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  1. Mike Sixel
    Steve 5:27 Travis Blankenhorn a potential everyday guy? Keith Law 5:27 Yes, although I'm not sure where.
  2. Mike Sixel
    and yet people are saying the Twins can trade for a MLB pitcher, from their minor league system.....so, which is it, you can trade for a number 2-4 (and its going to cost real prospects), or you can't trade ESan and expect to get anything back?
  3. Mike Sixel
    They couldn't deal Dozier from depth, that means, pretty much, you are dealing minor league players (from depth?) for major league players (minor league players aren't dealt for other minor league players).
  4. Mike Sixel
    I am not totally averse to that option, btw. I just don't see any evidence it will happen so far. I would hate to give up Gordon for a meh pitcher, which is my fear of who is actually available for more than this year.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather have 2 Gonsavles' in 2019, 20, 21, 22, than 1, yes, assuming the Twins think Gonalves is a legit SP, yes. And yes, that hurts this year.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I don't really know. If he brings back a AA pitcher the Twins think can be a 3/4 for 5 years, I do that trade. Others wouldn't, and I'm cool with that.
  7. Mike Sixel
    And I think that's a fair stance. We just start with a different premise on how real they are this year, imo, hence we end up at a different spot for the deadline. We also have a very different view of his likely aging curve.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Has Sano been the best 3B the last calendar year, or to start this year?
  9. Mike Sixel
    I wouldn't do it yet, either. I thought you were saying not at all this year.....if not, my bad.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Why is TOR punting this year? And, if TOR will dump him for nothing, how valuable is he?
  11. Mike Sixel
    I was responding to the post that said he'd still be good in 3 years.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Five pitchers 35 or older have started and pitched more than 70 innings this year. Two have a positive WAR. Six 34 year olds have, of those, 5 are pitching well. We think how many of those 6 will still be good in 3 years?
  13. Mike Sixel
    That doesn't actually answer the question about how very, very, rare that is for a 37/8 year old. If it were true, why aren't there more crafty veterans right now that are starting pitchers?
  14. Mike Sixel
    In answer to a similar question that I wanted to ask: ean 10:59 Do you believe that the projections react too slowly to changes? E.g. the Dbacks are projected for .508 RoS but all of their win orders (1st/2nd/3rd) have them as a ~.600 team to date Jeff Sullivan 10:59 I've written about this before. Even well into a regular season, the projections are still better at seeing the rest of the year than the standings are 11:00 It's not that the actual performance is irrelevant, and of course there are times when the projections are too slow to react. Like, Archie Bradley is just a different player now. But mostly, the projections are better than one's intuition I know that's not very fun. On the other hand, maybe it's incredibly fun!
  15. Mike Sixel
    You think he's going to be a good MLB pitcher when he's 37 and 38? do you know how short that list is?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Do you realize the Cardinals and other teams sometimes have a guy pitch out of the bullpen to get their first taste of the majors? This isn't about "converting" him.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    I have said it forever. This isn't some myopic belief about June in MN. It's not really warmer in NY, CHI, DET, BOS....in those months. No one likes to sit outside in that weather, but doming every northern stadium isn't the answer....
  18. Mike Sixel
    If they don't acquire someone, it comes from the minors, just like if they trade him..... My point was, if the FO is going to sit around and see what happens, they are no different than the previous regime, not committing to a rebuild, not going in to win. BTW, ESAN is 35, how long do people believe he can keep this up?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, more bad tactics, based on their own bad tactics.
  20. Mike Sixel
    IMO, this is how you get stuck in perpetual rebuilds, and marginal competitiveness. If those teams had made a trade to get better, they might have won a playoff series (or not).
  21. Mike Sixel
    Either go in, or go out, but stop trying to play the "do nothing" course. IMO, of course. If they are going to try to win, go get a legit pitcher, and 2 RPs and a DH. If they aren't going to try to win, trade ESan and Dozier and any RP not nailed down.
  22. Mike Sixel
    KLAW has his top July 2 article up. Says the Twins are linked to Jelfry Marte, who is a switch hitter, defense first SS. But, as with them all, it's hard to say much with certainty about power at this age....
  23. Mike Sixel
    today's fringe five installment: Zack Granite, OF, Minnesota (Profile) This represents Granite’s third consecutive appearance among the Five, and his inclusion here is the source of some anxiety for the author. For one, Granite struck out in a quarter of his plate appearances since last Friday. For a player with his skill set, elite contact rates are almost a necessity. And for two, the possibility has recently occurred to me that Granite will follow, more or less, Billy Burns‘ career path. Which, Burns certainly has his virtues — and actually parlayed his talents into a slightly above-average 2015 campaign (555 PA, 2.4 WAR) with Oakland — but the lack of power has placed considerable pressure on his other skills. Granite will need to sustain an isolated-power figure north of .100 in order to remain relevant in the majors. Here he is, fortunately, recording a 3.000 ISO in a single plate appearance earlier this week: (video in story) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fringe-five-baseballs-most-compelling-fringe-prospects-94/
  24. Mike Sixel
    today's fringe five installment: Zack Granite, OF, Minnesota (Profile) This represents Granite’s third consecutive appearance among the Five, and his inclusion here is the source of some anxiety for the author. For one, Granite struck out in a quarter of his plate appearances since last Friday. For a player with his skill set, elite contact rates are almost a necessity. And for two, the possibility has recently occurred to me that Granite will follow, more or less, Billy Burns‘ career path. Which, Burns certainly has his virtues — and actually parlayed his talents into a slightly above-average 2015 campaign (555 PA, 2.4 WAR) with Oakland — but the lack of power has placed considerable pressure on his other skills. Granite will need to sustain an isolated-power figure north of .100 in order to remain relevant in the majors. Here he is, fortunately, recording a 3.000 ISO in a single plate appearance earlier this week: (video in story) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fringe-five-baseballs-most-compelling-fringe-prospects-94/
  25. Mike Sixel
    I really wanted to ask something like this: With the emergence of Berrios, year long success of ESan, the better defense out of Sano and Polanco than we thought before the year started, when/how will projection systems acknowledge the Twins probably aren't the 2nd worst team Ros? Or, do we really think they are the 2nd worst team the RoS in the AL? What would need to change in the underlying numbers to make the projections and belief they aren't the 2nd worst team match (if that is our belief)?
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