chilidavis

The 2015 season made me into a happy fan again. The 2015 Twins were fun to watch and I believe there's a bright future ahead. I was absolutely delighted to be watching meaningful Twins baseball into October for the first time in years, and I look forward to another winning squad (and hopefully a playoff appearance!) in 2016. That being said, the season is still fresh on my mind, so I have to provoke this discussion before I can fully accept that it's time to settle into another offseason... What are some realistic things the Twins could have done differently this year that would have gotten us an extra handful of wins/trip to the wild card game? Hindsight can be redundant and I don't want to beat any dead horses, but a few decisions quickly jump into my mind that, if handled properly, could have definitely made a difference for this team's end result. We lost a few wins for these reasons: 1. Eddie the Stick should have been the given the starting SS job much earlier in the season! They let Santana fail for way too long before finally coming to their senses on that one. It cost us in the end. 2. Stauffer was so terrible in Spring Training that he really never should have broken camp. He cost us a game or two early on. 3. Not a front office or managerial decision here, but Perkins should have spoken up about his injuries before blowing a handful of games while pitching through pain! He was terrible and it cost us a couple. Anybody else have some obvious ones that come to mind?