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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'm not worried about it, but I'm not overly impressed that a college senior (23 years old) can dominate 18 year olds right out of HS. It's great he is now at the level he should have started at. It's great that they seem to be moving their pitchers up (at the low levels) this year. A nice change from the past, imo. Not sure why it is unreasonable to be frustrated that the clearly best or 2nd best pitcher in the whole system is in AAA, when he is on a pitch limit, and that limit seems to be being reached in AAA, and not in the majors. My comment was about that, not if he should be in the top 5 for the month. Being frustrated is an emotion, not logic. And, that slash line is ridiculous.
  2. Mike Sixel
    ESPN Insider has an article on the race to the bottom..... They think there is no chance the Twins finish last. Right now, 6th or 7th is the projection there. Oh, and they think Mauer's return will help them win more..... Also, I do think at some point, Milone/May/Meyer (one or more) are up, and not Darnell/Johnson, so their pitching should be better.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I'll ask a different way, why is he not in AAA?
  4. Mike Sixel
    Why is Hicks in AA still? Can anyone explain that?
  5. Mike Sixel
    check it out......only 8 qualified LF have an OPS over .800.....I think you are all stuck in the recent past of offense.... http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=lf&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2014&month=0&season1=2014&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=10,d I have no idea what Santana can or cannot do. But I doubt anyone will trade for him as a SS, if the Twins play him in the OF for the next year......or if they do, it won't be at the value you all expect. I would hope that if they are playing him in the OF, they view him NOT as their next SS. If they do view him as their next SS, well.....that would be an indictment of their current use of him. So, are you all assuming they are bad at their job, and are playing him out of position? Or, do you think maybe they view him as Zobrist, and are trying to get him some time in the OF? Or, do you think they maybe think he's a better OF than SS?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Not too excited about 23 year olds below A ball.....but at least he did what he should have. That slash line against Meyer is ridiculous. Very frustrated he's wasting his limited pitches in AAA. It's not like he is 22 years old...... Very impressive stuff from Chih-Wei Hu. Really seems like he has a chance.
  7. Mike Sixel
    that was depressing, Parker.....and why a bad team should probably not sign a "proven closer" or any RP for millions of dollars......
  8. Mike Sixel
    On what planet is Cuddeyer or Hunter fielding, let alone hitting 20 HRs? Of course a hitter putting up numbers in LF or SS is more valuable at SS. The question is, if you think Polanco is your SS, and you have Santana and no LF anywhere near the majors........are you really better getting a crappy old player for a year or two, or are you better trying Santana in LF? IF Buxton puts up numbers like many think, those numbers work in LF/RF/DH even........so, if he was your LF, and Santana your CF, you'd all be "happy" with Santana's numbers. Now, let's pretend you think Buxton is a better OF, so you move him to CF, and Santana to LF.....are you now unhappy with their offense, even though the defense is better?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Kemp is terrible in the field right now. he's a DH.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Oh, talent is a much bigger input to success than process control. I bet I could do SPC better than perkins (or about the same), but I have no chance to pitch. Having been in communications and organizational change management and strategic management at various times, it is clear from my experience that employees benefit from having this kind of knowledge. We repeatedly find that letting employees know how their success is judged, how we measured their process performance, how the overall company's success was measured, greatly increased the quality, speed, and (decreased) the cost of outcomes produced. For a baseball player, they have often looked at RBI or BA to judge how they were doing (in the old days, and still today). Pitchers (just ask jack morris) looked at wins. Perkins, he's looking at other outcome measures. But, your overall point remains. Talent>process. But, as Tony Gwynn reminded us, process is very important also.
  11. Mike Sixel
    do you all not work in companies with goals, objectives, and process control to understand how you are doing as a company (and as an individual contributing to the company)? Huh. Also, it is odd, as someone said, that Perkins has to go to Fangraphs, and not "super secret Twins site" to get data......
  12. Mike Sixel
    Process control, like any other effort. He is doing statistical process control to understand the outcomes he is producing, to understand if he needs to change what/how he is doing it. Every successful business does this......
  13. Mike Sixel
    They thought Hicks was ready, and didn't learn if he was or not until he was here. We will 100% disagree on this forever. You get data by doing things in real life, not in practice.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I guess I am not sure they want him at SS long term. If they do, then yes, they are not acting in a good way, strategically.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Agreed 100%. he really should be up now in place of one of the current guys. I really don't understand the development or 40 man or 25 man strategy of this rebuild.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Schafer/Shafer/whatever.....he's got over 1000 PAs, and has terrible defense in CF. He's here this year to just to make sure they have a backup OF. IMO, he should almost never, ever play.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I hope to never see Shafer after this year. He's terrible. But, for this year, given what has happened, it is what it is.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Would be interesting if they actually used their farm system for RP, and didn't keep signing 35 year olds. Why not promote a guy or two from Rochester right now, and see what you have? It is looking like those experts that thought Burdi should be in AA to start may have been correct.
  19. Mike Sixel
    AAA pitchers are much better than AA (as a whole group), and Hicks will be more challenged there. He should be in AAA right now......to continue the growth. As for Santana, I disagree, and I know no one agrees with me, but I think he's your CF until Buxton is up. And, that might not be half way through next year. I also think they think Polanco has a chance at SS. Me? I'd leave Santana in CF until Buxton is up. IF Santana has been successful up until then, I'd move him or Buxton to LF. It's not like Santana is a great fielding SS. I don't expect these numbers to hold up, but it is possible he could 280/335/440 or something like that. With some speed, a good arm, and some steals? That's a good enough line if he can play defense out there. Or, maybe he is Ben Zobrist for MN?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Once again, Meyer's pitch count makes his day look worse than it probably would have been.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Mr. speaker, I would like to expunge my earlier comments from the record....
  22. Mike Sixel
    That is one embarrassing offense. Just. Awful.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I should stop looking at the batting averages on the stats page on game cast.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    I also agree with chief.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I agree with Brock.
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