Edouard Julien is Proving Himself a Worthy Replacement for Jorge Polanco

[Riverbrian]

6 hours ago, Danchat said:

 

Still, in hindsight clearly we needed to keep Polanco... but our offense would still be poor even with him (and his .194 average) in the lineup. Even with his questionable fielding and ankle problems, he'd be a godsend as the primary DH on this team.

 

It didn't require hindsight. 😉

 

[USAFChief]

4 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

It didn't require hindsight. 😉

 

Personally, I would have been OK with trading Polanco, IF it made the 2024 Twins a better team. There were, after all, monetary considerations imposed by ownership.

But it required no hindsight to see that trade did the opposite. It obviously and unquestionably made the team worse. And then Falvine turned around and spent any monetary savings poorly to compound the error, and call into question the need to shed Polanco's salary in the first place. 

 

[Riverbrian]

20 hours ago, USAFChief said:

Personally, I would have been OK with trading Polanco, IF it made the 2024 Twins a better team. There were, after all, monetary considerations imposed by ownership.

But it required no hindsight to see that trade did the opposite. It obviously and unquestionably made the team worse. And then Falvine turned around and spent any monetary savings poorly to make matters even worse. 

 

Agreed 100%.

I think you and I had different wishes for improvement this off-season. You wanted a starting pitcher (So did I) but I prioritized a decent bat over a starting pitcher if forced to choose between the two.  

Regardless... I've said many times that I can understand the need to trade Polanco for budget reasons and I gave up on my wish for an additional bat. However when the savings in the Polanco trade was spent on a combination of players that would not improve the 2024 team and possibly make the team worse... you are correct... hindsight is not required and I don't think anyone should  be allowed to use the word hindsight in assessment of the current situation.    

Perhaps my bigger point or concern though for those who thought it was OK to trade Polanco because they could only see a log jam. It required no hindsight to understand that the roster would not stay healthy and that there was always a place for Polanco amongst the logs.