Grading the Twins' Hiring of Derek Shelton

[Sjoski]

9 hours ago, Mike h said:

due to the hole Falvey dug for this team.

Been thinking about this for awhile. 

Interested in other thoughts people might have. 

I agree, Falvey did a lot of the digging for the hole the Twins are in, but the real problem isn't just about bad trades or front office decisions.

I see the main problem as two fold.

#1  How the Pohlad family run the team—like a conservative, low-risk investment, sometimes even used to offset pressures from other businesses. That kind of approach makes bold moves hard to come by.

#2 Where they are located. 

Businesses leaving Minneapolis, the city is struggling, people feeling less connected. It’s not exactly an environment that makes it easy to build a championship team. Put it together, and the Twins’ “hole” starts to make sense—not just on the field, but in the bigger picture of ownership and place.

"Winning solves everything " so they say.

And winning would totally wipe away theses two problem,  if not solve them.

But the problem is, the hurdles to achieve a winning team are only getting higher,  not lower. 

[rv78]

Seems a lot of you are missing the question in the title of this article. It is not grading the job we expect out of Shelton. It is the grading of the Front Office hiring Shelton. Of the 4 potential candidates they said they were interviewing, they obviously, and stated as such, that Shelton was the one with the most familiarity of the Twins organization. That made him the most comfortable hire they could make. All it did was confirm Rocco was let go because they felt they had to do something to make it look like they were trying to fix things. When Rocco got fired, it looked like they actually might be taking a step in the right direction. I have nothing against Shelton. He probably deserves another chance to manage just as much as Rocco, but hiring Shelton proved they aren't serious about changing anything. As a fan, he doesn't move the needle. Grade F.

[Doctor Wu]

We are grading this hiring already? Okay, it's the off-season and not much to write about at this juncture, but why another pointless article about the Shelton hiring? You can grade him once the season starts. 

[TwinsChupacabra]

Grade Inflation.  A boring and predictable pick.  Although, without new ownership and a new front office, this doesn't matter.