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  1. Mike Sixel
    Well, last year Bill Smith said that we shouldn't worry about the last 2 guys on the bench, and that was their actual strategy, not to worry about filling those spots, so his comments aren't innocuous. He is the president of the company, and one of the guys in charge of finances and hiring the new manager.....so his comments, assuming they are honest, do carry meaning. Or, when he says the budget won't rise, we should think he's lying?
  2. Mike Sixel
    The difference, drjim, is that the Pohlads keep saying "see, we spent this much more on the stadium than we said we would"......when in fact, they kind of haven't (not to mention, they are still spending a lower percent than other teams).
  3. Mike Sixel
    I'm talking prospects in general, not this list. This team has pretty much never traded a legit prospect for a proven MLB player, with the exception of Shannon Stewart, I think. It is the concept of trading prospects I'm talking about, not this part of the list. If you have the "deepest system", you have an excess to trade from.
  4. Mike Sixel
    right, because the Yankees or Red Sox will totally bid lower on FAs now..... I agree, in general with birdwatcher on this, we can't rip someone for a future that hasn't happened yet. Though, I predict there will be plenty of opportunity in March to do so, it is a bit early right now.
  5. Mike Sixel
    It's about money.....not about a 70 year old baseball player, or a 50-60 year old manager. It is about money. that's where FAs go, money.
  6. Mike Sixel
    that's kind of our point, birdwatcher.....those prospects look better now, but those other prospects looked good in the past. MOST prospects don't work out, so quit being afraid to trade them for actual MLB players.......
  7. Mike Sixel
    Wait, people are going there and reading it? Why?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Doesn't matter, he should never manage again......
  9. Mike Sixel
    BTW, whoever said they should be like the Wild (sign elite players, make a minor trade or two, and develop players better), I agree 100%. But, I have ZERO expectation they'll sign elite players....ZERO. TR doesn't believe in it, and the Pohlads like their money too much.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I do think he's been a bit coddled, but not about moving to 1B, that was just logical.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I always thought he was "pro Cuban", not "pro Cuban exile in the USA", so in some ways, that could actually help get actual Cubans around......so I didn't miss it, we just see it from different sides.
  12. Mike Sixel
    If you have "the deepest system in baseball, with numerous guys in the top 100", you have a surplus to deal from.
  13. Mike Sixel
    If you never sign good players, refuse to trade for guys making real money, and your system goes years w/o developing players.....it is a bit of self fulfilling prophecy on payroll, isn't it? I expect it to be down. With them continuing to spend too high a percent on the bullpen, and not enough on they 8 guys that play the field and hit every day......
  14. Mike Sixel
    I have always loved Kepler, but the results have not matched the talent yet. At some point, the production needs to be there..... Walker strikes out a lot, no idea how far he can go because of that. He's going to have to really hit the ball hard to make up for that, imo. Lots of line drives that can't be caught.... I'd bump Hu in front of both of them, I think. Not sure I'd change anything else, this is a list of either high upside guys that have not produced a lot (either over time, or because they haven't been here long), or guys that have good production, but seem to have lower upside. It is a nice list though.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Not. Tomas is going to cost a ton of money, and it will be about money, not Guillen.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    I agree, signing 2 FA SP, a new starting C, and two other FAs? And graduating Gibson full time? That's not minimal change. That's 60% of the rotation, and 25% of the fielders/hitters. That's a good amount of change.
  17. Mike Sixel
    From fangraphs: Twins ranked 4th in Bsr...... Twins ranked 8th in wRC+.... So on offense and baserunning, they are darn good this last year.... Twins ranked 4th worst in defense 2nd worst ERA, 2nd worst xFIP, Sounds like Molitor did his job ok to me.....and like TR did not (given he signed 3 FA starters). The issue with this team is pretty obvious (and begs the question, why not try Meyer, instead of say, Swarzak, or most anyone).
  18. Mike Sixel
    As a more casual fan than you'd expect given how much time I waste here........ Yes, the time of games is a bummer and deterrent to my attendance. Yes, the time between pitches is too long to keep my attention (and I'm 50....imagine if I was part of the supposedly more easily distracted younger set). No, stats and knowledge is not killing the game.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Right, I should have just gone ranges right away......but didn't. Alas.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I think the Gardy firing is that companies need to refresh their leadership occasionally, that they didn't feel Gardy would be the best guy going forward, that the fans didn't want him back, that (and I'm guessing here) Gardy and Ryan didn't agree on a few things (and Ryan is the boss), that maybe they wanted to see more flexibility in his approach this year than they saw, that maybe Kubartlett was his idea.......I don't think this is ONE THING.
  21. Mike Sixel
    It also assumes that the mid range tickets somehow reflect the actual "average" value of tickets sold. I don't know if that assumption is valid or not. Whatever, I don't care about the revenue. It is icing on the cake to the other stuff.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Kick him to AAA. I don't care about the money, they are flush in money (well, the Twins are, the Pohlads might actually have to pay some taxes.....).
  23. Mike Sixel
    Me saying "I take full accountability for the Twins' problems" has the same effect as Ryan saying it, if nothing changes in Ryan's approach, compensation, leash.....does it?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Ha, slightly different sources, but very similar numbers....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Just checked, it is about $45 per person in KC....so new number: $9,477,000---still real money, but not a ton more.
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