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  1. Mike Sixel
    the Royals weren't 1 piece away when they dealt Meyers, they were widely considered to be failures. You are the one that brought up the Royals as successful at drafting and developing. What actually changed? They decided to abandon the "we don't trade prospects" rule they had slavishly followed for 20 years. That's what actually changed.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I think the reports we got on his minor league defense were not all that good. I'm more worried about his defense as a utility guy than his offense. What exactly would you see his role as, and are you really sure there aren't better options by May or June already in the system? How does Santana get better next year if he plays almost never? do you trust Molitor not to play him a lot, even if he continues to be bad? And, of course all this changes if they make other moves, but we can only act on what we know right now....right now, I'd rather have Polanco. So you don't think having Santana up here makes it less likely Polanco is up here?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Successfully trading Vernon Wells (Mauer anyone) should have put him in the GM HoF, frankly.
  4. Mike Sixel
    They weren't competitive when they gave Plouffe time, they didn't have more than 5 better options in the OF and INF at the time, and Plouffe wasn't out of options at the time. The context of the TEAM is not the same. If they were not going to be good next year, and they didn't have a plethora of better candidates, sure, keep him up here. but should Polanco really be blocked by Santana? Or any of the actual OFers in the minors?
  5. Mike Sixel
    You joke, but I'd rather have Punto on the bench than Santana. He had actual defensive POSITVE value at multiple positions.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Agreed.
  7. Mike Sixel
    20 years of building, how long did it take TOR to be competitive (which they were last year)? didn't it really change for the Royals when they traded prospects for good pitchers from TB? And, this year they traded prospects for Cueto? At some point, even KC has learned you can't ONLY rely on your own prospects, sometimes you have to trade PRIZED prospects (Wil Meyers was a top 10 prospect) for outside help.
  8. Mike Sixel
    He's looking for a job because the new president is really the GM now and he didn't want an empty order taking job....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Running a business is NOT a good prep for running a nation. They are not the same thing, even a little. I don't get how anyone thinks that experience being a CEO prepares someone for running a government. One reason the Bush was bad is that he had no experience actually having to worry about taxation. With the taxation w/o representation world of Oil fueling ( nice, IISMS) their state, he literally had no experience trying to figure out tax and spend policies. Someone who has NEVER had to negotiate with another politician as our president? It doesn't make any sense when you really think about what the job is.
  10. Mike Sixel
    People get lucky. People get unlucky. The process they followed was to identify that the Sox and Yankees were down, and they went for it in that window. And it worked. As for comparisons, how many 90+ loss seasons did Toronto have the last 5 years while they were supposedly making bad move after bad move? I count none. Also, it will be tough to judge the medium term impact of what AA did, since he won't be there to aggressively fill in holes (or not) that his previous moves created.
  11. Mike Sixel
    And his defense? shouldn't the utility fielder be able to field?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Sure, he can stand in a lot of positions, but he was the WORST fielding SS last year. In ALL of baseball. Have we already forgotten the adventures on defense in the OF? He's a great athlete. That does not make him a good MLB player.
  13. Mike Sixel
    He had negative value on the team last year, trading him for nothing would have made them better last year. There is little in his minor league career to indicate that will dramatically change, is there? Why are we worried about losing Danny Santana, when you have: Buxton, Rosario, Hicks, Arcia, Kepler Escobar, Dozier, Polanco, (even Nunez), Gordon, and some other guys in AA or even AAA that could be utility guys Where does Danny Santana fit in in HELPING this team win next year? Or are we punting next year also?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Andy McPhail had no issues signing the highest paid FA pitching deal in history in the dome...... There are always excuses for Ryan and his unwillingness to even try to close the deal. As a fan, I don't get it.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Good point on Jay likely taking longer, seems so obvious when you type it up. As for Gausman, if they'd stop moving him back and forth on the rubber, and stop telling him not to use his best pitch (sound familiar?), he'd be better, I think. Some teams are good at things (Cardinals somehow turning "meh" hitters into machines at the MLB level), and some are bad at things (Orioles and pitchers, imo). I'm not alone on these thoughts on the O's.....If they O's would sell low on Kevin, I'd be all over that.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I don't think I've said anywhere that it is enough for me.....no place have I said he is good at his job, or that the Twins should hire him. I have merely pointed out that when he has an open door to go for it, he does, unlike Ryan, who has steadfastly refused to do so.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Every GM gets lucky and/or unlucky with players. I don't know if he's good at his job or not, but I know that when there is a chance to win, he takes that chance. Yup, he made some bad trades, and yet, they were still the best team in the majors this year. How many GMs can recover from 2 bad trades, and still have his team be that good?
  18. Mike Sixel
    According to analysis, every Republican but 1 gives super easy answers......compared to the "norm" and certainly compared to the Democrats. And, not everyone agrees taxes should be cut, btw.
  19. Mike Sixel
    He's not a SS, imo, and sending him to a team that will put him back in the OF is the right thing to do. There isn't room for him on this roster next year, and he's out of options. He should be traded. But, I'd guess they keep him on the roster because they are afraid to lose him.....just like they kept Aaron Thompson on the 40 man.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I'd love to see Kepler up in April, but it's not going to happen. As for Jay, he's a college junior, he should move relatively quickly to the majors, if he's worthy of a top 10 pick....think Garza path. Still not sure how I feel about the pick, but we'll see. Gordon looks like a keeper.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Who was the GM when they brought in all those prospects so he could have a good July? He seems to have the "go for it" gene that Ryan appears to be missing. Not sure that makes him the right guy or not, but it would increase my confidence they'd actually try to win it all, rather than build for next year.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I don't know what this means.....but Plouffe is a legit starting MLB 3B, that has real value.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I don't think the value of Plouffe goes up or down based on other actions by the Twins.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    Nate Silver thinks Bush might be done already....and he's right a lot.
  25. Mike Sixel
    He's OVER rated by some people here, and UNDER rated by those that say he has no chance, so YES is actually the right answer.
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