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  1. dxpavelka
    I wouldn't watch Harry Potter if you paid me and the fact that I'm conversing with one who obviously would concerns me far more than any and all of your complaints about Sano. Bottom line is he is entertaining as hell to watch and like it or not last year was kind of boring without him even with the team contending for 2/3 of the season. But, yeah, sure, running a .199 career hitter out there should liven things up.
  2. dxpavelka
    Works fine. A's will be selling by June and we'll either be looking up at .500 or looking for bullpen help.
  3. dxpavelka
    You can pretty much bank on the fact that by June the A's will be selling and if we're dreaming of contending we'll be looking for additional bullpen help. Don't know if that's the deal to be made but I'm certainly making a call.
  4. dxpavelka
    Two thoughts: 1: "righty-swinging DH/1B type" = Miguel Sano. B: Not a good sign when Luis Arraez is your only player to get MVP votes.
  5. dxpavelka
    The question I've been waiting for someone to answer since he got here is "Has there ever been an undrafted college grad reach the big leagues quicker?"
  6. dxpavelka
    And if they don't put him out there this year, when? And we're still looking for an ace a year from now and a year beyond that. Actually, I'd be thrilled with 25 starts at 5 innings per start. Especially if it lead to being stretched out more next year. If you need to build his innings up, fine. But you can't do that if you don't start somewhere. And like I've said before, what good is an elite high leverage guy late in the ball game if you still don't have an ace?
  7. dxpavelka
    Let's not forget that Jaimie Garcia had more wins in one start as a Twin in 2017 than he did in eight as a Yankee.......
  8. dxpavelka
    None of which invalidates any of my numbers.
  9. dxpavelka
    At the end of the day, Law's opinion really doesn't matter. All that matters is what guys do on the field.
  10. dxpavelka
    Not exactly sure how many conclusions I'd draw from a 16 inning season but, sure feel free to do so. Joe Ryan had ONE minor league season in which he pitched 98 innings. Pablo Lopez had one minor league season over 100 innings. Bailey Ober has never pitched over 78 innings in a minor league season. Josh Winder one year over 72 innings. Louis Varland has had one season over 115 innings in the minors. Chris Paddack never tossed more than 90 minor league innings in a season. Wanna go around the league(s)? Aaron Nola never tossed more than 110 innings in a minor league season. Gerritt Cole over 115 once. Justin Verlander hit 118. Guys throwing lots of minor league innings is not really a thing. Teams limit guys to avoid arm issues. We can do whatever you'd like with him this year. None of which is gonna get us an ace.
  11. dxpavelka
    Know? Seems like a pretty strong word. We don't know anything. With the possible exception of knowing that we don't know anything. Don't know about you but if I KNEW anything I'd wager on it and get rich. We don't KNOW anything. That's why they play the games.
  12. dxpavelka
    Most of Johan's early years were spent in pen. There are a multitude of others who would make the argument that his arm took a dump as a result of his 134 pitch no hitter.
  13. dxpavelka
    Not in Rocco's Modern Life.
  14. dxpavelka
    He'll got real special when free agency comes and he realizes how much money being a reliever from day one rather than a starter is gonna cost him and he bolts like a fart in the wind.
  15. dxpavelka
    Rest assured this will all work out in the end. Rest assured that a way will be found the we, the fans, will pay for it all to work out.
  16. dxpavelka
    Hard to imagine there being 9 guys on this squad better than him when 3 of the guys being counted on to be among said 9 have a combined 1 out of 12 seasons of even being on the damn field as many games as he was last year. I for one would REALLY love to see season where we don't have to count on a Garlick or the next incarnation of Jake Cave.
  17. dxpavelka
    Doesn't seem like it was broke when he started 80 of 82 career games in the minors either. What IS broke and will almost assuredly continue to be broke is the top spot on the rotation. Can't wait to get to the post-season and be down 4 runs and God knows how many games by the time our best pitcher takes his jacket off. 21 straight here we come.
  18. dxpavelka
    OR we would win the game because the pen didn't have to pitch 5 innings........
  19. dxpavelka
    Actually, Killebrew as released.
  20. dxpavelka
    How about we trade for an elite relief pitcher and move Jhoan Duran, the ace right under our noses, to the rotation.......
  21. dxpavelka
    Not at all concerned about any injury history. Yeah, he got derailed a bit in 2021 but threw 216 total innings in 2018 & 2019. Didn't pitch in the Covid year in 2020 which could have contributed to missing time in 2021. Bounced back nicely in 2022. Your Santana comp is spot on. Only 35 % of Santana's appearances in his first 4 years here were starts but by 2002 & 2003 you could already tell that even in less than half time starting duty he was our most productive starter. The ace we seek and need is probably right under our noses and we're too damn busy cutting off our noses to spite our faces to see.
  22. dxpavelka
    I find the fan base angst at losing a player deemed to be "fun" to watch to be rather amusing to see considering the apathy regarding the departure of a player I consider the most entertaining Twin since Harmon Killebrew. There has been NO Twin in the last 50 years whose at bats caused me to stop whatever else I might be doing to watch him hit like Miguel Sano. Yeah, I know, there was a 37% chance he was gonna strike out. But there was also a chance he was gonna hit it into a suburb. Chix Dig Long Ballz Baby.
  23. dxpavelka
    Don't sleep on Taylor when he starts. Won't be that often but a couple dozen times?
  24. dxpavelka
    Expect the previously mentioned grandstanding. 3 years?
  25. dxpavelka
    Wait. You mean the off-season doesn't end when the Winter Meetings wrap up? Who knew?
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