients to differentiate effects and documentation appropriately. it seems the Twins have taken a similar approach. The ingredients: players, coaches, team management. They have a good cocktail of ingredients. Tools and Process: communication, culture, practices/drills, rest, rhythms and patterns in the clubhouse. The combination of ingredients, tools and process is the recipe, just like baking a cake. Process and ingredients work together. If you take out your eggs, crack them, and then take out your bowl, you just threw your eggs on the floor and wrecked the cake. Conversely, you can bake a cake all day long, but if you don’t have a leavening agent it won’t rise. Process without ingredients, ingredients without process, either makes for a bad cake. and so work place chemistry, team chemistry is very similar. The right people, right tools, right process, makes for a high performing team. Outcomes can be external, if the flour delivery truck delivers late it breaks down the chemistry, but that normalizes over time (and why we carry safety stock/strong bench) edit to add: unlike literal ingredients to chemistry reactions, people don’t come with specification documentation and certificates of lot conformance. Sometimes you have to adjust process, and sometimes you have to adjust ingredients to get the right chemical reaction
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Mod note: @RpR @jmlease1 @wabene @Schmoeman5 quit bickering and accusing each other of trolling. knock it off
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    PSA: Come join us in the game threads, it’s loads of fun!
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    it’s Richie! :)
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Thanks for clarifying! it wouldn’t shock me if they stayed 14 pitchers, but the lefty/righty matchup hitting has been so hampered by the short bench. I’d guess they try to pickup a righty bench bat off waivers.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    They have to go to 13 pitchers or fewer on May1.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    And Jucy Lucy’s? I bet Matt’s would chip in some burgers.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    It would be cool if the player text (in red) linked to article mentions and prospect profiles (and maybe b-ref page)
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    651 slg? 990 ops?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Duh! YES! btw, love that swagger. All that flex as he strutted the bases on the walk off… awesome. looking forward to a whole lotta swagger going forward.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    I’ve never run a marathon, but I typically run 2 half marathon’s per year. At least in a half marathon, the OP is correct, it’s really hard to finish the race if you stumble too hard out of the gate. When you’re stuck at the back of the pack and can’t stretch your legs, find your comfortable pace, you get bogged down in frustration. I imagine that is true of baseball as well, and some of the wisdom in the “consistency” phrase that gets thrown around. If a player is inconsistent, they are too reactive to the dictation around them. In the long distance run, it’s finding your place at the gate before the gun fires. too far forward and you’re being stepped on, shoved and trampled by runners who are way faster than you, or sprinting and running out of gas… Too far back and you can’t get through the pack. Find the right spot and you can set your stride and maintain. Adjustments come along the way as you avoid obstacles, but it’s much easier to find your pace again when the pack isn’t dictating your speed. Similarly I suppose, for a hitter. Adjustments are the name of the game, if a batter is too responsive, pitchers and catchers can manipulate and dictate how the at-bat, game, series and season goes. Consistently keeping within your game, making small adjustments, not big ones, and practicing patience can help the batter not give the pitcher too much sway.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    ME TOO!
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