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  1. Squirrel
    I think Martin in a utility role is perfect ... that's what I'd do ... and get him outfield and infield reps. Weren't you the one who was a strong advocate for him in the outfield? And I'd be signing Correa
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    This is a general comment not specific to yours alone, but I am surprised by the number of these that have little to no changes to the bullpen from last season. I’m not sure who I would trade for or sign, and who I’d move out to make room, why I haven’t built a roster myself, but it seemed most everyone on TD had issues with the BP, yet I’m seeing little changes to it in these roster creations. Why is that? Do you and others think the BP will be completely turned around just by removing Pagan?
  3. Squirrel
    I love it when the underdogs win!
  4. Squirrel
    Good job … I assume your other attempts can be deleted, now that you finally got what you wanted in this version?
  5. Squirrel
    Well, I’m not sure I’m completely on Brian’s page but I don’t disagree, in theory. I’m more a ‘one size does not fit all’ person and we need to roll with that because we do not have the Scherzer type pitchers. We could get a pitcher or two that could fulfill a traditional starter role, but then that will leave us with 3 or 4 who don’t. But my main bugaboo has always been, if this is how it is going to be, fill your roster with mediocre adequate or slightly above they have to construct a better BP. That said, yeah ,,, I don’t have an answer to how, then, to construct a pitcher’s contract. And could we potentially be hurting their potential earnings? I come back to Sonny Gray, who complained about coming out too soon after one outing, and then blew up the next outing and basically said, ‘yeah, okay, I get it and I need to do better.’ Bottom line is great pitchers will be paid like great pitchers and so on. And if the Twins don’t want to pay for it, or their philosophy becomes a huge detraction, then yeah, the FO will need to adjust.
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    If we had a Scherzer or two my guess is they would let him pitch however long they want. We certainly didn’t this past season. And it’s highly unlikely we are ever going to pay for a Scherzer so we work with what we have. Sonny Gray did not pitch well enough to get more innings. Once or twice they could have let him go longer, imo, but the rest of the time, no. He complained about this after one start being taken out, then the next start he pitched horribly and then threw out a mea culpa saying he had to do better. The problem with how the Twins managed their pitchers wasn’t that they pulled their starters too soon to please the fans, but that they didn’t construct a very good BP to withstand their philosophy. There was one notable time I would have let Ryan go deeper, and I still would have, but I also understand the reasoning behind why not, plus he was a rookie and spent time on the IL and was very up and down for several starts following, But I hope he gets more innings next season and will be a pitcher who will command more innings. But when your starting staff is filled with two decent middle pitchers (Ryan and Gray) and then Bundy, Archer and the injured crew, and an inadequate BP, the FO either needs to reconsider its philosophy, or needs to do a much better job at constructing a pitching staff that can get through 9 innings each and every game without falling apart.
  7. Squirrel
    Et, voilà … a team with no SS
  8. Squirrel
    Okay … show us your blueprint then?
  9. Squirrel
    I don’t think it was a scapegoat move at all. It was needed. But that they retained a,l the other coaches? Hmmm … maybe they could or will make changes yet
  10. Squirrel
    You should join me in Fort Myers … good times!
  11. Squirrel
    Agree. Wish I had the time to watch more of it
  12. Squirrel
    So true
  13. Squirrel
    I have been a proponent that I don’t think the manager really affects the outcome all that much. And yes, the style of play that people criticize when they say ‘Fire Baldelli’ I think would continue with a new manager under this FO. And I have fully admitted that I wouldn’t do much better and I’m not someone who should be in charge and I’m very clear that I’m stating opinions. I think those are all things that don’t impose a pov of knowing better as many express, as if they know what went into each decision and it’s wrong because it wasn’t the desired outcome. Because I don’t know. And I don’t think any of us does, yet many act as they do. I can still be disappointed with an outcome and not go off the blame rails as if I knew for certain what the better course was.
  14. Squirrel
    Yeah, no … the thing is you don’t know what’s going on in the dugout, you don’t know what’s being discussed, what numbers are being used and how or maybe not at all. Game threads are absolutely a **** storm in this regard. It’s people who think they know and know better and looking for excuses to crab about the game and the Twins. And I’m not saying that no one should be upset about the state of things, but you don’t know truly what and why things are being decided. Yes, a few know baseball really well, but no, you are privy to nothing and most just are overly nostalgic in a not so good way, about how they miss baseball yesteryear.
  15. Squirrel
    Yes. Seriously, though, I think you’ve said this very well, and I’ll take it a step further and surmise that whenever a poster here thinks the wrong call was made, it’s based solely on the outcome they didn’t want and then blame whatever/whoever they dislike and then it gives them the platform to spout their dislikes, over and over again. Wash, rinse, repeat, And I’m sure sometimes they are right. After all, a broken clock is right twice a day. There is no way to know for certain what is happening, how or why certain decisions are made. Have we gotten too analytical? I’m not certain that’s correct. But … I do think that some teams are better at analyzing the data and coming to better conclusions.
  16. Squirrel
    Is this satire?
  17. Squirrel
    ESCO!!!!! ?
  18. Squirrel
    Just emphasizing it ?
  19. Squirrel
    Anecdotal evidence isn’t really evidence, you know ?
  20. Squirrel
    And what makes you think Polanco will be healthy enough? I’d rather see Gordon at SS than Polanco at this point. The only solution is to re-sign Correa to the contract he wants. ?
  21. Squirrel
    Since we already know that’s not happening, I guess your time as a fan is over?
  22. Squirrel
    I have a very short list: 1-Stop acquiring players that break down easily or a lot. I’ll revisit this thought if both Mahle and Paddack come back better. Which leads to … 2-Do better evaluating players you are trading for 3-actually spend on acquiring an AWESOME bp that can not only withstand the workload but can shut down the opposition and close out games. And see 2 above 4-Re-sign Correa, whatever it takes 5-Keep Urshela okay, that last one really isn’t a deal breaker
  23. Squirrel
    Okay, so, to answer the question asked by the author, there is nothing this FO could do to earn back your favor?
  24. Squirrel
    Yeah and they hardly traded away our future. Not a great season, but I’ve seen worse. At this point I’m glad it’s over but there were good moments, too.
  25. Squirrel
    All I’m suggesting is to not turn it into some conspiracy it isn’t, and those doing it look for reasons to put it on Rocco or the FO. And that very well could be the case, but until anyone can provide actual evidence apart from their hatred of Twins management, and this spinning a narrative to support that, do some actual reading and investigating instead of spewing conspiracies
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