Richie the Rally Goat
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This article does a good job with the courts part of Bauer’s story.
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Should the Twins jump in and sign Trevor Bauer now that he will be a FA?
Richie the Rally Goat commented on MN_ExPat's blog entry in MN_ExPat's Blog
There is a difference between breaking a law, and breaking a corporate rule. Businesses can impose discipline measures as they see fit (as long as those measures or rules don’t break laws). Bauer broke an MLB code of conduct rule that the union ratified (and he agreed to follow) and got punished for it. The code of conduct rules are precisely for protecting the MLB brand. The punishment was decided by independent arbitrators (one MLB rep, one player rep, and one independent rep). While we don’t know what goes on behind closed doors, if Manfred had imposed sway in the ruling, I’d think it would be hard to hide and the players association would impose swift, decisive, and public, pain on the MLB. -
Should the Twins Go All In On Pablo Lopez?
Richie the Rally Goat commented on Hunter McCall's blog entry in Hunter McCall
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Well said! The word I think fits is “accessibility”. The stats are spurned. So many of the people in baseball badmouth the game for what it is. The pace is slow, good luck to you having somewhere to watch it streaming or on TV. Ticket prices are bonkers high. the game is inaccessible, no wonder. no one cares.
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Some of the most expensive things in life are free of charge.
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I agree with the “People can change” part. If societally we don’t give people a chance to prove that they did change, then justice is never really served. How does that fit with the first part. If I’m not an agent for change, then who will be? this fits really well with my struggle on my reaction post in this thread. “No not ever and if the Twins do, I’m becoming a brewers fan”. I have conflicting morals. I cannot ever tolerate abuse. I also feel strongly that justice includes rehabilitation. I admit that it doesn’t really make sense, and is a bit hypocritical. Where I come down on this, is Trevor Bauer has earned enough money in his life, if he was prudent, he can live the rest of his life, without ever working again, and still die with more money than I’ll ever have. he’s rich beyond my comprehension and can afford to live on his own island. so my initial post stands. Not Trevor Bauer, not ever.
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Palacios Is Doing Well in Winter Ball
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Doctor Gast's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I wish Palacios well, but doing well in Winter Ball doesn’t instill fear in me that the Twins whiffed. For Palacios’ sake I hope they did. But I don’t second guess that decision -
Rally Monkey? - Nope Target Field Squirrel? - Getting warmer Richie the Rally Goat? affirmative!
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Why can’t I quit the Minnesota Twins?
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Ben Reimler's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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Rumor: Twins Interested in Michael Wacha
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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In ‘07 through ‘09 we did a flex 40 when my wife was in college, she got student tickets, and we sat in the LF nose bleeds $5 for my seat, $2 for hers. So 40 games for around $300 for 2 tickets. I taught her how to score, we had dollar dogs we were broke, and a Twins game was cheaper than a movie and the gopher shuttle dropped us free a couple blocks away. good times!
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But Molitor wasn’t in the FO. Terry Ryan was the GM that hired Molitor.
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Agreed, and #1 on the list, health, could repeat the injuries that have repeated themselves several times. You’re injury prone until you’re not and it can change in a heartbeat, just like G-Cinco, but it can repeat too.
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That and blind luck
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I’ve been asking Brock for a sarc font for years
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Doug, been out of baseball since 2019 and as a manager physically fought on the field with players. Even the Tigers fired him. Fire Baldelli, or not. Personally I think whoever replaces Baldelli will be his clone until Falvine are gone. i never, ever want to see Dougie Baseball in a Twins Uni again
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FIP is the best stat to predict future ERA. FIP predicts ERA better than ERA does. Ober career FIP 3.94, 2022 2.92. Paddack 3.94/1.72 Ryan 3,90/3.99 Mahle 4.28/3.87 Flexen 4.64/4.49 Taillon 3.8/3.94 Walker 4.19/3.65 so I’d Make it Gray, Ryan, Mahle, Ober, Paddack, Taillon 6, Walker 7, Winder, SWR, Flexen 10.
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He effectively hasn’t pitched since 2019. If they don’t have to give up much to get him, it seems like an interesting flier, but I gotta think he’s more valuable to the Red Sox who are hurting for pitching bad.
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100% agreed they'll use 10+ starting pitchers in 2023. #8,9,10,11 should have a couple starts each. #6 and 7 should get 8-10 starts each. We see things differently too, which makes this a fun discussion. I see Mahle as durable prior to last year, Gray and Ryan getting a bit more run than last year with 2022 being healthier (and more innings, than years prior). Those 3 are among the best 2,3,4 starts in MLB (unfortunately they're 123, alas) and if they can get/remain healthy there's a good likelihood of pitching 550 to 570 innings. Still need to pitch 1500 innings, Maeda, Ober might only be 250 of those innings, Varland (6) pitched really well last year, and SWR (7) and Winder (8) both look ready. There's depth and innings there, that I'm not worried about 2024 if they can extend Mahle or Gray. I agree that Gray might not want to sign an extension, he has expressed his frustration with his handling, but he also had one of his best years in a while last year and maybe stepping back away from the competitive grind might see things in as new light.
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you’re right, Hope is not a plan. Eovaldi’s health - question mark, and if you don’t turn your 5th spot over to Ober/SWR/Varland, you don’t test your pipeline enough to know if it’s ready. You are correct, hope is not a plan. Signing Eovaldi and hoping your untested pipeline comes through, and hoping Eovsldi stays healthy, and hoping he pitches better than he’s pitched in the past is no plan. they needed to sign a big time free agent to improve the front, but didn’t. Now they need to test the pipeline. Ober is a Ml 3/4 pitcher. Varland and SWR need to be tested.
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No one, clearly. I’m all for spending money, but if it doesn’t actually improve the team, I don’t care. they dithered on Correa while all the players they should have signed went elsewhere. It’s been too late since November
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This! He’s a 3.9 to 4 ERA pitcher, Gray, Ryan, Mahle are all better, Maeda when healthy is better. So 17 mil a year to compete with Ober, Paddack, and Maeda for 4th/5th starter and might end up 6th. He had all the injury concerns of the rest of the rotation and none of the upside as ground ball pitchers w/ Farmer at SS makes me cringe
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The “holy cow” still stands. I can’t see this FO spending what it takes to get an impact reliever in free agency.
