HarmonK03

Maybe but you can't commit to o how many innings Paredes goes. And if Prieliepp is cruising with a low pitch count, why pull him. Either put him in the bullpen to control his innings or send him back to St. Paul where it is easier to control. We are supposedly in contention, worry about winning the game.

Piggybacking doesn't work in reality. Let the flow of the game dictate your moves.

It was planned for him to only play 7 innings. It sounds like either tomorrow or Thursday he will play 7 again before they will bring him back.

When Zoll was promoted it was reported that he had been very involved in a lot of the trade discussions and other personnel decision for the prior couple of years. It was strongly hinted at the time that Levine had not been very involved for the same time period. So Zoll seemed to be in the GM role for a while just not officially until 24. So he is very much invested in the ways of the front office and their mode of operations.

This offseason was led by Falvey not Zoll. Falvey didn't leave until two weeks before spring training, he is the one who is ultimately responsible for the course they took. I assume Zoll had input but Falvey had the final say as head of baseball operations. I will agree that ownership bungled the transition, it should have been done at the end of the season last year so they could make better decisions for this year. And even if the new investors weren't on board yet, you need to establish a plan or plans for the next year But Falvey had money to spend, we will never agree on this board if it was enough. But he signed Bell for $7m in December to play 1B. That move made no sense at the time and is money that could have been allocated to the bullpen. He also signed Caratini after signing Jackson to supposedly be the backup catcher. Again at the time of the move, it was a head scratcher. There was another potential source of funds to be allocated to help with the bullpen. So Falvey had some resources that he chose not to use on bullpen help.

The whole problem is Bell wasn't signed to be the DH, he was signed to play 1B. Falvey said this after the signing, so how they couldn't see he was unplayable there I don't know. I think that is why Larnach was kept, to be the DH. But because of the known flaw of Bell's defense by everybody but the Twins front office, this has created a real mess in roster construction and usage.

You do know there is no rule that says you have to platoon players. Players that hit LH are allowed to face LH pitchers. The obsession with platoon matchups does not need to be a factor in every decision. Put your best players on the roster. And you could just as easily send out Gray for Jeffers even if you are his supporter, the infield is covered. But Zoll may not have that option on his dartboard.

I will make a similar comment I made in today's game thread. It doesn't matter which player or prospects you want to discuss, the fact remains do we trust Zoll to lead the team thru this process. He helped Falvey get us into the mess of roster construction and lack of bullpen, so can he really come up with a plan for this team. Or will he make trades just to make trades. I think people are giving him a pass for how this roster was constructed and even for the trade deadline moves last year, both good and bad. I don't want him making moves that could potentially hurt this organization and if he doesn't have a plan that could easily happen. And if he has a plan, while he doesn't have to share it in detail you usually see some idea of a plan based on their moves. And I sure don't see any idea of a plan.

There is no reason for him not to be up here today then if he is healthy.

For everyone hoping for trades or smart moves around the deadline do you really believe in Zoll making the right or best move for the team. So far he has shown no idea of a plan and everything is very random. He kept Gray up here to play SS and moved Lee to 3B when Lee actually grades better than Gray at SS. And there was plenty of time to call up Culpepper before he was hurt. Move Jeffers if you have to, but I wouldn't trust this guy to sell a used car.

Why wait, what is going to be accomplished with the Saints that can't be accomplished with the Twins. They say they want to compete than get him up here if he is healthy.

So it sounds like Jeffers in Iowa with the Saints. Why is he not up here, we have plenty of catchers, he doesn't have to catch every day. Someone take Zoll's dartboard away so maybe he will make a decision on his own.

They will probably go down the line of who was next in voting. Clemens is not an all star, keep the hopes down.

When will we have some in the front office?

So why didn't they do this week when he was first out. Rather than sit him out for 4 games and play 1. A lot of people predicted this and they need to be more decisive. It looks like the same thing with Culpepper.