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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    i think it is less a reassessment of strategy, than it is a reassessment of assets over time. Depending on both May and Meyer in 2015 or 2016 might be too big of a gamble for TR.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Molitor's stance on statistical analysis is encouraging. Like others I don't care if players believe in all the hocum. I do care if the analysis shows up on the field as improved methods, positioning, routes, for hitting, fielding, pitching and player development and retention. That's where player buy-in is important with Sabremetrics. Will the player, coaches, and player personnel execute on all of the information, or just the convenient information?
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Fabulous! Thanks for sharing Sarah. While I am a terrible pros writer, I do appreciate it very much.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    one important difference. These players aren't Molitor's kids or wives. Molitor is their manager, leader of their coaching staff. If the coaching staff can't do it, then what is the point of having them?
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    i'd rather see the same outfield from September than see Arcia and Hunter in the same outfield. If you aren't going to improve in the key area for improvement, then why change? The hitting was top 5 scoring in baseball. Is the plan to have football game scores? Twins beat Pale Hose 27 to 25 night in night out?
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    why would you trade Arcia, Pinto or Vargas who all have options, to keep a 40 year old on a 1 year contract?
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Hunter, Molitor, or Ryan? With moves like this, all three could be gone by August.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Willihammer, you nailed it, Sano is a question, until it is answered, stand pat year to year. Unless a trade comes that knocks your socks off, then comes the value part... If the trade is good enough, plan B is Escobar.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    while I am in the resign camp, I very much agree with this idea. Sell high is absolutely a good concept, and one that I think fits this situation much better than wait and see. Wait and see goes one of two ways. 1 Dozier lives down to pessimistic standards and the team failed to capitalize on presumed trade value from two good seasons. 2 Dozier lives up to optimistic standards and costs more money to resign or go through arbitration. Do the deuce or stand up, don't just sit on the throne and wait for something to happen.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    we don't really know how Dozier is going to play in the future, but we know even less about the alternatives. Knowing what we know today, wouldn't you say Dozier is every bit the valuable player to the Twins that Span was? Certainly closer in quality to Span than Blackie.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'd sign him, but it might be too team friendly to entice Dozier to agree. Yes it's a risk, but much less of one than the Crapsshoot that is the minor leagues or trying to find a replacement via free agency. Let's face it, Polanco might be ML ready in three years if the stars align. If he does work out, you have equity to trade. Win-win
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    why? What makes playing a game for a long time necessarily a trait of an experienced coach. Doesn't coaching make someone an experienced coach? Is coaching equal to managing? I don't know, but because pitching coaches rarely make good managers, I would assume an experienced coach may or may not make a good manager.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    I like the idea of the Twins hiring a coaching staff that is not bound by conventional wisdom. Maybe a big group of rookies can break out of the confines that might otherwise hold this team back.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have my doubts Plouffe and Dozier will take large steps. Their development as players should be incremental. Arcia on the other hand has room for making the big jump.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    I wouldn't call it unrepeatable. They've had similar stretches (granted with washed up old has-beens or never-was' on the roster) in each of the last 4 seasons. However I agree that there are reasons for optimism. BABIP will continue to be really poor for starters and relievers unless the team acquires both a LF and CF. With Buxton on the horizon, I don't see that happening. Maybe LF free agent could happen, or maybe a minor leaguer (Rosario or other) could surprise this spring.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Guys like Maddon don't just quit without the next step planned out. It shouldn't come as a surprise that it ended up being a team closer to contention and in a larger market and TV deal than the Twins.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'm in such a state of shock, you could knock me over with a feather! It will be interesting to see how the coaching staff is made up. I would assume the bench coach will be a strong former MLB or MiLB manager.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    we do have a bit of chicken and egg here. Did Gardy play the younger players, or was he forced to by TR relieving Gardy of Willingham, Correia, Florimon, and not signing a staring CF? Although I think Gardy's preference is the young speedy glove guys, there's no doubt he'd rarher have old speedy glove guys, but old speedy glove guys don't really exist.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    These are great summaries on their respective seasons. I look forward to reading more. this summarizes why I think TR probably is going to shop for a quality LF this offseason, possibly a 3 year contract. Because Hicks just went from possible LF of the future, to not quite certain 4th outfielder of the future.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    If I owned the Twins I would make the beer almost free just to make the team palatable... And I like cheaper beer than $8 per glass
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    .289/.387/.805 with 6 home runs isn't good enough at first base. Catcher would be fantastic, but first is just ok. I don't want my 3rd batter with 2 men on and down by two runs with two outs in the9th inning to take a walk and leave the game winner to the guys behind him. I want him to swing like he's trying to win the game.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Vargas might be the first baseman with Sano the DH, it's hard to tell, the point is, more talent is better than less.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don't think Buxton and Sano "solves" the outfield issue. I don't think this moves precludes TR from signing/trading for a top tier LF and signing a top of the rotation type starting pitcher, but adding Buxton and Sano plus a couple key players certainly helps turn this team around quickly.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well said. I am most encouraged that 2014 seemed to dispel 2013 as a fluke. Instead of "regressing" he did all of the good things from 2013 similarly or getter and improved in other ways. Definitely a guy to look forward to in 2015.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    The other side of this is, if a batter is feeling defensive, such as Plouffe, regardless of the data, is he more likely to swing at a marginal pitch because he thinks the situation is not in his favor. In other words, maybe Plouffe wasn't wrung up looking because he swung at pitches he didn't like, or managed to get hits in instances that were less than ideal pitch situations.
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