He's saying .700 is respectable, not good or great.  

 

There are 15 teams and 9 spots in teh order for each team.  That 135 spots.

 

131 players had 300 or more PAs in the AL last year, 85 were at .700 or better.  So .700 is respectable. If you're looking at what the player with the 65th best OPS was with 300 or more PAs (65 being right around the middle of 131) it was our very own Eduardo Escobar with his .721 OPS.

 

Okay. I don't disagree with you. I guess the word "respectable" was a little hazy to me. Thanks for the input.

 

Get the Twins to the playoffs and I would be happy with their chances.    It is always better to have elite players.  They help you get to the playoffs also.  Good players and even not so good help you win in the playoffs.   History is littered with Bucky Dents, Billy Marins, Brian Lemke's.    Drew Butera can outplay Mauer in any given series and Blackburn can outpitch Verlander in any given game.    I would never bet on it but the small sample size of the playoffs bring the good and elite players closer together rather than farther apart.   Putting it simpler a team of 2014 could never hope to get to the playoffs against a team of 2007 Derek Jeter.  Once in the playoffs team  Plouffe would definitely be a big underdog but not a hopeless one in a 5 or 7 game series..

Yes, but it's a lot more likely that you'll get 2004 Carlos Beltran performance from an elite player like Carlos Beltran than you will Trevor Plouffe.