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  1. Mike Sixel
    hahahahahaha. Good luck with that OLINE. I've been ripping on Spielman for years on another forum about his handling of the OLine. Unfortunately, i appear to have been correct this time, alas.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea what this post is arguing. This is a thread to evaluate Mauer's relative worth, isn't it?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Fifteenth among first baseman in fWAR. I don't care how he compares to his past, but how he compares to other first baseman, and to other options the twins have. He's clearly better than their other options, but he's also clearly not among the best at the position. Teams win by having better players than other teams. It's great he's better this year, but they need more from him even than this, unfortunately to be a better team. Let's hope that happens somehow, because they don't have a better option right now.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'd guess the guy that gave up five runs was the issue.
  5. Mike Sixel
    No risk in Dillon Gee though.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    Four AL teams traded for help just this week. But apparently it was impossible for the Twins to do so.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Didn't need Verlander. Or Gray.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea if one was available. Houston, NYY, Seattle, LAA all made moves to, in their mind, get better in the last week. That doesn't count earlier moves. MN did not make a move. Four AL teams made moves. Why should we assume it wasn't possible a 5th could? They could all find ways to get better, but MN just couldn't?
  9. Mike Sixel
    don't get me wrong, I'm not sure Verlander is the answer.....but with all the reasons not to add players that have been posted in this thread, if the Twins listened, they'd never add a player from outside.
  10. Mike Sixel
    if there are questions, they aren't stuff or outcomes....not even close.
  11. Mike Sixel
    so what's your plan, if you won't pay guys past 34, to get good pitching here? edit: the third year kicks in if he's a Cy Young caliber player, that concerns you?
  12. Mike Sixel
    the evidence is the huge, vast, nearly every, player that makes AAA does not turn into a good MLB player. There is no "I think" here, that's just the simple math. edit: I like Niko. I think he has a small shot to be useful. But I can't say I am confident he'll be better than existing MLB player just yet.
  13. Mike Sixel
    B.) You did say that Goodrum can't replace the offense Escobar provides. I think I showed pretty conclusively that that's a very low bar to surpass and that Goodrum is a pretty good bet to do it based on performance and age. Thoughts? Ceding the point? minor league numbers are predictive, not conclusive. Until a minor leaguer who isn't a legit bit time prospect actually plays well in the majors, the odds are very, very, very low they will ever do so. I don't think you proved anything at all. You provided some predictive numbers, but no, I am not convinced at all he can hit or play defense in the majors. I mean, if he's so sure to be better, why wasn't he up earlier this year, and Escobar just cut?
  14. Mike Sixel
    why does it matter, if Houston is small, medium, or large, exactly? They found a way to add a player they believe in. They apparently have the money, even though they have some young players they might want to sign. Does anything else matter?
  15. Mike Sixel
    plenty of guys coming off. Every year people fret over the 40 man decisions, every year the Twins lose no one of major, or even minor, consequence.
  16. Mike Sixel
    the Twins and other teams are so confident he'll be a MLB player, that he could have signed with anyone last year, anyone..... And no place did I describe Escobar as "awesome" or even close to it.
  17. Mike Sixel
    2020 is an option year, according to fangraphs.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I think we'll just disagree on this. IMO, when a team is in a legit playoff race, you go get better. As a fan of this team since forever, I really don't want them to not finish off teams, like the previous GM did in the 2000s. People can say "well, they'll be more ready in a year or two to do that"....remember when M&M were going to carry the Twins, and we should just wait a year or two? Players get hurt. Players under perform. Other teams also get better and add players. There are always reasons, ignoring the context of the current moment in a vacuum, to do nothing or make an individual decision. When the decision happens over and over, it is a process, and not a decision, and it becomes how a company operates. Like chief, I had hoped with a new GM, things would change. So far, there is no evidence that is true. They didn't sign many FAs, despite having the worst pitching around, and they didn't acquire players at either deadline to try to win. Maybe next year will be different, but this year sure isn't.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I doubt Goodrum can "easily" replace the production Escobar has, and will continue to, provide. I seriously doubt it, especially on offense.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Well, it is only 2 years. What is the plan for that money, otherwise? The FO signed 1 decent FA this last off season. They will have more than $20MM coming off the books......let's see what, if anything, they do with that. If not much, then yes, I'd rather have Verlander. Not sure about the prospect cost, that's a different question.
  21. Mike Sixel
    The Astros gave up a lot, apparently. Whether it was worth it or not is a question I can't answer. Fangraphs said the pitcher that is the main prize is either Detroit's new number 2 or 1 prospect......
  22. Mike Sixel
    it was an example. I'm done, clearly pedantry is more important than the actual point of hte post.....players were traded, the Twins did nothing.
  23. Mike Sixel
    earlier this week the mariners acquired a SP from the Cardinals, it was an example of a player moved that wasn't in the division. There were several trades yesterday, for OFers, DH/OF types, C, SP..... the Twins did not acquire a player. That was the point of the post, quite literally. The Twins did nothing to get better.
  24. Mike Sixel
    sure, that's why that's an edit, ignoring the whole other part of the post. Oh, and he did accept the trade after all. But, rather than concentrate on the point of the post, I'm sure we'll dicker over 1 player and 1 trade.
  25. Mike Sixel
    no doubter. He should have been on the world team at the ASB. He's a big time legit prospect.
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