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  1. Mike Sixel
    And yet, he was magically ready just a day or so after we were told he wasn't ready yet......because others were bad. He should have been in the rotation from day 1, IMO.
  2. Mike Sixel
    IMO, outcomes matter when judging what did happen.....not using stats about what might have happened differently or are likely to happen next year. And, innings pitched matters a lot when looking at overall value provided to the team. What happened is how you measure the past, not what might have happened differently. And what happened was that Santana produced better outcomes, whether thru luck or ability or both. And yes, he was their most valuable pitcher by far.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I really wish that a: the players cared enough about this to kneel b: 2-4 superstars from one team did it, and see what the team really did.....
  4. Mike Sixel
    Farrel is a pretty bad manager from everything I read.....but who knows. Again, it is about process, not outcomes....you can do everything right and get unlucky, or everything wrong and get lucky. It's about reducing the role of that luck every day, in every way. Clearly the process wasn't working in Boston. I am open to the idea it is getting better here. I have doubts, but I also don't have enough information about what they asked him to do, and what he did off the field, to have a valid opinion.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Did you read the blogs vanimal supplied from Fangraphs, and their analysis of these deals and why they either aren't happening, or need to be MUCH LARGER to happen?
  6. Mike Sixel
    got it. That seems unlikely to me, but would be welcome.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Who has ever said focus only on analytics and ignore relationships? Did every player say keep him last year? What changed?
  8. Mike Sixel
    What happened last year? He said give up? They didn't like him last year?
  9. Mike Sixel
    That's what free agent pitchers cost. If you won't pay it, fold the franchise.
  10. Mike Sixel
    So it's better to start the pitchers they have, are those players"worth it"?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Another year of Sano and Buxton gone? Why?
  12. Mike Sixel
    as long as they don't expect to be paid like starters in FA, I could endorse that. Then again, I'd endorse the Twins not waiting until their own pitcher are 1000140 years old to make that decision.....they waited a year too long on Rogers, for example. Turley should not be a starter. It's not clear that some of their vaunted AA pitchers are really starters....
  13. Mike Sixel
    No idea, no one asked me what I'd do if I was the other 29 teams. Maybe they are at their budget, and can't spend more money? Maybe they are like Baltimore, and LOVE veterans. Who knows? Trades literally happen every off season and every mid-season....but there seems to be a theme on this board that the Twins are never in a position to do one that really matters.
  14. Mike Sixel
    The accomplishment column contains goals, not strategy/process at all. This is about the most common issue I run into at work, doing strategic planning for one of the biggest companies on the planet....people confuse goals with strategy. The question is, can his use of process achieve those goals again, not did he achieve those goals.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I thought we just agreed? I'd trade ESan for a Gonsalves type, and sign a Lynn type with the money. You have one more dart in the AA/AAA fold to see if it hits as a SP, and if not, hopefully it is a good RP. You have a younger ESan. You have spent no more money and traded no assets. That said, if a really good SP comes available, and he has 2-4 years on his deal, they have to consider it. They aren't catching the great teams with "meh" SP.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    probably not, .....but I'm not sure. I'm guessing they are both in 75-100 range....and I'd have to think longer about that. But, I'd probably still consider it. ESan is only going to age and fall off, and one more year of him, vs a FA SP signed for 3 years and a number 4/5 minor leaguer? I think I choose the second one.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I'd trade ESan for a top 50 SP prospect that was less than half a year from being in the majors, yes. If you think those are that, then yes. But only IF they signed a FA SP to take his place. If not, then I really don't know what to think about them even trying or not....
  18. Mike Sixel
    $4MM for Escobar is peanuts, for Sano insurance. They need Sano insurance. If they can't sign a FA SP and 1-2 RPs, and/or a DH, then they should fold up the business now. They aren't league median in salary, their "rebuild that was never a rebuild" has given them an offensive core, and Mauer is off the books after next year, as is ESan. And no, they aren't signing Machado as someone posted up thread. That's just not happening.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Fair. Either way, he's not here, and they have at least three questions at starting pitcher.
  20. Mike Sixel
    We literally have no idea. All we know with any certainty is he's not here, and there is one less SP to trade for next year.
  21. Mike Sixel
    first quality start of the post season! Only pitcher that lasted to the 6th (well, Sale did, but his manager is not too bright at managing pitchers, apparently). A missed opportunity, imo.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I agree. It's going to take pain to get pitching in a trade, I think. I'm not sure many bad teams have good pitchers that will only take back prospects at this point But maybe I'm drawing a blank here....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Fair, I misunderstood your point I guess.
  24. Mike Sixel
    no, I'm asking you how you would fix the staff, if you aren't willing to sign any FAs?
  25. Mike Sixel
    that doesn't answer the question. How do you expect to go from this staff to good? Also, ESan leaves in 1-2 years, so you have to replace him too.
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