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  1. dxpavelka
    That number has already been determined. It's 9.
  2. dxpavelka
    Shouldn't hurt the Twins any more than it does any other team. If it does, that's on them.
  3. dxpavelka
    Not anything new, to the Twins or any other team. Need only to look as far as Harmon Killebrew. Played 1B, 3B, LF & RF and no more than 44% of his career games at any of those positions.
  4. dxpavelka
    Position flexibility is more needed now than ever, in part, because teams carry so many more pitchers than they did in the past. 35 years ago a 25 man roster MIGHT carry 11 pitchers but typically was more likely to carry 10. Either 40 or 44% of the roster was pitchers. Now, with a 26 man roster teams are allowed to carry 13 pitchers and seldom carry fewer than that. Teams are forcing themselves to have more flexibility among their position players. As far as forcing Lewis to start working at other positions last year, I believe that was a product of his success when he came to the big leagues. He hit well enough that they knew they would likely need to count on his bat and his glove was not going to supplant Correa at SS last year. It's entirely possible that at some point he becomes the shortstop and Correa moves to third with Lee becoming the second baseman. OR any of a half dozen other position combinations involving other positions (and players) all over the diamond.
  5. dxpavelka
    IF this top 5 stays intact it could very well be a staff with 5 # 1s, 5 #2s, 5 # 3s, 5 #4s and 5 # 5s. History tells us that's not very likely. The biggest key to a successful season is the health of those 5 guys. Second biggest might be having one of them rise above expectations. As far as Joe goes, I think the key to HIS success might lie in a return to the Tim Lincecum look. Baseball's a funny game. You never know what you might need to put you over the top.
  6. dxpavelka
    Kirilloff has to stay healthy. Anything else is gravy.
  7. dxpavelka
    A lot boils down the health. Health could be the difference between what we currently see / have in Buxton and him being seen as a generational talent. Kirilloff? Need I say more? Lewis--nuff said.
  8. dxpavelka
    We're at the what the f moves portion of the calendar now.
  9. dxpavelka
    Lot of things can / probably will happen between now and the time that decision needs to be made.
  10. dxpavelka
    WHAT?!! A player under performing expectations one year and then exceeding them the next?? PREPOSTEROUS!!!
  11. dxpavelka
    I just want to know, has there ever been a player who went undrafted after his senior season in college that got to the big leagues quicker than Dobnak?
  12. dxpavelka
    Luckily, something like THAT will NEVER happen..
  13. dxpavelka
    The ace we've looked for since Santana left could be right under our noses.
  14. dxpavelka
    Still say it' highly likely that the best starter in the organization is Duran. He's great in the pen but there will always be a lingering bit of "what if?" Also, not sure about all the angst about the lack of right handed hitting corner outfielders. Miranda, Polanco, Correa, Buxton and both catchers hit from the starboard side. If Buxton's not in the lineup, Taylor does too. Considering there tends to be more right handed big league pitching than left handed, I'd think we've got a pretty solid mix. I'd actually be more concerned about the lack of left handed pitching than about the over abundance of left handed hitting. Just sayin
  15. dxpavelka
    I've spent the whole off season mentioning the fact that our starters are deep but not particularly overwhelming. The one guy who could change that is Duran and we'll likely never see him in that role.
  16. dxpavelka
    Scored less than 700 runs last year and basically added nothing. This is not shocking.
  17. dxpavelka
    At the end of the day they really haven't done much. They've added little offense to a nine that scored less than 700 runs. Keeping Correa was huge but unless he hits another gear they've added little. Most fans are ecstatic that Sano is gone but the lack of a right handed bat to replace him was obvious last year and will continue to be so this year. Very little in the way of bullpen additions. Adding Lopez and (hopefully) getting Maeda & Mahle (the killer Ms?) back makes the rotation deeper but does little to add an ace at the top UNLESS someone has a breakthrough year. Hard to see more than about 83 wins unless Buxton plays 140 games (with 95 plus of those being in the field) and / or Correa performs at 2021 level.
  18. dxpavelka
    He's Sano without the batting average. Or the right handed bat. Which I've spent the whole damn winter hearing about our lack thereof.
  19. dxpavelka
    I'm not actually looking for confidence. I'm just looking for Kirilloff to do is damn job. Saying he can be like an historically underachieving player is not gonna cut it for me. Especially when we've seen nothing yet to indicate that he can even be that good.
  20. dxpavelka
    Actually he's an average player because he DOESN'T cross thresholds that have defined greatness for much of the history of the game. It would be one thing if he didn't cross one, or some of them but he never crossed ANY of them. Lucky for him he's only the second most overrated football player from Michigan State named Kirk. And you don't have to be voted in to be an all-star, in fact most all-stars aren't voted in.
  21. dxpavelka
    Please not Garlick.
  22. dxpavelka
    A first round draft pick that never hits .300, never hits 30 home runs, never drives in a hundred runs, never gets a hundred and sixty hits in a season and is never an all-star is a huge win. Sure. Ok. NOW we understand why we haven't won a World Series since the first Bush administration.
  23. dxpavelka
    yawn
  24. dxpavelka
    Helps explain the 78 wins. Fewer than 700 runs scored didn't help either. Haven't really done much to improve either on either front. Better hope having a deeper (and not necessarily better) rotation makes a big difference. Stood pat on the bullpen as well. This could well be a make or break year for a lot of folks. Some of whom don't hit, catch or throw the baseball.
  25. dxpavelka
    About the same as Ray Lankford's 38.2 in virtually the same number of career plate appearances.
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