Mike Sixel
-
Posts
48,194 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
336
Content Type
Profiles
News
Minnesota Twins Videos
2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking
2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks
Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks
The Minnesota Twins Players Project
2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks
2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker
2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by Mike Sixel
-
I'd much rather see Gonzalez this year than Kiersey....Or Martin or ERod if ever healthy. I hope they bring Bader back next year, though I think that is not likely.
-
I'm at the following space: I like both prospects. I don't like the trade given where the TWins are right now competively. I don't like all the risk taken on. I would have wanted one more prospect (a good one) back to mitigate more of the risk. I'm 100% certain salary played a huge role in this decision.
- 482 replies
-
- 2
-
-
- jhoan duran
- 2025 trade deadline
- (and 2 more)
-
The A's included another pitcher, the A's pitcher has 2 more years of control, and costs a lot less in salary. All those things really change the equation here.
-
Agreed. They moved Varland and Jax only after multiple years of clarity they weren't starters.
-
I'd probably put him 7th or so, but the risk seems high to me right now. (not Tait level risk, as I think Abel can be a legit RP if he can't be a starter, though this FO waits A LONG TIME to make that transition.....). He's got some really good pitches, but that won't matter if they can't fix the control. I do like they went for ceiling over floor here, that's nice. But I'm not super confident right now.
-
The A's included another pitcher in the deal.....this isn't one pitcher for one prospect or two. The A's RP has 2 more years of control, and costs A LOT less in salary for the next couple years.
-
I agree his upside is higher, but so is the risk. I like getting Abel as part of the deal.
-
Right.....
-
I don't rank players..... But I read the rankings. Abel had dropped. By people that do this for a living. I'm guessing it's command and control. I'm not sure how arguing with me about those rankings does much? I'm just posting what others are saying.
-
Not by the rankings. They've been middle of the pack since Ryan left. Mostly driven by lots of depth of good prospects, not great ones. Consolidating decent to good prospects into one good player with control would have been a good idea....
- 482 replies
-
- 1
-
-
- jhoan duran
- 2025 trade deadline
- (and 2 more)
-
I wouldn't include another player to shed salary. I might eat some, bit not fifty percent. To be clear, I do this because they aren't winning with this core, and signing and,old, guys to full in holes. I want them to go young..... I think CC is still capable of being really good. So there is risk here for sure... I also think the owners pocket the money....
-
I didn't think the As did any better than Minnesota. Maybe worse even.
- 482 replies
-
- 1
-
-
- jhoan duran
- 2025 trade deadline
- (and 2 more)
-
If they get anything at all, it would be a win. He's very highly paid, and the goal is to shed the salary, nothing more.
-
They aren't lowering ticket prices...... So if you decrease payroll, the money goes to owners. I'm not sure what you realistically expect.
-
On some sites he's not even in the top 100... Or close to top five catcher prospect. For some reason people are ignoring that. On others he is! . The issue I have with the trade is that the twins are taking all the risk, and the reward doesn't help in the next two years while they have Ryan and Lopez. I'm not giving up on Abel, but again, he's lost a ton of prospect shine in the last year. It might be a good trade in a few years, but it does nothing to fix their biggest issues for the next three or four.
-
There is another pitcher in the deal, and Miller has two more years of control, and costs a lot less in salary.. I'm not sure how comparable the deals are.
- 482 replies
-
- 2
-
-
- jhoan duran
- 2025 trade deadline
- (and 2 more)
-
There is also another pitcher besides Miller in the deal.
-
Agreed.
-
Agreed! I think stuff will happen, but I won't be shocked if it doesn't.
-
Brock really hit the nail on the head there!
-
A lot of risk here. And while some sites really like both players, fangraphs has been dropping both for a year. We won't know for three years, I'd guess, but it's a very risky profile.
-
I actually won't be surprised if nothing else happens.
-
Not took mention a possible lockout in a year....
-
Fangraphs seems ok with the deal, but the article makes Tait sound like a sure thing super star, even though their prospect writer keeps lowering his ranking. It's like they didn't talk?
-
Soto might pitch one month this year .... I'm not counting on any HS pitcher given the extreme difficulty of developing them. But this three have high ceilings for sure. They might fix Abel. But they gave up multiple years of an elite closer and took on a ton of risk. And at least some of that is three years away, after Ryan and Lopez leave.
