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  1. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree that his ultimate value is dictated by being at 3B at all......his bat is good enough to be one of the best at his position, regardless of position. Sure, he has more value at 3B, but you have to look at your resource pool.......it is, imo, likely they are better if he is at DH or 1B, and a good defender, ok hitter or better, is at 3B.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Even for 2106......isn't it better to have Plouffe at 3B? Sano's bat plays anywhere......why the rush to get him to 3B even next year? I'd guess it would be easier to get a decent hitting, good fielding 3B, than find another DH that can hit enough to equal that guy......a good but not great 3B can accumulate WAR a lot of ways, a DH can only do so by hitting. The 15th best 3B in WAR last year accumulated as much WAR as the 5th best DH....... But Sano could be a top 2-3 DH, accumulate 3-4 WAR, at DH. Anyone else they put there will be lucky to put up 2 WAR.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Couldn't disagree more. Players play a position, not a batting order. They should be compared to players at those positions. Pretty sure that is what every single statistic that compares players does, compares them to other players at their position. Joe isn't at 2B. Nor is he catching. He's playing 1B. Batting order could pretty much be random and not matter much.
  4. Mike Sixel
    It is hard to argue against this logically, frankly. Except I'd play him at 3B some, and put Plouffe at 1B on those days.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Figured I missed that part, Parker, sorry. IIRC, I recently read on Fangraphs that as players age and lose some ability, they often try to compensate by trying to pull for more power. I really hope that's not the case here, but I remain concerned.
  6. Mike Sixel
    KLAW has an insider article, placing some of the new picks in the organizations' systems and ranking them. He has: Sano Berrrios Jay as his new top three now that Buxton is up.
  7. Mike Sixel
    He can......not sure he will. Largely this ignores that he's also just older......and might not be as good in general. Or, I missed that while reading. I do agree, that if he has changed his approach, it isn't working, and he should go back to his old approach. But, I worry that he's just getting older and worse.......
  8. Mike Sixel
    Being DH for 3 months doesn't mean he is forever.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I suggest that if people think Mauer was good last year, that they go to fangraphs and look at 1B hitters and sort only on offense......... To make the offense better this year: 1. Call up Sano. Play him at 1B, DH, 3B. Plouffe plays 1B when Sano is at 3B. Mauer sits some. 2. Sit Mauer 2-4 times a week. He's not good. He has not been good for some time. He isn't even making good decisions, simple decisions, well in the field right now. 3. Show patience with Buxton and just leave him in CF all year, unless he is embarrassing himself. 4. Keep Rosario in LF all year 5. Stop playing Escobar in the OF, or Nunez 6. Cut Duensing to make room for Sano, not a hitter 7. Play Herrmann at catcher more. On no planet is Suzuki even good in the 9 hole.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Sano's value is his bat. Plouffe is the 2nd or 3rd best player on the roster right now. Tossing him aside makes no sense. He's a top 10 3B. It boggles my mind that people think Sano should play 3B while Plouffe is on this roster. Stick Sano at 1B and get us the inevitable future now. IMO, Sano should DH and play 1B and 3B, with Plouffe at1B when Sano is at 3B. Mauer can't even make easy choices in the field at this point.
  11. Mike Sixel
    If he is an ELITE slugger......he has value in RF, 1B, DH, not just 3B. Unless they plan to give up on Plouffe as a 3B for next year, I don't understand the current approach, even a little.
  12. Mike Sixel
    What happened this time?
  13. Mike Sixel
    Or. Not.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Uh....take a pitch or two so he can steal?
  15. Mike Sixel
    Describe the INF hit for those "watching" on gamecast.....pls.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I'd move him to AAA and see what happens. I'd guess that won't happen until the half way mark....
  17. Mike Sixel
    How likely is it Sano is a worse DH than Nunez or Escobar?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Will Vargas ever PH?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Last night he didn't swing. Today I think both strikeouts are looking......is he just not swinging?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Not only can Mauer not hit......the last two games he's passed up opportunities for double plays, and has just look lost while standing in the batter's box, and watching pitches go by.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Your point being what? That sometimes players struggle? That he's not ready and that proves something about a different player? What point?
  22. Mike Sixel
    So Mauer just stands in the box and doesn't swing now? I mean, I am only going off gamecast, since I am working......
  23. Mike Sixel
    So much for the strategy of batting Buxton 9th, so Dozier has someone to drive in........
  24. Mike Sixel
    hahahahaha, no chance. He's untouchable.
  25. Mike Sixel
    What a great post.
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