Richie the Rally Goat

Good job Thielbar! words I did not think I would type together

Wheels coming off…

holy crap! Gray out for the 7th!

“The” I believe…. “Incredible Joke Teller” I do not

It’s weird down in a river valley here. TV is spotty too, unless you have a really tall antenna

If listeners (not Chief, I know…) are in the Twin Cities metro, WCCO streams the Twins game free theoretically I can listen to ‘CCO over the AM radio, but my house is in a valley and it doesn’t tune in.

Good question. One would think a dermatologist would be familiar enough (or ask) with Tatis’ job to say “run this past the team doctor, if it’s no good, I have these options…”

While true, irrelevant. In this case the player is claiming they used a prescription medication that contained a banned substance. They, or their doctor should have ran it by the team before applying it to Tatis’ scalp.

The reason the starters are limited to 4-5 innings, is as much to do with limiting their workload for the year, as it is limiting their exposure to the opposing lineup. Going to a 4 man rotation increases workload on pitchers who haven’t pitched 150 innings before, or haven’t in several years. The market inefficiency on injured starters tends to reduce available capacity for innings pitched

Back on the Mavericks/Malo thread. I think this fits.

Great article Theo!

I like it, but it would be nice if the box were dynamic. Adjust to the batter and ump tendency, agreed w/ others it does cause consternation

His solo work is really good too!

I can’t wait to visit your non-gender-specific antre. Sounds like a hoot!

Agreed, along with stringer bell, context matters. I would add to that context, not making an out leads to crooked innings. Even if a hitter doesn’t get the RBI, just getting on base without making an out is huge. Player K could have 10 rbi in 78 at-bats but got on base without an out in 30 of the at-bats, time to move him up in the order.

I disagree with this entirely. 1) Jeffers - while not a great hitter, Sanchez hasn’t been since going into the lead role. Sanchez is fine as a platoon guy, but he’s not as good of a hitter to overcome his receiving skills. Outs are outs, and I’ll take put-outs… but value to the team, receiving is way more valuable than throwing as a catching skill. There is on average one successful stolen base per game, league wide, over the course of the season. There are 100 plus pitches thrown per game per team. Getting a higher number of strikes called, fewer passed balls, the frequency is 30:2. Yeah, ideally you’d have a catcher who can do both, but receiving is way more valuable. 2) Larnach rips the cover off the ball @wabene called it out. Additionally, Larnach may not have a ton of range, he makes the sound play. He catches what he gets to, without doing many the risky plays that let the roller bounce around in the corner. As to the OP, I would add a 4th, Jorge Alcala. The pen is MUCH improved, but another shut down reliever would go a long ways towards keeping close games close. The starters are not going to magically become 1990s era workhorses, the bullpen has to be a modern deep flame throwing shut down pen.

Minor league deal

Agreed, they should be looking to add. Im not quite as down on the rotation, likely average, middling, and Maeda coming back from injury has a huge array of possibilities, one of which was Cy Young award candidate in the shortened 20 season to what we saw last year shortened by injuries. Gray is a solid to 20 starting pitcher, Mahle is a solid top 30, and Ryan and Ober are above average 4th/5th starters. they likely lack a top end number 1 starter, have solid to good middle rotation and better than average back. It’s a rotation we’ve become accustomed to, designed to win in the regular season. Average… the wide range of possibilities and risk for injury with Maeda, Ober, Gray and the farm…. I’d love to see an additional front of the rotation starter, but I’ve said that for years….

Stu, you turn your article in early this week. Absolutely hilarious!

Most of the players were in middle school or elementary 15 years ago. We’d be watching 9 year old Jose Miranda and 12 year old Carlos Correa. i wouldn’t mind having hair again though…

Interesting time share thus far at C with Leon starting 4/6 games since the deadline (skipping the 2nd)

Agreed, though I found myself defending his numbers and reading more into them than there really was. I was conflicted about Sano as a Twin because he had shown the tantalizing promise and been accused of harassment that I can’t forgive him for. at least now I don’t have to feel conflicted anymore.

I’m no doctor, but this seems similar to what AK is going through, complete with pictures at the bottom. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29409430/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28391754/

If the Twins were to offer a minor league deal, would Sano accept it? Hard to guess at that, I would lean no.

I’d be pretty upset too, but it’s rather out of character for Rocco to get that heated. I wonder how that plays in the clubhouse and office?