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  1. Mike Sixel
    Outta my way, Gyorkass 12:13 Biggest loser in the LAD-TB De Leon - Forsythe deal has to be Minnesota, right? Is there any remaining erstwhile contender with a major 2B need? Do the Twins have to hope for Dozier to keep raking into the All Star break and for a contender to develop a need, in order to reap a reward they could have had if they had not gotten greedy? Dave Cameron 12:14 Best case for Twins now might be to try and re-sign Dozier again, see if they can get more than the two years left they still have, and hope he ages like Kinsler.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Sign Buxton and Sano to large extensions would be my guess.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Weezy 12:08 What factors have Jose De Leon looking like an ace on projection systems? Is it his dominance of Rookie ball as a 22 yo? Dave Cameron 12:09 He's never posted a K% below 30% at any level. 6% BB%, 33% K% in Triple-A last year. There's a reason the projections love him; guys who miss bats like this are almost always good.
  4. Mike Sixel
    5 Run Homer 12:05 Minnesota really screwed thrmselves, didn't they? They squandered the only logical trade partner for their star player at the peak of his trade value. What do they do with Dozier now? Dave Cameron 12:05 Yeah, I think they messed up not getting De Leon, but as always, caveats about medicals and what we don't know included. I don't think there's any real chance Dozier's trade value goes up from here, though.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, we have no idea. But you think the Twins outbid someone for a TOP FA? It's possible, is it likely?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Or how the Twins will outbid the other teams.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Uh, I was responding to a very specific offer: Stewart and De Leon. not sure what your post is about at all.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Next year, when the FA market is good, they will sign some good players, I assume, based on all these comments...
  9. Mike Sixel
    I agree, and disagree. I think they are clearly doing that, but that doesn't preclude them making trades or signing FAs, imo.
  10. Mike Sixel
    did no one left behind learn anything? Were they just left barren of intellect when he left?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Fair, but I think constantly making decisions that ignore context is a bad idea. These guys don't play in a bubble on their own, they play on a team.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Has anyone, anywhere on the entire planet, said they are 1 trade away? Also, do we actually expect Dozier's value to go up at this point? That someone will make a better offer than Stewart and JDL (which is the offer I am criticizing them for not taking, since that's the post I was responding to)?
  13. Mike Sixel
    so, another unfunded plan from the party of fiscal responsibility....just like the Iraq war, and no child left behind, and and and....
  14. Mike Sixel
    They have two tradeable veterans, maybe three if you like Kintzler/Perkins.....they don't have a lot of opportunity to add any prospects, frankly. Is it the end of the world? No. Does not acquiring two SPs with #3 ceilings, number 5 floors hurt compared to doing nothing? IMO, yes.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Murdoc: Where’s the best landing spot for Dozier now? 9:19 Paul Swydan: I fear that he won’t be going anywhere until the trade deadline or until a contender suffers a debilitating injury. Hack Wilson: Any optimism that Forsythe has set a higher market value for Dozier and a good first half will net the Twins more that JDL and stuff? 9:27 Paul Swydan: No, but I admire your optimism for such a scenario.
  16. Mike Sixel
    You guys could write for FGs.... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/new-study-finds-link-between-jet-lag-performance/
  17. Mike Sixel
    No way. Move him to AA and test him. Leave him there all year. There is no reason to slow play him. This team needs him on the roster for more than 2 years with Sano and Buxton and others.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Was that the point at all? The poster has said, over and over, that if a team is willing to trade a player, that player can't be all that good. And of course most prospects don't work out, are you suggesting I don't know that?
  19. Mike Sixel
    You expect the A's, Reds, or WS to give the Twins a top 10ish or better pitching prospect? I can't see that happening. The Reds will be rebuilding, the WS are in their division, and the As are unpredictable. I can see the Mets doing that, but they have Gavin Cecchini who should be up this year or next. I bet they roll with him.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Gordon is the SS next year, don't care this year. it sounds like we agree Dozier needs to be traded, and yes, I have looked at De Leon, and yes, he makes me nervous......but Berrios makes me nervous, every prospect makes me nervous. But as either Theo or Friedman pointed out, if you are always rational, you always finish third in FA bidding (and, probably don't trade a lot either). At some point, you trust your scouts. I have no idea what the offer was, nor how they feel about De Leon, but if they think he's a legit 3, I do a 1:1, let alone whatever else was offered. My disappointment (that's the word, not anger, not "they are idiots") stems from 5 years of the Twins not trading (or badly trading) veterans during a rebuild, when every other team seems able to make those kinds of trades and speed up their rebuild.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I doubt it. He was very high on Jay, but it's hard to see how he is in the top 40. We'll have some idea tomorrow....
  22. Mike Sixel
    Again, how do you know you can get at least a top 10ish starting pitching prospect in the future?
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'm responding to the posts, not to what the FO did. And, no, not acting can be out of fear. There are two sides (or more like 6-8) of what would cause someone to act, or not. You can be afraid to trade for a prospect because, as the poster said "they bust all the time", and want to keep the more proven MLB player. If that wasn't clear, I hope it is now.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I'd argue the Twins absolutely need to trade Dozier, because he does nothing for this team this year that matters in terms of wins and losses, and he's only signed for 1 year beyond that. Also, he blocks Polanco, who will now play SS, a position they have not really let him play in the minors for some time now.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    by this argument, why fire Ryan, if they are done rebuilding? I couldn't disagree more strongly. They have no 3B long term, no 1B, no C, 1 SP, and maybe 2-3 RP. Their LFer walks less than your average 90 year old. And that's assuming Buxton learns to hit, and Gordon and Polanco are legit every day players. I think we'll just disagree on this....which I'm cool with.
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