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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Byron Buxton, Alex Kirilloff, Jose Miranda and Jorge Polanco have never played their positions before? I think a little more research might help assuage your fear.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think your observations are astute, but maybe weighed a bit too heavily against Baldelli. Keep in mind that Baldelli and his coaching staff have them to mold and sculpt for a couple seasons. Most of these players have played professionally for 4-6 years before getting to the bigs, many of them for several years in the bigs before Baldelli coaches them, and all of them for 8-10 years before becoming professionals. it takes more than a season or two, to undo 15 years of coaching. also, the FO has acquired a crap-ton of lumbering three-true-outcomes hitters. You can’t make Willie-Mays-Hayes out of Trevor Larnach. They apparently have identified the gap and are addressing it, but again, it’ll take more than an off-season to make that transition
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    as Fort Myers was heavily impacted by the hurricane last year and @se7799@Squirrel discusses in the other thread, I thought it might be good to discuss on it’s own thread how TDers are navigating the very challenging Spring Training Accommodations. I can’t make it this year, but my usual air BnB is gone :(
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Might wait until they need the 40 man spot to add him to the 60 day? edit: after rereading @Rosterman’s post, they have to fill the vacancy with the 60 day transaction definitionally, so yes…. they can’t reduce to 39 players on the 40 via 60 day il, answering my own question.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Life is a best ball scramble, keeping score is optional
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Golf cart with a couch, and winery so you can wine/golf/couch/drunk/best shape of your multi-tasking-life
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    this goat doesn’t hibernate, and like the Bally pitch clock is very subtle.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed I think Polanco and Gordon will get the most lead off plate appearances, but it’ll change a lot.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    I picked 80-85. Starting pitching looks much better, but still look like they’ll struggle to score runs. The floor is raised, not the ceiling.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Over-under on number of days until he is waived again: 2.5?
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Concur!
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  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    Umpiring the new rules Will they convert another marginal SP minor leaguer into a reliever and go north with him?
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    So many choices! My guess is Bert’s Blues, for…. reasons…..
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    I voted for Lopez. Last year he would have led the starters in FWAR, IP, WPA and second in FIP. Mahle I believe will be a close second. He was 3rd of the starters in FWAR and .02 WPA behind Ryan for second place and he was injured a huge chunk of the season. Add in the improved secondary offering…. Man, oh man…
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    10 billion dollars (the last reported revenue number I saw for MLB wide) is 10 thousand millions. We don’t know what happens inside of that 10 billion in revenue to have a clear picture of their cost of goods sold to know if they can or can’t afford what, but total opening MLB payroll last year was 3.5 billion. 10-3.5= 6.5 billion (6,500 million) gross profit less overhead (building operations, management salaries, etc) plus team revenue (the revenue teams don’t share like apparel and food sales) makes me think that even the poorest of the poor team can afford to spend more than they do. Capitalism went out the door for MLB in the 1960s, the disparity amongst teams is self inflicted, and if the MLB got out of its own way to a actually deliver its products to fans in accessible modes, how much more could they earn? How many more fans could they attract if it didn’t cost $1,500 per year to watch baseball games only if you live in certain areas and if you live in others it costs $500 per year, and if you live in some areas there’s no amount of money you can spend. It’s nuts!
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Jack, it is so awesome getting your nuggets in the threads
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Starting Left Fielder as he beats out Joey Gallo for playing time
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Martin and Arraez might profile as similar types of hitters, but Martin hasn’t shown the contact skill. Maybe it’s there, maybe he’ll develop some power too, but he’d be a late bloomer. I hope he does take those skills to the next level. I’m rooting for him.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    From the Athletic: "A team source said Balazovic was struck in the jaw after he was involved in a verbal altercation at an unidentified local establishment last Saturday night. Balazovic never threw a punch of his own and there are no legal issues stemming from the incident."
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Trevor Rogers is a starter in Miami. Did you mean Taylor Rogers?
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed that revenue sharing probably doesn’t need MLBPA approval, but I have to believe a Salary Cap would. I imagine the only way the PA agrees to a cap, is if it comes with a floor (as a starting point). agreed, the issue isn’t the Mets spending Monopoly money, it’s the Rays (and Cleveland, etc) spending so little.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Related, The Athletic has a great story on what the potential Diamond Group/Bally RSN bankruptcy means for the three sports: https://theathletic.com/4219468/2023/02/17/bally-sports-rsn-nba-nhl-mlb-broadcasts/?access_token=12044139&redirected=1 The takeaway quote: “I hope we get to the point where on the digital side, when you go to MLB.TV, you can buy whatever the heck you want,” Manfred said Feb. 16. “You can buy the out-of-market package. You can buy the local games, you can buy two sets of local games — whatever you want. I mean, that is, to me, the definition of what is going to be a valuable digital offering going forward.” in the article, it briefly mentions MLB’s plan B if Diamond does file. I think that the potential Bankruptcy of Diamond is greatly accelerating the talks of MLB changing the financials as a whole, because the owners are in a pickle.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    That’s Beast’s point, in the old days you didn’t spout your mouth because of this. the consequences are very real even if you can’t be punched over the internet. My point here is empathy is the tool of progress. empathy for Jordy too
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well said, but violence shouldn’t be the answer. Bottom line, there are consequences for all of our actions, and our society needs to reestablish norms of respect that have shifted away from where I (and many people) believe they should be. As a member of the mod team here at TD, I can tell you we work very hard at keeping that norm on the message boards without resorting to fisticuffs. this is an easy assumption to jump to, clearly I don’t know what happened, probably won’t ever know, and if I were to find out Jordy Blaze was a victim of unforeseen circumstances, it’s unfortunate, but usually these circumstances are pretty apparent and easily avoided. From a baseball perspective, this was a make or break year for Balazovich. I was really hoping for a “make”, but it’s really hard to consume a nutritious athlete’s diet through a straw. Ominous signs…
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