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The Twins won't win a WS much less get to one under the philosophy the FO has about baseball. You'd think the Guardians would have taught them about pitching last year. Let your starters pitch. They are your best pitchers. Let them pitch. The Twins still don't do that nearly enough. The bullpen is not meant to be the mainstay of the staff. And to read in the Strib this morning that Falvey believes that "fewer strikeouts doesn't win more games in the playoffs." Well, as they just learned, more strikeouts (14 in each of games 3 and 4) doesn't win more games either. They take way too many pitches and they can't just swing for the fence. They look at the stats they like to justify their position. As the wise man once said, there are lies, lies, and statistics. They can believe what they want, but these two philosophies on pitching and hitting do not win more ball games. Too bad too because the talent on the team is at an all-time high.

Never. Don't bring back Simmons for $1 million. Go find some better pitching. As others have noted, we have several candidates to play shortstop. Frankly, Polanco was an all-star shortstop. But the wizards believed he needed to be moved to second. It cost him half a season last year getting used to playing a new position. Then he got hot. If Lewis is who everyone thinks, he should be able to play short and Gordon as a utility guy can supplement. I repeat, Go Find Better Pitching.