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  1. wsnydes
    Since the flurry of moves that came around the time of that comment, no other moves of substance have taken place. There was no wholesale movement to improve the team. If it weren't for injuries, the likes of Buxton and Kepler might still be in AAA. So not only have they not learned a thing, they've done very little in the way of trying to overcome what got them there in the first place.
  2. wsnydes
    Rosario earned the demotion, that's why he's in AAA. Arcia didn't earn the privilege to play more when he was playing more. That's why Grossman is playing. For the bullpen, you're asking the same questions everyone else has for some time.
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    I agree with your last statement. I like Plouffe quite a bit, always have. I respect what he's turned himself into despite early struggles at the MLB level. I'm happy for guys like that. It will suck to see him moved. That being said, it's (past) time to move him. Most of the reasons for it aren't even his fault. Moving him solves so many problems, relieves logjams, and makes the managers job so much easier that holding onto him at all makes absolutely no sense.
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    I agree with pretty much everything you said, but I do think that both approaches were similar. It's just that the Royals were able to actually execute it properly and have the results to show for it. Most FA moves the Twins make are disasters or aging vets that are on their last legs. Big money deals the Royals made worked out for them, they haven't for the Twins. That's the biggest difference IMHO.
  5. wsnydes
    And the food...man the food is good. And what a variety of said food and local beer!
  6. wsnydes
    Agreed. It was fun while it lasted, but expectations definitely needed to be tempered coming into this year. I believe that I had them at around 75 wins but hoped that they'd hang around .500. Even that seems to be overly optimistic.
  7. wsnydes
    I really like Plouffe and hate to see him go, but I've been advocating a trade since the trade deadline last year. That was solely to get Sano in the lineup with a set position, as he's clearly in the franchise's future. I've always hated the move to RF for multiple reasons. One of them is the logjam it created in the outfield, as you've touched on.
  8. wsnydes
    This. Straightening out the logjams that exist on this team should be the priority. Guys like Plouffe and Nunez are blocking prospects or forcing them to play out of position. Maximizing the value of those players is secondary, but important. My only concern is that TR makes moves that end up creating other logjams in the process like the Park signing. Even though I think that signing has potential to be a good one, it just created more problems for Moli to put a lineup together. The pieces of the puzzle need to fit together better than they currently do.
  9. wsnydes
    Last year was the worst thing that could have happened to this team, IMO. It led to complacency in the FO and overhype from the fan base. I did provide some hope that things were turning around, but I think many fans worried that they caught lightning in a bottle and still needed to make some changes to actually improve the team. Losing 90 games in 6 of 7 seasons would result in mass shakeups in every FO in any professional sports team anywhere else. Will a 100+ loss season result in anything different?
  10. wsnydes
    My only real change to that would be to call Kepler up. I know he's hurt now, but I would have given him a chance anyway. He was trending in the right direction and didn't get a real opportunity while he was with the big club. If Vargas wasn't blocked by two guys, I'd add him to that list too but I don't know how to use him.
  11. wsnydes
    My only real rebuttal to your points is to give the kids they do call up an actual opportunity. Don't sit them on the bench rotting. Actually play them. Every day. Buxton is the only one that got a real opportunity in my view. If they struggle, they struggle. They at least get a taste. They figure out what it takes to be a MLB player.
  12. wsnydes
    No worries, it's been a friendly discussion. My biggest concern this year has been the mismanagement of the prospects when they're up here. Kepler didn't get a legitimate opportunity, Polanco has been abused in my opinion, and Meyer's treatment was a disgrace. Get these guys up and play them. Sitting them on the bench makes no sense at all. I do agree that wins still count for something, but not for the sake of playing veterans over kids just to win. It's more fun to win, it's more fun to watch them win. I'll take losses now to get those guys experience so that they can hopefully win a whole lot more in the coming years or even later this year. Being 40 games or 45 games out at the end of the season isn't a whole lot different.
  13. wsnydes
    Fair point, but not giving them innings and taxing that same beleaguered bullpen was exactly what got him outrighted to begin with. That's why he's is in AAA and not on the 40 man. That wasn't even a month ago. You're more confident in him providing that than I.
  14. wsnydes
    There's nothing wrong with admitting failure. It happens. Not admitting failure and making it worse trying to avoid admitting it is a much bigger problem that only makes things worse.
  15. wsnydes
    I don't disagree with anything you said here. I'm not suggesting that you bring up the same guys that have struggled unless they've earned another shot already. I'm merely stating that we know what we have in Milone. He provides no hope in my mind. He's not going to be a part of the future and is more of the same with what this team already has in the rotation. They should be taking this time to see what they do have in the system. Play the Polanco's and Kepler's when they're up here. Give Meyer a real opportunity. I would have liked to see at least one more start from Berrios. Potentially exposing someone on the 40 man to waivers for the sake of adding Milone back makes no sense to me. Wins this year mean absolutely nothing. Work towards the future and play the youth. That is what provides hope to me.
  16. wsnydes
    Even if they get an extra win or two out of Milone, what exactly does that get you? At least with youth, you're giving them MLB experience. Giving innings to Milone is a waste of time. Putting him back on the 40 man roster to get him those innings is misguided even if he is the best option to make changes in the rotation. He's not going to be a part of the future, the youth is. This team needs to realize what they are.
  17. wsnydes
    The only thing I'd change with this would be that I'd like to see all of those guys up in July. At this point however, a full fledged youth movement would be welcome. That would at least be a display of some sort of plan.
  18. wsnydes
    I agree with most of this. The mismanagement of Kepler and Polanco have irked me more than anything else this season. Meyer's situation is right up there as well. I just don't see TR using the Arcia's and Polanco's of the world as currency like this. It's unfortunate because they don't seem to have a spot in the future.
  19. wsnydes
    This has been my biggest gripe the past two seasons. There appears to be no plan. When this team was supposed to be on the uptick with young talent, they refused to play them. This year, they bring in the likes of Ryan Sweeney and Carlos Quentin that did nothing but take away PT for young players to gain some experience. Yes, ST experience, but experience nonetheless. They've been stuck between rebuilding with a youth movement and signing veterans to try to contend resulting in a plan with no clear direction. Now that this season is a mess, last weeks' moves and Molitor's reluctance to play the youth on the roster make it clear that a youth movement isn't going to happen. That is what troubles me the most.
  20. wsnydes
    Exactly. Pick a direction and go with it. Doing both (or neither) isn't going to get you anywhere.
  21. wsnydes
    I'm generally one to say that managing is overrated - not unimportant, but overrated. Jim Leyland once said, "I give the players all of the answers to the test, but they still have to take that test." That being said, I'm pretty alarmed at the level of unpreparedness and stupid baseball shown this year. Much of that is on the players, but the coaching staff needs to get these guys preparing the correct way if they can't figure it out themselves.
  22. wsnydes
    While I agree with this, the issue I have is that they weren't even given an opportunity to show what they can do. They gained nothing and lost playing time. I don't see how that is beneficial at any angle.
  23. wsnydes
    Well written piece. Even though I'd prefer both Molitor and Ryan be replaced, mid-season is not the time to do it. I just don't think it would help anything especially at the GM level. I just worry that the mismanagement of players will continue. That's my big concern.
  24. wsnydes
    Great post. They seem to be stuck in the middle of a youth movement and still trying to sign veterans with little to no value - which irritates the heck out of me. Mauer isn't going anyway, that's pretty obvious. He can't be traded and he doesn't really deserve to be cut either. He's not a 3 hitter anymore and I don't care what position he plays because it's meaningless at the plate. I would have moved Mauer to RF instead of Sano and played Sano at one of the corners before I moved him to the OF. I liked the Nolasco signing and still think it was a good move that simply didn't work out. It happens, but they need to move on. He's blocking younger talent that deserve to be on the roster and gives the team a higher chance of winning in the long term. Pelfrey was in the same scenario. Didn't mind the initial signing, but hated that they brought him back. They showed too much willingness to keep throwing him out there when you have kids that could be learning how to win at the major league level instead. That's what I'm talking about being stuck in the middle. Either stick with aging vets or go with a full out youth movement with a few veteran backups to help guide the way, not something in between like they're doing now.
  25. wsnydes
    I feel this way anytime a position is referenced in regards to offense. None of that matters if other positions fill the role.
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