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  1. dxpavelka
    Head in the sand is how folks like Donald Drumpf win elections.
  2. dxpavelka
    I don't see a Johnny Bench in the bunch but I don't see a Hermann or Fryer either.
  3. dxpavelka
    That and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee. Not the good kind but the kind you get for a quarter. Suck it up buttercup. He's not going anywhere. He's not retiring. He's not re-structuring his deal. And whether you like it or not, come April 4, he'll most likely be penciled into the 3 hole in the batting order. And no, Sano is NOT a better fit for the 3 spot. Sano spending the next decade and a half anywhere but the # 4 spot should be considered a fire-able offense for anyone making such decisions. Slot Park in at # 5 if you like. Plouffe fits nicely as a 6 hitter. But whether you like it or not we don't have anyone else who is a better fit in the 3 hole. Deal with it.
  4. dxpavelka
    I know he didn't show anything at Rochester but C'mon Man--2 words: Shane Robinson!!
  5. dxpavelka
    Rest assured, you were NOT the only one appalled with the handling of Arcia last year. It may have been a relatively small sample size but Eduardo Nunez was the only guy on the club to finish with more at bats & a higher batting average than Arcia last year. Could very well have been on his way to turning the corner but we may never know.
  6. dxpavelka
    Keeping Sweeney or Quentin over Arcia or Santana has the smell of a bonehead move that bites us in the ass for years to come.
  7. dxpavelka
    Wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for him to pitch to the level of his contract and force his way into the rotation.
  8. dxpavelka
    Like I said, he's only gonna get the chance if a lot of stuff goes wrong in the Zoo. But he's someone who, given the opportunity, I got a feeling he'll run with it. That said, he's not even the first guy named Aaron who is in line for increased opportunity there.
  9. dxpavelka
    Aaron Judge is just an old guy with a big nearly expiring contract falling and breaking a hip away from taking Yankee Stadium by storm.
  10. dxpavelka
    Never say never. Things change fast. Look at our OF situation. I less than 12 months we've gone from "dreadful" to "where we gonna play all these guys" back to "hey, lets put some more infielders out there".
  11. dxpavelka
    None of which makes him a shortstop.
  12. dxpavelka
    If Plouffe were actually "a very good defensive SS who can hit 20 HR" we would not even be having this discussion.
  13. dxpavelka
    And we've seen WHAT that makes anyone believe he can play the outfield? He'll likely struggle defensively no matter where he plays. Why not leave him where he's comfortable. We only have to go back about 11 months--Detroit opening week, to remember what things were like when every fly ball was and adventure. Put the kid at 3B, where he's comfortable and bat him 4th, where he belongs and see what happens. We all know that eventually he winds up at 1B and then DH, but for now leave him where he can do the things defensively that he's done for the last 5 years and concentrate on using the lumber.
  14. dxpavelka
    What would REALLY be fun would be to put him at 3B (move Plouffe to the OF if you want to move somebody) pencil him into the lineup in the # 4 spot and not look back for 15 years. Eventually, inevitably he moves across the diamond and eventually back to DH but those things sort themselves out when time comes. My biggest fear is that as a young kid he could take any defensive struggles he might have with him to the plate. I've been called crazy for worrying about such things but stranger things have happened. Why mess with the kid? Put him where he's comfortable and for the first time since the early '70s we can look to a decade of no concerns about the cleanup spot in the order. Seems simple enough to me. Why complicate things?
  15. dxpavelka
    Guess we'll find out. That's why they play the games.
  16. dxpavelka
    The only level of certainty regarding the SS position is that is still a position that needs to be upgraded if we wish to be a serious contender. Just sayin
  17. dxpavelka
    You're quibbling over a number that the rest of the starters STILL didn't approach.
  18. dxpavelka
    Baseball has become a power pitching game. May averaged 8.64 k / 9 innings last year. The only guy potential starter you've mentioned that even came close to that at the big league level was Duffy. There is a pretty good chance that for the same reasons none of those other 6 starters would be good relievers, they are also not good starters. If this team doesn't find some power arms in the rotation it may not matter who is in the pen. With May not in the rotation your feeling that team may not contend this year only comes closer to fruition.
  19. dxpavelka
    If this squad is going to contend they are going to need 3-4 guys from the farm to revitalize the bullpen. Those guys are there but none of them are starters. May is.
  20. dxpavelka
    Somebody's gotta have the balls to say it, so I will.
  21. dxpavelka
    May IS a starter and this organization's failure to treat him as such is only going to hold him, and the team, back. If May, Berrios & Gibson aren't penciled in to the top three spots in the rotation at this point a year from now we'll be looking at another sub .500 season.
  22. dxpavelka
    The game is still played on the field by guys who can pitch, hit, catch, throw and run. When the analytics guys master those skills I'll put a little more faith in them.
  23. dxpavelka
    May HAS proven he can get big league hitters out, something neither Berrios nor Meyer has done. Granted, Berrios has not had the opportunity. Regardless until one of them comes up and actually performs he's a hell of a lot closer to being an ace than either one of them. It is also highly unlikely that anyone who will leave Florida as a member of the rotation has a better chance of being an ace either. As far as Berrios & Meyer are concerned, I'd have no issue with the two of them and May being part of our rotation by the end of this season and for many years beyond. As far as who gets to be considered the "ace", it's all just semantics anyway, let them decide that over the next 5-10 years on the field.
  24. dxpavelka
    May to the pen is a foolish move. He's got the best chance of anybody to become an ace capable of giving us 200+ lights out innings a year and we're wasting him in a role where MIGHT pitch half that many innings. Get with it Twins.
  25. dxpavelka
    Noticed a few comments about spending money on the pen. Bullpen is probably the last place you should spend money. For every Kevin Jepsen who gives you a reasonable return on your money, there's a Matt Capps-and a Ron Davis--and some years a Blaine Boyer AND a Tim Stauffer. Most teams that successfully rebuild a bullpen do so with young arms from the farm. No need for this team to do otherwise.
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