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  1. Mike Sixel
    I disagree, but respect your consistency on this topic.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I am not sure anyone is black and white on the blame.....there is plenty to go around. The question is, should they send him down right now? I vote no, unless he is a big, fat, lazy person who is hurting his long term potential with his attitude.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Both those years the TWins had top 5 pools, and spent on guys outside the top 5 as their top guy.....and spent on guys I didn't like as much due to position. I guess I could just agree with everything they do, that would be fun.
  4. Mike Sixel
    That was sarcasm when you said the TWins were defense minded, right? Sano, Willingham, Young, Suzuki, Doumit, DanSAn, Nunez and Escobar in the OF.... et. al.....you are going to say they care about defense? No. As for Molitor as a leader, we have no idea how open he is or is not. None.
  5. Mike Sixel
    And, how do you do that this year or next year, when Polanco has to be on the roster, and Dozier is here? It isn't maximizing any asset for Polanco to sit around and only play when Dozier doesn't.......so you either trade one (as my post said), or you find someplace else for Polanco to play. It isn't "jerking him around" to have him play more than 1 position in the minors, if his best position is blocked. Do we know he can't play 3B? or LF? or CF? We might if he actually played them in the minors some.....instead, we have limited information, and he has limited experience.
  6. Mike Sixel
    He didn't play 3B last year either...... You don't think your skills atrophy over time, if not used?
  7. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree.
  8. Mike Sixel
    from August.... Josh 12:36 What is your take on Miguel Sano? Word is that the Twins might demote him when Plouffe is activated on Monday. Good move? august fagerstrom 12:37 Seems short-sighted and silly Sano is a 23-year-old with a 131 wRC+ over 156 career games and is one of the two or three most important people currently in the Twins organization Trevor Plouffe means nothing, and neither does the Twins current record Look.....back to me again...... They aren't getting anything for Plouffe in the next two weeks. Pipe. Dream. They need to move on already. Even if they demote Sano, I'd still cut Plouffe, and play Polanco there full time.
  9. Mike Sixel
    In fairness.....they didn't make Rogers a RP until very recently, when some here thought he should be up last year as a RP. To me, that was a great example of not trusting young players last year (or even this year) as RPs, while leaving bad veterans in MN. But, to bird's point, it might be more situation specific than I am giving them credit for. OTOH, we have seen teams like STL and CHISOX have great success bringing guys like Rogers up to pitch out of the pen a bit faster than MN does it.
  10. Mike Sixel
    And, Lamonte Wade makes the fringe five this week: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fringe-five-baseballs-most-compelling-fringe-prospects-78/#more-227938 I think Wade will play in the majors some day.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I can't see Santana being moved in August. He's too good, imo.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Minier and Diaz were not my first choices as BIG signings, I hope to be proven wrong on those.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Wow, Cameron loves the Nunez trade: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-five-best-sells-of-the-trade-deadline/
  14. Mike Sixel
    Which is what that study I was referring to found, but I don't know where/when it was published.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Well, all the voter suppression laws being overturned makes me feel better......
  16. Mike Sixel
    Yup....and the announcement was not great, so my first "bet" is a one day loser so far.....but EVERY other stock I own was up this am, so who cares!
  17. Mike Sixel
    The argument being made was they ONLY rip Latin players....I merely offered two examples that required a millisecond of thought to recall. In no way does that imply if they have an issue with Latin players or not, as I clearly stated in the post. I for one called for years for them to hire more Latin coaches, it was embarrassing, imo, that they had almost no one that even spoke Spanish, let alone had cultural similarities to many of their players. They clearly recognized they had an issue, I don't think they've addressed it enough, but I can't say for sure or not.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I don't understand why he wasn't moving around the OF, 3B, SS, and 2B while in AAA. Unless they plan to trade Dozier or Polanco......there isn't room for Polanco at 2B on this roster. He's out of options. I don't understand the development/plan here at all to have him play almost exclusively 2B in AAA.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Great stuff, thanks to both of you for doing this! Good luck sir.
  20. Mike Sixel
    well, there was a study on one of the sites last year.....and it is clear there is a bias against Latin players and their attitudes across MLB. I have no idea if the Twins suffer from this or not. But, they clearly ripped on Slowey and Perkins at one point......Frankly, I find the whole use of the broadcasting crew to send a message unprofessional.
  21. Mike Sixel
    My top choices: 1. DFA Plouffe. He shouldn't be on this roster next year, he shouldn't be blocking Vargas, Polanco, or Sano this year. Rotate Sano, Polanco, Vargas, etc.....so the young guys play 80% of the time. 2. DFA Santana. Polcanco is a better version of the same player. Not playing Polanco more at 3B or the OF in AAA is awful, unless they plan to trade Dozier or Polanco......just awful. 3. Send Vargas down, play Polanco at 3B, put Sano at DH. ............... 400000. Send Sano down.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Well, we only know what we know......but no one has said Hildenberger is anything other than a good team mate, and he's utterly dominating talent that is not a challenge for him at all. If the AAA coaches can't work with him as well as the AA coaches, that is a problem...... I think RP are promoted too slowly, and not trusted enough. They seem willing to trust bad veterans, in lost seasons......there is no reason for both Milone and Boshers to be on that roster right now. There is no reason for Hildenberger to be in AA right now. There are guys in AAA that aren't part of the future.....there are more than enough guys in the lower levels to move guys up in the system. I think the hitters have been slow played thru lower levels, and rushed thru higher levels. I think the RPs have wasted their innings to some degree in the minors, but birdwatcher is correct, there have been a lot of injuries. I think the SPs look like they are on reasonable paths right now. Looking at the MLB, AAA and other rosters, it is reasonable, imo, to question some of the placement right now.
  23. Mike Sixel
    And? Who says they will use it on a pitcher? Who says they will use it at all?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Not sure how I should take taht...........
  25. Mike Sixel
    That's been my guess all along......
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