[The Athletic] Aaron Gleeman reporting that Baldelli, Falvey both set to return in 2025
September 29, 2024
[The Athletic] Aaron Gleeman reporting that Baldelli, Falvey both set to return in 2025
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“Set to return” is different from “unlikely to be fired”, but news nonetheless
We should also quote:
> But it’s expected that changes are coming, with several high-ranking members of the front office and coaching staff potentially in jeopardy. This team was too bad for too long, and on too many fronts, to think they could avoid that, regardless of whether the names involved satiate the angriest segment of the fan base.
No one better than these 2 are coming as long as the Pohlad’s own the team. Regardless of your own opinion of them, their leaving would set the franchise back.
No quarrels with this. Baldelli showed that he can pull the right strings when you actually give him a major league roster during the postseason last year. He’s driven me up a wall with some of the decisions this season but that’s baseball.
Organizationally, the farm seems to be in a decent spot. I just hope the prospects who were forced up to the big leagues prematurely this season can learn from the triumphs and struggles from this season.
Something HAS to be done about the hitting approach though. I am absolutely over this boom or bust shit that makes the team rotate between unwatchable and murderer’s row over the course of the season.
We will see. I think Joe pohlad is a wildcard in this.
I just want someone to come out in the media and explain their reasoning and strategy to the fans whichever path they choose
If pohlad and Falvey hide that would be disappointing
I generally like continuity as a strategy but you’re playing a dangerous game with apathy for the fanbase
the hold them accountable crowd won’t like this
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The Pohlads need to loosen the purse strings. We got a decent budget last season and went to the ALDS. If they’d run back that team, or at least stood pat with the budget instead of a 20% cut, we’d be in the postseason. If you give him weapons, Baldelli can win.
I’m fine with this. I’m more curious about if popkins is returning. The boom or bust approach is clearly not working.
“Widely perceived to be safe” is not the same as “set to return”
the people clamoring for Baldelli’s firing are the same people that haven’t let go of bitching about bilateral leg weakness circa 2011
If I was set up for failure like these two, I’d leave
Fire Popkins, our hitting has been inconsistent at best and awful at worst the last 3 years with him at the helm.
If they thought attendance was bad this year cut another $20 million and don’t make any changes. Maybe attendance will be second to last rather than third to last.
I’m happy to see both back, particularly Falvey. I think he’s done a great job setting us up to be successful in the short and long term with how he’s built up the farm system.
There’s no doubt in my mind if Falvey had another 30 million to spend this year this would have been a 95+ win team if they could have spent on pitching.
Well duh a search would cost money. /s
We’ve tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas!
Makes sense. This organization doesn’t value accountability.
Fire David Popkins and bring Nelson Cruz in as the hitting coach plz
Is anyone surprised?
Really don’t think it would make a difference in the end because pohlads will always hold us back but this last month should have cost Rocco his job
Popkins and whoever is responsible for our terrible baserunning needs to be canned IMO. We had some exceptionally terrible baserunning towards the end of the season.
Who cares. This team is not serious about winning anyway. Pohlads only care about the bottom line.
We were playing with three starters and two glorified relievers down the stretch and Pohlad knows more than anyone Falvey wasn’t allowed to make any money moves. He also knows he’s the target of all the criticism and it’d just get worse with a token firing. I wouldn’t mind seeing us go after Skip in a fantasy world though.
I am very much in favor of more Rocco winks to the camera.
That’s fine, but they damn sure better make a major overhaul to the roster then.
Too bad Falvey can’t come out and say that they let go of the ownership, be the best move they could make
It literally has nothing to do with anything other than firing them would cost money. Actually like them both and thought they were put in a tough spot. Firing them would cost money and they won’t do that. Honestly, it would be insulting if they did.
Good for them. I would like to announce, I will not be returning next season.
28 comments
“Set to return” is different from “unlikely to be fired”, but news nonetheless
We should also quote:
> But it’s expected that changes are coming, with several high-ranking members of the front office and coaching staff potentially in jeopardy. This team was too bad for too long, and on too many fronts, to think they could avoid that, regardless of whether the names involved satiate the angriest segment of the fan base.
No one better than these 2 are coming as long as the Pohlad’s own the team. Regardless of your own opinion of them, their leaving would set the franchise back.
No quarrels with this. Baldelli showed that he can pull the right strings when you actually give him a major league roster during the postseason last year. He’s driven me up a wall with some of the decisions this season but that’s baseball.
Organizationally, the farm seems to be in a decent spot. I just hope the prospects who were forced up to the big leagues prematurely this season can learn from the triumphs and struggles from this season.
Something HAS to be done about the hitting approach though. I am absolutely over this boom or bust shit that makes the team rotate between unwatchable and murderer’s row over the course of the season.
We will see. I think Joe pohlad is a wildcard in this.
I just want someone to come out in the media and explain their reasoning and strategy to the fans whichever path they choose
If pohlad and Falvey hide that would be disappointing
I generally like continuity as a strategy but you’re playing a dangerous game with apathy for the fanbase
the hold them accountable crowd won’t like this
[deleted]
The Pohlads need to loosen the purse strings. We got a decent budget last season and went to the ALDS. If they’d run back that team, or at least stood pat with the budget instead of a 20% cut, we’d be in the postseason. If you give him weapons, Baldelli can win.
I’m fine with this. I’m more curious about if popkins is returning. The boom or bust approach is clearly not working.
“Widely perceived to be safe” is not the same as “set to return”
the people clamoring for Baldelli’s firing are the same people that haven’t let go of bitching about bilateral leg weakness circa 2011
If I was set up for failure like these two, I’d leave
Fire Popkins, our hitting has been inconsistent at best and awful at worst the last 3 years with him at the helm.
If they thought attendance was bad this year cut another $20 million and don’t make any changes. Maybe attendance will be second to last rather than third to last.
I’m happy to see both back, particularly Falvey. I think he’s done a great job setting us up to be successful in the short and long term with how he’s built up the farm system.
There’s no doubt in my mind if Falvey had another 30 million to spend this year this would have been a 95+ win team if they could have spent on pitching.
Well duh a search would cost money. /s
We’ve tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas!
Makes sense. This organization doesn’t value accountability.
Fire David Popkins and bring Nelson Cruz in as the hitting coach plz
Is anyone surprised?
Really don’t think it would make a difference in the end because pohlads will always hold us back but this last month should have cost Rocco his job
Popkins and whoever is responsible for our terrible baserunning needs to be canned IMO. We had some exceptionally terrible baserunning towards the end of the season.
Who cares. This team is not serious about winning anyway. Pohlads only care about the bottom line.
We were playing with three starters and two glorified relievers down the stretch and Pohlad knows more than anyone Falvey wasn’t allowed to make any money moves. He also knows he’s the target of all the criticism and it’d just get worse with a token firing. I wouldn’t mind seeing us go after Skip in a fantasy world though.
I am very much in favor of more Rocco winks to the camera.
That’s fine, but they damn sure better make a major overhaul to the roster then.
Too bad Falvey can’t come out and say that they let go of the ownership, be the best move they could make
It literally has nothing to do with anything other than firing them would cost money. Actually like them both and thought they were put in a tough spot. Firing them would cost money and they won’t do that. Honestly, it would be insulting if they did.
Good for them. I would like to announce, I will not be returning next season.