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  1. karcherd
    You are correct, you can't just change for the sake of change, You need to have a model to work from, but you have to be willing to review if it is working and tweak or even blow it up if needed. But Falvey just does not seem to waver to the point of stubbornness. I hope he proves me wrong next year.
  2. karcherd
    Do you really think Falvey will change the way this team does things, he was just given a vote of confidence by his boss after an epic collapse. Why would you think you need to do something different.
  3. karcherd
    This is exactly why ownership should have taken some time to examine the season and the organization. You say $20 million could have won possibly 4 more games, don't necessarily disagree even I don't trust Falvine when it comes to identifying relief pitching. But how about looking at the organizational strategies that drive the product on the field. I bet if we go back we will find at least 4 games if not more that were lost because of the rigidity of the analytics this team wants to follow. Whether it was bullpen management, match ups or pinch hitting Margot. So you might not have had to spend $20 million to get those needed 4 wins. But this is why I wanted the organization to do a true analysis of the season and where they are at in relation to prior seasons, that is how you get the answer to the questions above. This just shows a stubbornness to their model and no one is going to tell them they are wrong. That is not the way successful organizations are run.
  4. karcherd
    So what do you want ownership to do differently whether it is current or a new ownership group. Falvey has set the analytics driven model that is not working. What can ownership do differently, and if it is a higher budget, how much should it be.
  5. karcherd
    I am really disappointed in the timing of this announcement. They really needed to take some time and let the emotion of the collapse subside and conduct a thorough review of the organization. But then I read a quote from Joe Pohlad, where he said he talks to Falvey daily. He is too involved in the details to make an objective review of the organization and he needs to hire someone and give them the overview of his expectations and get out of the way. Having regular contact is one thing, but daily means he is involved and who is then overseeing him and giving him constructive criticism and direction that should be going to Falvey.
  6. karcherd
    I really hope they don't count on Paddack again. There is no good history of coming back from 2 TJ surgeries. And he is not that good of a pitcher, one good year in 2019. Can we set the bar a little higher or else you may as well go with the kids.
  7. karcherd
    How much do you want them to spend, what would be the right number for payroll next year. It is easy to say spend more, but how much more.
  8. karcherd
    Bottom line, it is an elimination game, he is not getting anyone out. Rocco was trying to play the matchup game, you can't do that in this situation. Being down by 7 vs 3 at the end of the inning is a huge difference.
  9. karcherd
    You are correct if it is June, but it's not. We were essentially playing a playoff game last night and Rocco gave up. You don't keep a pitcher in after three straight batters reach, it is all hands on deck until you are eliminated.
  10. karcherd
    It would be interesting to know what the rest of the league really thinks of the two. It sounded like Boston interviewed Levine and passed on him. I don't think they have the ability to run a successful major league front office. It has been seven years and we have one playoff series win and have been a sub .500 team for the last 4 years. We should be on an upward trajectory not flat. They are too rigid in the their philosophy and will not admit mistakes and move on when needed. The young players are coming to the majors and are not producing at any sustained level. Where is the player development of the organization. While not every prospect will flourish in the majors, you can't have them all regress. There are some prospects that have been highly thought of by many throughout the league, why aren't they producing at the major leagues. They need to have a plan and I don't see it. Either go with the young guys if you can develop them or move on and bring in quality level starting position players, no more Margot's, Garlicks, Santana, or Farmer's of the world.
  11. karcherd
    None of this will occur if Falvey stays. He has put in place an analytics driven model that says stolen bases have no impact on the game, so don't hold runners on or try to steal. The analytics say HR's are your best chance to win, so teach all your hitters launch angle so they try to pull the ball and hit one out. Ask Martin and Lee as two examples, they both went back to their style of hitting in the minors after not having success with the Twins way. Bunting is also frowned upon because you don't want to give up an out. And where has this model gotten us, we are 6 games under .500 since 2020 with one playoff series win. If ownership doesn't take a serious review of this organization and make changes, that will be a real slap in the face of the fans.
  12. karcherd
    Did any reporter ask Rocco why he left Funderburk in the game when the bases were loaded, was he not trying to win. It was bad enough putting him in, but why leave him in.
  13. karcherd
    Two runs in six innings, it was our hitters who couldn't Pavich. I would have loved for Pablo to go eight, but with our bats he needed to shut them out and even then that might not have been enough.
  14. karcherd
    This has nothing to do with the ownership, this is Rocco in the dugout at the moment giving up on the season. Unless Falvey or Joe are calling him in the dugout.
  15. karcherd
    You still manage to win the game at this point in the season. He should be fired immediately after the game.
  16. karcherd
    I understand, but you still have a chance no matter how small, why leave Funderburke in the game. I have never seen a manager give up like this.
  17. karcherd
    Rocco is waving the white flag.
  18. karcherd
    It's not like we had a $50m payroll. Yes they cut payroll and probably shouldn't have. But we have two of the largest contracts in Twins history and the front office was unable to build anything around that. This front office has not shown they know how to run a major league franchise and it starts with them.
  19. karcherd
    Have you been watching the games, Rocco does not know how to win games.
  20. karcherd
    Everybody wants to keep Santana because he leads the team in RBI's and HR's. But Jeffers who is right behind him you want to get rid of. Royce Lewis has 500 AB's, with an OPS of .830, I think it is premature to say he is not usable. Yes his last month has been disappointing, but give him a position and let him play there every day and get comfortable. I have no idea what to do with Julien, Kiriloff, Miranda, we either have to play them or get starting caliber players in to replace them. Not the Santana's and Margot's of the world. The bar needs to be set higher in terms of expectations and stop this position flexibility and platooning for everyone nonsense.
  21. karcherd
    Can we maybe set the bar a little higher than Farmer, even if is in a reserve role. We fall in love with below average veterans then we wonder why we are a .500 team.
  22. karcherd
    Martin came up thru the minors as a shortstop, not an OF. The problem is they did not play him enough in the OF in the minors even though it became apparent that was his path to the majors.
  23. karcherd
    Actually if you look at the best teams, their closers only pitch in the ninth inning during the regular season.
  24. karcherd
    He was half way there before going back to second.
  25. karcherd
    How did we know they would play the infield in with a runner at third. They do every single time, don't tell me they aren't completely analytics driven. Every decision is decided before the game even starts. And yes this time, it didn't hurt, but it has plenty of times.
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