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This whole debate is ridiculous. It is ridiculous sight unseen to just assume Falvey and Levine are making the right moves. It is just as ridiculous to judge them as same shit, different regime. Every organization signs a bunch of players to minor league contracts every year. You can't assume the new FO is signing them for the same reason that Ryan signed them. Neither can you assume that they haven't. We haven't gotten into the season and see what moves they make to cover for injuries or failed prospects. You can't criticize them for not moving Dozier for a treasure trove of prospects because you don't know what is actually on the table. We heard all kinds of big names when Johan was on the market. In reality those were fabrications from local sources. Lester, Bucholtz, Ellsbury etc., were never available to the Twins. The most recent articles are saying that the Dodgers have only offered the one pitching prospect for Dozier and not 3 as previously reported.
And one last thing. Derron Johnson was NOT promoted. He was given a fancy ass title with no primary responsibilities. The draft was taken away from him. He is no longer in charge of amature scouting. He has been "promoted" out to the pasture. All he is going to do is pile up some frequent flier miles and give his 2 cents on pro, amature and international players. This isn't even as good as promoting Dwight Schrute from assistant to the manager to assistant manager. I will be shocked if he is even in the organization by this time next year.
Nope, you're wrong.
Did the Cubs or Sox under Epstein stand pat?
No
I think these guys are in over their heads.
Nice guys?
Sure
Nice guys finish last.
And it's not about not trading Dozier, it's about so publicly trying to move him.
It reeks of desperation and lowers his value.
They put their cards face up when everybody else held them close.
Amateur night at the improv.
Learning the job, on the job.
I do not and have not given up on the new regime time, but if I am going to be at all honest, I gotta say, after a 103 loss season there needs to be a shakeup. These guys weren't supposed to stand pat and it is a disappointment thus far. How is that not fair to say? No way am I going to judge them based only on this, but we are bringing back so many guys. It's so obvious the pitching needs to be addressing and yet nothing has gotten done. It's their job to address that. To say they need this season to evaluate is bunk. This staff has been awful for a long time and data these guys embrace will tell them that. So no, they have not done a good job thus far this offseason. It's fair to say that they have disappointed. Pitching is priority #1 as plain as day. In the simplest terms..., Bad job for doing nothing about it.
And I agree with you on this Dozier thing. It was so advertised that the Twins were shopping him that the longer they waited the less they are were a position of strength. Other teams see right through it. You can expect them to deal him at the trade deadline instead when they are out of it. Teams are prepared to wait this out and now Dozier will play this year wondering where he's going at the trade deadline. If they were going to do this it should have been done a while ago. Waiting for the other team to blink and carry things out reminds me of how Bill Smith handled Santana. Bad job there.
Whatever. It is what is. I still want to know what is up with the 13 pitchers that will be on the 25 man opening day. Who are they? It's not all promising and that sucks. You'd like to see some young arms that are major league ready with a little bit of skills come in and hopefully make a dent to help pull us up a bit. We don't get that this time, I guess.
To anyone who is going to tell me not to lump these guys in with TR please stop yourself from doing it. Remember I'm the one who made the T shirts calling for his ouster. Falvey and Levine should be given time. I agree. However, if we are going to evaluate the first few months I have to be fair and say thus far they haven't done anything and that is disappointing
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