Woof Bronzer
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Maybe, but you can't say the Twins managed Gray's innings pretty well without a corresponding analysis of the pitchers who the Twins brought in to replace Gray when he got pulled. If those cumulitive numbers are worse than Gray's I don't think you can say the innings were managed properly. I'm not smart enough to do this, but I'd be very interested to see the results. I have a gut feeling, but I'm always open to being wrong :)
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Yeah you're right, few FOs are going to be critical, but I do get a "smartest guys in the room" vibe from this one. 2 straight years of sub-80 wins and the only change is the trainer? That doesn't sound like a lot of honest self-reflection to me but that's just me and also, the important thing would be to learn from failures and their roster construction this year indicates that they actually do acknowledge some of their mistakes from the last 2 years, just not publicly. Hey I wouldn't want to talk about my mistakes either! Sorry I know this isn't the place to be critical, I'm really not trying to upset you, I promise. Thanks for the conversation and I'll try to be more uncritical in the future :)
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Great to be here, thanks! Yeah I'm not saying Bundy and Archer were good, yeesh. I don't think it's accurate to say he was terrible when they let him, as the OP showed they didn't let him go longer in several starts where he was cruising. It's possible that both things can be true - Bundy and Archer aren't good pitchers, and the Twins FO & manager implemented a failed strategy on managing the pitching staff last year. The funny thing is, even the FO is acknowledging both points - not explicity, of course, this FO isn't one for self-criticism - but not going into a 3rd straight season with Bundy, Archer, Shoemaker, Happ types in the rotation says all you need to know! Yet some folks just need to defend the indefensible I guess. Oh well. Go Twins!
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You should read the OP's comment. Plenty of data and stats cited. Sorry if they don't fit your narrative.
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This is absolutely brilliant and shocking to me becasue it runs counter to all the spin I hear. So I predict this will just be ignored by all the stat guys and true believers here because it doesn't fit the preferred narrative, But facts matter! Thanks for not accepting the conventional wisdom and daring to actually do research and come to your own conclusions.
