Richie the Rally Goat
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Bert Blyleven, though he was a trade? The first time…
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He struggled getting out of the 5th, I think it’s a tossup
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Ervin Santana?
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If the Twins don’t get 3+ hits tonight, it’s going to be a miserable game
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Congrats!
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I don’t expect you to, but it’s been a running joke over the last week or so.
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I generally refrain from discussing my NFL allegiance. I accept that this is Vikings country, but I couldn’t help myself on that one
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I already have them! it’s my inspiration!
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We’re jinxed! JINXED!
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Oh good, it’s mostly to entertain me, if you all can get a bit of entertainment with me, all the better
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Another installment of shopping with the enemy. For the lady with questionable taste in sports teams: With the promo code SINGLE you can get this fine park bench for the low low price of $315, you can ensure you remain single.
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I think Ryan can be built up to a 6 inning per start, 200 inning per season pitcher. He’s never come close before, minor league and college seasons are much shorter. spring training was abbreviated, so they starters are still building up the stamina. The days of complete game shut outs are mostly behind us. Just like platoons, most starting pitchers as they get tired have worse outcomes than a fresh reliever even if that reliever is a worse pitcher. i realize that every hall of famer started out as a rookie, but is it really fair to compare Joe Ryan in his first full major league season to Bert Blyleven? Really? He’s top 1% of all players in history.
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Verducci effect
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No, that’s .714 slugging… that’s a 1.000 OPS against lefties 198 wRC+ so he’s only 98% better than average. He had that kind of success in 2019 and 2021 as well. Garlick should absolutely be in the lineup against Lefties. I’d platoon him over Larnach or stick him at DH, and give Gordon as many at bats as I can while Buxton gets back up to game speed and slide Gordon over to LF when Buxton comes back. Gordon has hit better than all of the LF options available (day in and out) but there’s room for both Gordon and Garlick in this morass of a lineup
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The question was “why Garlick over Gordon?”. The answer is if you have a hammer, use if on a nail. Maybe Garlick can be a screwdriver too… I dunno, but that wasn’t the question
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You could be right, I don’t remember the exact speeds, it’s what I looked up from an old article (baseball savant doesn’t keep those stats that far back). My recollection was he didn’t throw hard back then relative to his peers and as others have pointed out, everyone today throws harder than they did back then
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Twins Have Important Reinforcements Close
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Nash Walker's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
He was cleaning up post hurricane in his neighborhood in Florida when he was fired (not a good look by this FO) shortly after the 2017. Rocco was hired after the 2018 season. Your recollection might be more to do with supporting a man who was in a bad spot at the time, not an endorsement for Mientkewics to replace a sitting manager in Paul Molitor who just won manager of the year. Doug Mientkewics has nothing to do with Rocco Baldelli, and nothing to with the current situation.- 42 replies
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I don’t know which is right, but I guarantee that one of the facets in the decision is managing Ryan’s work load so he’s available in September. he only pitched 100 innings last year (plus Olympics but I’m sure that wasn’t more than 20 innings) he might get 120 to 130 innings this year. I am certain they will shut him down well before 150 innings. Outside of 2 Duffey blow ups, the bullpen has pitched well. I’d rather see Ryan pitching in September than some quad A scrap heap pickup. Let the expanded bullpen carry more of the load for now.
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Because Gordon is a Lefty, and the Twins have faced a lot of Lefty pitchers lately. Garlick as a Righty can only do one thing, mash lefties
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“There's no such thing as a ‘must-win series’ in April and it's far too early for either team to be feeling a true sense of desperation. But these three games sure do feel like they carry an added level of weight, especially when you consider the stakes outside of all this chaos.” I dunno @Nick Nelson, if the Twins go the entire month of April without a series win, post season aspirations get pretty difficult. There’s only two full series left.
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Joe Ryan’s average change up is 82, Radke’s fastball was 85. Ryan throws a lot harder
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Gordon started in Center over Celestino quite a bit. I don’t think Gordon’s impact is lost on Rocco. Gordon has been the best of the worst for this team. I don’t want to take anything away from him, but I’d love to see the FO find an improvement upon him.
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In a 1 run game they NEEDED to win, I can rationalize using your best relievers, but yeah, they need to piggyback Archer and Paddack with Winder and Smeltzer on a schedule. Those two look nowhere near stretched out, and have one of Pagan, Smith, and Duran available for leverage most nights, avoiding the three of them on the same game.
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