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  1. dxpavelka
    Actually, Gallo strikes out 37.2% of the time. Sano only 36
  2. dxpavelka
    Maybe. Same might be said for Miguel Sano.
  3. dxpavelka
    At the end of the day the problem that will end up getting addressed is that you and I don't spend enough.
  4. dxpavelka
    WHAT?!! A player under performing expectations one year and then exceeding them the next?? PREPOSTEROUS!!!
  5. 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?
  6. dxpavelka
    Luckily, something like THAT will NEVER happen..
  7. dxpavelka
    The ace we've looked for since Santana left could be right under our noses.
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. dxpavelka
    Scored less than 700 runs last year and basically added nothing. This is not shocking.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. dxpavelka
    Please not Garlick.
  16. 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.
  17. dxpavelka
    yawn
  18. 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.
  19. dxpavelka
    About the same as Ray Lankford's 38.2 in virtually the same number of career plate appearances.
  20. dxpavelka
    Ks slightly more is probably not a comp you want to make to the fanbase.
  21. dxpavelka
    Dude was slightly above average ball player. Shoulda stuck with football.
  22. dxpavelka
    Just gonna say that using a guy who never hit .300, never hit 30 home runs, never drove in a hundred runs, never had more than 157 hits in a season, was never an all-star and was gifted an MVP as a comp does not inspire confidence.
  23. dxpavelka
    He's Sano with a better glove and worse bat and I don't care about his glove.
  24. dxpavelka
    At the end of the day you'd better either win the World Series or be entertaining. 29 teams are NOT gonna win the World Series. Odds would indicate that the local nine is far more likely to be among the 29 that better be entertaining than be the one winning it. For my money, Sano is the most entertaining Twin I've seen with a bat in his hand since Harmon Killebrew. It ain't always going out, but when it does it might land in a different zip code. And, sure, he might be a sub par fielder. However, last I checked, MLB teams are allowed to put a player in the lineup who never has to even pick up a glove.
  25. dxpavelka
    As opposed to Joey Gallo?
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