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  1. dxpavelka
    I would hope that Correia's status in Houston would have no bearing on Buxton's here. That would just be foolhardy.
  2. dxpavelka
    Beats the hell of going to the well and pulling out Darin Mastroiani or Sam Fuld or Alex Presley or Wilkin Ramirez or Clete Thomas.
  3. dxpavelka
    Do you know what they call guys who have mastered AAA ball? AAA ball players. Move him up. Nothing to be gained by having a guy with 550 big league plate appearances and currently has a .965 OPS in AAA stay in AAA.
  4. dxpavelka
    That's incomplete.
  5. dxpavelka
    That's because they've already unloaded the rest of their players and bring up what's left. Good or bad.
  6. dxpavelka
    TWO weeks ago we were ready to send Danny Santana to the minors and now he's gotten his average up to .260.
  7. dxpavelka
    The Kris Bryant comparisons are a little off base because he's 2 years older with 3 season's of college ball under his belt before those 181 minor league games. Buxton himself only has 227 games played since he left high school three years ago.
  8. dxpavelka
    In spite of his early struggles at Rochester, he's probably been our most big league ready prospect for quite some time now. Hopefully, he hits well enough to make Shafer the odd man out when Arcia's ready to go. After that it's likely only a matter of time before Shane Robinson goes back to being--Shane Robinson and Hicks will replace him by mid June.
  9. dxpavelka
    You're right, we don't know what has changed. And if you're also right that the only thing that's changed is results, then I'm good with that.
  10. dxpavelka
    Since neither Mastroianni nor Presley is in the big leagues now I feel that we can safely say we're over them. Maybe even to the point of not calling that situation a debacle.
  11. dxpavelka
    Pinto has had plenty of opportunity to show he can stop a base stealer or do anything you would expect a big league catcher to do defensively. A small sample of that opportunity has been in the big leagues and nearly 10 years in the minor leagues. HE CAN'T. He's a DH. Nothing more. Deal with it.
  12. dxpavelka
    Let's let Sano get here and show he deserves the job before we even think about trading what we've got. Denard Span, Ben Revere anyone?
  13. dxpavelka
    I'd be more concerned if not for the fact that when you read those reports 2 & 3 & 4 years ago, the only one from among Sano, Buxton, Santana & Vargas that was expected to make a contribution prior to 2016 was Sano and obviously the injury has set him back at least half a season. I'd also be more concerned if all the reports regarding the strength of our system were coming from 34 Kirby Puckett Place but most of those reports were coming from the same sources as the reports about the Cubs & Astros systems. I understand the urge to blow it up but also remember that when that happened in 1982 it still took 5 years to exceed the .500 ball threshhold. Not sure if in today's McDonald's world where we don't want to wait for anything, the fanbase is going to accept blowing it up and waiting 5 years for the payoff-hence the desire to try to bring the kids along slowly and work them into a group that you would at least hope you can try to contend with. Bottom line is there is no right way and no wrong way. The only way that matters is the one the eventually works.
  14. dxpavelka
    The problem with continuing to teach Santana to play CF is that if he's still playing there in 2 years this team will be set back a decade.
  15. dxpavelka
    I'm not sure anyone ever really thought of Plouffe or Dozier as a long term shortstop in the bigs. Not sure why they would have. Santana went to CF not because of his lack of ability at SS but because of a lack of options in CF.
  16. dxpavelka
    Worth noting that we're talking about a guy with 137 games above AA ball who spent two thirds of his rookie year playing a position he'd played 25 minor league games at.
  17. dxpavelka
    It was a hell of a lot more impressive than one Dozier made last night that looked like my grandmother threw. Still waiting for a metric to compare throws to those made by decesed grandmothers.
  18. dxpavelka
    At least Trevor can take solace in the fact that Sano may be gaining on him, but with a .200 batting average in AA ball he is doing so, not at the speed of light, or even at the speed of sound, but at the speed of smell. Not excactly the start Twins fans were hoping for but probably one that lends credence to the decision to start him out in Chattanooga.
  19. dxpavelka
    Your nephew's traveling team probably had video manned by some overzealous parent who is convinced his kid is the next Mike Trout.
  20. dxpavelka
    I was only joking until I looked at the stats on the official team website and even they don't list a CF. Try anything. Anyone. Just not these guys.
  21. dxpavelka
    Bring him up and let him play CF. Overall bottom line both offensively & defensively can't be any worse than the guys we're running out there now.
  22. dxpavelka
    Only three of the eight (barely) worth a hill of beans.
  23. dxpavelka
    I have no problem with Hicks and / or Rosario replacing the current clown show in CF. Hell I'd even run Pinto out there rather than current duo. He can't be any worse defensively in CF than he is behind the plate, can he? As far as Arcia, sending him down would most likely result in him putting up monster numbers in AAA and the fans howling about the fact that you sent him out in the first place. Just kidding about the Pinto bit. Maybe?
  24. dxpavelka
    I don't have a problem "making an example" of Arcia. But if the guy you're putting into the lineup to do so is Shane Robinson then you're "making an example" of the wrong guy. If Robinson is your alternative, the guy you "make an example" of needs to be either the guy who writes Robinson's name on the lineup card or the guy who put him on the roster. We've had a million Shane Robinson's over the years: Tommy Watkins, Darrin Jackson, Alex Cole, J.T. Bruett, Carmen Castillo, Andre David. Do I need to go on?
  25. dxpavelka
    I'll give you Cuddyer but Kubel? Do you REALLY think we'd have been better off not letting him walk? And other than possibly Morneau can you name one guy we've traded prior to hitting free agency that even 15% of the fan base was clamoring to keep? And, yes it's easy to your our 20/20 hindsight and say we should have kept Morneau & Liriano but at the time we move them most fans were thinking we should have done so about 3 years sooner.
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