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  1. Mike Sixel
    to me? positional flexibility. Vargas can't catch. He can barely play 1B. And, it appears the FO does not believe in Vargas, so move on. As you say, at this point, it is fairly moot. It should, imo, have been done weeks ago. Now? Now it is unlikely to make much difference. But, any positive move is still a positive move. It's clear they will stick with 13 pitchers, which I don't understand......so at this point, I am tilting at windmills.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Other than some of us have posted over and over that he can play 1B or pinch hit or DH or in an emergency the OF or he can catch........so, no, it isn't about three catchers. And, we've had this discussion, so I'm surprised you'd bring it up.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I don't think managers are over rated, they are paid like a player that supplies 1 win or less, if anything, they are underpaid and under rated. Most of what a manager does is off the field. We can't see that at all. So, my comments are all about on field tactics. He bunts too much. And please don't argue by comparing him to NL teams. I think he handles the bullpen fairly well, using his good pitchers in high leverage situations, and his bad pitchers in blow outs. That said, I think he burns out certain pitchers in that pattern. Not a super fan of his pinch running for Sano with 1-2 outs late in games. The gain is way too small to lose your best power hitter. I think challenging Buxon early in the year was a mistake. I don't know if that was him or someone else. all in all, not a huge fan. But, since we can't see most of the work, I guess I'll just sit back and wait.
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    Not a ranking, compared to other systems: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/updated-top-10-prospect-lists-al-central/
  5. Mike Sixel
    we don't agree. I am cool with that. And no, don't post the straw man (like keeps happening in this thread, when not one person has said that) that I think he's a super star. But, Garver has a shot to be a decent player. IMO, not taking that shot is a mistake, no matter how many games it is for. If he plays in 3, that will be more than Buesnitz likely sees. It also doesn't matter that they have bigger problems. That's awful logic.
  6. Mike Sixel
    most of the time I prefer the books. but, not everyone has teh stomach to read 150 (exaggeration) pages about a guy that just dies and moves the plot zero inches (and isn't all that interesting anyway). The third book is one of my favorites ever. From there, they go downhill in search of dozens of plot threads that have no bearing on the book, or that are just boring (Bran's travels are about as boring as you can get). These books are also very, very long. And, lets face it, there is something unsatisfying in not being able to finish the story in the print genre.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Uh, isn't Gimenez "pulling a Murphy"? And, calling up Garver DOES NOT MEAN you cut Gimenez. You don't need 13 pitchers.
  8. Mike Sixel
    He could be one of the most exciting players in the game if he can hit.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    'tis true, working from home again today.....but alas, no wine.
  10. Mike Sixel
    thanks, I was having all kinds of computer issues...
  11. Mike Sixel
    I agree with this post......all of it. We are still working on publicly available measures for defense.
  12. Mike Sixel
    fair, I've only skimmed this thread.....and been off for a few days, and didn't see that. He looks like a legit OF right now, just needs to clean up some mental aspects.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Is anyone saying otherwise on that last part?
  14. Mike Sixel
    I really don't want another thread to be about WAR and its value. The point people were trying to make is that you can't ignore some of the stuff he does other than offense. Personally, I think he's been better than I thought as a hitter, and worse than I thought as a fielder and base runner. Let's hope he improves those two, and keeps on hitting.
  15. Mike Sixel
    that's no argument to ignore baserunning and defense. Also, when was that written? While I agree we don't have a precise measure......it is still better than ignoring everything but offense in measuring value. And no, eyeballing doesn't work, since fans don't see every single play of every single game, so while they think they have context, they don't.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I have advised many not to read the books .... lots of wasted paper, imo. As for last night, that was a solid episode. Really like that littlefinger is till in the game, and the jail scene where they all realize they were enemies in teh past was great. Jaime can't be thrilled with his sister at this point.
  17. Mike Sixel
    one article on him: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/is-miguel-sano-hurt-or-just-struggling/
  18. Mike Sixel
    I agree it's not willy nilly but 11 attempts is actually quite a few compared to most MLB players these days. Which is unreal in some ways.
  19. Mike Sixel
    hahahahaha. Ya, I don't think UPS and MN Morris would think that's a good idea either....genuine laugh. thanks!
  20. Mike Sixel
    thanks,
  21. Mike Sixel
    certainly not by fWAR. Not even close. Where do you get 3 WAR?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Fangraphs did a study. If you have a low OBP team, who hits for power, you are better off adding more of the same kind of player, than a high OBP player. Mauer might make 2 FWAR this year, but I doubt it. I have no interest in comparing him to SS, C, and pitchers ("league average hitter"), but only their other options and other 1B. It seems clear he can't play 140 games and be effective anymore, so if you have him, you need someone that can play 1B 40-60 times. With a tiny bench, not sure how that works really. The real question is, do they have someone that can play 1B or 3B or RF (if you move Sano or Kepler) that is better than Mauer in 2019. Given that he is league median for 1B (and you'd assume he continues to age and his hitting and baserunning will get worse, that's what age does), I'd hope they can find someone that is league median or better that will be here for more than 1 year. Corner OF FA+Kepler at 1B is probably > Kepler in RF and Mauer at 1B by 2019. If not, then Kepler hasn't progressed and isn't all that good a corner OF compared to other corner OF.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Wow. This is a surprise to me. Good luck to him
  24. Mike Sixel
    This is why I don't like mushing season stats together and coming up with averages for pitchers all that much. Sure, there is value there, but it misses a really important thing, imo. Games are discrete events. I'll take the relief pitcher that gives up 10 runs in one game, and zero for the next 4, over the guy that gives up 2 runs in three games, and 1 run in the next two games (almost) any day of the year. I am NOT suggesting throwing out the bad games, but I think stats like what 538 did make more sense.
  25. Mike Sixel
    great stuff, thanks! The player development world is ripe, I assume, for lots of change.
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