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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'd love the Twins to move starters to RP sooner.......plenty of guys in AA or AAA that will NEVER be a starter in the majors (for more than a game or two)......but who might be RP.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I just want the 5 best to start here, and be here....and not have better pitchers in AAA because "rookies".
  3. Mike Sixel
    They passed on the same deal last year, when they had more questions about their starting pitching. That is the point I (and Brock, for example) have made. They passed when May and Meyer were further from being MLB pitchers (and Berrrios too). They instead signed Pelfrey (or, they signed Pelfrey, and could have still signed Santana, whatever). You sign Santana to a 4 year deal when you have less pitching (and when you think Buxton will be up), not when you have more, right after you already signed Nolasco and Hughes to 4 year deals. IMO, both of those were mistakes. that's all that post meant to say, not sure how it said anything else.
  4. Mike Sixel
    An outside take on the signing..... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/twins-add-another-perfectly-serviceable-pitcher-in-santana/#comment-4856980
  5. Mike Sixel
    they lost a pick this year, and paid him more.........what's changed? I would have preferred it happen earlier with Santana, and they had not signed Pelfrey at all (which I made clear at the time). I'm not sure I understand your point.
  6. Mike Sixel
    As I said.....it is about Meyer being better NOW, and not wanting to watch a worse pitcher at all. And, that this should have been done 2 years ago, when they had no real prospects...... I expect them to need 7 pitchers, but I'd prefer the better pitchers be here, and not in AAA, I think I've said that several times now.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Here is my issue....I think Meyer and maybe May are BETTER than Nolasco and Gibson.....and they probably won't pitch unless something REALLY bad happens (not if Nolasco and Gibson are ok, but not bad). Lots of people worry about depth, I worry about the MLB team having the best player on it, not keeping guys in AAA so in case things go REALLY bad, they come up. I want them up when they are the better option (even if the existing option is acceptable). that is the delta in our position, I think.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Should have done that last year with Meyer......and NONE of the guys you listed (that have come up in the last 4 years) are half the prospects as him, they aren't good comparisons at all (well, maybe Gibson, maybe).
  9. Mike Sixel
    not sure what you can get for a SP in his mid-30s, that at his peak is median or just above median. Had they signed these kinds of guys 2 and 3 years ago, then I'd like your idea a lot more......which is why, imo, you don't wait to add talent.
  10. Mike Sixel
    From today's fangraphs chat....with their prospects person..... Comment From Bobby Blownilla I'm tired of waiting on Kepler. Does he ever break out? Kiley McDaniel He would've been a junior in college this year and he grew up in Germany as the son of two ballet dancers. He didn't play baseball regularly until he was close to 18. He'll be in AA next year. You are the problem. Comment From Ceej People are starting to talk that a healthy Sano could be rushed like Baez was. From a developmental standpoint, how does rushing a hitter along affect them? Kiley McDaniel Wrote about that topic: The short version is being rushed means you aren't ready for advanced stuff/command, hitter gets overmatched, gets into bad habits to try to figure out a way to survive and those habits can hang around for years. Can be career-ending type stuff or could just last a month until he finds a good hitting coach in AAA. Jake Reed has been a pleasant surprise.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff, as always.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Over rated. All the riffs are the same. Boring. Yuck.
  13. Mike Sixel
    How is that whining, and not, I don't know....assessing their plan? How is that whining?
  14. Mike Sixel
    I am being quite positive about Meyer and May......don't get how that isn't clear. I wish they had signed Santana last year, and made the bridge start earlier, and end earlier. He's a nice pitcher.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I guess I don't see how questioning their approach is whining.......they had the money to sign Cubans the last few years, and didn't. Suggesting that was a bad approach is whining how, exactly? Passing on Santana last year, and signing Pelfrey instead, that's whining how? I guess we could all just come on here and say what a genius this leadership team is every post.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    I'd take the Cubs. But, it's not a slam dunk. I just think they are slightly better set up right now.
  17. Mike Sixel
    If that was his plan, why not sign Santana last year.....a much better bridge for May/Meyer/Berrios would have been created? What changed?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Does that include the three players the Cubs promoted last year? If I could trade the entire systems for each other, MLB team and minor league team, I'd do that. Because I don't care who is winning the "who has the most prospects that might not ever work out" contest, frankly.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I'd argue that relying mainly on prospects, and not acknowledging that many do not work out.....that's betting on the best case scenario. YMMV, of course. Pretty tired of the appeal to authority argument that fans are somehow stupid, btw. there are also negative consequences of doing nothing, but somehow those mistakes are never acknowledged.......like not signing Cubans the last few years.
  20. Mike Sixel
    My take: 1. I'm glad they aren't sitting back and waiting for the farm. 2. I'm glad they are attempting to add talent to the awful pitching staff. 3. I'm not in love with the signing, but I do think it helps the team. 4. I don't think it's the dollars that might hinder the team, it's that they don't really have room for Meyer and May and Berrios now.......and they just traded for Meyer and May (leaving them w/o a CF for 2-3 years now), if those guys still aren't ready to help, that's three years with no payback. 5. I hope they have the guts to pull the plug on anyone that isn't pitching well, assuming Meyer is ready at that point (or May or Milone). If they just stick with the guys (if they are bad) because they are vets making money, that will be a bummer. 6. I'll be shocked if both Nolasco and Santana are better than league median this year, hoping to be shocked.
  21. Mike Sixel
    No one on this thread has argued the Cubs don't make mistakes......should I list the ones the Twins have made the last few years? That isn't at all the point anyone her is making....... I look forward to the Twins aggressively promoting May, Meyer, Berrios, Buxton, Sano and Rosario this year, not to mention using some of the minors' RP instead of signing veterans that can't be demoted/promoted as needed.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I was merely pointing out the approaches are not identical. No place did I say on this thread what I thought of either.
  23. Mike Sixel
    And not just through the draft.....but through all channels. Which, they seem to be doing now. Don't love all the decisions. ......but at least they are trying. Now we need to judge the outcomes.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Also ignores the Cubs traded high, and the Twins did not on Willingham, or Perkins or Burton or Fien. Also, the Cubs signed starters to one year deals to try to flip them, Twins did not. Also, the Cubs signed expensive international guys, Twins did not. Alao, the Cubs have aggressively promoted players, Meyer was not. Lots of things are very different. Oh, and they paid for an ace, the Twins did not.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Relief pitching. ......has Ryan not said that?
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