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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Spell check got you, I believe and agreed Walton Goggins is a treasure, though I am not up to date on the shows, I’m adding to me queue
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed!
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Royce “Sticky Fingers” Lewis… keep swiping those bags!
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/2164747/tyler-duffey/splits/2021/ according to CBS he was 3 saves in 5 opportunities, it doesn’t jive w/ FG, but maybe CBS ignores 2 inning saves?¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    THIS! Two games, one save opportunity. They’ll give a few guys a shot, including Duffey again, before deciding who the closer(s) will be.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    10million is a small insurance policy/buffer. Prospects are a significant investment and failing them in their development by promoting them too early would be way more costly.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, my guess is Alcala and Duffy would be heavy in the mix, but Duran will get some opportunities too
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    It signals to me that they aren’t satisfied with Archer and Bundy who might have a shorter leash than Happ/Shoemaker
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    I dont like losing Rogers, but you have to give value to get value. The bullpen got worse, but the rotation got better and the floor for the rotation raised, and held onto near ready prospects overall kinda “meh”
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Or go with a 6 man rotation until May 1 and release one of Archer/Bundy depending on who looks least bad
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    As a current Wisconsin resident and casual Brewers fan, you'll see me there from time to time. I miss the days when the Brewers were in the AL East...
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    If this is accurate there wouldn’t be a good bullpen in the MLB because the average start is 5.1 innings and has been for several years. I do agree that managing the workload will be critical for the Twins. Knowing when to pull the hook on a short start, having a long reliever ready, and still be in a position to win a game at least some of the time will be critical. When 4/5 of your rotation hasn’t exceeded 110 innings in a season for 4 years (or never) they are going to have to find a way to win games when they go to the bullpen in the 4th and 5th innings. It’ll happen a lot.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Twins have not spent much on the bullpen in terms of free agency dollars, but Duran in the Pen seems like a significant investment. It took years of development to get him to this point, and that has a ton of value. While Rogers and Duffy might have some potential challenges, they both looked relatively healthy this spring. I’m a lot more confident in the Pen than in the rotation!
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well said Nick! I appreciate your candor on last year’s rotation outlook. While there were many who didn’t like Happ/Shoemaker right out of the gate… I think we all misjudged how bad it would really get. hopefully I’m misjudging the ‘22 rotation to the negative and I’m proven wrong (happily)
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Great first post! Welcome to TD!
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    It’s gotta be Alka-Smeltzer
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Buxton can become baseball’s best CF when Trout moves to another position
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Like this?
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Rooker or Kiriloff will be the primary LF Sano or Kiriloff will be primary 1B Sanchez has played 1B Twice as a major leaguer, I doubt very much he will be in the mix at 1B, and Kiriloff can’t be in two places at once. I predict a lot of yelling at the Radio in your house.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Larnach specifically, I agree, he’s not up because he hasn’t done enough with the bat to take the LF job or be in the rotation for DH. He could very well do that in the first half of the year and be a part of the second half of the MLB season.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, DH won’t be as static as it used to be. maybe a better way to phrase my question: is Sanchez more of an emergency catcher?
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    If Kirillof is the starting LF and Sano is the 1B, then Sanchez is the defacto DH?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    1) Urshela and Arraez in aggregate seem to be very similar hitters. It should be a very open competition on who starts at 3B. 2) I’d be very OK if Sanchez never actually played C and they carried 2 catchers (Godoy and Jeffers) but feel like Godoy will start in StP so they can carry more relievers and just like 5th starter, won’t play Sanchez at C very much to start the season. 3) Larnach needs to earn his way into playing time. He needs to hit before worrying about a platoon advantage 4) yes
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    He already did clear waivers, that’s what “outrighted” means. He cleared outright assignment waivers and stayed with the team
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    One of Bundy or Archer is fine, but both is a bad sign for this rotation. Yuck
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