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  1. Mike Sixel
    I don't see how "playoff experience" in AAA is better at seeing what he can do in the majors than actually being in the majors. But, I am genuinely curious about how it could help him.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Not a fan of this idea.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Back to minivans.....why are they unmanly? We used ours to camp all over the place. We used ours to bike and golf all,over the place. Unlike most SUVs, our wheels did not get in the way of loading drywall flat so we could remodel. Oh, and they are easy to get stuff into that is big or awkward.
  4. Mike Sixel
    drjim, your argument has merit, but then you really need to expand things. What about defenders that are awesome, but can't hit at all? And so never play. Should they be in the calculation somehow? I think people are over thinking this. This is not a measure used to keep airplanes in the air. It is a measure that attempts to quantify the relative value a player contributed (not will contribute, but did contribute) to their team. I guess if you just take it as an indicator of value, I don't understand how it isn't that. Are the stats less than perfect? yes. Are they so imperfect that they actually mislead us in terms of direction? I don't think so.
  5. Mike Sixel
    totally makes sense that the minor league playoffs are more important than seeing what he can do at the MLB level.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    But they did not play LF......how would you know how good they are in the OF? Why complicate this wi th hypotheticals? People don't like defensive measures, and now we should add hypothetical outcomes?
  7. Mike Sixel
    Why can't a guy be a terrible 3B, but an excellent OFer? I don't get that argument at all. So, player X is a great OF, but you are sure he'd be a better SS or C? I'm confused by this argument.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Read this, and comment, please: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-lets-talk-about-alex-gordon/
  9. Mike Sixel
    Should never have been sent down, imo.
  10. Mike Sixel
    People think he is dumb? I think people think he makes some bad decisions, but do people really think he is dumb?
  11. Mike Sixel
    So, counting the negative WAR from the Revree trade........ Scouts that love May think he can learn to throw strikes. Other scouts say they doubt iit and he is a reliever at best. It would be nice if the first group was right. One heck of a trade so far...... On the lighter side, um, I got nothing. Have fun everyone, I am pretty sure I am turning in early.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    I would hardy say they threw money at the problem in a meaningful way. Adding one or two players can't fix these holes. They need to add more for any addition to matter.
  13. Mike Sixel
    the pitching has given up the same number of runs, but is better? I am no mathematician, but that seems suspicious.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    I also am not "bothered" by it......but I found it tacky I guess. I don't know why......as I expect everyone out there to be trying to make money. Maybe disappointed is a better word.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Raining pretty good here now....
  16. Mike Sixel
    I agree with all of that, except one part. The offensive numbers also are skewed by things out of control of the hitter, but people seem to dismiss luck and other things on d, without acknowledging the luck in o. But we agree completely that UZR is not precise. I think everyone that is serious about stats agrees with that.
  17. Mike Sixel
    But many of those guys have been on the team for months, and this is the record.......I have hope, but it isn't like the results are all that encouraging. They should be better than last year, but that's not much of an accomplishment. Some days I look at the team, and feel hope. Other days I look, and I see the same bad, awful, base running and defense and record. Really not sure what to think. And, it doesn't look much better to start next year, with no Sano or Buxton....at the beginning of the year at least.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Right, WAR describes what did happen. I'm not sure I get the "what it is" argument. It is a measure that attempts to value players on offense and defense. Are people using it for something else? Lots of people seem to dwell on things other than "we think this guy is better than this other guy" based on offensive and defensive measures that are the best we have available to us today. I would ask, again, what is a better measure? Should we just throw out defense entirely, or should we take UZR and other measures are directional?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I live about 10 miles away, not sure why they are delaying the game......radar shows nothing much either.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Or maybe we have all under rated the delta between great corner OF defense and bad corner OF defense all these years....or maybe not. WAR is an indicator, until we have something better. I still do not understand what would be better? Should we ignore defense all together?
  21. Mike Sixel
    My favorite part of this is the belief that people that watch a few games know more about defensive value than people that watch every single play, chart every play, analyze every play, and score every play. The defensive stats are not precise, but they are better than any other option we have. WAR is cumulative, and backward looking........
  22. Mike Sixel
    yay for sure.
  23. Mike Sixel
    2017? Why bother every buying a ticket for this team then? If it takes three more years, this franchise can kiss its ticket base goodbye.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Number 1 sounds a lot like Mauer......or any other catcher until he gets hit in the head or whatever wrong.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I will say this, if they don't believe in him at catcher, I bet another club does, and he should be traded. But.....I bet they'd be wrong if they did.
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