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  1. Mike Sixel
    Again, who here is saying not to play him? Not me......keep playing him until you decide you want to call up Buxton. I don't read one person saying that time is now. No one. You are arguing against, um, I'm not sure, Brock.
  2. Mike Sixel
    The options in the minors are a big part of the optimism, because if they have to make a call on someone, they now have options.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Who here said give up on him?
  4. Mike Sixel
    Gomez played elite D and ran greatly from the start. Gomez had those ABs at MUCH younger ages. Gomez was better at 23, similar on offense at 24, and MUCH better at 25 (so far). I'm not saying it is impossible that Hicks will be good. I'm saying that with all the guys behind him in the minors, I don't think he ever gets to 1000 ABs with this organization. And, I am predicting he doesn't turn into Carlos Gomez, or David Ortiz, or any other AS that people can name. MOST players don't turn out that way, most are AAA or AAAA or replacement level (if they even get that far). If Sano was tearing up AA, while Plouffe was struggling, he would probably not have gotten a chance to turn out well with MN either. And, while that would be a bummer.......sometimes you have to move on.
  5. Mike Sixel
    You realize that things could go bad in the future, and that they COULD be contenders this year. What if Sano or Buxton gets a concussion? At some point, this year, they maybe should bank the wins and deal some prospects. Everyone thought Mauer and Morneau would carry this team for years......but stuff happens. If they are 8-10 games over at the ASB, they should be buyers, because of the more certain present vs the very unknown future.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I hope they keep pitching well, and they deal prospects to close holes and they make the playoffs. I'm tired of being sellers.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I'm all for giving prospects more chances, and not relying on terrible veterans, that should be obvious from my time here. Can we retire the "every prospect might turn out to be David Ortiz" meme ever? At some point, you move on. Sometimes they become great players (not often), usually they turn out to be what they showed they are.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Ads running like crazy on the right today. I can't change the settings at work, must be some trick to keep more from doing this at work.....I can't even scroll away from them.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I don't think he gets to 1000 ABs anytime soon, not if he is in MN still. His time is running out, imo, to the be a regular here. For every guy that does turn out, dozens don't, that's the nature of prospects.
  10. Mike Sixel
    He's bad at his job? I don't think anyone dislikes Hicks the human, they just don't want him starting for their favorite team. He can't hit. this isn't small sample size, this is a continuation of the last 2 years. It is great that he is finally playing good defense. And, that has some value. But, not as a starting OF, and maybe not even as your 4th OF.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Not gonna happen. They have passed on every Cuban.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Hard to argue the Twins are good at drafting and developing pitchers... ...how many in the majors were drafted by them? How many even spent 2 years in their minor league system? How bad has the pitching been for several years now? Who is criticizing the FO for one trade?
  13. Mike Sixel
    The history of tall pitchers says otherwise.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I suggested this the last several years. Use your 2-3 good starters as starters, have bullpen arms that only want 3 innings for the other 2-3 games. Rotate guys between AAA and the majors to keep them fresh. This actually should work out well, as pitchers can throw harder in shorter stints. It also allows them to get away with fewer pitches, so you should have more good guys to choos from. But no chance this team does that. None. The time to do that was the last few years, when they were running out AWFUL pitchers routinely to start.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Just to help me understand. We can't criticize trades that don't work out. If true, can we compliment ones that do work out? Trading for a super tall pitcher was very risky. They took the risk. What I recall people saying was that it was the kind of trade they should be making, but since he was in A ball, we could not judge the trade for several years. It is approaching several years.......
  16. Mike Sixel
    I don't buy the conclusion of the article at all. Any article that says power does not matter at all, well, I am not buying that. He's just not good compared to other 1B right now. Can that change? Can he get back to elite hitter status? I don't believe it, but I would give him the year to prove me wrong. If he's not MUCH better at the end of the year, I approach him about taking early retirement. Because you are not SUPER likely to win with a 1B that doesn't hit well, and they aren't benching him while he is on the roster.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Good luck to him!
  18. Mike Sixel
    I agree, I like that he's DHing more, and getting rest. Probably why Herrmann is playing more too, to help Suzuki be fresh.
  19. Mike Sixel
    will the WAR over this never end? Both eye test and statistics have value. But, saying he gets to 90% of the balls he should? that's a very bad ratio.......very bad. So, if that's true, he's bad.
  20. Mike Sixel
    It's a bit early to say "so much for", isn't it?
  21. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, but by definition, a black swan will never have a big sample size, will it? That's why you can get wealthy, either by luck, or by finding a pattern in a SSS that is predictive (which, I agree, seems counter to all of our math talk, but I'd guess at higher levels of math, there are theories about this).
  22. Mike Sixel
    I find it odd that Bard would go to SP again......and not slowly come back.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Which makes me wonder, again, why they are so reluctant to move guys to the bullpen that might have bullpen stuff. But maybe I'm misremembering.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    I take Tate if that happens, no doubt.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Certainly possible.
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