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  1. dxpavelka
    I love how wins and losses are now a terrible stat. Until they fit our narrative.
  2. dxpavelka
    How much do we really ever hear from Dominican guys in the media?
  3. dxpavelka
    Exactly my point. NOBODY is inclined to put that kind of money into a RP. There is a good chance that never giving him the opportunity to be a starter costs him tens of millions of dollars over the course of his career. Would you stick around?
  4. dxpavelka
    Duran started 80 of 84 career games in the minor leagues. Was never given a chance at the big league level. The difference between being an above average big league starter and even a star reliever is millions of dollars over the course of a career, maybe hundreds of millions. At least Jax got a shot to start but was never successful at it.
  5. dxpavelka
    This started the day they told him he was no longer going to start. Will likely cost him millions over the course of his career. He'll walk asap and I won't blame him.
  6. dxpavelka
    The Twins will do just enough little things (little to us and to the team but BIG to a player) to piss him off and he'll leave the moment he can in free agency. Never giving a guy who was a starter all thru the minors a chance to be a starter in the big leagues. Telling a guy who has been a closer for three years that he's now a "high leverage reliever" instead of a closer. The day he can be gone, he's gone. Cue the "need to trade him before he leaves" talk shortly.
  7. dxpavelka
    Thanks
  8. dxpavelka
    Just proves that anyone can be a first time all star. The ONLY qualification is to not have been an all star previously.
  9. dxpavelka
    Miranda may be the more promising player but you can't make soup out of promise.
  10. dxpavelka
    Seems like closer to 20 potential first time all-stars. No reason someone outside those 5 can't make it. Just got to put together a monster first half. Like Castro did last year. Brian LaHair.
  11. dxpavelka
    be careful what you wish for. you might get it
  12. dxpavelka
    Thank you Miriam Webster. The point remains the same.
  13. dxpavelka
    I don't particularly want a mediocre guy already on the roster either. We've actually done pretty damn well with our "mediocre" FA veteran guys the last two years. Santana was better than expected and I daresay we don't sniff the post-season in 2023 without Solano down the stretch.
  14. dxpavelka
    Considering the guys being considered, ANYBODY. Unless they put Lee or Lewis over there. And you still need a DH.
  15. dxpavelka
    more like spot on
  16. dxpavelka
    Nicely done. You nailed the issue without even knowing. Basically you said that Bader isn't a good fit because he does nothing to change the fact that: "This team’s lineup is riddled with hitters who are hard to rely on." The fact that Bader doesn't fix that is not the issue. In the old days of journalism that would have been called burying the lead. You also mentioned that: (if the) "Twins don't get bounce-backs from their young players who struggled down the stretch, Bader could be a frustrating piece amid a sputtering offense." Again, in that case, the issue is not Bader. The issue is the lack of bounce-backs from their young players who struggled down the stretch. Burying the lead again. This reads like Derek Falvey wrote it.
  17. dxpavelka
    "The Twins used utilityman Willi Castro as their backup shortstop and center fielder last season, and they believe that wore him down," I was responding to this Bobby Nightengale quote in the article. Not necessarily agreeing with it. But pointing out that if playing (roughly) a quarter of a season at each of those positions wore him down, then it should be considered understandable that others might not hold up to an entire season at those positions. Also not necessarily agreeing with that thought but putting it out there.
  18. dxpavelka
    if 86 games between SS & CF wore him down then it's no wonder Correa & Buxton wear down playing those positions.
  19. dxpavelka
    First of all YOU were the one who wanted to split hairs: "which is what was asked" Second: Brian LaHair
  20. dxpavelka
    Finding a guy with the potential to be an average first baseman does not inspire me. Average defensive first basemen had better be putting up all-star level offensive numbers.
  21. dxpavelka
    Mr. Cub and A Rod moved on after being good shortstops. In A Rod's case because of the presence of an all-time great SS. Banks moved because of a knee issue. Poplanco moved because he was not a good shortstop. And since you want to get technical about "which is what was asked" the original comment talked about drafted shortstops moving to other positions. Polanco was never drafted. For the record, neither was Ernie Banks.
  22. dxpavelka
    Was such a good major league shortstop we decided he was a second baseman.
  23. dxpavelka
    Most players drafted as shortstops end up elsewhere. Not just the Twins. Go look at lists of guys drafted as shortstops.
  24. dxpavelka
    If guys like Festa & Matthews are not at least as good as Paddack it might be a LONG next few years in Twinsville.
  25. dxpavelka
    I can think of at least a dozen guys (some internal, some external) I'd rather see at 1B than Castro. Or Miranda. Or Julien.
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