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  1. TheLeviathan
    True, in this case (especially with this position), I don't think that's happening. And I'd rather not learn that lesson the hard way again. I've learned that lesson enough for a lifetime the last few years.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Enough that my brain started to hurt. The only thing more painful was seeing how wrong it was come to life in RF.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, Nick's a pretty sharp guy. He'll occasionally latch on to one of the smarter ideas guys like us are trotting out there. Good for him.....
  4. TheLeviathan
    We blame the pitching but it's only part of run prevention. Bad defense has a domino effect and getting bad defense from short is especially critical. I would think the last few years would have taught us how crippling that can be. I mean, we heard last year that Sano's D wasn't going to hurt us and we saw ample evidence to trounce that notion right? So why are we trotting that same line of reasoning out again?
  5. TheLeviathan
    Unless we have blocked it from our memories due to PTSD we all remember how much the Nishioka disaster at SS destroyed our team. A left side of Polanco and Sano is inviting serious run prevention issues. I'm all about giving Sano run at third, i think he can improve greatly with reps. But you need a SS next to him that you can rely on and Polanco isn't it.
  6. TheLeviathan
    This is like the third article in a row I feel you are trolling points I make to turn into articles Nick. I demand co-authorship credit........ (And good article!)
  7. TheLeviathan
    I'm not convinced merit will even matter with Santiago. But I fully agree with your second sentence, hence why I phrased that rotation as my worst nightmare,
  8. TheLeviathan
    Let's be honest, how often does anyone "win" a spot? I get that this sort of thing sounds good to toss around, but the reality is that teams don't make decisions that way.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Absolutely and I feel the same about Jones. But greatness has different echelons, my beef with Jones is that I often think he gets elevated beyond what he's due. I've heard much more glowing talk over the years about him than I have about Beltre. And I consider the two on the same level.
  10. TheLeviathan
    The gap in defensive ability is also stark, but if you like WAR they are very close.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Maybe we're lost in symantics, but I don't think my stance is all that different than the post you made relative to Griffey. Perhaps we differ a bit on where he is in the pantheon, but my point was that I wouldn't consider Jones anywhere near the same echelon as Griffey. And I'd say he's a considerable distance away from anyone in that kind of company. He's a hall of famer for sure, but I do feel like he sometimes gets pimped a bit heavier than I'm comfortable for a guy who basically spent his entire career between good and damn good. But never even approaching "wow!" in my book. He comps fairly well to Adrian Beltre and I think of Beltre in much the same way.
  12. TheLeviathan
    I think he's a HOFer, but I'm probably much lower on Jones overall than most people. I think he's closer to a fringe HOFer than a shoe-in, elite type guy. I consider Griffey among the elites, Jones can't even touch him IMO.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, there was something about a guy going from catcher, to 2B, to CF that I marveled at. I just loved what a gritty player he was.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Vlad the Expo was easily my favorite non Twin. Probably of all time or right there with Biggio.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Pudge's arm might be the best I've ever seen, but he wasn't the total package Molina is.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I'm going to hang in there, i prefer to give shows 4-5 episodes.
  17. TheLeviathan
    I still don't mind the process as far as pitchers go. If you think you can lock one up at an affordable rate and you have confidence he can contribute - I'd make the same move again. Pitching is a risky investment and it's always going to be no matter whether that investment is with dollars or trades.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Hughes-Santana-Santiago-Duffey-Gibson: My nightmare scenario.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Yeah and that's but one of many valid reasons to think Hughes is closer to being finished as a starter than ever being an "upper half" guy.
  20. TheLeviathan
    In fairness, that isn't unique to the Twins this year.
  21. TheLeviathan
    In a word: disappointing.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I tend to think what is truly on the table hasn't been outwardly discussed. I don't think it's JDL and Alvarez and I also don't think it's just JDL. I think it's something else. But we need to find a way to make what accompanies JDL worth our time, somehow, someway.
  23. TheLeviathan
    I thought part of the value in hiring outside leadership in the FO was to help change the way we do things? If so, I hope they are making their decisions with absolutely no calculation of what the underlings of the past regime want them to do. Otherwise we undermine the value in hiring from the outside. I have no reason to doubt our new FO is being thoughtful and making well informed decisions. They deserve the benefit of the doubt. I also appreciate that they seem to recognize trading Dozier is the right thing to do. I'm willing to continue to be patient as they try to squeeze value out, but at the same time this trade does need to happen somehow some way. So hopefully they have the salemanship, read of the situation, and creativity to pull it off.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Sure, but every situation is different. From the assets you take over, to the position of the team relative to competing, to financial restraints, etc. It was an interesting general question, but if we make it so narrow that it only applies to our new FO then what's the point of the exercise? I would hope that anyone who takes a FO job does a thorough assessment of their situation to determine their actions. Not go in hell bent to be passive or aggressive or some set strategy.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Right, at some point your question has so many caveats it's no longer generalizable and therefore no longer important. I mean, we are a layer or two from you asking if anyone named Levine has ever been in charge, traded their best player, for a good return, on a leap year, while using a Verizon phone. Your original question had validity because it was generalized enough that the answer may be generalizable. I think we've ventured far past that now. Especially since five minutes on Google and I alphabetically found a counter example at Atlanta seems to take the teeth out of your question.
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