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  1. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I agree with Garver. Jeffers obviously wasn't intentionally hit, there were runners on the corners and Dunning had walked about a dozen batters by that time; he had zero control. Jeffers gave a bunch of attitude as if he was hit because of the game winning HR the day before. Maybe Gray hits Garver anyway, but he likely felt obliged after Jeffers public preening. Either way, whether it was on Jeffers, Gray or the Twins bench, the dust up and the ensuing warnings were 100% Twins instigated.
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    I'm just worried this organization is going to be so afraid of being bad enough to draft a good QB prospect that they'll instead go the Carr/Garoppalo route indefinitely and be mediocre for ever.
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    I think Cleveland should do what this thread title unintentionally implies and hire Tony LaRusa.
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    Obviously there's plenty of ways to build a bullpen. The Dodgers, Orioles and Rays use a mix of their homegrown players and other teams' castoffs. The Rangers, Astros and Atlanta have traded for some good arms, while developing a bit of their own talent. This front office has gone both routes and failed every time. I don't think it's the strategy, I think it's the evaluation and implantation. Terry Ryan didn't know UZR from RC+, but he had a much better knack of putting a bullpen together.
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    Robertson could have been a reasonable target, seems like that was the big miss. Sewald would have been good, but not sure about what it would have taken to get him. Hicks and Barlow have command issues which doesn't seem like it would be a fit for this bullpen.
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    Agree that they might have been told to stand pat. I'm not sure about the payroll aspect, but ownership might have said they've made their beds with some poor signings and bad trades and they don't get to waste any more prospect equity trying to fix their mistakes. Win with the players you already asked for, or someone else will get a shot. But to be fair, this was the most blasé group of deadline players I remember. There was really nobody that would have moved the needle for me. David Robertson might have been the only guy I saw moved that I thought the Twins should have been in on.
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    Along the same train of thought as brining Trey Lance in, Matt Corral would interest me as a test subject for KOC. It's unclear what's going to happen with him in Carolina, but he has no long term future there.
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    AZ traded Isaiah Simmons to the Giants for a 7th round pick. Seems like if Flores is the creative defensive mind he's portrayed as, a LB/Safety combo player might have been a good fit here.
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    Kellen Mond's tenure with the Browns last as long as his tenure with the Browns. This team used to do so much better in the draft. Just looking back through the recent years now and there hasn't been a draft since 2015 where you look at the picks and think, dang, they really hit on more than one guy this year.
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    I mentioned it in another thread, but I'd give Austin Martin the CF job and see if that builds a fire in Buxton to take it back next year. Not that I in anyway think Buxton isn't hurting and trying his best, but hopefully he can physically heal and be extra motivated come next spring. Also, speaking of Arraez, it seems as though he's going through a late season swoon as he typically did with the Twins, I wonder if his knee is acting up once again too.
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    Yeah, certainly more fans than not feel that way. Last year was a lot of fun, still, my enthusiasm wasn't at the level it was in 2009 or the late '90's through early '00's. Plenty of decent teams since, but I guess when I know the ceiling is capped, it's hard for me to indulge myself. Though to be fair, I'm not young any longer (not OLD old, but definitely a way different person now). The stress I felt back in those days may impact me more than I think.
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    I'm on board since I'm now a Super Bowl or bust fan. But plenty of people would be upset because they prefer watching playoff caliber teams, even if there is no reasonable chance at a title, and I'm empathetic to that.
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    For sure.
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    Yeah, I want them to get a top end QB through the draft, but that's going to be hard next year, and possibly the year after. This could be a good and cheap test case. Though I really hope that KOC isn't tied to the same Shanahan philosophy of only using pocket-passer friendly offenses though. I want the next QB to be a guy who can move and pick up 1st downs with his legs after Cousins has left. Also, all reports seem to indicate that the 49er's really like Lance on a personal level. Usually you'd want to make this trade in the other conference, but perhaps they'd be amenable to doing Lance a solid and sending him home, considering all the misfortune he's dealt with.
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    Insanely, he's still two years younger than Jaren Hall. Also, I'd be happy finding a reason to get rid of Nick Mullens. I never understood why you'd carry this type of QB. If your starter goes down, your season is over, Mullens types aren't going to carry a team to anything meaningful. If you're going to lose a QB and stink, might as well stink epically and with someone with developable upside.
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    And not to be needlessly critical, but thus far I've seen little from this front office's drafts that's encouraging.
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    Sniped me, but I guess one round isn't much to argue about.
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    A fourth or less I'm good with. Or contingent draft picks based on usage/performance. It's probably over for Lance, but Shanahan is not the QB whisperer people make him out to be in league circles. Maybe Purdy will break the mold, but he develops and only uses low end game managers and that's it. Garappolo, Beathard, Hoyer, Mullens, Purdy? Cousins and an inherited 30-year-old Matt Ryan were his pre-SF success stories. These guys are immobile pocket passers. It seemed to make sense when they drafted Lance, as he could sit a year behind Garappolo, but obviously he doesn't play Shanahan's style. I wouldn't be surprised if Lance was a big fight between Shanahan and Lynch.
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    Reportedly, Trey Lance was pulled from practice to avoid injury after losing out to Josh Darnold for the #2 QB role. Where's he getting traded to?
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    Yeah, I'm guessing he, Jonathan Taylor and J.K. Dobbins all have the same doctor. I don't blame him either. He blows out his ACL in practice and he'll never get the deal he deserves.
  21. nicksaviking
    Ryan and Gardenhire's success came before most clubs were heavily into using numbers to gain an edge. The Twins started struggling when the rest of the league decided to start using analytics too.
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    Right, refusing to use math is why Terry Ryan and Ron Gardenhire won so many championships.
  23. nicksaviking
    I’d guess expansion hasn’t happened because taking these other cities off the table will hurt the league’s efforts to profit off of relocation threats to existing cities. I kind of think this new White Sox threat indicates they’re not ready to set up new markets at the expense of pillaging their current markets.
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    Contrarian take here, but the young hitters seem to be feeding off of each other while the vets are mostly struggling. I won't speculate why. Buxton hasn't been playing the field or hitting well this year. I might rather give Martin the CF job, shut Buxton down for the year, and see if his competitive instincts take over wanting to prove everyone wrong and take back his CF job with a vengence in 2024.
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    The paralyzing fear of the unknown when the known is already not acceptable, is a loser's mentality. I want no part of it. What if the new thing is implausibly even worse than this thing we have which is already the worst?!?!? Nothing, that's what. You still fail the test if you score a 40% or a 50%.
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