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  1. nicksaviking
    I think if KAM was fully in charge and KOC wasn't actually advocating for McCarthy, we would have heard about it long before McCarthy failed to launch. The last two Wentz games, when most suspected McCarthy could play, but wasn't, at minimum we'd have heard about it then, if not as far back as when they decided against retaining Darnold. It just makes no sense that if you have an offensive minded HC who was a QB and supposedly is a great QB mind, that the GM would go rogue and make a franchise altering pick at that position that the coach didn't want. If KOC had come out and said 'The JJ pick was on me, that's my department, though I often defer to Flores and KAM for lots of the defensive stuff' I'd be more inclined to believe this current narrative.
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    It's the same boss that for seven years habitually failed to transition top offensive prospects to capable MLB players. Lewis handled it poorly, (by not keeping his objections private) but just about EVERYBODY was saying Baldelli needed to go. I wouldn't have trusted his, or any of his coaches advice on mechanics or swing changes either. Particularly after Lewis saw pretty much all of his friends and teammates he came up with fade into oblivion under the same sage advice.
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    Believe in Gonzalez or not, he was always supposed to be the player who would make it break that trade. DeSclafani had next to no value (and most thought negative value) and Topa was an already old AAAA reliever. Gonzalez is not the last hope, he was always the only hope.
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    Thats the problem. Without speaking for everyone, I’m not at all convinced that KAM was wholly responsible for the awful drafting. I think it’s most likely KOC and possibly Flores were making significant decisions. And if Brezinski was also doing more than crunching numbers, than he’s to blame too. If he was mostly just crunching numbers, then the fear is he’ll just be a rubber stamp for KOC. Need a smart outside voice from an organization that has a recent history of quality drafting that makes these calls. KOC can collaborate, but cannot make the actual calls.
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    My point was cutting Gray is far, far from the only option. Someone else can go once he’s back.
  6. nicksaviking
    I'm not sure how anyone can look at the roster and think removing a dozen or so players from the 40-man is of any consequence to the future outlook of this organization.
  7. nicksaviking
    Hey, his kid might read this!
  8. nicksaviking
    If 2025 Vazquez is what you're looking for, there are always DFA'd catchers who can tickle you just as well.
  9. nicksaviking
    If I owned a baseball team, and I was superstitious, or even moderately stituous, I’d think a higher power was starting to tell me to sell the team.
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  11. nicksaviking
    I'll take the newly injured catcher, the starting outfield and the starting pitchers that only have two names. Guess you got to keep the middle infielders under 26-years of age as well. The rest can join Garcia.
  12. nicksaviking
    I think Lewis will turn it around and end up having a nice career. Just likely not here. Remember this spring when we had the epic Arcia v Kreidler v Gray debate? Looks like EVERYONE gets their wish!
  13. nicksaviking
    Yet you would have complained about playing rookies none the less.......
  14. nicksaviking
    Name me one player who was never a rookie. And what's the wishful thinking? Nobody is expecting these guys to be HOFers. The guys they'd be replacing have created such a low bar, that the idea is that even if the young guys come up and stink, so what, the guys they are replacing already stink.
  15. nicksaviking
    Half the MLB team isn’t good enough. Why does James Outman get a pass exactly? He’s not going to help this team in 2027. The only whining is coming from you every time someone mentions a prospect.
  16. nicksaviking
    So never room for rookies. Good plan. 80-ytear-old Nolan Ryan vs Lou Brock tomorrow is going to be a great matchup. And Walter Mitty was a middle aged man by the way.
  17. nicksaviking
    NHL playoffs are such a joke. Meanwhile either the conference's 4th or 5th best team gets a free ticket to the conference championship.
  18. nicksaviking
    I mean, I was interested.... lol
  19. nicksaviking
    If they aren't competing this year, why wouldn't you bring up the prospects to get their MLB legs underneath them now? Expecting rookies to come in and light the world on fire is expecting too much.
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    Certainly could be user algorithm bias on my end. I don’t see too many top ten lists since I stopped watching ESPN live eight hours ago day and David Letterman retired. To me it seemed like a prior generation obsession. But I can see how it could be the easiest thing for an AI bot to generate.
  21. nicksaviking
    Nobody pitches for 20 years throwing 88 MPH any longer. Not even five years. It’s unsustainable.
  22. nicksaviking
    Yeah, evolution is undefeated.. Fortunately those ‘greatest ever’ debates seem to have tapered off with more recent generations.
  23. nicksaviking
    While throwing 88 MPH. He would be out of the league before his rookie contract was up if he didn't significantly dial up that velocity in today's game.
  24. nicksaviking
    Kind of feels like the plagues of Egypt.. Almost like the baseball Gods are telling the Pohlads to sell.
  25. nicksaviking
    Ha, that’s all news to me. I guess I only care if teammates hate him.
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