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  1. Mike Sixel
    Less than 2 pages on a double header day......I know it was the day, but still. And the chief is right, despite graduating guys from the minors, finally, and signing FAs, finally, they still stink. That's how deep the hole was/is/remains.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    At least 2 more? Ugh. Really ugh. That's a long time to be bad.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I hate injuries. Really hate them.
  4. Mike Sixel
    But they don't need a better 3B or 2B right now, on defense, do they? And most believe Mauer will be better on D next year. We aren't talking about a vacuum here. Where do you propose they get these much better pitchers next year?
  5. Mike Sixel
    I disagree. It appears easier to find good OF than good SP, if you just look at the counts of them in the majors.
  6. Mike Sixel
    So, if Gardy is only successful when they have great players, and awful when they have bad ones, why keep him? The argument seems to be that the success of the team is largely out of his hands. If so, why keep him around if he doesn't make the team better than they should be?
  7. Mike Sixel
    This is the point I've been making on threads for about 2 weeks....everyone complaining about the defense and how it needs to get better, all while saying they should keep these hitters around. The game has both aspects. Just because a guy can hit (though not at a great level yet) like Arcia, that does not mean he is a good MLB player. If he can't field, and they have Vargas, there is not room for both of them (especially if you have no CF or LF also). I totally disagree this boils down to strikeouts. This boils down to they have terrible defensive players. You won't make Arcia or Santana great fielders by getting more strikeouts. Balls that still should have been caught or cut off will still happen. They need to decide if they are willing to live with terrible defense (and, therefore, a higher ERA than they should have) or not.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I predict they sign a lesser guy for a year, hoping for a bounce back type (or first really good bounce) season. I actually expect little in FA this year, the classes (by position) are not ideal.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Hu for me also.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Another Twins Quality Start* *TQS.....an acronym w/o a definition yet, but i'll think of one today while sitting in the airport.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    No one forgets this takes time, that's just a strawman. The question is, how long should it take, and should any team lose more than 95 games for multiple years, even while rebuilding? Should any team graduate its most ready SP and sign 3FA starters, and remain the worst SP in MLB, give or take a few decimals? No one is arguing rebuilding does not take time. No one is arguing gutting the farm system and signing FA is the only way to go. Some people are questioning the speed of this particular rebuild (I argue they were unwilling to acknowledge the depth of the problem fast enough). Last year this board was filled with "just wait until next year. the pitching can't be as bad as last year. they will certainly win more than they have been. they can be .500 next year, or 2015. The rebuild will be over by 2015". And, the year before, the same things were said. Now, they are being said again this year. Call me Missouri, but I won't buy things have changed until we actually see it change.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Every square inch, Brian....every square inch. But it was a great joke.
  13. Mike Sixel
    So, not over use then.......just bad. And old. And w/o options so they can't move guys up and down from AAA and have a real bench. And, overpaid relative to the rest of the roster.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    If an average rebuild takes 5 years, and this takes 5 years, is TR an average GM?
  15. Mike Sixel
    I agree 10000000000% with birdwatcher.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Fighting is immature at best. It has no place in sports, imo.
  17. Mike Sixel
    So what does he do? If he can only win with great talent, is he actually good at his job, or is he just along for the ride? Good leaders lead, even lesser talent. Good coaches make their students better. I have no idea if he's good or not, but most organizations need new leadership after 7-10 years to remain successful and grow. And, the BS about Smith remains unreal to me......people know it takes 4-6 years for players to graduate from the minors. If there were no good young players in the Smith years, that's because the minors were barren when he took over.....if the minors are now graduating players, those guys were likely acquired by Smith or the beginning of TR's return. The team is going to lose 90+ games for a 4th year in a row. If I ran a company, and the leadership spent lots of money and resources to improve a part of the business, and utterly failed, again, at improving that part of the business, someone would be fired after this much time. Luckily for the Twins, they have tv revenue even if they are terrible.......
  18. Mike Sixel
    The stats show that players come back weaker after surgery. The myth they come back stronger comes from them being bad/weak/slow for starts before being diagnosed. So, ya, surgery is bad (though better than being injured).
  19. Mike Sixel
    No way.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I'll ask again, how many 90 loss seasons before the GM or manager or both are not good at their job?
  21. Mike Sixel
    So, it isn't the manager's fault, and apparently not the GM's fault? We should just expect a team to lose more than 90-95 games for at least four years every 10 years or so?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Given the number of SP this minor league system has delivered in the last 5 years. do we really think they should avoid signing good, proven, MLB starters? Do we really think they should just continue to pocket money, and not get MLB players in FA?
  23. Mike Sixel
    So, if he's good, he should play......I don't think anyone would argue with that. The question is, should they assume he'll be good next year, or not?
  24. Mike Sixel
    I do agree that FA is different now.....but so are the income streams. That said, not holding my breath on the Twins signing a big time, elite, SP.
  25. Mike Sixel
    An obvious choice, but a good one, Seth..... I agree with pretty much all of this, actually. Some good years here......not sure how to handle the guys with lower upside, should they move to RP in the majors? That's how most RP are born......
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