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  1. dxpavelka
    Totally agree. At least give him a shot as a starter. Look back to the guy we just traded last year at the deadline. Started 80 out of 84 games on the farm. Was LIGHTS OUT in the big leagues as a closer. But always the nagging question of what might have been. If starting doesn't work always much easier to transition to the pen. Once you commit a guy's career to the pen it's tough to put the genie back in the bottle. Yes, I know, five people will give me examples of guys transitioning to starting. Rick Aguilera is one. Maybe one of the best examples. And he lasted one season as a starter with less than stellar results before going back to being a bell cow closer. Hell, 90% of the fan base is convinced this is a lost season anyway. Give the kid a chance.
  2. dxpavelka
    I agree. Yes, you ARE a cynic. The irony is that while HE has to prove himself to be "more than a schmoozer" writers never do.......
  3. dxpavelka
    We're still at the point where it's difficult to draw meaningful conclusions from what we've seen thus far. But, YES, we are getting to that point. This is a big season for Lee. I don't expect him to stay at SS long term but hopefully we see enough to let Culpepper develop until he's ready and to think Lee can handle 3B or 2B with Lewis or Keashall shifting to 1B. Hendry Mendez forcing his way into the 1B mix can only be a good thing. All of his slash lines improved after being traded to the Twins organization last year which is encouraging. If his power numbers follow suit and he learns to play in the dirt he could make things very interesting.
  4. dxpavelka
    Don't like the system? That's fine. There are those who don't like the lack of a salary cap and floor. Seems like some sort of arrangement could be worked out thru collective bargaining.
  5. dxpavelka
    I keep looking a prior years standings and don't see DRP reflected. Or WAR. BABIP? ISO? LIPS? OPS+? wRC+? wOBA? FIP? Does baseball need to update the way standings are posted? The way wins and losses are determined? Do wins and losses even matter any more? Do we need to stop looking a runs scored and runs allowed? Do we even need to play the games? Kinda feels like maybe realignment is not where the game needs to focus........
  6. dxpavelka
    Or he could show us that he's good at SS. Radar guns and stop watches don't play.
  7. dxpavelka
    The thing about having three prospects is that baseball history tells us anything it's that one of the three will be a bust, one will a player and maybe, just maybe, if all the stars align, one of them will be everything hoped for. That's why it's not a bad idea to have other options.
  8. dxpavelka
    Making judgements based on a hundred games of evidence is how a team ends up in an endless cycle of mediocrity. Oh, wait!!!!!!!!
  9. dxpavelka
    He's hundreds of plate appearances short of where he needs to be to make a reasonable judgement about his bat and has started 87 games at short, but sure, yes, if you say so.
  10. dxpavelka
    I get so confused. I read one article that says we don't have a shortstop. So the kid who three short years ago was Twins Daily's # 1 rated Twins prospect can't play. But, lucky for us the next article i read says we have a shortstop "pipeline." Yay. The sky is not falling,
  11. dxpavelka
    If the kid makes an impact is the sky still falling?
  12. dxpavelka
    If only we lived in a world where it were possible to play some baseball games and conclude that JJ Cooper and Ian Cundall might NOT be right.
  13. dxpavelka
    Dude, stop selling hope. If guys acquired at the deadline start being part of the solution I might have to think positive. That can be very dangerous on this site. Just tell us the sky is falling so we can all get back to going on with our lives.
  14. dxpavelka
    Why would you think something that stupid
  15. dxpavelka
    And it's entirely possible that your outlook is entirely wrong. It is also possible that the team actually knows what it is doing. I know I might be wrong. I even admit. You are certain you are not wrong. That, in and of itself, is a formula for being wrong.
  16. dxpavelka
    Oh, c'mon man. I'm engaged in an ongoing debate with one of this site's "community moderators" about the fact that it MIGHT be possible for this team to exceed expectations and you go and TOTALLY redeem my argument. Dude, your positivity is gonna get me banned from this site if you're not careful.
  17. dxpavelka
    No, you stated an OPINION that they haven't made meaningful upgrades. You have no way of KNOWING. Sometimes, things happen that you don't foresee. Quite often I would actually guess. Improvement is probably most likely to come from a combination of acquired players and development of folks already on the roster. You might not believe that but those types of things DO happen in the real world. With regularity. Teams make improvements when it's unexpected just as often as when it's expected, in fact maybe more often.
  18. dxpavelka
    The last 8 years have seen a lot of talented pitchers brought into the organization. Maybe the biggest problem is that they do too good a job of selling the hype. And then when the hype outpaces the performance we're disappointed.
  19. dxpavelka
    the sky is falling the sky is falling
  20. dxpavelka
    Like I've said before. Typical Twins fan. Wake up scared that somebody pissed in your cereal and if nobody did you do it yourself.
  21. dxpavelka
    Since only 20 pitchers (among those with at least 17 starts) averaged 6+ innings i'd say having two such SP would be a good thing.
  22. dxpavelka
    about even
  23. dxpavelka
    If I had a nickel for every time the assessment of management regarding the team was closer than that of the fan base I'd have a lot of nickels.
  24. dxpavelka
    Nice story. IF they trade all four of those guys i MIGHT believe it.
  25. dxpavelka
    Ya'll wanted lanes changed, lanes have changed and still not happy. Cereal comment stands.
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