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  1. Mike Sixel
    While the precision of framing can be questioned....it exists. And Suzuki is not rated well at all. I would argue it is more important than base stealing. I do like the guys in the minors. One of the deeper spots,imo.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Thanks to both sides of the interview for this, very nice.
  3. Mike Sixel
    It is better to develop them....but when you don't, you need to acquire some elsewhere, less than ideally, or be really bad.......
  4. Mike Sixel
    Is anyone arguing that players don't matter? I don't think anyone is arguing that. I think people are suggesting that Maddon is highly regarded, the Twins have an opening, and that they should interview him seriously for the position. I don't think anyone is saying Maddon can lead any team to any success if the players are awful. As chief points out, a team should be able to pursue both players and managerial staff....they are not one or the other.
  5. Mike Sixel
    No one outside a few hardcore fans will recall the zone......
  6. Mike Sixel
    Ya, Seth is right on this.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Their future budding stars are five or six years from being paid. I doubt signing good players now effects that.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Uh, the Cards sign free agents, and trade for veterans. The point on being snake bitten, is that all players carry risk. Even sure fire guys that are supposed to be elite carry risk. My argument remains that they have failed to mitigate that risk, by signing bad players, and wasting money and roster spots on them. My argument is that I don't want to wait decades, I don't even want to wait six years. Others are willing to wait, but given ticket sales, I am guessing most fans agree with me.
  9. Mike Sixel
    He was very good and patient. Don't agree having Bartlett on the roster, with Kubel and Guerrier, had no effect on the season. Bad roster decisions matter.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Prospects get hurt. They fail. Waiting for them and ignoring other options, like cubans, to fill your roster, is a long, slow, process. It sometimes takes decades.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I can only go off the data I have.....and this data is bad to me. It reads like the team continues to think small. We may be wrong, but this is the only data we have.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I want another pitcher. If they'll spend the big bucks for a young, elite (likely elite) guy, great. If not, this guy works for me. Number 6 in runs scored, lastish in SP runs allowed. I don't see any way Meyer is here in the beginning of the year, go get some pitching.
  13. Mike Sixel
    It's the 2nd or 3rd most important job in his company (not counting players, where he seems to be staying out).....I'd expect him to be involved at this point. He would be for any other company he owns, I'd guess, at that level.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Pretty big risk Nolasco is what we saw last year, Meyer is not up fast, May is really a RP... .an injury happens, etc. Bringing in a SP would seem to be a good idea
  15. Mike Sixel
    I read it also, markos......very top heavy with pitchers.
  16. Mike Sixel
    They lost to Illinois. Says all we really need to know about how far they've not come yet. Looks just like last year, and the year before, and the year before.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather have Tomas also......but I don't expect either to actually happen. Though, as I've said before, the market inefficiency of Cubans being under valued is likely gone at this point.......
  18. Mike Sixel
    SD Buhr has the best point, imo. Even if they don't screw up negotiations....there is a relatively small cable/satellite market in the Twins Cities. That is a huge issue for the team, even if they figure out how to actually negotiate.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I'd be up for that. Max Kepler and one of the AAAA pitchers or a RP prospect.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    If we assume teams are not stupid...........managers must have a greater effect than we think, if the cheap ones get $2MM per year (meaning they are worth quite a bit), and the great ones will be getting $5MM per year (meaning teams think great managers are worth quite a bit more, more than the average player makes, I believe). Around 25% of players made $5MM last year...... http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mlb/salaries/2014/player/all/ or, our first assumption is wrong......
  21. Mike Sixel
    I forgot appeal to authority. Hate that one too.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Ah, the appeal to authority technique. A classic.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Do your therapy. Always. Good luck.....sixteen months in and I still have weakness and pain in the leg I broke.......
  24. Mike Sixel
    But it was a written rule, not sure how those are punished in MLB......
  25. Mike Sixel
    I also am not tolerant of intolerance, and it does seem paradoxical, Much like my feelings toward "ists"....
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