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  1. Mike Sixel
    why does anyone respond to the Mauer parts? Ignore them......you'll be happier. As for their predicament, it was 100% foreseeable at the beginning of the year......and it is again this year. Hopefully something is done about it this off season, or it could get really ugly next year.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Is the sophomore slump real? Santana didn't have a sophomore slump, he was never that great in the minors, and he was lucky last year. It wasn't a slump, or corrections, or anything other than returning to his real talent level, and a tanking of his luck. I think Rosario can improve on his pitch recognition, I don't know if he will, but I think he can.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I actually think this is a real possibility, on a short term, prove it deal.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'm not saying you are wrong, btw, I am saying we don't agree on the Shields the next 2 years, but I could be wrong about him just as much as you could be. That is a big, big, big part of our disagreement here.
  5. Mike Sixel
    If you assume they are trading other pitchers........then maybe it makes sense. I'd rather they just sign a FA, and not trade for something they can sign. Save the trading for catchers and prospects......and sign starters.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Uh, I asked for FAs to be signed for 4 years to speed up the rebuild, it was others that thought signing FAs was wrong (80% of the rotation was to be FAs, half the starting hitters to be FAs.....so Ryan must agree that FA is not evil and the rebuild should be sped up.....). I don't agree Shields is a 2/3 going forward. His numbers are going down three years in a row now. Next year, maybe he's a 3.....but after that? I doubt it. And, it isn't an isolated decision, they already have Santana and Hughes signed for good, not great, money, and have Gibson and Milone around. If they are dealing Nolasco, it shouldn't be for a piece they largely already have, imo. In a vacuum, adding Shields makes sense. On a roster with Santana, Hughes, Gibson, Milone, Berrios, May, Duffey, I don't think it does.
  7. Mike Sixel
    May as long reliever? Put one of your best pitchers in a role that really only sees time in games that are likely lost? What an awful, awful, use of resources.
  8. Mike Sixel
    an option would be to move Plouffe as well, stick Reyes at SS, and have Esco rotate between SS and 3B, maybe even 2B if he can play it. Like Zobrist lite.......giving the Twins insurance if Sano can't play 3B for whatever reason. I'd think you could get a decent catching prospect for Plouffe much easier than for Escobar. That said, you could just trade Plouffe and roll the dice on not having a good backup.......but, it would be nice to clear out one of the high priced veteran pitchers to make room for May/Berrios/whomever....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Right now, I can't see who would beat him. I was hoping this was a discussion about term limits in Congress......which are, imo, badly needed.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Agreed.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I don't know what I'd do with Ricky, but trading him for another, possibly better but longer term, version of himself is not on my list of things I'd do.
  12. Mike Sixel
    No, we don't want ANOTHER old, mediocre, expensive pitcher......that's the point people are making. We have May, Berrios, Duffey in line....we don't need to tie up another spot with another number 3/4 guy.
  13. Mike Sixel
    If he's one of the best pitchers in the game, why the heck would the Padres trade him?
  14. Mike Sixel
    One of the articles I linked talks about why command and control are not on the same scale. Also, see the web for the distinction between accuracy and precision, as pointed out above. They just aren't the same thing, even though we sometimes think they are.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea why the Twins do the first trade. They don't need another highly paid, old, veteran, number 3/4 pitcher. the second trade is only interesting because the Twins might get a catcher.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    Ya, really, that is what they are saying, isn't it. I wish I was as smart as you and thought about that.
  17. Mike Sixel
    There are lots of articles about the difference, with examples of pitchers. I just didn't quote them all.....if you really want, you can find them pretty fast. I was surprised that it did matter all that much, frankly.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I was merely answering the question of what the difference was, not opining on it at all.......You can call it stupid all day, scouts have used this for years, and they think it works. Even the stats geeks talk about it, so the two sides agree.......maybe it has value and isn't stupid.
  19. Mike Sixel
    from fangraphs: Some teams will grade for components of command (throwing quality strikes) with control (throwing it in the strike zone, usually closely following walk rate) from ESPN: A pitcher with control can throw strikes. He'll usually get the ball over the plate, doesn't often fall behind a hitter, and will rarely hand out free passes to first. In that manner, he remains in control of the at-bat. Hitters often get defensive against control pitchers, expanding their strike zone and chasing pitches they might lay off when facing pitchers with less control. Command more specifically describes a pitcher's ability to hit the catcher's target seemingly at will. If the catcher sets up on the outside corner at the knees, a pitcher with good command will deliver the ball right on target and the catcher will hardly have to move. If a pitcher has command, he's less likely to fall behind a hitter and issue walks, but he's also rarely going to leave a pitch over the middle of the plate. or here: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2011/9/2/2400473/another-scouting-primer-how-to-scout-pitchers
  20. Mike Sixel
    I thought it was a meh trade, partly because I underestimated Jepsen, mostly because it was the only move made. It didn't look to me like a team going for the playoffs, but a team "building" for next year, and trying to make it look like they were going for the playoffs. So far, it has mostly been good.
  21. Mike Sixel
    This. 100% this. I'm surprised we didn't read about a Pelfrey extension this am, after last night* *it should be obvious this is a joke, but just in case, I'm adding the asterisk
  22. Mike Sixel
    By what measure is he good, and not below average for a QB on a power campus? I am genuinely curious.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Huh, ya, well, no way I'd sign Plouffe for that, not with Sano and Mauer on the team..... I do agree, an extension looks a lot like something that appears on another team's paper.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure anyone was suggesting anything non innocuous.......we were just pointing out that Ryan mentioned it as one reason he was shut down. It wasn't something someone made up on the site, we just quoted Ryan w/o judgement. It is others putting some kind of judgement out there......
  25. Mike Sixel
    I'm not convinced it was his strategy, since they didn't really do a full tear down, and he signed Nolasco and Pelfrey when they were still bad......and then didn't trade Pelfrey or Suzuki. I just don't see a consistent tear down strategy, or be aggressive strategy. I could be wrong, maybe it was his strategy, but it didn't look like either the Cubs or the Astros rebuild at all.
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