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  1. dxpavelka
    Should also have mentioned that the last time he hit above .223 was 2019
  2. dxpavelka
    Interesting the Gallo gets MVP love by hitting Sano's career batting average and hitting Sano's per 162 number of home runs.
  3. dxpavelka
    Luckily those seldom turn out bad.
  4. dxpavelka
    Not at all. But don't assume the moves we've made this off-season will put us over the top. For the most part we've replaced pieces with other similar, but hopefully better pieces. HOPE is not a good strategy.
  5. dxpavelka
    They may already have one. He pitches in the 8th or 9th inning most nights. Until we're willing to seriously consider this option we're wasting our time even discussing this issue.
  6. dxpavelka
    Pretty sure they thought they had covered all those bases the last two years.
  7. dxpavelka
    Luckily, this year, we're not at all relying on the guys who couldn't stay on the field last year
  8. dxpavelka
    I for one, take a look at the "lineup that has the potential to withstand the blow of losing Arraez" and see a lineup that scored fewer than 700 runs last year and wonder where offense needed to win a World Series is gonna come from.
  9. dxpavelka
    Said this from day one and will say it again. The Orioles will rue the day they passed on a guy named after Brooks Robinson.
  10. dxpavelka
    Been many a year that Twins fans would have been ecstatic to have a guy with a sub 4.50 ERA (and career sub 4.00) at the end of the pen.
  11. dxpavelka
    Not sure who will get the start but the closest thing we've had to an "ace" in a generation will probably come into the game in the 8th or 9th inning.
  12. dxpavelka
    That number has already been determined. It's 9.
  13. dxpavelka
    Shouldn't hurt the Twins any more than it does any other team. If it does, that's on them.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. dxpavelka
    Kirilloff has to stay healthy. Anything else is gravy.
  18. 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.
  19. dxpavelka
    We're at the what the f moves portion of the calendar now.
  20. dxpavelka
    Lot of things can / probably will happen between now and the time that decision needs to be made.
  21. dxpavelka
    WHAT?!! A player under performing expectations one year and then exceeding them the next?? PREPOSTEROUS!!!
  22. 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?
  23. dxpavelka
    Luckily, something like THAT will NEVER happen..
  24. dxpavelka
    The ace we've looked for since Santana left could be right under our noses.
  25. 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
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