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  1. dxpavelka
    Fortunately, 45 games does not a season make. I'm pretty sure I could afford a nice steak at Manny's if I had a nickel for every guy who has ever "turned on the jets" from this point in the season on. Some of them even Twins in recent seasons. Donovan Solano had FIVE RBI at this point in the season in 2023. We don't sniff the playoffs without what he did from this point forward that year.
  2. dxpavelka
    Lee has improved from last year and may well continue to do so. To be honest their last 200 plate appearances (actually ANY player's last 200 plate appearances) don't mean jack. I'm far more tuned in everybody's NEXT 300 plate appearances.
  3. dxpavelka
    Teams that have memorable seasons don't do so with the likes of Correa, Lee & Lewis having non memorable seasons. Two of the three need to come thru. Even if only because of the likelihood of at least one of Buxton, Bader, Larnach & Jeffers NOT doing so. Not sure why we should feel compelled to downgrade Lee because his numbers this year are better than his career numbers and do the same to Lewis because his career numbers are better than his numbers this year, but OK.
  4. dxpavelka
    but it gets clicks
  5. dxpavelka
    Do you REALLY believe that if Rocco filled out the lineup card and had a 3 by Lewis' name instead of a 5 he'd REFUSE to play 1B?
  6. dxpavelka
    Not much in the way of either hitting the big leagues soon except inexperience. And, hopefully, Emmanuel Rodriguez.
  7. dxpavelka
    I have Twins.tv on my cable system. Works just fine.
  8. dxpavelka
    Stop trying to headline this **** into happening.
  9. dxpavelka
    Too many guys with too much more upside or potential for these guys to pass. And guys like Clemens & Bride (and Gasper?) along for short term rides that might make it easier to eventually clear the way for other youngsters. (Rodriguez, McCusker, Keaschall (and maybe Payton Eeles)when healthy)
  10. dxpavelka
    you've proven nothing
  11. dxpavelka
    No, YOU brought 4th and 5th and 6th and 7th innings into play. And, no, you have not given me 5 and 6 years of data bout those innings. I can only assume because doing so in no way helps your narrative. And, I never said Larussa would NEVER use other guys to close games. In fact I've even explained why he sometimes had to. Still waiting for the data that doesn't support your conclusions.
  12. dxpavelka
    Most "professionals" covering the team are just rubes who got someone to pay them for being such. The Padres had so much "interest" that they didn't make the move. Lots of teams have lots of interest in lots of guys. You can't make soup out of interest.
  13. dxpavelka
    Bingo. The biggest issue with their offense is that guys just haven't hit like they might well do by the end of the season. There WERE some calling for us to take a shot at Vlady Jr. That was NEVER going to happen
  14. dxpavelka
    And most of those times he pitched in the 8th he also pitched in the 9th. Thus he was AVAILABLE in those 9th innings. AND like I said you quoted me gospel verses of EVERY inning he pitched in in 1987, his first year converting from starter to reliever. Again, How many 4th innings did he pitch in after 1987? Still waiting. And as far as him pitching more than one inning, it wasn't THAT uncommon back then, especially for a guy with 350 starts under his belt.
  15. dxpavelka
    If there is on guy in this entire organization should should be told "you are now only a DH. Pick up a bat and do nothing else," this is the guy. The hit tools are there. Somewhere. Will he ever be Nelson Cruz or Edgar Martinez? No. But can he become a 400-500 PA a year hitter if freed from the shackles of trying to figure out whether he's going to spend his career making throws from second base or catching throws from second base? Maybe. But the way I see it, that's his only shot. And it's not like we've got a Nelson Cruz or Edgar Martinez standing in his way. Give it a shot.
  16. dxpavelka
    OK. So you have established that we should have done something. Outside of spending money like drunken sailors, WHAT? I'll wait.
  17. dxpavelka
    Who told us that Vazquez & Paddack had value? The team? Or rubes on this site? Just because some folks believe something to be true does not make it so.
  18. dxpavelka
    Truth be told, it's not really mid year for Royce. It's more like mid March for him. Camp's almost over. Hope he goes north with the big league squad.
  19. dxpavelka
    Hopefully not full-time at DH. Maybe a combination of DH & 1B. Takes a certain mindset to just be a DH and a young player may struggle in solely in the role.
  20. dxpavelka
    Funny. I named SIX managers who didn't go by your book. But you obsess on ONE. Also funny: You chose 1987 to make your point. His first year as a relief pitcher. His FIRST year as a reliever. A role in which he had yet to establish himself as one of the best ever. A season in which he had less than half as many saves as he AVERAGED for Oakland. How many other seasons did he pitch 10 times in the 4th inning? Or 7 times in the 6th inning? Or 7 times in the 7th inning? I'll wait.
  21. dxpavelka
    How many times did Eckersley come in other than the 9th? Not very often. Sure other guys got saves. But not because Eck pitched earlier in the game but because Eck was not available that particular day. There's your facts.
  22. dxpavelka
    yawn
  23. dxpavelka
    the POINT is that if your best guy is not available for the 9th somebody's gotta write articles like this one. LaRaussa's best guy was ALWAYS there in the 9th. End of discussion.
  24. dxpavelka
    LaRussa is known for Dennis Eckersley. How many times did he come in before the 9th?
  25. dxpavelka
    To answer you question, ANALYTICS. Gardy, TK, Billy Martin, Tony LaRussa, Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre, et al would NEVER have made this move. Have the 7th and 8th innings gotten more demanding over the last few decades, to the point that a manager needs to use his best guy in the 7th or 8th? Not really. Are today's manager's, with the aid of analytics smarter than the old time guys? Hell no. Were the old time guys smarter? Not necessarily. But they knew what worked for them and had done so for decades before them. As one of those guys above one mentioned, "analytics is an excellent way of predicting the past." Of course the game isn't played in the past.
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