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  1. Mike Sixel
    Better they had muddled along with 75-78 wins the last two years?
  2. Mike Sixel
    Good luck Mr. Kelly.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Ridiculous statement. They stuck with a manager after three seasons of losing 90 games. They stuck with a manager whose teams didn't play fundamental ball. They stuck with a manager that refused to part with his pitching coach, even with evidence he wasn't doing well. Ridiculous statement.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I might have to somehow listen at work at 3.......
  5. Mike Sixel
    Mr. Speaker? Mr. Speaker? I'd like to revise and extend my earlier remarks please.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    I think I agree with this, though if there was a coach I had STRONG feelings about one way or the other, I'd certainly let the new gal know.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Color me shocked. I am not a huge fan of his on field decisions, but he clearly does something right in the clubhouse most of the time. I feel bad for the person, but I did feel it was time. Every organization needs new voices after a while. Good luck to Mr. Gardenhire in whatever he decides to do next. Good luck to all of the other coaches also. Finally, good luck to the team in finding replacements.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Print is not happening.....Huge companies can't make margin on print. Rankings by tiers, can by ceilings, and by floors.....that would be nice.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Toronto needs to shed salary. Philly should, but won't. Cincy should, but may not be wiling to admit it. Tampa's owner has already said they need to cut payroll (man, I feel sorry for that FO). Those would be my guess.
  10. Mike Sixel
    they'll also have gone from 70 some wins to a good season last year, and a very good season this year. People seem to forget that teams need to sell tickets and provide results. They Royals did that the last two years. I don't think they would have w/o the trade.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Sure, in a better world, the Twins sign an elite FA......but we don't live in that world, do we?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Not to mention Sano might be your RF some day soonish.......
  13. Mike Sixel
    I'm pretty sure the inclusion of Deunsing indicates you missed some sarcasm.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    TR himself said he sees Santana a SS long term....In a lost season, you should, I don't know, play for next year to be better? Santana should have been at SS all September long. I don't know how anyone can argue not playing SS, getting reps, learning more, giving the Twins more data on him as a SS, I don't know how anyone can argue that did not increase the time for him to be a full time SS. In an otherwise great year around Santana, this part if a bit perplexing to me. Buxton is not on this roster for at least 3 months, if not another season. He has less than 1 game at AA, and was hurt all year.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'm curious, why does anyone care? If he tries his hardest, roots on his teammates, etc.....why does anyone care about this?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Typical Twin, can't do the little things.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Note very team, apparently.......how about 2, how do you feel about a 2 year rebuild?
  18. Mike Sixel
    But the Royals would not be in the playoffs, would still be under 80 wins probably, and would still be waiting another year to try to be good....oh, right, that was your point. Keeping Myers (who can't defend and doesn't fit their strategy) and Odorizzi was a bad idea. I agree.
  19. Mike Sixel
    And what should they do with the other 20+ million dollars they have? Money should not be a limiting factor here at all. Just checked Fangraphs, Andre Ethier is a bad defender, not a good defender. He has 1 year where he did not have a negative defensive rating, and that was a 0.1 rating.
  20. Mike Sixel
    A: too much is read into a simple statement B: I would rather be with a playoff team than one of the worst in all of baseball too, wouldn't you?
  21. Mike Sixel
    Not entirely true, they've been drafting pitchers to take over when Shields is gone....they still have a decent farm system. People keep typing "they won't have any pitching when Shields leaves", and that just isn't true. Also, Wil Meyers is not good on defense. He does not fit their strategy of run prevention at all. Maybe that is one reason they traded him. they also felt, wrongly, that their other hitters would progress (like everyone here seems to think young players in MN will do). One thing that bothers me in this thread.....the statement, like it is a fact not an opinion, that trying to jump from 75 wins to the playoffs in less than 5 years is wrong.....that's an opinion, not a fact.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I think the key message is that the FO and field staff are aligned in ONE CLEAR set of strategies, and are implement it. That, to me, is a huge deficit here. If there is a strategy, it isn't clear, and it doesn't appear to be implemented consistently from top to bottom (see Ryan's statements on Santana as a SS, and him playing CF). that said, I'm not in Pittsburgh, maybe they appear disconnected there also.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Young was not short term thinking, it was just wrong thinking.
  24. Mike Sixel
    KC was filled with "can't miss" prospects that missed. I don't understand the utter fear of dealing minor league players for proven MLB talent. Nick's right, the goal posts have been moved the last two years here, at what point do they stop moving, and you actually try to be good? What if they stink again next year, should the fans and the owners just wait another year to try to be good? Just keep moving the goal posts?
  25. Mike Sixel
    He will be back.
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