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  1. Mike Sixel
    There is an interesting post up there...... Santana was "good" in the OF, they moved him to SS, he struggled. Sano was awesome at DH, they moved him, SO FAR, he has struggled. Duffey was successful last year, they told him to work on a changeup, he struggled. Reminds me of the stories we used to hear about trying to make all the hitters the same......no idea if any of those were true, but it is possibly an interesting discussion point. Do they mess with success too much (that is, are the Twins a meta version of Phil Hughes)?
  2. Mike Sixel
    You listed 4 regulars, what about Mauer, Plouffe, Escobar, Suzuki, Dozier, are they young and inexperienced? I was pretty clear, the infield and the pitchers are not young at all. Nor are they inexperienced. Yes, the OF is young, and they decided to sign a 29/30 year old "rookie", so he's inexperienced. I think I acknowledged that. But you can't call the whole team young, like many people are. Why do we assume young guys are going to struggle if they are top 10 prospects? I don't see Bryant or Correia automatically being bad. Why assume the Twins' players are going to struggle, why not ever expect them to be good?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Ryan said it was a high priority to fix, and he added Abad........so, either it wasn't a high priority to fix, or he did not fix it, unless you think adding Abad fixed it.
  4. Mike Sixel
    It's not a young team.......it's not. The infield is all veterans. The pitching staff is older than that. It is not a young team.
  5. Mike Sixel
    But they chose to bid.......it didn't happen to them. If you are going to bid, you need to have a plan....a good plan, for how to use him. None of this happened to them, they made these choices. choices that led to Sano in the OF, for the first time in his entire life. they also chose not to play him EVERY opportunity possible in spring training. They also chose to never have him play the OF in the minors. You may disagree, but all this shows the lack of foresight that leads to bad business decisions IMO.
  6. Mike Sixel
    That's not really the meat of the story, but wow. Blaine Boyer and Adam LaRoche went to SE Asia to try to rescue under age girls.....wow. That's about 1/30 of this story, which is a very good read on LaRoche and his decision to retire (among other things). http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15159499/adam-laroche-goes-deep-decision-walk
  7. Mike Sixel
    Dude.....you want a good hitting SP? Liriano is outhitting all but 1 current Twin, maybe they should trade for him. He can pitch, too. Maybe DH for the other pitchers.....thoughts?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Francisco Liriano is currently outhitting all but 1 Twin........
  9. Mike Sixel
    WHO'S NOT RELAXED? I agree, mostly. My frustrations are mostly carry overs from last year, repeating themselves this year (or off season moves / non-moves I questioned). Other than Park, and maybe Buxton and Murphy, we all know what these players are. The hitters we've seen before aren't going to stay this bad.
  10. Mike Sixel
    But, they are not playing Arcia......I would keep him, if he is going to play. If not, why bother?
  11. Mike Sixel
    The entire infield is veterans, not young at all. That is 5 of nine. And the DH is 29.
  12. Mike Sixel
    But it isn't a young team. Not even close.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Right, you are terrified to put him in a game, but you also care if you lose him? wut?
  14. Mike Sixel
    I agree with this......
  15. Mike Sixel
    I also wouldn't make decisions based on 7 games.....hence my post was clear, those are moves I would have made at the beginning of the year. As for Molitor, I mostly gave him a pass last year, but he's making the same very bad decisions this year......over and over.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Today we "celebrate" national equal pay day. Sigh, the situation is not getting much better........but I like this threat to be lighter, so I'll leave it at that. We do CELEBRATE national grilled cheese day. I love grilled cheese. It is one of the reasons the indoor grill exists! seriously, an indoor grill is awesome, Raichlen's indoor grilling cookbook is a must have.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Meh, I guess, but I don't want him on the roster anyway. He's older, and he's not good. He never should have been on the team in the first place. Either they believe in the "draft RP strategy", or they don't.
  18. Mike Sixel
    If you won't play Arcia, why not just cut him? Why be afraid to lose a guy you refuse to play?
  19. Mike Sixel
    These are moves I would have made at the beginning of the year: DFA Fien. Old, not good players should not be on a rebuilding team that has invested MANY high picks on RPs.....where are all those RPs that are so awesome? Hit Escobar in the 1 or 2 spot. This isn't even that hard to figure out to do. PH for Suzuki in every game past inning 6, if there is a man on base. Seriously, this isn't rocket science. Arcia is in RF vs Righties, with Sano or Park at DH. Kepler would be in AAA, not wasting 2 weeks sitting around doing nothing at all.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Then why were they clutch in May of last year, but not the rest of the year?
  21. Mike Sixel
    April. Probably 2016.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I cannot see them ever firing Ryan.
  23. Mike Sixel
    And how few runs scored?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Suzuki bunts down two..... Why is he even batting? Awful managing. Awful
  25. Mike Sixel
    Why is Arcia not pinch hitting there? Why are they bunting, down two. I am sorry, Molitor does not understand basic strategy.
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