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  1. dxpavelka
    The rules would likely dictate that since he can't be traded he also could not be exposed to the draft.
  2. dxpavelka
    Gotta love it when this team has a logjam and needs to clear things out. A year ago we had a logjam in the OF. Or so we as fans thought. Could we trade an infielder to ourselves for John Ryan Murphy? Amazing how we went from logjam in the OF to moving infielders to the OF--Sano, Santana, hell even Rosario used to be a 2B (and probably should still be). The last 3+ months of this season needs to be about seeing what certain guys can do in certain spots. Sano at 3B. Polanco at one or both middle infield spots. Maybe even Santana with a real shot at SS. Buxton, Kepler, Rosario in the OF or maybe Rosario at 2B. Trevor May and Jose Berrios as starting pitchers. Any of a half dozen young guys as relievers. The rest of this year needs to be about finding out who is capable of contributing at what level for 2017 and beyond. We can't afford to have a 29 year old defensive liability at a variety of positions as our All Star or needing to sign a 26 year old off the scrap heap to be an every day OF. P.S.: Sell high on Grossman before the glass slipper shatters.
  3. dxpavelka
    They aren't but there are quite a few rubes who seem to think that being a Hall of Famer somehow makes Molitor a better manager. They don't seem to grasp the fact that no manager who has been elected to the HOF as a player has subsequently gone on to win a World Series as a manager.
  4. dxpavelka
    Nothing better than coming across one of the 4 people in this state who was NOT doing cartwheels when we moved on from Gomez.
  5. dxpavelka
    If Molitor could coax a few more wins out of this team I would strongly suggest he do so. The is not going to have the luxury of coming out of the gate with a World Series ring or 3 straight post-season appearances. If TR gets bumped out of his chair the new guy may not give a rip about the fact that he's a Hall of Famer or one of us.
  6. dxpavelka
    Luckily for us we've reached this point at a time when, not only is his value down, but teams also know the Sano in RF thing was a major mistake as well. Well played.
  7. dxpavelka
    Enlighten me on what you've seen in 2016 to convince me it was.
  8. dxpavelka
    One thing we should have learned from all of those Gardy post-season losses and the ensuing last 5 years is that I'll take a post-season drubbing 10 times over what we've been exposed to since 2011. At least June, July, August & September were entertaining. Funny thing about that bullpen. It's ERA is just shy of a full run better than that of the starters. Just sayin
  9. dxpavelka
    First of all I wasn't advocating bringing him back, merely pointing out that getting rid of him was not quite the panacea so many wanted to believe it was. As to your leading question I'll start the answer session with Tom Kelly 1997-2000. The team improved in 2001 as I believe this team was bound to do in 2015 regardless of whether Gardy or Molitor was calling the shots. We'll never know that. And, yes, I realize TK had the cache that comes from winning 2 World Series rings to get another year beyond 4 straight 90 loss campaigns. But take away those 2 seasons, which a strong argument could be made for both being the result of brilliant moves by Andy McPhail (Gladden, Reardon, Morris, Chili Davis) in the off-seasons preceding them, and quite a bit of the bloom comes off TK's rose.
  10. dxpavelka
    Career Winning %: Molitor: .448 Gardy: .507 Just sayin
  11. dxpavelka
    Miss me yet?-Gardy.
  12. dxpavelka
    Relax boys & girls. This is the Twins. ZERO chance of this being a bad move. In 3 years Robbie Grossman will be batting cleanup and battling Mike Trout, Miguel Sano & Byron Buxton for MVP honors. With an outfield impediment being removed Sano will FINALLY be able to return to right field where he'll rival Buxton as a defensive player and the two of them will make Twins fans forget that Kirby Puckett & Torii Hunter ever wore the vaunted pinstripes. Happy days are here again. It's gonna be HUGE.
  13. dxpavelka
    At some point the glass slipper will break for Grossman. Think Lahair, Bryan. Would be nice to have both Arcia and Rosario as options when that happens. The one guy who COULD be moved and actually MIGHT bring value in return is Dozier. Moving him would open infield opportunities for Santana and maybe even a re-visit to 2B for Rosario.
  14. dxpavelka
    Whatever decisions are made regarding outfielders must be made keeping in mind that sooner (likely) or later the glass slipper will shatter and Robbie Grossman will return to being--Robbie Grossman.
  15. dxpavelka
    Meanwhile, back in the real world, if half those guys hit those ceilings there should be gridlock in Minneapolis because the streets will be filled with ambulances retrieving 30,000 rubes from Target Field with cartwheel injuries. A realistic expectation would be that 3-4 of those guys hit those ceilings and that 1-2 never even sniff the big leagues. If the guys in between become above average big leaguers all should be well.
  16. dxpavelka
    Could not agree more.
  17. dxpavelka
    It sounds like you've created a huge defensive black hole at 2B.
  18. dxpavelka
    What we've gotten thus far from Nunez is what we were led to expect from Escobar 3 months ago--with less defense. Things change fast.
  19. dxpavelka
    I'm really trying to get excited about Nunez. I really am. But then I remember that the things I'm being told I should continue to expect from him are the same things I was told I could expect from Escobar two months ago--minus exceptional defense. But I'm trying. I really am.
  20. dxpavelka
    Thought 1: The problem with drafting for need in baseball is that by the time a guy is ready to contribute your needs have usually drastically changed. Thought 2: Get Trevor May in the rotation and stop wasting his arm as a set up guy on a 17-40 team. 17-40 teams don't need to develop set up guys, they need to develop starters. STOP THE MADNESS.
  21. dxpavelka
    Not quite sure how or what you read into my comments to make you believe I view 2002-2010 as a failure on Terry Ryan's part. If the last 15 years and the last 5 in particular have taught us anything, that thing should be that it's a hell of a lot better to get to the playoffs and not win than to be relegated to playing meaningless ball by August, or July, or June, or May.
  22. dxpavelka
    See: Ryan, Terry: Circa: 2002-2010
  23. dxpavelka
    I agree about Dozier in the two hole-or any spot above 8. Problem is the same as when folks gripe about wanting Mauer moved down--better options are few and far between.
  24. dxpavelka
    Not trying to sell anything as failures. Just stating facts. To the other extreme we might also want to let them actually accomplish something before we crown their asses.
  25. dxpavelka
    Just to clarify: The 3 teams you identified as examples of using this two tiered approach, while admittedly trending in a positive direction--at least one of them is, and lets be honest one of the others is two games over .500 with a $223 million payroll, have thus far combined for ZERO World Series rings using this approach.
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