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  1. Major League Ready
    It's possible to do both but you have to communicate on a personal level. This might be a silly example but the conversation between Billy Beane and David Justice in Money Ball comes to mind. I have no idea If this was an accurate potrayal but this is a good example. You can't have a relationship with the players if you completely delegate communication. Players are treating this as a business and they will accept the F/O doing the same if leadership takes time on occasion to explain why they want a given action and how it will benefit the individual.
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    Anyone that thinks that short-term has no business in a director position. Your example (IMO) has nothing to do with the original poster's position calling for decisions to be made based on sound business principals as opposed to emotion. Terminating sales people because they had one bad month would be the definition of incompetence and ironically an example of an emotional decision. If that director is making sound business decisions as suggested by the previous poster, termination or retention is based on ability. effort, competence, professionalism, track record, etc, as well as the cost associated with said sales person vs production.
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    I would like to know too but they are not going to broadcast the strategies they hope will give the team a competitive advantage. We will need to read between the lines. The people they brought on does imply some very specific things about their assessment of past practices, what needed to be done, and even what they are doing about it. These are people that have demonstrated thought leadership. They will bring with them practices that will be implemented here. This is probably the most crucial aspect of anything that has gone on in the last couple years. Of course, the impact of these actions will never be black and white and it will take a couple more years before we can judge the effect. This is never going to be accepted by the masses who demand immediate change.
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    If we take a step back, there is very little about the management of the organization that we can make a statement which includes "clearly". None of us have direct contact or the information necessary to conclude anything with this degree of certainty. I realize this is an internet forum but let's keep in mind this would considered absolute incompetence to do so in any business decision making practice. There is also a tendency to judge the FO by our own personal criteria. Like it or not, the relative merit of their job performance is dictated by performance criteria set by ownership. They could be doing a fantastic job by those standards and fail from any given fans perspective, especially given the tendency of fans to have a very short-term view of performance. They have been very clear about building a "sustainable" model. This is at odds with many fans desire to push in all the chips for a very short span of contention. This organization is not going to follow KC's path of being great for a couple years and sucking for 20.
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    For the record, I don't see what they see in Field either. Honestly, I think he sucks but I am not a professional baseball talent analyst and I don't have nearly the experience or information they have. I assume those who have more information and more experience than I have reasonable logic as to why Field is worth a look. Also, the context is that Buxton has had almost 1000 ABs. # weeks of September baseball is not critical to his future and the logic might be it would be better for him to work through whatever they are working on before exposing him to ML pitching again. IDK but there are reasonable potential scenarios. The other end of the logic is that little is lost in taking a look at Field right now. Its's just to bad he is the best guy they have to look at presently.
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    230 would not be so bad. The league has learned how to pitch him and he is going to have a tough time getting above the Mendoza line if he does not figure it out. There would be little or at least much less made of this if there was no a year of control hanging in the balance. The team has given him a great deal of time at the ML league level (service time) while he has been completely inept at the plate. I can appreciate the extra year could cost Byron several million dollars, assuming he gets it together. However, he was also promoted rapidly and kept at the ML level while batting exceptionally poorly so he should consider that service time was increased to his benefit.
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    That's a simplistic view. Giminez is there for the young SPs. Obviously, the scouts saw something in Johnny Field. We complain that we could never come up with a Max Muncy because we don't provide an opportunity and then complain when they take a look at a guy. He is getting that look in meaningless games and will be put down the road if he can't show something in this short stint. Belisle is a mystery.
  8. Major League Ready
    I would agree they looked to be positioned pretty well but there was still much that needed to come together. Also, if we were to catalog the things that went wrong or did not progress, I have a hard time blaming the F/O for much of it. Their two superstar prospects went backward. Is that on the F/O. Dozier had a terrible year. Santana was lost basically for the season. Polanco was suspended. Kepler is still trying to put it all together. Sure, other teams have issues but I think we can agree this team did not have the depth to overcome this many issues. I don't understand the reference to the #1 draft pick. It seems to have been a good pick and what does that have to do with the current MLB team? The SP depth does not make sense either. None of those players are ready. I guess I could understand if your point is that they have not improved the development of those particular players but none of them were expected to impact the ML team this year. I have never seen this team as the contender that many insist they have become. They are a team with potential but lots of pieces that still need to ascend to the next level.
  9. Major League Ready
    Was it really "an incredibly good situation". The two young guys that were supposed to be superstars certainly have not met expectations. What about the rest of the infield? Dozier went to crap this year. Our SS was suspended and Mauer is a below average 1B. Our SP staff was always mediocre and the bullpen was certainly not anywhere near the type of shutdown bullpens of the top teams. As it turned out, none of the free agent SPs were worth signing this year. We had very little impending help in the high minors and the guys that are there no are fringe guys or at least no yet fully ready. I would not describe the situation they inherited as incredibly good. They did not pick Jay instead of Benintendi or Gordon instead of Nola.
  10. Major League Ready
    I am right there with you on most aspects of this post. However, I do not believe Rosario will ever sustain the type of offensive production we witnessed earlier this year unless he develops a reasonable level of discipline at the plate. His approach is abysmal. He is among the worst in MLB in this area. Perhaps the worst in all of baseball. For the last 60 days he is 261/383/681 with a wRC+ of 80. He has a lot of weak swings at bad pitches early in the count, even when he is ahead in the count. Aggressive is fine but many of Rosario’s plate appearance fly right past aggressive to take your choice of unflattering adjectives. He is so skilled he can hit at league average or perhaps slightly above but he will never be great if he does not become a more professional hitter. Sano is not nearly as bad as Rosario but he will never be great (IMO) without better disciple or perhaps pitch recognition. The difference in agility/speed is apparent. He is an incredible athlete but his weight has mitigated the benefits of that athleticism. He could stand to lose another 20-25 lbs. I would love to see him show up in that kind of shape. Not just for the obvious benefits on defense and base running but it would demonstrate disciple and commitment. I would be a good sign that that same discipline will start showing up in his ABs.
  11. Major League Ready
    No, I saw it and had a brain fart when I described the stats. Thanks for pointing that out. Kepler has been quite good for the past 6-8 weeks. I have had a man crush on Kepler since he was in AA so the oversight is definitely not intended to be a slight. You had to believe he was going to start hitting RH pitching. It made no sense. Kepler and Garver have been our two best offensive players since the AS break. They both deserve a little more love.
  12. Major League Ready
    I think this is a very accurate portrayal. The 4 “super teams” have incredible depth of elite players. We have none. What we have is players with that type of ceiling that have not yet achieved that level. Berrios. Gibson and Rosario have shown stretches but not maintained an elite level over an extended period of time. Rosario had a hot streak and it appeared to me he was more selective during that streak. He is back to practicing extremely poor plate discipline and his OPS for the last couple months is .675. He is 12th on the team over that period. Garver has the best OPS at .900, followed by Forsyth, Grossman, and Cave. Rosario is no sure thing to be a top contributor in 2019. OPS - 6/23-8/23
  13. Major League Ready
    Which is why he chose to go to SF. His father was interviewed on MLB Radio and said the Twins wanted to sign him when he became a minor league free agent but Derek felt he had fewer young SPs to compete with in SF. Perhaps there is something I am not aware of with MiLB free agents but this was not a case of the Twins be unwilling to put him on the 40 man. I am missing something because numerous people have made it sound like the twins had "control" of this situation?
  14. Major League Ready
    Apparently you have not seen him play defense or you don't value defense. He can hit 200 hundred and still be an asset. He was a 3.5 WAR player last year. Granted, his overall value is diminished if he continues to struggle this badly at the plate but we don't need to repeat the Carlos Gomez mistake. There have been plenty of guys that took 1500+ and Buxton is still a little shy of 1,000 ABs.
  15. Major League Ready
    Santana was horrid and he most certainly created the situation. However, is it not the job of RPS to strand runners. Coming through would have been stranding all of the runners. I would concede he came through had he given up a sac fly and allowed just one run. I have difficulty characterizing walking two runs in as "coming through". I like May and think he will be an asset going forward. A guy just coming off injury probably should not be in high leverage situations.
  16. Major League Ready
    As I look down the list of top SPs, the only one that is not on a contender is DeGrom and he only has 2 years of control. Nice move if you are looking for a final piece but this team has many positions to solidify before we look for a final piece. Any other SP candidates with more years of control I am over looking. Would Tampa trade Blake Snell? I take it you are trading Lewis or Kiriloff because that's the only way you get a "big time" player. I would much rather sign Escobar or Iglesias and keep Kiriloff/Lewis.
  17. Major League Ready
    I would not consider walking in 2 runs to be "coming through" I believe he can be a good bullpen piece but he does not look like a dominant late inning guy to me.
  18. Major League Ready
    Who are your top 3, Mike? I would like ... 1) Escobar 2) Iglesias if we can't get Escobar and move Polanco to 2nd. He is not a great player but he is not mediocre either and a good bridge to Lewis. 3) Closer - Not sure right now who that should be. Obviously 1B has to be addressed but a trade might be a better option than free agency. Of course, Machado would be first choice like everyone else, it's just a long shot. (very long)
  19. Major League Ready
    Both sides have made compelling points in this debate. I don't see the FO giving up the year of control but it would be hard to justify if he rakes the remainder of the month. I would consider going to Buxton and his agent and offering to buyout his arbitration years while adding an option year or two with the stipulation he is brought back this year. Of course, there are other potential terms that fit into a similar scenario. It accomplishes the goal of extending control while avoiding the potential pitfalls listed within this thread. The question would become should the Twins take this chance. There is obviously some risk because he looked dreadful at the plate. Having said this, the Twins need to be creative in retaining talent so maybe this is a risk that makes sense.
  20. Major League Ready
    You would not need to worry about him staying in shape or giving 100% because he signed a guaranteed deal. Very intriguing idea. I am just don't think he sells (so to speak) when his stock is so low.
  21. Major League Ready
    He is still just shy of 5 walks per 9. It's great to see this coming around but it is a bit early to proclaim he now has the command necessary at the ML level because the last handful of starts have been better. Sure, it would be entertaining for us all to see him but is it best for his development. If in fact they are seeing great strides in his command right now, I have no problem with them keeping him at AAA until their season is done if the coaching staff believes he is going through a critical stage in commanding his pitches. We are all clamoring for better development. Maybe that's happening with Gonsalves.
  22. Major League Ready
    I would rather get Mejia back in the rotation at this point. It's time we figure out if he is going to be part of the rotation for the next few years.
  23. Major League Ready
    So as opposed to doing what you admit here might have been smart you would have preferred them to be dumb and NOT do what's necessary to improve the team's chances to be better in the future? Leaders do what is necessary even when it's not popular with a few people who do not understand the best thing to do for the organization. Giving up is very different than recognizing your team has had numerous injuries and the players that are not injured are under performing. If we do a position by position comparison of the teams that are contention, it requires one to stick their head very deep in the sand to understand that this team's is simply not a contender. Please feel free to prove me wrong with evidence this team is even close in a position by position comparison. The old front office was often not willing to realize they did not have the talent to compete in meaningful way and they built pretenders instead of contenders. We had little chance in the playoffs last year and far less this year. Thank god the new regime looked at a 10% chance of getting to the playoffs and a 90% chance of getting our #ss kicked in the playoffs and decided it made sense to pick-up a dozen prospects instead. You say shameful, I say a demonstration of leadership and decision making that improves the chances for sustained performance.
  24. Major League Ready
    Hard to argue this has not been a problem. Our history is quite clear in this area. Some of us are being optimistic in terms of hoping the new regime is making corrections. This is one of those things where we have only surface information. I have heard/read a few things that suggest Falvey are making changes to address our past ineptitude. I am afraid the answer to this one will take some time to get a handle on but we do have a handful of examples that give me hope. IMO, this is at the very top of the list in terms of impact on the organization.
  25. Major League Ready
    Anything is possible. However, Stewart got a $4.5M signing bonus so I doubt the organization feels they owe Stewart for his loyalty.Plus, the paycheck at the ML minimum is not going to be much when compared to his initial bonus. I am sure we could come up with good examples of guys who got a shot because the team felt they owed it to the player but I would not think they fit Stewart's profile.
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