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  1. nicksaviking
    This team could have Atlanta's pitching staff from the 1990's, but there's no way new owners are going to hang on to Falvey if they aren't competitive. Honestly, there might be a stronger argument that having a really good rotation yet still having a really terrible team is evidence that the President of Baseball Operations ISN'T doing a good job.
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    Keep their jobs with new ownership? Unless this team turns into a bona fide contender, I'd guess the new guys will want to show they're making changes, and getting new managers and GMs is way cheaper than new players. Under the Pohlads? No, I'm guessing both stay unless a sale is completely off the table. Falvey almost 100% stays. But I could see Falvey talking the Pohlads into firing Baldelli if Falvey thinks a spark might help save HIS job though. But no one ever disclosed Baldelli's contract extension. For all we know he was giving a 50-year deal with an option for a 51st.
  3. nicksaviking
    For sure. Falvey doesn't keep his job unless this team goes on some magical run. I'm just suggesting that if they replace Baldelli while Falvey rides out his remaining time on the gravy train, the difference between the Falvey/Baldelli and Falvey/New Manager dynamic may provide more detail into specifically what the team doesn't want when they start over.
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    I'd do a complete overhaul as well, but I don't see more than the manager getting canned while ownership is in flux. But firing the manager while the GM/POBO is still here could provide some insight. Specifically, it may provide details into where the breakdown in development is coming from. Currently, we all see it's broken, but no one can exactly put their finger on why or how or where or when. Just replacing the manager might give a better idea where fault lies. Then when the GM/POBO gets replaced later, you can more directly avoid the same dynamic or Venn diagram overlap that you had before.
  5. nicksaviking
    "Why, then, are they so quick to point the finger toward the dugout when the players are the ones underachieving?" Because replacing one manager is easier than replacing 26 players? There shouldn't be a requirement to weigh the manager's good deeds vs bad. When the team has hit rock bottom and has lost all momentum, this is just what you do. The criticisms of Gardenhire and Molitor were fairly pedestrian, but the product on the field was extremely stale at the end of their runs; it was time to move on from them even if they were faultless. Same is true now. One of the best ways to spark a team is to fire the manager. Every sport, every league, every era. Doesn't always work, but that hardly matters when it's not working now.
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    They should have forced harder!!!!! I'm guessing just two go, but I wouldn't be surprised if a third does. I also wouldn't be surprised if Dart (or maybe Howard or Shough who are getting a lot of late-fake hype right now) go before Sanders. I think every team other than the Cowboys see Deion Sanders attached to this kid and using his platform to throw shade at everything but his son when the team loses, as a very, very scary thing. And he's only ever been coached by his dad? Another very, very scary thing. No one's taking Milroe first round though. Anthony Richardson and Trey Lance have to have scarred teams off from trying that in round 1 again.
  7. nicksaviking
    The rotation has been the team's biggest strength for awhile now, so I'm not sure what there is to complain about in that regard. I want to clean house and Falvey hasn't done enough to adjust offensively since the league deadened the ball so he's out too, but I'm not going to mark down 'failure to build a rotation' during his exit interview.
  8. nicksaviking
    Who outside of the fans that weren't paying attention were vaunting the pitching pipeline? That was not the Cleveland model, not sure why anyone thought it would be the model here.
  9. nicksaviking
    Agreed, they hang on to just about everyone too long. Not just vets like Polanco and Kepler, but also young guys like Miranda and Julien. If they make the right read on Miranda, they can probably trade him nearly straight up for Luis Castillo instead of trading Steer plus others for Mahle. They are poor at evaluating their young talent, and poor at evaluating the decline of veterans. Also, Cleveland never had a pitching pipeline. The traded for just about every one of their good starting pitchers either when they were already top prospects in the high minors, or after they debuted at the MLB level. Last we did this exercise, I think I found Danny Salazar was their only home-grown arm of note while Falvey was there. And I'm fine with that strategy. Nothing is more finicky as a pitching 'prospect' in A ball. Trade for them when they are more of a sure thing. Worked with Joe Ryan.
  10. nicksaviking
    Smith would have had to sign him while Hunter was already in free agency, and after Hunter had already felt slapped in the face by the Twins. Ryan only offered him a 3 year 45M deal in August prior to him becoming a free agent, while the Angels gave him a 5 year 90M deal and reports were that the Rangers were offering something similar and both the White Sox and the KANSAS CITY ROYALS!!! were also pursing him. Yeah, the Pohlad's were tight with money, but it was Ryan who couldn't stomach giving out long term deals, which obviously was going to be an issue with the upcoming Joe Mauer situation. Yeah, I remember those Dodger rumors. That would have been quite the haul.
  11. nicksaviking
    Adding the sinker isn't going to help the strikeout numbers. I think he can be good, but without missing bats, he's giving off some Josh Winder vibes.
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    Terry Ryan's reluctance to give out long term deals to Santana and Hunter was likely a big reason he was pushed out in favor of Bill Smith. The Twins were getting a new stadium and wanted to make sure Mauer and Morneau were still there long term and Ryan clearly couldn't stomach such contracts. But I'm not sure a long term deal for Santana wouldn't have worked out better for the Twins. Yes, he was out for the 2011 season which may have been unavoidable, but when he returned in 2012, he was back to his dominant self. He was probably the Cy Young front runner after throwing his infamous 134 pitch no-hitter on June 1st. That no hitter was important to the Mets as they had never had one, but Santana never recovered. His shoulder was shot and he limped out a couple of more months before having to shut down his career for good. I know pitch counts aren't popular, but no way the Twins would have been that irresponsible. Heck, they took him out during his 17 strikeout game when he had a chance to tie the all time record of 20.
  13. nicksaviking
    I don't want Baldelli as manager. Are you asking what is the Pohlad's argument against firing Baldelli? Apathy. Sorry, for as much as fans on this board care and want a new manager, the general public doesn't care and firing a manager would look like waiving a white flag to those people, further signaling a lost year to them and dysfunction to prospective buyers. They won't get more fans nor more buyers by firing the manager, so it's not important to them. If Baldelli is fired, it will be because Falvey talks ownership into it, in a desperate attempt to save HIS job.
  14. nicksaviking
    Seems like something you might want to do BEFORE they make a dozen errors.
  15. nicksaviking
    I can find a dozen players I'm OK removing from the 40-man.........
  16. nicksaviking
    Well written. Great article Matthew.
  17. nicksaviking
    Miranda, Julien, Buxton, Lewis, Jeffers. The drastic year-to-year strikeout increase/decrease and the drastic year-to-year offensive production increase/decrease is NOT isolated to just Larnach; this seems to be systematic. I applaud the team for seeing an issue and trying to remedy the situation. But they are TERRIBLE at it. They clearly do not have the remedy.
  18. nicksaviking
    Right, but none of your bullet points will improve attendance or TV ratings. Hence, there is no impetus for doing any of them other than selling the team.
  19. nicksaviking
    "When an aggressive hitter gets even more aggressive, then there’s probably overaggressiveness," Rocco Baldelli
  20. nicksaviking
    The impetus is selling the team at an inflated price, not winning a World Series. Firing the manager probably isn't even close to a thought for them right now.
  21. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I'll tune that nonsense out. I want to hear Correa had player X, Y and/or Z crossing home plate. If the coaches and manager don't have those guys that need it in the cages instead of the freakin' shortstop, what the hell are they even doing?
  22. nicksaviking
    Right, hence the 'regrettable contract' caveat to my post. I also always like the Mauer 'leads by example' bit we always heard. That one was a classic.
  23. nicksaviking
    Right, even if a pitcher had to hit, he would have at least laid down a bunt on the 3B side, not the 1B side like Gasper did!
  24. nicksaviking
    Man, that was close. Gasper had a real shot to make me eat my words.
  25. nicksaviking
    I have and will never praise a player for their leadership. With this club, that trait seems to be used almost exclusively to excuse either a bad player or a regrettable contract. I only care what these guys do on the diamond, and that's how it should be.
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