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  1. Mike Sixel
    Pinto should be playing up here, imo. The stats say that Suzuki isn't very good at framing, and at some point, they need to trust the young guys to be here and get better here (like Dozier).
  2. Mike Sixel
    At least one is moving to 3rd, wtih Bryant moving to right.....that's my guess.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Exciting! Even if only 3 work out, that's still impressive.
  4. Mike Sixel
    We'll see what our plans turn out to be......kind of depends on our oldest son's ability to get out of work by dinner time. And, thanks for the nice offer, John. She likes good beer.
  5. Mike Sixel
    It is nice they have a better record. I hope the 2nd half sees more of the future being part of the process.
  6. Mike Sixel
    There is no evidence your contention is true. Indeed, lots of good players in every sport go where the money is. We don't, for 1 minute, know what people are thinking. We do know what they do, and we know what they say. According to the interwebs analyst types, players go for the money. Signing KC was not "taking chances" at all. It was buying a mediocre pitcher, for a fair price, to plug into the rotation. It wan't about fixing the team or making them competitive. You don't sign a number 5 pitcher to make your lead starting pitcher, and then say you are making your team competitive, not with a straight face. yet, that is what the Twins did. They signed two number 5 pitchers, and tried to tell us they were serious about contending. KC isn't reviled here, so much as the team. At least that's how I read the comments. It is about really trying to fix the team.
  7. Mike Sixel
    KLAW was not impressed with Vargas, said Berrios was flat and continues to worry about him, and it is hard to say much about Meyer.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Jose Abreu.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Rubric Law is made up of good people. Musicians, sports fans, actors, D&D players, wine lovers, good people all around.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I was talking about Perkins in the quote you responded to.
  11. Mike Sixel
    If you believe in pitch framing at all, you might want to look more closely at keeping Suzuki....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Given that they are on pace (give or take 2 or so games) to lose 90 games again, how far do you expect them to get next year? In 2016, Perkins will be 33.....how LIKELY is it that he's elite still? I think you have to listen on anyone over 30. You don't give him away, but if they can get a potential every day player for him, you need to at least consider it.
  13. Mike Sixel
    They get lifetime healthcare? Wow.
  14. Mike Sixel
    The US handles its pitchers very, very differently than Japan does. That maybe should be looked at, but I'm not sure if either side is better. But, that might have had an impact on Tanaka (pure speculation).
  15. Mike Sixel
    This is why your number 5 pitcher and some bullpen guys should have options. So you can use AAA as depth. Good move by the Twins.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I was just reminded that my wife's birthday is Monday. I wanted to remind her we will be together for many years, but this is a once in a lifetime meetup, but that seemed like a bad idea.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I'd trade Dozier for Joc Pederson and another Dodger top 5 prospect, IF I thought Rosario or Polanco or Santana was ready to be the 2B next year (I just don't know). I personally do not need a MLB player back in return. I'd consider one of the Dodger top 2 pitchers, w/o Pederson, but then I'd need two more top 10 guys (since I think the pitchers are pretty far away).
  18. Mike Sixel
    On the Hicks' topic.....to me, it is about hard contact. I just want hard contact for now. That would be huge, imo. Hitting the ball hard.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I want James Ramsey because he is wearing glasses in that picture......no other reason, just seems cool for a nerdy reason....
  20. Mike Sixel
    Where did I say it was overnight? "when the Breweres told him he was free to do it another way, that's when he got good", I didn't say they did that right away. I did not say I even knew it was true, I said it is what he said.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Gomez has been very explicit in stating the Twins wanted him to approach at bats one way, and when the Breweres told him he was free to do it another way, that's when he got good. Ortiz has said it too, as you know. That's what I was referring to. It is certainly possible that isn't true, that he's wrong. That he's hitting better because he is more experienced now. It is alos possible that he's right, that when he was freed up to be Gomez, and not something he wasn't, that he got good. I was not commenting at all on the rest of Gomez, just that one part. That one part is what is not comparable. Other parts of their story, sure, comparable. Maybe I could have typed that first sentence more clearly.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Ugh, i didn't mean to post that in this thread.....sorry about that! But now it has been quoted. I'll balance it by more positives than I mentioned before: Buxton is back Meyer and May are both good in AAA Suzuki has been good offensively they still have one great stadium, love it the beer and food selection is still very good there they did make a few hard decisions faster this year they did DL some players faster recently, and did not leave Gardy short handed Berrios Burdi's last two appearances ......
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'll say this, it loads very slowly on my work computer, which has IE 2 on it* Ok, really, it has IE 8, I hate this place sometimes.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I don't think Gomez and Hicks are all that comparable in one big way. Hicks is what he is, they did not try to change him. Gomez, they tried to make into a certain mold that did not fit him. I don't get the sense that is what happened with Hicks so far. But then, I am not in the room, maybe they are.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Right, you don't give up on him (like they have other young players), you send him to the minors to get better at his craft. I hope he succeeds, however he is hitting (L, R, SH, whatever).
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