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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    It's great to hear some optimism regarding May. I hope you are right.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    On the flip side Vance Worley has the most value to other teams as a starter, and Deduno and Diamond are more likely to pass through waivers were they DFA'd. I'm ok with The Vanimal being the 5th starter because both Correia and Worley can be moved to make room for Prospects as the season goes on. I'm happy with Deduno in the pen as I don't see his success last season translating to sustained success as a starter. I think his effectiveness depends on being "wild" which will lead to more unearned runs with the high repetition of starting. Being in the bullpen allows Deduno to provide valuable outs and minimizes exposure. What value do you think Diamond has to the Twins or can return via trade? Would he pass through waivers?
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    All hail!
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Your wife and my wife are shockingly similar... This would be funny if it wasn't so close to home.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    It would be great if Buxton pushed the issue in spring training, but I think Hicks will bounce back following his "slow starter" pattern.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    When it was first hinted at that he Twins and Pelf were in negotiations before the Twins signed any other pitchers, I said I would be ok with Pelf resigning if he were signed as the back end of a good rotation rather than the centerpiece of a crap rotation. Its a mixed bag, but generally this rotation (big stretch) should be much better. I'm mostly ok with Pelf. He could surprise me.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Very good point. The defense struggled last year too, and so far (offseason is still young) the Twins have only upgraded at first base and downgraded at catcher. All I've heard for FA defensively is upgrading at catcher.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    All of your rejiggering is lineup but sadly the pitching is worse. Spending 20 mil in lineup and 20 mil in pitching makes them 2010 de ja vu. 2014 is lost. Lets think like this in 2015 where spending 40 mil in pitching and batting combined makes the Twins actually competitive for post season success.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    You're right that Plouffe should be a 5 or 6 hitter, and you're right that the 2 hitter should be able to bunt. I also agree that Gardy doesn't have a good enough roster to make this type of situation work to his advantage. And I don't argue that its time for Gardy to move on. Where I struggle is the assumption that just because it was a bunting situation, Gardy had to give Plouffe the bunt sign, and anything less is managerial incompetence. I didn't see the sign, but maybe Plouffe ignored/didn't see it. Or maybe Gardy didn't think Plouffe could put down the bunt, so what the heck, let's let our right handed hitter with some power try to pull a home run down the line. It is the AL after all.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Gil4 - would your proposal of an additional Brooklynn team in the AL East move Toronto to AL central, the Twins to the AL south, and Colorado to the West? You could also swap Toronto to Central and Cleveland the East, but Cleveland and Toronto are so close, you'd want them in the same division if you could manage it. Teflon - I like it, but one concern. Talent dilution is already becoming an issue, adding two more teams (and all of the development teams that would be required to go with them) may decrease the quality of play, especially starting pitching. As far as scheduling goes, I really like the proposal. It's fun to think of an expansion team in Monterray Mexico. I think maybe Phoenix might be a good AL West expansion.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    His stats are trending in the right direction. Get him healthy and back in the bigs
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Took my Dad and Dad-in-law for Father's Day to game 2. Had a great time. Hope to see Plouffe keep it up. It would be nice if he gave the Twins a reason to move him to 2nd base when Sano gets called up.
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