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  1. TheLeviathan
    I would argue the point is less that the offseason can't win you games as much as you might want to re-examine why you thought that list was an offseason winner.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Heh.....this is MLB in its purest form.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Also, the fact that the current FO had to do so much work to rebuild the pitching staff is a strike against the idea that they just inherited a sure-fire winner. Yes, they had some nice offensive players, but they weren't going to be able to build an entire staff (which they mostly had to do) AND draft their way to sustainability in two and a half years. Their first draft was 2017, which meant they had 2018, 2019, and the weird Covid year to have talent ready to contribute. I'm not sure that timeline is fair to conclude they just can't develop players. That test, IMO, is still to be decided. I'm disappointed with their decisions this year, but I'm intrigued by what is sitting in AA and AAA right now. I'd prefer to make next year a major test and 2023 is make or break. They've earned some leash with the work they've done and the potential they have fostered, but it's much more tenuous now than it was at this time a year ago. Even circling the idea that they rode Ryan's coattails to gimme postseason berths and a 100+ win team is really an unfair argument against them.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Plus...what's the alternative? Good offensive linemen are hard as hell to find, you can't risk him hitting the market.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I meant that a move to the pen has shown to help some guys increase velocity.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Hence working him as a reliever. Maybe if we try to turn him into a specialist he can revive his career and play a role. Pretending he's a starter is an utter waste of time though.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Ober, Ryan, Pineda, Trade Acquisition, Free Agent With Dobnak and Gant and probably another FA as the depth guys in the mix. Duran, Woods-Richardson, and Balazovic getting a lot of time in the back half of the year. The other young guys I think are September call-ups at the earliest. I think it's time to see Thorpe and Smeltzer as bullpen guys and see if they can hack that position.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Necessary signing and a fair contract. Good to see.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Is it legal for both your middle infielders to contribute offensively?
  10. TheLeviathan
    Certainly one offseason isn't enough to make the rotation great, but much of the way the White Sox built their rotation can be matched by the Twins. Lynn was a trade. Kuechel was a mid-level pitching deal in FA. Giolito and Cease were prospects acquisitions. Rodon was there for the taking by anyone. The team will need to let their young starters get seasoned next year, but in 2023 they can absolutely be on the path the White Sox took. Just spend this offseason acquiring a Kuechel-like guy and look for a trade opportunity. Then trust your young arms.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Well, I think we can conclude that they did. Either they thought they could get more out of these guys than they did, they mishandled them while they were here, or they just identified guys that were washed up. I'm not sure what it was exactly, but it clearly didn't work. And none of these guys are magically better elsewhere either. (Some worse, some only slightly better) They swung and they missed. The bigger issue is that a reasonable person could go in knowing that they weren't all going to work, but having them all NOT work is the problem.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Sure, but only because we drop 25M AAV on a shortstop.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I'm not sure I would classify this plan as "good". It's likely far less of a disaster as last year with some upside, but "good" seems highly unlikely. I would like to see Ryan, Ober, Dobnak start the year but there is a good chance they may need seasoning. Or stretching out. To supplement that I'd sign one Happ-like veteran as a filler. Maybe that's Pineda if he comes back reasonably, but I don't think he'll be worth it. Then I'd sign Jon Gray to a five year 70M deal. And I'd trade what we have to for Zac Gallen as a buy-low option. I hate speculating what that might be, but I'd pay it. Gallen-Gray-Ryan-Ober-Dobnak/Pineda/Warmbody Holding a Place for a Young Guy has potential to be good. Still probably not a good chance of it though.
  14. TheLeviathan
    It's all hypothetical, but in the pure hindsight article the best we could do is 72 wins which, yes, is in the WC, but that's best case scenario. I think that assuming not-league worst, but averagish, is more like where Cleveland sits. Maybe you can argue that's WC contention. I don't think I would. Too many injuries and things went wrong this year. I think that the root of those problems may be closer to 2 years old rather than 1.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Jesus, this team is a parody at this point. At this point signing Sidney Rice to play TE seems like something worth gambling on in Vegas.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I know....they may need another one.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Especially Holmes. I sorta liked that pick when they made it. I thought he was an athlete who could bulk up enough to play the 3 tech....but he looks both slow and small for it. He's a complete waste of a roster spot IMO. This week off before the season starts is going to change this cutdown process. There is going to be a lot of IR maneuvering we haven't seen before. Right now we have no long-snapper, need more TE depth, have too many LBs, and could use an OL or a QB too.
  18. TheLeviathan
    That's a more talented player than I expected too.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I can get behind that. Though I'm not sure even with good moves this team was going to be in a better position with Buxton hurt most of the year and just too many things going wrong. I mean, you can't bat 1.000, so even if half the moves they made were better where does that land us? To me, still in a reset/retool position, but maybe I'm just being pessimistic. I definitely agree it seemed to come faster than I would've thought a year or two ago.
  20. TheLeviathan
    TE depth across the league is pretty good. That might be an area we see them swing a deal. You can't play 2 TE sets 98% of the time and field Conklin and Dillon in those roles.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Did the Twins organization send out a press release with a headline like "Twins Declare Hard Work for Suckers and Old Fogeys. Team will Play the Game the Wrong Way, with Calculators in their Pocket Protectors" If no, then I guess Frank really kicked the stuffing out of that strawman. Even got you to be his sidekick on that silly fallacy.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Except he then retweeted his wife saying this (shortly after retweeting yet another anti-tech/analytics piece about robot umpires): Leadership begets Leadership... what is the organizational mantra? The Twins of the 80's & 90's were built upon fundamentals, team chemistry, players arrived early and left late because they loved being there. Analytics won't replace hard work & a big heart... ask Kirby Puckett! Ripping analytics was a clear implication and subtext to his post. As if analytics is opposed to fundamentals. It's implying the team doesn't care about clubhouse culture and attitude....despite being the FO and manager who has prioritized that more than any in my lifetime. Your tortured analogy only works if you are complaining about airplanes because they serve french fries. At which point, yes, the two opinions are tied together and I can examine your reasons on both and how you wed them together. He can have those opinions, but then he can be criticized for them as well. Pretending they don't exist or weren't the point is silly.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Both. Things went south and got compounded with poor moves.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I agree with the criticisms to a degree. Want to rip them that everything they did for this team this year was a total failure? Hell yeah. And they were over confident they could just fix anyone. But impugning analytics generally? At that point you're off the rails.
  25. TheLeviathan
    No Maeda makes it a much more difficult proposition. It's ok that the team has to retool though, that's the life of a mid-market in baseball. Blame all the folks who prioritize short-term profits over the good of the game.
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