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I'm sure it won't be done by why not play these games in Houston and Seattle and move the games later in the year against these teams to Target Field?

Well written and fair--and sad. Look what it takes to draft and develop a player like Dozier. Look at all his contributions and pay him fairly. Anyone else they can get to man 2B the next few years will fall short of his production. Also, to those expecting a quick decline to his production because he is 31, he is likely to again prove the doubters wrong.

Dozier has progressed with the bat and power more than anybody expected. After taking care of that issue, the next criticism was his defense, especially his range. Now he's done something similar, raising the level of his defense. That reminded me (sorry, showing my age here) of a comment Bud Grant once made about Viking running back Dave Osborne. A criticism of Osborne was that he didn't have the great natural speed of most NFL running backs. Yet he became a great running back. Anyway, Bud said something like Osborne was the only person he'd ever coached who could will himself to run faster. Heart is as important as talent and tends to raise everyone's level on the team.

Someone, some prospect, or Dozier, should start working on playing 3B.

Let's think about this: Can his character and leadership be replaced soon? No Can his power/bat be replaced at this position? No Would he be considerably better at this position than any prospect over the next couple of years? Yes Would the Twins be worse off without him? Yes Is the Twins window open the next couple of years? Yes Could the Twins save considerable money going with a good young prospect and not signing him? Oh yeah! I'm surprised with the amount of criticism we have on this site of the Twins not willing to spend money to field a winner that people don't realize what we have in Dozier.

What you see is what you get with Dozier. If you want BS, talk with someone else. Refreshing.

He's redundant hitting left handed; we could use him as a right handed hitter but he can't hit right handed.

Dozier is the kind of person and player that'd be nice to have as a Twin for life.

Help me out here. How can Kirilloff have had a 90mph fastball as a pitcher yet his arm be suspect in the outfield? Shouldn't he be able to work on throwing a greater distance with this base?

Hi Hitinapinch--Just a friendly correction to your math above. Instead of 39% lefties, it should be 28% of the pitchers currently in MLB are lefties. Thanks!