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  1. Mike Sixel
    On topic......I really, really hope that these catchers can step up, and be set up for success next year.
  2. Mike Sixel
    It is hard to say. I have had an irrational man crush on Kepler since the beginning, so for me..... Kepler+the next best SP+any minor leaguer they want in the 7+ range, I'd do if I was Oakland (since they won't sign Gray, and they won't be winning next year). But, I am not sure MLB agrees with me on Kepler or not.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I can't tell what you are saying here.....but Buxton is likely to still be a top 5-10 prospect this off season, so the real issue is getting enough value back.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I guess you shouldn't read into a post something I didn't say. I did not criticize the Twins at all in that post. If I want to criticize them, it will be clear that's what I'm doing. I also don't know who has what revenues handy with me, so I don't know if teams signing guys have more or less money than the Twins. If I was the GM, I'd rather have one of Price, Scherzer, Cueto, Greinke, than two Hughes/Nolascos. But that's what I would do, not what I would expect any medium team to do. Like I said, if I am criticizing them, that will be clear in that post.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I thought you were rather cool about it, Steve. Others weren't, but those are deleted now, as is my post.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Why would the A's do that, though? The beauty of this offer, imo, is that both teams might actually do it.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Not sure that matters, what matters is what the Twins do. I had no issue with acquiring Hardy with Gomez, but really, as a Twins fan, what matters to me is how well they do in trades, not what people here think of them.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I don't judge pitchers on a team stat, the pitchers job is to prevent runs. Gray has been very good at that.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I never said it was other teams' way at all. I only commented on the Twins, and it isn't their way. NO PLACE in that entire thread did I say other teams in their situation would/did. Not one time. I have no idea what the point of that post is.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I concur.
  11. Mike Sixel
    The number 1 goal for a leadoff hitter is to get on base. Speed is over rated relative to that. Imo.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Some fans like baseball, even losing baseball. I don't think that makes them rubes, just people that like watching baseball. that said, the way you get more fans, the more casual fans, is by winning. It's worth a lot of money to win, especially to a team that doesn't have an awesome tv contract. Let's hope the Twins win so much they make even more money.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Wait, in one thread we read that the Twins won't go over 120 million, and in this thread we read that his contract isn't holding them back from signing "anyone they want'. Which is it, do we suppose?
  14. Mike Sixel
    I see zero percent this happens. I just don't see them signing an elite FA. When they do, it will be the first time in their history (other than maybe Morris back in the day, he was paid elite money). Should they go get a great pitcher? I would, but then I would have acquired Greinke last time, or Price, or any number of other great pitchers. But, that is not their MO, and I don't think anyone sees that changing.
  15. Mike Sixel
    What happened to the defense? This season looks like a big step back.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Here is a list of people on the 25 man they did not draft, you want them all gone*? Santana Hughes Pelfrey Nolasco Milone Cotts Fien May Suzuki Nunez Escobar Robinson Hunter came back as FA every team uses FA and trades, in addition to the draft, to build their roster. It is a great myth that teams are only, or even primarily, built on guys that they drafted. *that's off the top of my head, I probably missed a name or several
  17. Mike Sixel
    I don't forget that, they traded both away. Both were mistakes, though the first is somewhat excusable, imo. The second, not at all.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Mike has thought about that, but Mike isn't sure he can type like that over and over. Mike may have to think about that while drinking a new beer tonight after Mike gets his massage.
  19. Mike Sixel
    still laughing after about 10 seconds, awesome.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Trust me, Mike Sixel has plenty of snark, nothing much will change here.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I think he sounds about as smart as mike wants wins, but it's hard to tell so far.....and I guess I should have typed "gentlemen and ladies" above. I've decided to mostly use my real name on websites from now on. Not sure why, but I have.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I try every day not to raise the fact the Twins gave up on Gomez and Hardy, but we can go there if people want....
  23. Mike Sixel
    that's how I felt last week during the Nobel prize calls.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    The article doesn't judge him solely on that. It clearly states they are good at drafting and developing players. It is an article about trading, how well the Twins do at adding impact players from trades. It is not a 1000 page treatise on Ryan's record overall.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Wasn't Bard hurt before being drafted also? I remember not liking this pick for that reason, but I could be remembering incorrectly. Frankly, more of these guys should move the bullpen sooner, imo. They have almost no chance to be starters, and we now know guys lose velocity a lot earlier than we thought. Lots of teams are calling up pitchers younger and younger.....
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