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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    They were eliminated in the first Royals game, which was three days from the end of the season. They finished the season three games out of the second WC.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    To be clear, my opinion from mid-May forward was that Ryan shouldn't make a big splash at the deadline. But that doesn't absolve him of all wrong-doing. The bullpen was a catastrophe in waiting from day one. Had the Twins simply made more aggressive promotions earlier in the year (Oliveros, Berrios, Duffey, etc.) or picked up a good reliever on July 1st instead of July 31st, the Twins are in the hunt until the closing day of the regular season. I wasn't asking for much, just a bit more of a feeling the front office acknowledged the team's weaknesses and a little more haste in repairing those problems. By the time they got around to actually fixing the issues, the Twins were looking up in the standings instead of down. I could have come up with a half dozen ways to make the team better without breaking open the farm but the front office basically sat on their hands until the end of July. More than anything, that's what frustrated me about this season.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree the playoffs should be the goal but very few teams jump 15+ wins in a single season, which is what it would have required to make the postseason. The Astros did it, but barely. They also had a year leg-up on the Twins, graduating many of their young players in 2014 and letting them take their lumps in a lost season. Meanwhile, the Twins had their two best prospects spend the season in and out of doctors' offices. I don't like the way Ryan handled this deadline. More could have been done to get the Twins the 2-3 more wins required to challenge for the WC until the final day of the season. But that doesn't negate all the progress that was made this season. The Twins made huge strides forward and were competitive far longer than anyone predicted.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Eh, signing a six year contract last season wouldn't impact Sano or any of the other guys. Mauer is coming off the books before any of them get a real raise. Signing Hughes was a brilliant move. Extending Hughes... Probably not. I understand why they did it but it wasn't terribly bright. Santana isn't a #2 any way you shake it. The guy has consistently been a #3-4 guy with a smattering of #2 type seasons. Given his age, he can't be expected to routinely post #2 numbers going forward.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    You're shifting the argument, Dave. I see little relevance in Ryan's tenure in the 90s. If you want to go down that route, let's about about Moore's first decade with the Royals... A time when he was basically the laughing stock of baseball because he blundered almost every move he made. If we're talking about the rebuild - and that's what the thread is about - this was Ryan's fourth season and and the Twins were over .500. That's on par with the Astros and faster than the Royals, Pirates, and several other recent postseason teams. He's doing an acceptable - though in my opinion, unspectacular job - with the rebuilding process. edit: my bad, I thought the Astros were close to .500 last season. They were an abysmal 70-92. So, in essence, Ryan is ahead of everyone but the Cubs.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    The Astros started the rebuild one year before the Twins. The two teams are basically in lock-step once you adjust the timelines. I won't argue the Twins front office should have been smarter about aspects of the rebuild. If they wanted starting pitching, it makes more sense to acquire one higher tier pitcher and one lower tier guy than it does to acquire a slew of #3 upside guys.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    This was Ryan's fourth year back at the helm. If you compare Ryan's rebuild to Epstein, the results aren't awesome. If you compare Ryan's rebuild to almost any other team in baseball, it's right on track with other teams. I'm not giving Ryan a pass here - I think Epstein is working on another level and would love to have him - but isolating the Cubs as the benchmark ignores the fact most teams don't successfully rebuild in a three year span of time.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Epstein is in elite territory as a GM and/or President. It also helps the Cubs are the Cubs. Attracting talent like Epstein and Maddon is a lot easier when they have the chance to become legendary in the city of Chicago by bringing the team a championship. While people applaud Epstein for getting Maddon - and they should - does anyone really think the Twins had a shot at him? If you're Joe Maddon or Theo Epstein, give me one good reason why you choose Minnesota over the north siders. They have so many things the Twins can't offer: legacy, money, the chance to become idols in the country's third-largest city, leading one of the most storied franchises in baseball (possibly second behind the Yankees) to a championship. I applaud Chicago ownership for how they've run the franchise over the past half decade but I also acknowledge they have a running start over more commonplace teams to acquire that kind of talent.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Thanks for the heads up. I'll take a look at it.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    A league-average offensive shortstop isn't average. There's a reason why only four SS in baseball have hit above league average over the past two years.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    The 1984 squad is a good comparison. Without a couple of key acquisitions and smart roster management, the 2016 squad could end up with a worse record than their 2015 counterparts. The reality of the situation is the 2015 squad over-performed their stats to the tune of half a dozen wins or more. If Ryan sits on his hands this offseason, it wouldn't surprise me to see the 2016 team end up with 78-82 wins and miss the playoffs again.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    It's really easy to sit back and criticize people who have to make tough decisions every day to keep a community on track and balanced. The real bias is in this post, not the moderator action that led to it. You see what you want to see and disregard all the action taken against the "other side" on a regular basis. The moderators here do a hell of a lot of work and we're able to give them very little in return. I have little patience for those who undermine all the work they put into this site to keep it operational.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I wasn't *entirely* against the idea of Hunter coming back in a 200 PA role - I wouldn't do it myself but I'm not 100% against it, either - but if he's not willing to play the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi to the 2016 OF (that includes dying midseason and letting the kids take over), then he shouldn't even be a consideration.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    You make some compelling arguments but when it comes to catcher in 2016, I believe the Twins should be focused on a player who has little risk of implosion. IMO, the production out of catcher is rivaled by the importance of finding a guy who gives you the best shot to avoid vesting Suzuki's 2017 option. I don't think AJ is that guy.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed. The last two days were disappointing but the season was a success. Well done to all involved.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Allow, make, whatever. I think most of us can agree Eduardo should have considerably more 2015 plate appearances than he does today.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I think the obvious decision is to make Escobar actually play an entire season at short before even considering an extension.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, that's about it. I hate to say it, but... Season over.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Whooooo TWINS!
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, it's more than a little disconcerting no regular starter has a batting average over .271. That's... Not awesome. On top of that, only one starter (Sano) has a good OBP and only one other has even an acceptable OBP (Mauer). The rest of the team is varying shades of pretty bad at getting on base.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Having lived in NL cities for much of my life (SD, LA), I just can't see how anyone thinks the pitcher swinging a bat is a good thing. Yeah, it makes for some interesting double-switches, I'll give you that... But the overwhelming majority of the time, it leads to some really boring baseball. If the opposing pitcher needs a strikeout, he can get them nearly on demand if the opposing pitcher is at the plate. I don't like seeing a bad baseball hitter walk to the plate in hopes that 5-10% of the time, the manager will get to do something interesting with it. No matter how interesting that 5-10% may be - which it's generally not - it doesn't outweigh the 90-95% of the time the plate appearance is groan-inducing. With that said, I think the AL will hold an advantage over the NL until the senior circuit adopts the DH (which I think will happen at some point). Having a legitimate hitter - even if he's riding the pine - on the roster that most NL teams don't have is going to give the junior circuit a permanent advantage until the two leagues adopt the same rule set.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Given how the Royals playing for home field and the Astros are facing a Diamondbacks team without much reason to play at this point in the season, I think game 163 is a best case scenario for the Twins.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I expected very little of Duffey. Hoo boy, was I wrong. The guy has exceeded every expectation.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Only six guys in 2009 but four of them were at 28 HR or higher.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I love these recaps so much.
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