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  1. Mike Sixel
    it is one of my favorite parts, yes. I should have mentioned that. And, sorry I said Moses earlier, my bad.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Thanks, thanks a lot, nick.....sigh.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Other than money......I don't get how a proven MLB is more risky than a draft pick that has never played in the majors. I am responding to this from Seth: I think any free agent signing is risky and probably won't end well, so I woudln't go out and get an established one. Isn't a draft pick risky, and super LIKELY not to end well? As for the question, do they NEED and ACE? No, but as constructed on offense and defense right now, an ACE would help this team a lot. This is not the Blue Jays offense, or the Royals defense or bullpen...... I see a zero percent chance an ace signs here as a FA this year. So either Berrios becomes one, or they trade for one, or they don't have one again for many years....
  4. Mike Sixel
    Teams aren't stupid......really, all this cloak and dagger stuff is silliness, either on their part, or ours. No one buys this is PR stuff, or if they do, then it provides no leverage. Really......this is as bad as "sell low"......
  5. Mike Sixel
    I fail to see how making him a RF is a bad thing, if he can do it.......I also fail to see how making him a 1B is a bad thing, as they SLOWLY move Mauer out of the lineup. I remain surprised he didn't play any OF in the minors, frankly.
  6. Mike Sixel
    No, that would not disappoint me.
  7. Mike Sixel
    And some of us were ridiculed over this.......
  8. Mike Sixel
    Oh, I agree with all of that.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Actually, nearly every FA offered a QO gets signed......so it isn't true that teams don't give up draft picks for these guys. I can recall 2-3 in the last 5-10 years that weren't. That's it.
  10. Mike Sixel
    thanks, doesn't help his argument, but at least it's more clear to me now.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Guys are peaking earlier because (most) teams have realized that young players are more athletic, and are calling them up earlier.......at least that's what I read online.
  12. Mike Sixel
    If he isn't on the 40 man, and he is plan D for the OF.....great. If he's plan A for the MLB team, or is on the 40 man in November/December, I will be disappointed.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Pretty certain I would have voted for Huntsman.....the part that scares me about that is giving the "freedom party that hates freedom that isn't christian freedom" control of the Congress and the WH. If I wasn't so scared of what giving the GOP full control, I 100% would have voted Huntsman had he been the nominee.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Like, Moses tricked the Egyptians into enslaving his people? Is that what Carson is saying?
  15. Mike Sixel
    In other news, the leading GOP presidential candidate thinks the pyramids were built by Moses, on purpose, to store grain for the jews...... And people are wanting to vote for this guy. I got no problem voting for smart Republicans, but this is unreal to me.
  16. Mike Sixel
    that simply is not true.
  17. Mike Sixel
    If you think Dozier is going to be "bad"*....aren't the Yankees that smart too? that said, IF the Twins think Sanchez can stick at C, and IF the Twins think Polanco is near-ready, I'd consider a deal like that. Let's be real, they aren't getting Sanchez for other prospects, good prospects aren't traded for other good prospects, it just doesn't happen. edit: I don't think he will be, btw.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Move on to what?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Every company does the pendulum swings, every company.
  20. Mike Sixel
    No. While I respect his clubhouse work, his tactics and on field strategy never improved or changed, from what I could see. If I was a GM looking for a manager, he'd have no shot. Bench coach, to help a manager out? Maybe, but probably not that either.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Dave Cameron has a great paragraph on the myth of "selling low". Teams don't rate players on one year, they rate them on how they think they can do. Teams have become much smarter of late......I agree with Dave "sell low" is mostly a myth now.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I count more than 10 with a wRC+ (pick your offensive stat) at 100 or so (with 300 ABs or more). That's a lot more than 5 that can hit. Indeed, if you drop down "good hitting catcher" to 85, there are 17. Suzuki had a 66..... IIRC, last year there was a stat that more than 10 of the catchers with more WAR than Kurt joined their team AFTER he joined the Twins. Options are out there, and are every year. The Twins need to do better than bottom 5.
  23. Mike Sixel
    After the last remodel, my wife insists I don't do more hard stuff. Not because I can't, but because I get stressed out, swear, and it takes forever......meantime, I could have hired someone and had a drink and relaxed. Given our current finances, the latter is the much better idea.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I gotta admit, I didn't know AJ hit that well last year.....I'd certainly go that route right now.
  25. Mike Sixel
    You could sub "free agent" for catcher there......every player has flaws. The job of the FO is to figure out how to put the best combination of flawed players together to win games. I would hope that they compare the catching options to each other, not some platonic catcher that largely does not exist.
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