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  1. dxpavelka
    It's not that I "view the concept of analytics as annoying." Hell, I was on that train when Bill James was still producing his Baseball Abstract every year and most of the folks reading this were wearing diapers. But I'm reminded of the wise man (can't remember if it was TK or Gardy) who once uttered that analytics are an excellent way of predicting the past.
  2. dxpavelka
    I'm still giving development points for having the wherewithal to trade for Ryan. Could just as easily have been two Strotmans. As far as SWR goes, I'm not sure that "being in the Twins system for over a year now" as a starting pitcher and having five wins to show for it is the ringing endorsement you're looking for either.
  3. dxpavelka
    Three of the top 20 rookies in MLB's gotta count for something.
  4. dxpavelka
    If you're gonna include Woods-Richardson, you've gotta include Ryan. Not everybody thought he was MLB ready when they acquired him. The Rays for instance. If you're gonna give points for one trade (that thus far has NOT produced results) you've gotta give points for the one that has produced results anyway.
  5. dxpavelka
    If you're gonna include Woods-Richardson, which I have no problem doing, you also have to acknowledge Joe Ryan is a top 10 AL rookie this year.
  6. dxpavelka
    Satire?
  7. dxpavelka
    And yet 6-4 in the last 10 and somewhere in the background I'm hearing the legendary "light happy music."
  8. dxpavelka
    How about if I substitute Larnach? We had TWO 1st round picks as reasons to jettison Rosario two years ago and neither can stay healthy. Buxton's got more plate appearances than either of them. And Celestino. And JEFFERS!!!!!! Sorry, my point has little to do with the AFL and much to do about our two saviors inability to stay healthy enough to contribute.
  9. dxpavelka
    Acquiring significant players is difficult all the time, not just in late July. If it wasn't everyone would be doing it all the time.
  10. dxpavelka
    Not everyone but most.
  11. dxpavelka
    I feel like some among us forget how much the farm system has actually improved under the current regime. For starters we seem to be overlooking the fact that the current big league roster has three (Ryan, Miranda & Duran) of the top 20 rookies in MLB this season. For the most part, in recent years when we've had to call up guys from the minors during the season we've at least had competent guys coming up. Care to look back a half dozen years or so and think about names like Shane Robinson, Aaron Thompson, Andrew Albers, Chris Colabello, Yohan Pino (our # 5 starter in 2014) Sam Deduno, Lester Oliveros, P.J. Walters. How about the year that Scott Diamond was the only guy on the team with more than 22 starts? Who could forget Luke Hughes and Lester Oliveros? Perhaps we could go back to a FO that would produce those types of legendary talents...
  12. dxpavelka
    Don't know that I'd trust Kiriloff's surgically repaired anything. Seems like we'd just be starting the clock ticking on his 250 healthy plate appearances for next year.
  13. dxpavelka
    Most were BEGGING for it. He winds up on the IL and they ALL knew better. Ridiculous.
  14. dxpavelka
    Still doesn't make those fans right.
  15. dxpavelka
    ONE team will win it all each season. The other 29 will leave many of their fans with skepticism and annoyance. Doesn't make the fans right. I can live with that.
  16. dxpavelka
    The rest of you don't either.
  17. dxpavelka
    I love being surrounded by so many folks that know so much more than the folks getting paid to know stuff.
  18. dxpavelka
    And what has Cleveland done recently to lead you to believe they WON'T continue to choke?
  19. dxpavelka
    And as bad as last night was we're still exactly ONE game out of first.
  20. dxpavelka
    .239 career BA? League average is .243 this year.
  21. dxpavelka
    Maybe that's because they don't have Billy Hamilton.
  22. dxpavelka
    My favorite Tony O memory is from his last year in the bigs when in a few road games he was in the starting lineup as the second baseman batting in the top three just to get him an at bat before being replace defensively in the bottom of the first. Only happened a handful of times but I'll never forget.
  23. dxpavelka
    Actually, it was either Gardy or TK.
  24. dxpavelka
    A wise man once said that advanced metrics are an excellent way of predicting the past.
  25. dxpavelka
    Bert's in the HOF. Gotta give that hook the nod at the top leave the rest the way you had 'em.
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