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  1. Mike Sixel
    Right, like I said, I have no idea what the Yankees are trying to do right now.....I have major doubts they can beat Balt (lead), TOR (more talent), or BOS (more talent) in the standings. I think they'll sell, but probably only Chapman. It will be hard to re-load next year, the FA class is awful.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I'd say a guy in AAA, with his numbers and "improving" defense is probably on the Yankees' roster next year. I figured that was close. I don't know that means they clear the deck for him, though. It's tough to figure out the Yankees, right now. Had they bought an elite FA or two the last two years, like they used to, they might have won a lot more games, and done damage in the playoffs. But, they've passed on that route, so I literally have no idea what their plan is. Me? I'd have McCann and Sanchez up in NY, this year, seeing what Sanchez can do. Then, I'd consider trading MCann in the offseason.
  3. Mike Sixel
    KLAW has Sanchez at number 36 of all prospects in baseball.....if he's not that good, well, there are not many prospects in baseball that are, then.
  4. Mike Sixel
    so he's Jeter?
  5. Mike Sixel
    KLAW released his top 50 prospects list today.... Berrios is 24th....and KLAW, not surprisingly, does not understand why he's not in MN right now. He has Kohl Stewart and Tyler Jay in his honorable mentions.....gotta like the SP prospects in the minors right now.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I do think this the best batch of arms they've had in a long, long, long time. I don't understand why Berrios is using his limited number of pitches in his arm in AAA at this point. I hope Meyer is ok. I have no idea why May has not been stretched out......but none of those three decisions temper my belief that the minors are in the best SP shaped they've been in in a long time (even if that wasn't a low, low, bar to clear, I'd still be hopeful).
  7. Mike Sixel
    It's somehow never the Twins' fault they haven't been good at drafting and developing SP. Looking at the last 16 years.....the Twins rank 26th in ERA from starters. That's not average, that's not median, that's not as good as other teams. If you think I'm cherry picking, going back 10 more years, to 1990.....they are 25th in ERA in the last 26 years. I don't know how to characterize that other than "not good enough". It's hard to believe that in 26 years, they never had a chance to draft and develop more than 2 or 3 good pitchers.
  8. Mike Sixel
    This sentence is kind of important, imo: This ignores what a batter does while not putting the ball in play, so you must factor his strikeout and walk rates separately.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I feel like I'm waiting for Godot, while waiting for Berrios and Meyer and May to be in the rotation.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    Is there ever a time to trade the unknown future of prospects that rarely work out, for the more certain present? Last year may not have been that year (though I'd argue they could have acquired Tulo w/o selling off the farm), but is there ever a year where you'd try to go big? Or, should they just never do that?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff.....this part cracked me up, given the BP the last few years: “It’s easier,’’ Ryan noted, “to find relievers.”
  12. Mike Sixel
    Buxton was the number 1 prospect in baseball for two years. No one compared him to Trout. Other top prospects seem to produce when they come up (Lindor and Correa being two examples that were not college players like Bryant).....so, no, it isn't about the media, or about anything other than, so far, he's been bad up in the majors. Really bad. I don't get why we should be anything other than disappointed so far.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I know none of you are saying this, but it's a cop out that diversity=racial tension and violence, imo. It's 2016, not 1932.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'm with Nick.....there are disconnects between what seems to be the plan, and how they act. I'm with chief, they dream small (Hicks for Murphy) when could dream big. Remember when they preached throwing strikes, because walks kill, and they didn't teach hitters to walk more? Just a series, imo, of a lack of a clear strategy and execution of said strategy. A disconnect between being unwilling to sign a FA RP for real money and multiple years, but wanting to trade for such a RP. This disconnect, to me, is THE issue for this team. And a lack of going all in or all out, which I view as a similar disconnect.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Very well written, even before the FO part at the bottom (which I agree with).
  16. Mike Sixel
    There is a Twinsdaily office?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Or sooner.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Awesome!
  19. Mike Sixel
    I agree.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I'd love the title to be changed to 538 on gun violence. There are a lot of articles!
  21. Mike Sixel
    538 has a series on gun violence. I highly recommend it. I am sure some opted out of the thread below....if the mods want this merged, I'm ok with that. original pots on the NO article: but, this is a great article on gun violence. It raises some interesting questions about intervention and root causes. Really good stuff. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/homicide-in-new-orleans/ edit: link to the more http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gun-deaths-introduction/ 538....remaining one of the best sites on the internet, imo.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Hash browns>fries (in general, there are some awesome fries).....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Never heard of k©atty corner. What is that?
  24. Mike Sixel
    It would appear. alas, that he's a RP this year. I don't get it.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Thanks! Love seeing Granite and Gordon mentioned a lot....no idea why, but those two names make me happy.
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