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  1. dxpavelka
    Couldn't hurt. Might also want to consider making a similar move with the 1B guy who is going to pitch this year and maybe price himself out of reach.
  2. dxpavelka
    If we can compete, great. If not, this season is about seeing how many guys can get big league playing time just in case there is no season or a very short season in 2027 and we're not sitting here two years from now wondering what guys like Jenkins, Rodgriguez, Culpeper, Prielipp, Gonzalez and as many as a half dozen others might look like at the big league level.
  3. dxpavelka
    the sky is falling the sky is falling
  4. dxpavelka
    Teams also used to not be afraid of letting pitchers pitch.
  5. dxpavelka
    I think we're already there. Now you kids get the hell off my grass.
  6. dxpavelka
    Obviously it would be better to NOT lose Pablo but I'm all about young guys getting starts this year. Especially with the prospect of a lost, or significantly shortened 2027 season on the horizon. Same thing goes on the offensive side of things as well. I don't want to go into 2028 without having seen Lee get a shot at being a full-time player and guys like Jenkins, Rodriguez & Gonzalez all getting a couple hundred plate appearances at the big league level. I'd probably throw Culpeper and Hendry Mendez into that mix as well maybe to a slightly lesser degree. Would love to have clarity about how a minor league season would shake out in 2027 if a big league work stoppage were to happen.
  7. dxpavelka
    I have less confidence in anything any GM says than you do in Tait. Not sure why you have no confidence in him. Also don't think having the # 3 pick in the draft has anything to do with whether or not Painter was gettable.
  8. dxpavelka
    Maybe, maybe not. They moved him a day before the deadline. Maybe they jumped the gun. Wait another day and maybe Painter becomes available. Maybe not. Didn't HAVE to trade him. I like the return but maybe it could have been more.
  9. dxpavelka
    Six months ago there were two things the fan base was certain of: This team would not compete in 2026 and one or both of our top starters would be traded. Such a trade would almost certainly NOT bring a return ready to contribute in 2026. So, essentially, in terms of 2026, nothing has changed. We won't have one of our top two starters, as was expected six months ago, and we will have no 2026 return for him. The only significant change is that a couple of handfuls of highly touted kids will get a chance to pitch. Maybe the sky is not falling.
  10. dxpavelka
    He's got the tools. Just hope we don't spend the next decade wishing we had held out for Andrew Painter.
  11. dxpavelka
    I agree 100%. Six months ago most of the fan base did NOT expect this team to compete in 2026. Most also expected Ryan and / or Lopez to be traded away for players who would NOT be part of the solution in 2026. So, basically, in terms of 2026, losing Lopez is the same as trading away Ryan or Lopez for future lottery tickets who would not have contributed in 2026 anyway. As mentioned in the article, we have a number of such lottery tickets already here. Is it any better to buy a ticket and win the lottery than it is to win with a ticket you already have in your back pocket. Of course a nice consolation prize for the fan base would be to extend Ryan sooner rather than wait for more debate on the matter.
  12. dxpavelka
    The troubling part about Larnach is that not only have we not gotten the kind of production one would expect from someone with his credentials, we've never even gotten a glimpse of that kind of production.
  13. dxpavelka
    Since only 5% of the fan base has any belief that this can be anything other than a lost season ride Ryan, Ober, SWR, Taj, Zebby, Prielipp?, Morris, Rojas, Abel, Raya, Festa, (Soto, Hill, Quick) as far as they will take you and see who shakes out as viable MLB starters. No different than having traded Joe Ryan, a move that was most likely not going to return a major league ready starter anyway.
  14. dxpavelka
    so you named TWO-in the last quarter century
  15. 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.
  16. 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.......
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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........
  20. dxpavelka
    Or he could show us that he's good at SS. Radar guns and stop watches don't play.
  21. 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.
  22. dxpavelka
    Making judgements based on a hundred games of evidence is how a team ends up in an endless cycle of mediocrity. Oh, wait!!!!!!!!
  23. 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.
  24. 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,
  25. dxpavelka
    If the kid makes an impact is the sky still falling?
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