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  1. dxpavelka
    If they don't it will because they have not forced the issue. That's on them.
  2. dxpavelka
    Pretty sure you're going to hear those paste-eaters even if Mauer puts up an MVP season.
  3. dxpavelka
    Of course he's likely to regress in some areas. Any player who performs for a season at an almost unheard of pace in a certain area is likely to regress in that area. Almost every player in the game will regress in one part of his game or another. Many will also progress in some parts of their games as well. Ulitmately the better players will be those that progress more than they regress. It's not rocket science kids. We can debate it all we want. But in the end all we can really do is let the games be played and see what happens. Enjoy the season.
  4. dxpavelka
    Not a big Nunez fan (especially defensively) but there are not a lot of better utility type options available. The minor league guys who project for that kind of role don't do much for me and a guy like Polanco needs to get consitent at bats for at least most of this year.
  5. dxpavelka
    "The Twins had 13 pitchers who were average or better and yet they managed to finish almost at the bottom of the league in pitching." Maybe the new fangled metric is B.S.
  6. dxpavelka
    “The perennial favorite Detroit Tigers still have David Price, Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera.” “The AL Champion Royals still have that speedy offense and one of the best bullpens in baseball.” “The White Sox have improved across every position and look to be real contenders!” “Don’t discount the Indians! This team has a sneaky offense and a solid rotation!” And yet, one of these teams, quite possibly even two, will finish with a sub .500 record. I guess that's why they play the games.
  7. dxpavelka
    Not not a big Nunez fan but don't really see any youngsters who are a better fit for what we are expecting from that spot. They traded for Milone for a number of reasons not the least of which is that he is a veteran left handed pitcher with with proven major league track record.
  8. dxpavelka
    "Pinto claims his main purpose for playing in the winter leagues this offseason was to focus on his defensive skills." The man's been a professional baseball player since 2006. How did it take until 2014 to realize he needs to work on defense?
  9. dxpavelka
    Why do we just assume that because he's a big guy he can't play defense? He's a 21 year old kid. Let's see what he can do-with the bat and with the glove. Obviously, having missed all of last year and with no big league experience he's likely going to have to spend part, if not most or all of 2015 in the minors. But when he gets here we need to take the Thome route-pencil him into the lineup at 3B for about 3 seasons and let the chips fall where they may. You'd be surprised how many Gold Gloves have been won by guys who hit 40 home runs but couldn't play defense to save their lives. Put him into the lineup at 3B for a few years commencing late 2015 or early 2016 and guess what-at the end of that time Joe Mauer's contract is up and we may have a open spot at the other corner.
  10. dxpavelka
    Calling a guy who hit 5 after the break a given might be an indication that we're not exactly setting the bar too high.
  11. dxpavelka
    Nobody's dismissing the use of statistics. At issue is the attempt of so many to re-invent the wheel-insisting that the new stuff that's been around for 10 years is so much better than the tried and true stuff that's worked for a hundred years. Don't get me wrong. I was reading Bill James' stuff 30 years ago-when a lot of these youngsters were still in diapers. It was, and still is, interesting reading. But the game isn't played on paper it's played on the field. If computers could guarantee us winners we wouldn't need to use human players with flaws and intangibles that nobody can measure and all 30 teams would win the World Series every year. Wouldn't that be grand.
  12. dxpavelka
    Baseball's a simple game. Advanced metrics are nice-especially for guys who live in their mother's basement, but bottom line is your players gotta out perform the other team's players. Advanced metrics MAY help with that but their ability to do so may just as as easily be overstated. Perhaps you need to develop a metric to measure that. It still boils down to hitting, catching throwing & running. If every team were run by Bill James 29 of them would still not win the World Series each year.
  13. dxpavelka
    Again-useless paramaters.
  14. dxpavelka
    I'll give you Trout, Bautista, Brantley, Cruz, A.Jones, Cespedes, M. Cabrerra & Gordon. The rest do nothing for me. Sorry. You can use WAR all you want. But if I can't measure it myself by looking a box score, it's useless to me.
  15. dxpavelka
    No one has responded to the challenge.
  16. dxpavelka
    IF at some point this year he's blocking someone who is not just an alternative but is a BETTER alternative that will be a good thing and will bode well for the future. Haven't seen that guy yet. Hope I do, but haven't yet.
  17. dxpavelka
    I also challenge anyone to name 10 American League outfielders who had better offensive seasons than Hunter did last year. Not to say that will translate to this year or that it might not hurt our outfield defense but could it be any worse than last year?
  18. dxpavelka
    On paper that theory is 100% correct. However, I've learned that the games aren't played on paper. Just because a guy shows some pop from the leadoff spot doesn't mean he's going to do the same from a 3-5 spot with guys on base. He's likely to see different pitches. He may not react as well to a higher pressure situation. He may even be more likely to face a situational relief pitcher. It's not always an apples to apples comparison.
  19. dxpavelka
    Mauer's not a horrible idea for the leadoff spot. Whitey Herzog batted George Brett, whose career numbers are not terribly dissimilar to Mauer's, in the top spot 132 times. His reasoning was that doing so got his best hitter to the plate more times than any other spot.
  20. dxpavelka
    Maybe he gets better with regular appearances. We tend to forget that he's only played 150 big league games and that in 2014 he raised his batting average 23 points and his OBP 82 points from 2013. I'm more concerned by his power drop in 2014 but would be less so if he were batting leadoff.
  21. dxpavelka
    We currently have a solid but not spectacular 3B. You could move him to OF or you could move Sano. We are thinking of Sano as a 3B because that is what we have been told that he is. My guess is that his best position will be AB. Just because one of the two guys may end up switching positions doesn't mean it HAS to be one or the other. Whichever move is best for the overall makeup of the team is the one that should be made. We are a long way from having any kind of clue what that move is.
  22. dxpavelka
    And yet one of our biggest concerns is the lack of MLB quality outfield play.
  23. dxpavelka
    My god people. I know the man's a legend and is our hero and we're all Minnesota Nice but if we're going to take the time to write the damn article and comment on it we need to devote more than two sentences to the POSSIBLITY that there MAY have been some performance enhancing substances involved in this mystery. Did anyone notice that the scrawny 24 year old kid we all fell in love with weighed over 300 pounds when he died at the age of 45, 10 years after being forced to retire due to the loss of vision in one of his eyes. Don't tell anyone but exagerated weight gain and vision issues are common side effects of steroids. If we're going to have a discussion about Kirby's mysterious power surge we need to devote more than two sentences (one of which was more of a joke than a comment) to it.
  24. dxpavelka
    The 5th spot should go to whichever guy takes the job by the balls and wins it. Not to Pelfrey because of his contract. Not to Meyer or May because of their potential. Not to Milone because of his experience. Not to one of them (or somebody else) who backs into the job by being the LEAST INNEFECTIVE guy. My gut tells me that when the dust settles Milone wins the job.
  25. dxpavelka
    "MOST. PRODUCTIVE. OFFSEASON. EVER" Somebody get back to me when Offseason Production counts in the regular season standings.
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