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  1. nicksaviking
    They might sign off on the players, but they don't all find them, decide their value and sniff out the agents to get a feel for their demands. Somebody identifies players, gathers data on them and presents them to the others. I'm sure that's not Baldelli outside of him saying something like, 'Hey, what about so-and-so'. That's also not Falvey's background, it would seem like he'd be the one saying, 'We need a guy who does this and this, but not that'. Though surely he has much more input and the final say (second final say after Joe Pohlad). This has basically been the GM's job since time immortal. There's clearly way more collaboration now, but I'd still guess if one of these guys did most of the legwork in this area, it would be Levine. I doubt Levine would still be here if he's doing the exact same thing as his boss but getting paid less. But it's an opaque situation to us, so that's just my math.
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    So now that the hitters have adjusted to this increase in velocity and spin rate you want to dial it back? What do you think the average scores of games will be? You can't reverse course on this without an absolute offensive explosion. Which by the way will hurt the Twins and their subpar bats more than it will hurt other teams. People aren't going to like it, but these 4 innings/start games very well might be the wave of the future because outside of biological advancements, there likely is no other choice.
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    If he could pinch run, I'm sure he'd have played every game. It's the only reason why Martin got on the field the first week he was up. This does seem really odd though. Santana has been terrible and they gave him two days off. They won't do the same to Vazquez who has been just as bad? For as much as Baldelli seems to endear himself to players like Gardenhire, his distaste for young players is much more reminiscent of Kelly. Think of it this way Rocco, if you put them in the lineup, at least they're out on the field for half the game instead of annoying you on the bench for the full game.
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    These lowered innings seem pretty clearly to be a reaction to the league-wide rash of injuries, that's why minor league starters were throwing fewer innings in 2023 than in 2022. Are you suggesting they try nothing to prevent all the injuries?
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    It's frustrating that we don't have a clear understanding of job delineation for the front office, but as it is, I presume Falvey is the architect of the organization as he was the assistant director of baseball operations in Cleveland. I'm guessing he's building the infrastructure. So then I'd guess Levine is largely in charge of player management as he was the assistant GM with the Rangers. I really dislike the idea that those two are some conjoined monster that do the same things and for a couple years now I've been in favor of replacing Levine to see what if anything changes. I'd test it out for a couple years and if they still keep stocking the roster with the same kind of players, that's when I'd replace Falvey as well.
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    Pretty much every team is doing this. Check out Seth's link up there for Paul Skenes, he's only going 3 innings per start and he probably should have gone directly from college to the majors. Just about all of the top prospect arms pitched fewer innings in 2023 than they did in 2022, and 2024 is pacing 2023 numbers. Jackson Jobe, Jacob Misiorowski, Cade Horton, Mick Abel, Dylan Lesko, Noble Meyer. These guys are all throwing 4 innings per start or less. I'm guessing it's about 70% injury prevention and 30% saving innings for the MLB level for those that will get there this year.
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    Yeah, and the firing-the-boss technique has long been used as a motivating factor for the employees. Change often works, even when there is no supporting data to explain why.
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    I think fair or not to the current manager, a change often is the kick in the pants the players need. However, Baldelli was extended through the 2025 season, and after this past offseason, I don't see Joe Pohald willingly pay two managers. I'm happy replacing Levine too. I really don't care for his roster decisions and low ceiling free agent choices. I also assume this hitting method of taking two strikes before swinging is more on the organization than the hitting coach, but possibly it was the hitting coach's idea. It didn't show up until they hired Popkins; he may have sold the team on it. If it's a chicken or the egg scenario, I'm all for cracking the egg if for no other reason than to see what spills out of it.
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    I'm not mixing up ILB and edge guys, Flores is is mixing them up, regularly. As the RILB last year Pace was only on the field for 62% of the defensive snaps and it wasn't because Asamoah was getting on the field for those other 38%, Pace was rotated off for Wonnum and Patrick Jones as barely half the Vikings sets featured two MILBs. Now it will be Jones and Van Ginkle and Ward rotating in when the team runs out only one of the classic interior LBs, and Grugier-Hill has been added as another interior guy. I don't see Pace's usage going up.
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    Pulling the trigger on Wallner after only 13 games is actually one of the few encouraging things they've done this year. Optionable players or non-optionable players, I'd hope that will continue. Though I'm doubtful.
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    If they did, they were wrong. Who did Cleveland develop outside of Danny Salazar during his time there? Every other pitcher they acquired was in either the majors or when they were in AAA.
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    Nobody but armchair fans who did no research were telling that story. Cleveland didn't develop a pipeline during his time there.
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    I don't know, we don't hear from them a ton, which is fine by me. They don't need to spill the beans on internal strategies. I think Falvey is probably doing fine as he's remodeled the organization from the caveman days of Terry Ryan. Levine as the GM and presumably in charge of player acquisitions, I'm less confident in. I really, really dislike the choice to continue to bring in these no-ceiling vets instead of adding one good player and using the internal options. I don't like the types of players he seems to like.
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    Worrying about what looks worse as opposed to what wins more games should be a fireable offense. Not saying they're doing that nor am I calling for anyone to be fired at this time.
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    You mean all the pitchers they traded for? Like the Twins also have done the last half decade? Because while Falvey was there, Cleveland only developed Danny Salazar, they traded for the others.
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    Turner is someone I would have used to avoid, but I was turned off by how streaky all the hitters were the last several years. While old, Turner hasn't had a bad season in over a decade. I would have trusted him to be reliable more than just about any of the other free agents, Cody Bellinger included.
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    I doubt ownership cares how they spend their money, they only care how much they spend.
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    No. Defense isn't the issue, offense is. If this team goes back to the Pedro Florimon era of just putting the best defensive player at SS, offense be damned, then they aren't playing for anything anyway. Might as well cut payroll to 70M and start over as you're not a serious contender.
  19. nicksaviking
    Simply avoiding two of those players gets you Justin Turner instead, avoid all three and Rhys Hoskins could be here. Yeah, ownership screwed everyone over this year, but the front office is the area that seems obsessed with quantity vets over A quality vet.
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    I would not. Hard to see either being able to go more than 4 innings without offseason build up, and with those fewer innings and them no longer in the pen, that would tax the remaining relievers even further. I want the Twins to win, but I wrote of a championship when they failed to get another top of the rotation arm. They might still be respectable enough to make a run to the playoffs (but not in the playoffs), but if not, hopefully it leads to big changes in coaching, player acquisition and the stupid take-two-strikes-before-swinging philosophy.
  21. nicksaviking
    More information about "Dave McCarty"
    David Andrew McCarty (born November 23, 1969) is an American former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball. From 1993 through 2005, McCarty played with the Minnesota Twins (1993–1995), San Francisco Giants (1995–1996), Seattle Mariners (1998), Kansas City Royals (2000–2002), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2002), Oakland Athletics (2003) and Boston Red Sox (2003–2005). He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Dave McCarty passed of a cardiac event on April 19, 2024. He was 54 years old.
  22. nicksaviking
    David Andrew McCarty (born November 23, 1969) is an American former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball. From 1993 through 2005, McCarty played with the Minnesota Twins (1993–1995), San Francisco Giants (1995–1996), Seattle Mariners (1998), Kansas City Royals (2000–2002), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2002), Oakland Athletics (2003) and Boston Red Sox (2003–2005). He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Dave McCarty passed of a cardiac event on April 19, 2024. He was 54 years old. View full player
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    https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/drake-maye-is-off-the-board-for-team-specific-bets-at-draftkings This is interesting, the bets associated with Drake Maye on Draft Kings have greatly been eliminated. You no longer can bet on Maye to got a specific team, though this article suggests you can do so with the other QBs. PFT also says this: DraftKings has taken Maye off the board for any team-specific picks. He’s still an option for wagers tied to draft position — No. 2, No. 3, and No. 5, most notably. So why can you no longer bet on Maye to go No. 4? Does that suggest that whatever inside info Draft Kings has indicates their belief that AZ at No. 4 is planning on trading the pick and that's where Maye is expected to go? I'm not a great sportsbook mind but this all seems a bit peculiar.
  24. nicksaviking
    Yeah, that's winning the team so many ballgames in recent years. It's frustrating. This 'vet leadership' should be able to filled by coaches and advisors, who the team can pay exponentially less. Yes, even less than league minimum vets get paid.
  25. nicksaviking
    The Twins probably should have moved Larnach for someone more useful a couple years ago when he had value, so I'm up for giving him one more audition to see if anything can be recouped, but I agree with this. Draft position should have little to do with the callup hierarchy. It should be next to meaningless in terms of prospect evaluations a couple of years after the player is in pro ball.
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