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  1. dxpavelka
    A spark looks like a guy who plays with heart and brings stuff to the table that stats and metrics can't measure. We haven't had that since we moved on from Eddie Rosario & Nelson Curz.
  2. dxpavelka
    Couldn't agree more. Hate to keep harping on the same points over and over again but Eddie Rosario is a perfect example. We moved on from him for nothing to save $8 Million, in part because we had "an overabundance of corner OF talent." First of off, I'm old enough to remember a time when fans of this team would scream and holler about "cheap ownership" getting rid of a proven performer to save $8 Million. Actually we'd have whined about substantially lower savings. And, yes, I know. He's absolutely sucked since he left. All he's managed to do is win a World Series and make a second playoff appearance. Know what else he's done? Outperform most of the collection of stiffs we've put in LF for the last two and a half years prior to Larnach showing a pulse this year. The play in 2021 SHOULD have been to keep him and let somebody play him off the roster. Moves like that are why we've spent the last two years WATCHING the playoffs. Polanco's a great example of the same situation playing itself out in the coming years. Do we move on from him this off season and declare the one of Lewis or Brooks Lee play that spot going forward or do we keep him AND bring up one of the kids and give both playing time until the kid(s?) play him off the roster? Your move Mr. FalVine.
  3. dxpavelka
    Seems like less than a month ago I was getting roasted on this site for mentioning the fact that we're nearly two years in to the Berrios trade and thus far have ZERO return to show for it. Never an egg timer when you need one.
  4. dxpavelka
    85 wins and a deep post-season run is in play as well.
  5. dxpavelka
    The Twins biggest competition in this division is the Twins. Starting pitching, hitting and bullpen all need to work in harmony. They don't. End of story.
  6. dxpavelka
    This team is exactly what we should have known it would be. Slightly better than last year. Which MIGHT be good enough to win the AL Central. We upgraded most of the team. Slightly. Didn't do enough to upgrade the hitting. You reap what you sow.
  7. dxpavelka
    Can't make soup out of WPA.
  8. dxpavelka
    FIVE
  9. dxpavelka
    Say what you want but 5 RBIs in 106 plate appearances describes a lack of production. Yes, opportunity may factor in but to call it something other than a lack of production is foolhardy.
  10. dxpavelka
    Advanced metrics are an excellent way of predicting the past. FIVE RBI is actual production. Or lack thereof.
  11. dxpavelka
    Kepler's got the equivalent of a full season in CF over the course of his career and has been solid if not spectacular there. Seems we have a plethora of corner options. Move him over if need be.
  12. dxpavelka
    I know, right? Hard to imagine where we'd be without Solano's 5 RBI.
  13. dxpavelka
    I always love the fact that these types of articles always overlook the fact that signing with the Twins in no way shape or form means any given player would do or would have done the same thing here that they did elsewhere. Sure we all want to believe that, probably mostly so we can believe that we are smarter than the actual folks that make the decisions but those thoughts are just not grounded in reality.
  14. dxpavelka
    again TEN games
  15. dxpavelka
    10 career games in the outfield, eight of those in center doesn't exactly scream outfielder to me. A lot easier to move from a career SS to 2B or 3B than CF.
  16. dxpavelka
    Less a matter of most of those guys "struggling" and more a matter of most of them not being all that good at baseball.
  17. dxpavelka
    There is a huge disconnect between "wanting" those 2 guys in CF and those two guys being in CF being the best plan. That's why they're not out there and quite possibly won't be for most of the season even the going forward part of it.
  18. dxpavelka
    The topic of the thread was a guy with a .503 OPS going on the IL. I'm pushing 60 years old but I might be a better bat.
  19. dxpavelka
    He's not Buxton in CF but Taylor's not exactly Willie Norwood either.
  20. dxpavelka
    Offense has been solid of late, but if you normalize the last week, you're once again looking at a club that is on pace to score less than 700 runs which puts you at 85-88 wins, and IF you make the post-season, an early exit from such. The only hope is that Kirilloff stays healthy and hot and one or more of Lewis, Lee and / or Miranda comes up and makes a splash . Kind of scary when your leading RBI guy is hitting .225. At least your 10 home run guy is hitting .216
  21. dxpavelka
    Rear view assumes it's behind you, hasn't passed you and is gaining fast.
  22. dxpavelka
    YOU OR I could be better than a 60 plate appearance season. And as far as Sano's second to last season, Gallo's number were pretty much the same, except Gallo's average was 25 points lower and he struck out 30 more times.
  23. dxpavelka
    Lot season between now and that outcome. More likely that he regresses to the mean and ends up a lot closer to Sano's last couple full season average of 32 home runs or if you'd like to translate 2020 over a full season the 35 home runs that would have been. Any improvement over even average Sano will end up being nominal.
  24. dxpavelka
    We had Dave Kingman. We use to call him Miguel Sano. We now call him Joey Gallo.
  25. dxpavelka
    Mid June is right in the rear view mirror.
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