no I pretty much see it the same way. Molitor just has a blind spot for Danny Santana for some unknown reason. Not to say Santana won't rebound next year but this year he was a train wreck.
The present system is better than the one it replaced, where the 4th best team began the postseason on essentially equal footing as the best team. And like other people said, there's no going backwards to fewer games or teams.
In fairness, at the time of the Tulo trade, Molitor's Plan A for shortstop was still "Danny Santana 4ever" and Plan B was probably still Nunez. Go figure.
I think the Twins could be the Vikings tonight! Mauer could outplay Bridgewater at QB, Adrian isn't even in the game plan so no need to find a Twin to replace him, and anyone could kick or punt as good as Walsh or Locke.