I went to a local 70's R&B Music Fest this past weekend. It was fun, until this cover band came on and played "Shining Star," "Boogie Wonderland," and "Mighty Mighty." The place had to be evacuated.
They set off the Earth, Wind & Fire alarm.
The Twins--fairly or unfairly--have a pretty strong reputation as "cheap."
You don't think announcing a massive payroll cut days after the season ends is going to undercut every ounce of goodwill they earned last postseason?
Ownership absolutely earned the tepid interest they're getting. Add in the fumbled TV contract, blaming fans, etc etc.
Forget the Falvine mistakes. The real damage was done by Ownership.
Is that MLB's goal?
If so, they don't seem very interested in achieving it. MLB (or at least multiple teams) spent all of the last year trying desperately to get Diamond Sports through bankruptcy and back INTO broadcasting games rather than using the bankruptcy as a path away.
Is this a serious post? Can't be. The O's "fizzle out" in the postseason? They've made the postseason once since 2016. 4 times since 1998.
But ok, let's play this silly "postseason is too long" game.
Texas won the WS last year. Marcus Semien played 162 games in the regular season. Nate Lowe 161. Corey Seager 119 after missing 5 weeks to the IL in April/May. Adolis Garcia 148 with a 13 day IL stay. Catcher Josh Heim 131.
Their WS opponent? Christian Walker, 157 games. Corbin Carroll 155. Gurriel 145 with 2 injury stints.
It's almost like a team's best players should play. Virtually every day. Many do.
There's absolutely zero reason to think 3 days off in June will somehow make a player better in October.
Eddie just doesn't have soft hands. Never will. He's been better at 2nd. But he just wasn't born with soft hands.
WAY down the list of immediate or long term issues, though.