Jump to content
If free agency is too rich for your blood, click here for the 35 players most likely to be traded this offseason. ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Mike Sixel

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    48,924

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    340

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Mike Sixel

  1. Mike Sixel
    If only there was a guy in AAA who could fill that spot, and had electric stuff.......and then another guy in AAA that could take his spot if he moved onto a full time starting role. Alas, that does not appear to be the case, from the most vaunted minor league system ever* *hyperbole, btw.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I've had my discussions with the moderators, man, this is a good bunch. They really seem to care about making this a good site, and they put in serious time. Thank you all.
  3. Mike Sixel
    HR are not the only stat that contributes to hitting.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Arcia doesn't crack the top half of LF/RF right now......so there is plenty of room to break out still. Just check the leaderboards, he has plenty of work left.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Hughes.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Kubel was a GREAT prospect before the injury........much better contact and eye and everything but pure power than Arcia, imo.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Offensively, I think Arcia will be better than last year, but not sure how much better, maybe a win or so better. Move to about 10-14th or so best offensive LF. Defensively, well, that could be bad, or it could just be below average. Somehow people ignore the defense in these writeups...... I like Gibson to be about 10-15 or so spots better in the SP rankings, improving mostly be having less bad outings that are really bad. Not sure if that makes him a breakout player or not.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I agree with MLR on this one.......but, I can see what the Twins are doing, I just don't think it is what I would do. That said, I think they are feeling the pressure to actually try to win (raising the question, where was that pressure the last two years......). Me? I'd rather they had traded Nolasco for nothing, and then spent the Santana/Nolasco money on one elitish pitcher, and made room for two young guys out of spring training, with two young guys in AAA waiting (not to mention others). But, not sure I can see how the Twins could add hitting this FA period (reminding us that you can't wait until you need one, sometimes there are NO FA available at your position of need that are any good) that anyone would really like. I'd have preferred getting a look at Meyer last year, but now it might not even happen until sometime later this year. I don't know how they see Berrios this year, with May, Meyer, Milone in front of him (not to mention all the older guys). If they had made room for these guys this year, then they'd know what they have, and could spend on 1 or 2 legit SP at that time. I have no major issues with their plan, I just don't see it working out all that well (as in, I think they are saddled with old, mediocre, SP that they won't just cut).
  9. Mike Sixel
    This was a topic about if the Twins plan to have a terrible OF defense, and a fly ball staff, was a good plan or not. Somehow, it turned into a discussion about the value of defensive metrics. Can we ever have a discussion about defense that isn't an argument about the stats? Or, do we always want to distract the conversation away from the Twins' plans, and onto something else?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Pinto would be my guess, except Suzuki will be hurt/bad and Pinto will be the starter by the 2nd half.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Very much what I thought TR would do next. The pitching was terrible last year, and he's clearly not going with the prospects.....so this was obvious. I'd bet there is 1 more to come.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Right....I'd be ok with the masses strategy (as long as at least one was top 5-7).
  13. Mike Sixel
    Unfortunately, the pitcher with the best stuff, who is 25, who they traded their only legit CF for, will be in AAA to start the season. And, for the third year, the Twins will get nothing out of that trade for at least 2 months.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Shouldn't this be in the minor league area (I hope)?
  15. Mike Sixel
    I approve of this decision. Congrats to both sides.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Ya, but the Twins don't sign 30 guys either. They have largely passed on the top guys, and dipped to tenth or so......they were last aggressive on the internatioan market under a different GM.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I read on FG that Buxton might be more hurt than we know.....but it sounded like speculation. Anyone got anything on this? Like, he might have a broken collarbone, is what I believe I read.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Yankees, Cubs, and any other team that went over budget this year would need to sign him in the next 6 months, or they won't be able to but, yes, I share everyone's skepticism that the Twins would win a bidding war.
  19. Mike Sixel
    People keep typing he is a good MLB defender....that is not what I saw, heard on the radio, or see in the stats.....where do people get this idea?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Yes, Kiley is quite good.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    If he wasn't handed the job last year, what was the other option, exactly? He didn't HIT that well even in the minors. Who, here, said "give up on him".....and, the Twins did not give up on Gomez, they traded for a starting SS.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Oh, and a tax....but again, that's kind of factored in.....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Can't sign players over a certain amount now.....but, they signed A TON last year, so it mostly doesn't really matter. These are, after all, 16 year olds, that are largely all projection.
  24. Mike Sixel
    There are probably 2 more years where the current system exists. Either you spend over the limit this coming year, or the next year......the problem with waiting until the next year is that there will be probably be an outline of a new agreement, and the teams that over spent the last two years will push to punish those that do so in the last year (since there is no penalty to them otherwise)......the problem with not waiting is that there will be a small pool of teams that have a lot of room the last year (assuming teams go over the limit this year), so your competition for signings will be less the last year (probably). Me? I'd blow through the roof, since you have no idea what he rules will be, or which players will be where when......but then, they had that option the last few years, and have not taken it. The other advantage of blowing through the roof is that you can trade your pool money that you can't use anyway......
  25. Mike Sixel
    Man, they didn't give up much for him, other than prospect depth. I'd rather the Twins had traded one decent/good prospect for him, than sign Hunter......
×
×
  • Create New...