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  1. Mike Sixel
    THE GM DOES NOT make the draft picks. The scouting director does that. The best way TR has contributed to the draft is by fielding awful MLB teams, giving the team a shot at more elite players.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Anyone catch the icegirls controversy in Philly? Nice sexism there for sure. I don't have FSN, so I can't comment on them, but if they are getting an opportunity to be actual members of the media, and grow their talent and skill and ability, I don't have a huge issue with them being picked because they are both attractive and good at their job. As a pretty liberal person, who thinks everyone should have a chance.....I struggle with the whole "objectify" women thing. I think women are amazingly beautiful creations. All shapes and sizes. I happen to like a FB page (drunkcyclist.com NSFW) that posts a lot of pictures of women and bikes. Clearly, they are posted because the people running the site like, in their words, "beer, boobs, and bikes" (I may have that in the wrong order). Am I objectifying women by looking at them online (I'd guess about 90% are posed pictures, or sent in by the women themselves)? Or, am I just admiring something I find beautiful? I'm not imagining anything about them. I'm not judging them as people. I'm just admiring them like I would any other beautiful thing on the planet. Again, not having FSN.......is it wrong to hire them partly because of their beauty? I don't think so. But, man, it is a slippery slope for sure. Because I do think there are tv shows and what not that go over some line.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Maybe the Twins never expected to increase payroll relative to everyone else, but knew that payrolls would go up for everyone. I had not really considered that until today somehow. Maybe all along they planned to be in the lower third of payroll, but knew they needed more revenue even then. Maybe they never expected to be in the middle of payroll numbers.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I share this opinion 100%. I've even typed it here before. It is not a popular opinion to hold.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I actually think Ryan is a very good scout. I think he is a good people person. I think he's pretty good with the public. I think he does a lot well. I am not convinced he does enough well, nor is he embracing the changes in the game (though that's based on outcomes and on field, not on anything more) in the last few years actively. to me, this is a big year. If they make progress and add talent (not the draft, every team adds talent in the draft), and they don't go all cheap, I'm ok with him having his job. But I'm skeptical.
  6. Mike Sixel
    You'd trade for Meyer specifically, or someone else? I agree(d at the time) with the trade in theory, but knew nothing about Meyer to say it was specifically a good trade. that is the point I am failing to make, trading from a position of strength to rebuild a team that is bad is a good idea. But it is not just the idea that has to be good, the execution has to be good. If both May and Meyer fail, then they need, imo, to look at their scouting.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Should have them before FA starts.....so Ryan and the manager can be on the same page. Before that, it only matters if you lose out on a guy you want while going through the process.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Who was on the 07 list? Who was on the 06 list, and did they graduate to the Twins? The guys on the 08 list doesn't include anyone from 07, or they graduated? Two guys on the 08 list in the top 52 were acquired by Bill Smith for a guy EVERYONE knew would not sign here. Sounds like a trade Ryan would be lauded for.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure I was clear, in my post.....I think he has a shot to be quite good. I don't think we know that he is yet, and he should play. I'm not convinced something changed, but if it did, and it worked, great. But the story that something changed is used a lot, so I am always skeptical.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Fair. It was a bad decision, imo, but not an indefensible decision.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    I think that is a likely conclusion, yes.
  12. Mike Sixel
    It is all the information we have......I guess we could just say "doug is younger, ergo a better candidate" since that is all we really KNOW at this point.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Which is the new practice, since hitters have been taught to hit the low pitch for the last 5-10 years, they aren't as good with the high pitch (that's the meme I read on line anyway).
  14. Mike Sixel
    It has been more than 1 poor season, hasn't it? I wouldn't fire someone after 1 poor season. That's my question, how many poor seasons does it take?
  15. Mike Sixel
    I HATE the phrase post-mortem with a passion, and I am in IT, so I see it a lot.....can we find another phrase that isn't about death? I don't think September tells us much, people claim that changes were made all the time, after a hot streak. No one says, "here is the change I just made" and then sees what happens. He's young, they have no chance of making the playoffs next year w/o major changes, he should start in RF until they determine he isn't good enough and it matters if he's good enough, imo.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I agree.....assuming May works out. If those both turn to RP, I'll be more negatively disposed to his trading ability.
  17. Mike Sixel
    It seems unfair to say "Its too early to cast judgment on Ryan's second tenure." without saying what isn't too early, doesn't it?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Most defensive stats don't yet take into account shifts either, since the practice is relatively new on a wide scale.
  19. Mike Sixel
    How many years of 90 + loss seasons before I can judge him at all?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Not to mention they say stuff like "signed 100MM in FAs", when that is spread over 4 years, so, yes, I do think that they try to mislead the public. "we expect to play competitive games in September", when we all knew they wouldn't that year. Are they lying, or incompetent? I'd rather they be lying than be that wrong.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I agree it was the KIND of trade to make, but if you miss on all the trades, then you have an issue. We won't know for some time still if the scouts were right or not......that and not having a plan for CF for two years makes the trade worse than it looked at the time.
  22. Mike Sixel
    If you never sign players for big money, as a philosophy, it is pretty hard to tie up the team with bad contracts. Who cares if he spends too much money, other than the Pohlads? They are now on year 4 of 90+ losses, and somehow that's not on Ryan at all? I'm. Baffled.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I totally disagree, trading an above average CF for a RP is not a good trade at all. Not even close. You can find RP all over the place, it is clearly hard to find a CF...... I find the tone of some responses odd, almost as if people are somehow angry that scouts and others would say this about Meyer, that the MUST be wrong somehow. Even with all the detailed conversations we have here, I still learned stuff about what others think. I thought it was well done.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Managing is all about playing the odds.......not sacrifice bunting in the third inning, not IBB, not a lot of old school stuff, so we'll disagree on the importance of stats in managing and coaching. We can only go off the information we have, the only information we have about Dougie and his thoughts on the fact this is 2014, and not 1990, is what he said in that interview.
  25. Mike Sixel
    He should be.....he's been quite successful with not a ton of talent. He must be doing something right.
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