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  1. dxpavelka
    I said this when we blew stuff up at the deadline last year: The easiest part of a team to rebuild is a bullpen. Did it suck to move our three best bullpen arms last year? Of course. The whole fan base was convinced that Duran was going. Jax HAD to go. There is a real good chance that the only guy who moved who might have been a contributor on a contending Twins team was Varland. And long-term, Rojas might end up being better. I probably should not have said that rebuilding a bullpen is easy. But it IS something that good baseball teams are able to accomplish. Hell, most of them, have to rebuild at least half of their bullpen every year anyway. The sky is not falling boys and girls.
  2. dxpavelka
    My favorite thing about baseball. We spend weeks, months, each spring fretting over what the 26 man roster is going to look like. Who is going north. And now, four months later: Paulshawn Pasqualotto
  3. dxpavelka
    So the league is starved for catching and we might have three on the big league roster. Why trade the best one. The move is to trade the guy who is peaking right now and whose value may never be higher-Caratini.
  4. dxpavelka
    Maybe better. And cheaper.
  5. dxpavelka
    Don't know if you've noticed the market over the last few decades but overpaying is what the market bears. Not doing so is how a team wins two playoff series in thirty five years.
  6. dxpavelka
    Yeah, the last thing we need is to find a way to keep a player having a great year.
  7. dxpavelka
    Tom told us he was going to do things differently. Here's his chance. Keep Jeffers. $11-15 million for a high end catcher is NOT unreasonable. And, Caratini's value may never be higher. Trade him. You don't get better when your best players are playing for other teams.
  8. dxpavelka
    The Twins actually have a decent relationship with Boras. Moving Jeffers means you're an injury away from Khadim Diaw as your guy as well. Not to mention that a year ago, both Caratini & Jackson were elsewhere. Depth can be had. Much easier than quality can be found.
  9. dxpavelka
    Some would say that keeping one of the best overall catchers in the game would be spending wisely......
  10. dxpavelka
    And cut down to only a half dozen left handed hitting corner outfielders? That seems ballsy.
  11. dxpavelka
    Why not keep the MLB catcher we have?
  12. dxpavelka
    How about trading Caratini when his value may never be higher and keep (and sign) Jeffers? Tom wants us to believe in him, here's a way to accomplish that.
  13. dxpavelka
    We are assuming there will be MiLB play during a lockout. This work stoppage may well be of a magnitude and scope previously unseen.
  14. dxpavelka
    The possible impending work stoppage is exactly why we need to see as much big league time as we can see from as many of Jenkins, Rodriguez, Culpepper, Mendez and (gulp) Sabato between now and the end of this season. The possibility of the arrival of March 2028 (or, heaven help us, midsummer) and having NOT seen what these guys look like against big league pitching is NOT a good idea. Especially for a team mostly selling hope.
  15. dxpavelka
    "a legitimate ace at the top." The most important six words in the whole article. Do what you want with the bullpen. But DO NOT TRADE JOE RYAN. A bullpen is useless without a rotation anchored by an ace. Pay the man. Overpay the man. I don't care. 5-6 years, $90-$130 million. Think Zach Wheeler contract. I will never disagree with this team's not overpaying for outside free agents but at some point you have to pull the trigger to keep your own guys. This is one of those cases. He is locked into arbitration in 2027 probably at a cost of less than Pablo Lopez' $19 million. Lopez will most likely be gone after 2027. Pay the man.
  16. dxpavelka
    good luck with that
  17. dxpavelka
    Can i find a reputable baseball mind that judges a trade after 11 months? Nope.
  18. dxpavelka
    Folks throw around 2027 like there will actually be a season next year. There might be. But there also might not be. With that being possible, I don't want to be sitting here in 20 (or more months if the start of a 2028 season is pushed back) not knowing what guys like Jenkins, Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Culpepper and Mendez are going to look in a big league uniform facing big league pitching. Get 'em up here. Do we REALLY want to keep wondering if some of the guys on the current roster are ever going to amount to a hill of beans or are we ready to see what we got on the horizon?
  19. dxpavelka
    Reminds me a bit of another young left handed pitcher who spent four seasons getting a few starts here and there but pitching more often out of the pen than the rotation and by his fifth season became a starter and was rewarded with an award--The Cy Young.
  20. dxpavelka
    You seem worried about records vs winning teams. Only one team in last year's playoffs was more than 2 games over .500 against winning teams. No American League playoff team was more than one game over .500 against winning teams. Even the two time champion Dodgers were under .500 Win the games you're supposed to win and let the rest sort itself out.
  21. dxpavelka
    "Honestly, I think the best outfielders are former infielders." Um, Grady, obviously you weren't here in 2016 for the Miguel Sano Experience. What Grady failed to add is that the best designated hitters are former infielders who are also not good outfielders. Maybe that's where Keaschal is destined for. With almost half dozen outfielders (Fedko, Rodriguez, Mendez, Jenkins, Rhoden, some guy named Ben Ross) waiting in the wings (yes, some in various phases of injury recovery) in St. Paul I'm not sure there is room in the big league outfield for failed infielders. Nor do I believe it's a good idea. Yes, that might mean you as well Austin Martin. And I'm ok with that.
  22. dxpavelka
    Buxton no. I'd find a way to keep Jeffers. Might involve spending money. Ryan HELL NO.
  23. dxpavelka
    That 61-101 pace thing seems irrational since I have it on good authority that they are highly unlikely to only play winning teams this or any other year.
  24. dxpavelka
    His presence will keep those younger players in St. Paul or on the bench. He's a former 1st round draft pick out of college who has been in the big leagues for six years and never hit 20 home runs or driven in more than 60 runs. I would say he's NOT the model I'd want for younger players.
  25. dxpavelka
    as we saw last year, if you make someone available, someone will take them. Worst case scenario, attach him to Jeffers. Even as well as he is playing he does you little good if he's in the way of Rodriguez, Jenkins, Fedko, Gonzalez, Mendez, maybe even Rhoden and (gulp) Sabato.
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