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  1. dxpavelka
    Gotta love this site. Whine for years about the direction of the team. Team responds. Whine about the direction of the team. Like i've said for a long time: The only thing Twins fans hate more than the team not doing what the fans want them to do is the team doing what the fans want them to do. Twins fans wake up every morning thinking that someone pissed in their cereal and if no one did they do it themselves.
  2. dxpavelka
    Larnach had a WAR of .1 in 500 ABs and an OPS of .727 Caratini had a WAR of .9 in 344 ABs and an OPS of .728 You don't have to debate and I'm fine with that. At those numbers I'll take Caratini with or without debate. His bat is just as good as Larnach. Their career production per plate appearance is almost identical. Given that I'll take the guy who spends 80% of this time at a premium (and more demanding) defensive position.
  3. dxpavelka
    Caratini MAY not be better than Larnach. He's certainly what we've always thought Larnach SHOULD be. Sadly, neither is Larnach. Caratini is, however, more versatile being a switch hitter and playing more premium defensive positions.
  4. dxpavelka
    C'mon man. Stop it. Starting pitching is reason for optimism? Joe Ryan is one of the top 10 pitchers in the American League? Trade him. NOW. We can't have this nonsense.
  5. dxpavelka
    To answer the question in the headline: Of course it's NOT possible. We, this site and the fans that follow it are Twins fans. We come to the breakfast table every morning convinced that someone pissed in out cereal. In fact, if no one did, we do it ourselves. So, obviously, there is no way he can become anything close to the player envisioned when we drafted him.
  6. dxpavelka
    Careful dude. You almost sound like you are on board with something management is doing. I see scorn and ridicule in your future. Have you updated your resume?
  7. dxpavelka
    Did anyone actually say that or are you just choosing to believe that based on zero evidence?
  8. dxpavelka
    Not disagreeing that there might still be moves to be made but "Kris Atteberry says so" is not really my reason for feeling this way.
  9. dxpavelka
    With only two September call ups allowed these days it's highly unlikely that anyone gets the call. You have to figure that one of the spots goes to a pitcher.
  10. dxpavelka
    and yet, they haven't
  11. dxpavelka
    That's fine. But the age difference takes away from any comp.
  12. dxpavelka
    Given the fact that we gave up the best starting pitcher we have developed in a generation to get him it's not a matter of IS he but one of he had BETTER be.
  13. dxpavelka
    I know it's difficult for the folks who run and, for the most part, follow, this site to contemplate but it IS possible that the glass, just MIGHT be half full.
  14. dxpavelka
    Santana is NOT a really good comp. By the time he was Prielipp's age he had four years in the big leagues and in that age 25 season won the first of those Cy Youngs.
  15. dxpavelka
    I don't really care who is number 2. Just want to see all of them here and succeeding in the next three years and see all of them (except Tait) get significant big league exposure this season since there may well not be a season in 2027 and I don't want to be sitting here two years hence and without these guys having seen the bigs.
  16. dxpavelka
    Solano is the cautionary tale for expectations. I remember questioning the signing. Even more questions when he had 5 RBI by late May. By the end of the season, we don't win the division without what he brought to the table. So it CAN happen. Nobody expected a Gold Glove from Carlos Santana either.
  17. dxpavelka
    Doesn't have to be a unique strategy. Just has to work.
  18. dxpavelka
    lot of other ways to get a decent reliever with upside other than trading your starting catcher.
  19. dxpavelka
    Only 6 Twins had a higher WAR than Caratini in 2025. One of them was traded at the deadline. Lewis, Wallner, Larnach & Lee were NOT among the six. I think he'll fit in just fine. Lots of talk about Jeffers playing some first base. Caratini has actually DONE that.
  20. dxpavelka
    Keep remembering that the return from the Varland trade is a 23 year old left handed pitcher who is currently ranked as our 5th best prospect and projected to arrive in the big leagues in 2026. Hell, the fact that he's left handed probably makes the trade a win.
  21. dxpavelka
    True. But bullpens CAN be built fairly quickly. In fact, most teams rebuild at least half of their bullpen every off-season.
  22. dxpavelka
    Didn't say that. But there is NO reason to believe he is any better than the ones we added. Except your vitriol towards ownership and management.
  23. dxpavelka
    Fitzgerald is literally the poster child for mediocre vet. On his best day.
  24. dxpavelka
    Any move that takes potential at bats away from Jenkins, Rodriguez or Gonzalez is a firm NO from me.
  25. dxpavelka
    Hopefully that last statement still holds true in 3 years. WOULD be kind of funny to see Twins fans have to eat crow about some of those deadline trades.
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