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  1. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff. Glad he's working on post baseball business plans! Seems like a fun guy.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I don't know much about the NBA, but this trade looks like a steal right now.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I have no issue clearing out the less good players that aren't part of the future, I've asked for that in the past. I have a hard time understanding how Breslow and Belisle are part of the future, and a 27 yo with these K% is not.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Buxton 10:47 Giving up on me yet? Jeff Sullivan 10:48 86 wRC+ over the last two months, with very good defense and baserunning Nothing wrong with being an AL and slightly more powerful Billy Hamilton http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jeff-sullivan-fangraphs-chat-62317/
  5. Mike Sixel
    Yes, like I said, I don't get it with the K% and his age relative to Breslow and Belisle, who pretty much have a 0% chance of mattering in a Twins' playoff game, ever.
  6. Mike Sixel
    at least one arm has to work out, right? Probably more? I still think Rodon has a chance to be great. And clearly Freeland has had a nice rookie start. Conforto would be the guy I'd have tried to trade for, when the Mets wouldn't play him.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    Not sure I understand keeping Belisle and Breslow, and cutting a 27 yo with those strike out rates. I'd guess 30% he's claimed. Wimmers? No surprise.
  8. Mike Sixel
    nearly all of them? Turner put up over 3 WAR in his rookie year (playing part time), and is on pace for 2+ this year. Gordon is in AA. I love Gordon. I think he should be on this roster next year, at some point. I was merely pointing out that saying only Scharbs and Gordon are in consideration for the best pick that year is silly. Not saying with ANY certainty that Turner is better, but that ignoring him as a potential for best MLB player is not a good idea.
  9. Mike Sixel
    thanks for hte updates!
  10. Mike Sixel
    that's good
  11. Mike Sixel
    Melo? wow. They really don't like the guys from this organization's past much.
  12. Mike Sixel
    some interesting data here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-era-of-position-players-pitching/ One of the problems of analyzing anything based on a small number is that fluke events can skew things. We’re talking about 14 non-pitcher pitching appearances in 2017, but Chris Gimenez has made five of them. Five times, the Twins have asked the catcher to pitch, and that’s extraordinary. That’s already a single-season high for a non-pitcher over the last 50 years, and the Twins have another 101 games to play. I might as well note that Gimenez pitched in three games before this season, giving him a career total of eight appearances. That’s also the high for a non-pitcher over the last 50 years. Things are weird, but Gimenez is very weird, and that second part influences the first.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Granite?
  14. Mike Sixel
    It isn't so much using all the money, but using all the money to play the game to get more high end talent. I'm not convinced they did that, but I'm not convinced they didn't either. It's kind of hard to tell at this point. It's really all about Lewis and Enlow at this point, since those were there two really big decisions.
  15. Mike Sixel
    no real surprise here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fringe-five-baseballs-most-compelling-fringe-prospects-93/
  16. Mike Sixel
    Trea Turner says hello and reminds you he is already in the majors, and producing. He's probably somewhere between last year's insane hitting, and this year's meh hitting.
  17. Mike Sixel
    No idea why they get a pass on teh Haley thing. He's a non-factor, that they played games to get, and not spend money to do so. Losing Haley means nothing to this team, or any team, imo. He also took up valuable 25 man roster space, on a team desperate for pitching of any value/use.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I guess I don't know why anyone would have to be in the FO for any time, to know that the worst SP in MLB needed retooling. Why would they?
  19. Mike Sixel
    I would have put Hughes in the bullpen, and signed a FA starter. I said something similar before the season, that I did not think Hughes would make it as a starter this year, and that they should move him to the bullpen. I, not being a FO person, so not knowing every possible option, would have probably also signed different AAA types. but since I don't spend all my time looking at AAA types, I couldn't tell you who. We know that teams need 8-10 starters a year. They did not line up 8-10 starters before the season, unless people thought Hughes could be a starter. Obviously losing May hurt. They also failed to trade Dozier. Rightly or wrongly, they did not turn their 1 legit asset they could afford to trade into anything for the future.
  20. Mike Sixel
    right, we don't know....but if I'm him, I at least think about it. Especially with his injury history, it might be some of his real pay. It kind of reinforces the thought that trying to play thru an arm injury (or any) for a pitcher is a bad idea....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Driving thru Kansas is the best part of being in Kansas.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I don't want to derail this thread.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'm surprised they haven't filed a grievance, since it appears he was hurt in MN.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Congrats on the call up! It is deserved. Also, clearly the secret to his success is spending time in Bend, OR, one of the most beautiful places on the planet. I hope the Twins are patient, and let him pitch up here for some time. On Gee.....this is what happens when you make zero moves to fix the SP in the off season, despite having the worst (or close to it) starting staff in MLB the previous year.
  25. Mike Sixel
    What did they do, at all, to fix the SP this off season?
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