TheLeviathan
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Sure, it was a bad trade. But you don't think you're going out on a pretty untenable limb to suggest Smith knew it was one of the worst deals in a decade and still pulled the trigger? You're welcome to suggest his mindset was wrong (mis-evaluated Capps or Ramos or something) but to suggest he knowingly made a stupid trade? Cmon. That's just not a reasonable position. That's fine, but this issue has been hammered over and over. Never, in Ryan's career, has he given any indication of willingness to do this. You can suggest until the cows come home that the circumstances are different, but this is a guy who has gone on the record about his lack of comfort with contracts to pitchers past 3 years. It's one thing to be cautious, it's another to have a debilitating view of risk-averse contracts. To date, that's all we've seen from him, even after an offseason promise to upgrade the rotation. (Which, clearly, has not worked out) So I'm going to need some sign of hope before I can buy into all the other reasons people suggest. I'm going to need to see the propensity to actually do it before I accept that he's just being prudent.
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Agreed, he takes some risks with trades. I was very careful to note that he's risk averse with contracts - you just might have missed that.
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Oof, that lineup on Friday might look really ugly. We'll have, what?, two or maybe three players in that lineup that have any chance of being in the lineup in three years? -
Sure, but that was a wise move. They got immediate help and a high-talent flyer. Those kinds of deals happen at the deadline for relievers, not in the offseason. Forest, not trees.
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Maybe, but again, not all managers do this. Like I've said - listen to Molitor talk. Liston to Maddon talk. You don't have to be a lumbering cliche-monster every time you speak. Of course that is an outside assessment, but that's all any of us can make here really. (And, for the record, there are things he does as a manager that I think reinforce that: strict roles, one-dimensional thinking about roles, treatment of young players in the past, throwing players under the bus publicly, etc.)
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It's funny, when someone says something like this to defend Ryan, we have people line up to like it, but let's look at that claim: Do you really think Smith was "not trying" to make good decisions? You think he was indifferent somehow about whether his moves were good ones or not? And to your larger point, part of the problem with being afraid to make mistakes is that it also means you are afraid to take risks. I, for one, think taking risks comes with the position. I'm not sure Ryan has ever accepted that when it comes to contracts.
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Maybe that matters. And maybe I'm asking too much for our manager to be above what amounts to grunting cliches ala Laudner. I've always thought one of the problems with Gardenhire is he's just not all that bright. Good guy, knows baseball, but he's just very simple. He doesn't try to analyze things at any depth. A guy like Maddon, just comes off as bright and capable of depth of thought. I want that kind of manager.
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I was trying to find the interview, but I'm pretty sure that was one of the things Ryan cited as part of his justification. Of course, saving cash for when you plan to contend in July with this roster could bring another kind of indictment of Ryan's work this season: awful evaluation of capacity to contend.
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My contention, though, is that you can tell what kind of teacher someone will be by the nuance, intelligence, and approach they use in public. If you can't get your point across to the public, why should you get it across any better to the players?
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I thought his feet never touched the grass. By my understanding of the rule, that was an awful call. Luckily, for the first time in what feels like forever, it didn't cost us the game. I was just waiting for the next half inning to have a Yankee 2-run homer and another loss. It felt inevitable until Florimon came up.
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Hard for me to be real confident in future spending until Ryan at least hands out one deal that is more than 3 years. I would take ANY contract over 3 years this offseason and consider it a huge win for the future, because it at least would show a willingness. I'm that desperate for something to grasp on to for hope that FA isn't limited to nickels and dimes.
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Deduno hasn't built up enough equity to have trade value IMO.
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I think the prosecution highlighted precisely the problem in their case. They highlighted the fear or unease Trayvon likely felt that night. The problem is, in the face of fear we sometimes opt to fight/confront. When you couple that with the prosecution admitting Trayvon was on top when he was shot - it builds a strong reasonable doubt. Zimmerman may well have lied, but there was never any solid evidence that he had. Only inconsistencies the investigators and other criminal justice experts testified was normal in investigations. The defense said it right - don't fill in the gaps. The burden of proof was on the prosecution and there was far, far too many holes to build a murder case. Now for manslaughter they had a helluva case and if they had focused on that element - they'd have gotten a guilty verdict. Now, unfortunately, the jury members are basically being called out on the basis of race. As if their race made them incapable of deciding this case fairly. I have a huge problem with that subtle allegation.
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I don't think Marshall was a good package - it just ended up well. In any case, my point was that the summer deadline is better than the winter, whereas you contended the other way. From what I have seen, few guys even move in the winter and those that do are not fetching much value. The deals that are fetching value are happening at the deadline. That speaks to my point that, if the Twins are going to shop Perkins, this is the time to do it. Not during the offseason.
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Ziegler, Adams, Uhera, and Broxton all fetched good packages. Delabar was a buy-low move. My suggestion is if you feel the offseason is better: suggest some recent examples. At a glance I found none.
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Would that be analogous to Jon Madden or somenas-yet-discovered, holy grail-type who has not yet been hired? Either way, I'd be quite happy with him too. I think it was Laudner I heard on PA's show the other day and I lasted about five minutes. I'm not sure if it was that my mind was blown, but it was certainly felt like it was starting to leak out of my ears.
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I would suggest the one position that offseason value isn't superior to deadline value is relievers. Last year didn't see a lot of reliever movement in trades. I'd speculate that part of that is the market is always flush with potential buy-low relief options and because relievers success is a but more subject to fluctuation. I'd imagine our relief pitchers are more valuable now then they will be in November.
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I think the best way to say it is that Buxton and Sano are the most exciting prospects, but Meyer may be the most important. At least he is right now until Berrios, or Stewart, or even May show they are closer to ML ready.
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It could be unfair...but when I listen to Laudner, Smalley, Coomer, and Gladden talk about baseball....I can't imagine them coaching. They are very surface-level analysts. Coomer is the only one I see even remotely go beyond that level. When I contrast that to hearing Molitor talk, it's night and day. The difference between how an intelligent 7th grader describes how gravity works compared to an intelligent first grader. The depth of thought and analysis is just so much deeper and more profound. I would be pretty upset if any of those gentleman was handed a coaching position quite frankly.
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Game Thread: Twins@Yankees 7/13 12:05PM
TheLeviathan replied to Riverbrian's topic in Archived Game Threads
What better way to generate more value for Fien? It's risky, but it's the right thing to do: Throw him into higher leverage situations and hope he excels. -
Ryan: Safe to Say We are in Trade mode
TheLeviathan replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Or I guess you could suppose they are not disappointed with a third straight losing season. But that just doesn't sound like Ryan to me - I doubt he is happy with losing. -
Ryan: Safe to Say We are in Trade mode
TheLeviathan replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
that may well be so, but it seems we play this game of "nuh uh, that's not what Ryan said", so I was just pointing out what was stated. To me it's far more damning to hold them to their own expectations. That said, glad they are stating the right frame of mind: sell. That is exactly the right mode to be in. -
Ryan: Safe to Say We are in Trade mode
TheLeviathan replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Except this isn't what they have said. Ryan was interviewed last week expressing disappointment. The stated goal was "meaningful" games in Sept. This isn't about what posters elieve or not, Ryan's standards coming into the year are easy to find and clearly haven't been met. They are likely okay, probably thrilled, with their prospects, but they did not achieve their publicly stated goals. Which is fine IMO,those goals were never attainable. -
Ryan: Safe to Say We are in Trade mode
TheLeviathan replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Well, at least they are listening.
