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  1. Mike Sixel
    There is no reason not to promote him, other than some rigid belief about age.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Not sure, but they need to get the AAA guys up here to learn about them, unlike the last few years, imo.
  3. Mike Sixel
    To docbauer, I want the young guys up, not mediocre old guys. Time to move on.
  4. Mike Sixel
    They were further from top ten in runs scored than in runs allowed last year. This is the team many of us expected to see.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Apocalypse warning......Seth and I agree for a second time this week...
  6. Mike Sixel
    Right field, not left? I get he has an arm ,but they have a RF.......that part seems odd to me. But, ya, they pretty much just said he is a fourth OF.
  7. Mike Sixel
    i do not think they have much shot, but this thread isn't about that.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    To the person who said not Meyer because he is on a pitch count, that is the exact reason to being him up. Get a taste this year, and not have next year be his first. They control him past age thirty already.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure how that changes my mind that people should quit. Just like alcoholics or other drug addicts, or people addicted to gambling. Yup, its hard. Yup, some people are pre-disposed to being addicts. that doesn't change (it really reinforces, imo) the fact that people need to choose to stop. oh, and milb should outlaw it. and the Twins should tell their minor leaguers it is a banned substance for them.
  10. Mike Sixel
    And Meyer's replacements have been better than him, they traded from a position of strength for a proven commodity, not prospects. Brock and I disagree on this. Either way, I never see Ryan trading the future for the present, in terms of a big time prospect for a proven player.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Need a love button for this post.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Ha, no need to change your avatar! And, apologies for getting your name wrong. That was just lazy.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Well, they could have just bought Greinke, and this offseason there might be some great pitchers there.....but no one thinks they'll go that route. As for trading for a proven veteran Ace type? Given the rest of the roster, unless they plan to add other pieces, it is not the right time to trade for one.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I agree with Seth....let's ride KC while he's hot. The KC situation will settle itself sometime in the next month or so. Either they are in or out of contention. Either he has pitched well, or not. The combination of those two things will determine what happens with him. Deduno, otoh, this should be his last shot. If the AAA guys aren't better than what Deduno is doing right now, then they aren't really all that, are they? I also don't get the Achter treatment. ONE of the reasons to use young players as RP is to have the freedom to send them up and down, and not be paranoid about losing them.....but the Twins just don't seem to trust young RP at all (or maybe they've just not developed any).
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'm going exactly right on 76. Mauer is showing no progress, and I have my doubts about some of the hot hitters (and there appears to be no help in the minors for hitting this year). I do think the pitching can get a bit better, though. So, less runs scored, but less rund given up, about where they are now.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Given the randomness of playoff games, yes, they should want to be in the playoffs with a chance to win, and not assume they'd get bounced if they made it. I really have no idea what they will do. They've already surprised me a few times this year with their strategy, so I don't know I can predict their moves anymore. What would Mike do? 1. If they aren't at or over .500 at the ASB, I'd be willing to deal. 2. Only Hughes, Gibson, Dozier, Arcia would be "untouchable" to me (of the MLB players).* 3. If they are over .500, I'd try to add a piece, as long as I was not giving up a top 5-7 prospect to get that piece. The team has been bad for a long time, and if it has a chance, I think they should go for it. But, adding a middling upgrade, that might not really be an upgrade? I'd not do that. Either go for the win, or don't, but part way is the worst way to me. *I'm sure I forgot someone.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Wow, cool story. And we'll written.
  18. Mike Sixel
    so they traded from a position of presumed strength, and got better at the positions they acquired, and are about the same at the positions they gave up? Sounds like excellent work frankly.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Would you rather be over .500 right now, or under? It does not guarantee anything, but it indicates that MAYBE, it wasn't wrong to try to get better.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Pelfrey to 60 day DL. Phew, that was hard.... Plus a bunch of guys others listed. Plenty of chaffe on the 40 man. Why the fear of losing Romero when you send him back down? If he has no value as a backup 3B (which appears to be the case, since they are not calling him up), why are you or anyone else afraid to lose him?
  21. Mike Sixel
    crako, your picture is creeping me out. Heck, the cover of lazerreto is creeping me out. I can't look at statues like that at all anymore..... Ya, I don't get the fear of losing Romero, if you won't even call him up to play, why do you care if you lose him if you do call him up and then send him down? Assuming he has no value as a backup plan (which appears to be the case.....), why the fear?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Great interview. Thanks to Kohl and the Twins for making him available, and to Jim for the work. Informative for sure.
  23. Mike Sixel
    royals currently in the playoffs, I believe......
  24. Mike Sixel
    What issues? The forty man is filled with guys with so little value......that said, there just isn't any hitting depth at all right now. Perhaps they could deal pitching chaffe for hitting chaffe? Btw, pretty sure in that first post I acknowledged that diamond might not be on the forty......
  25. Mike Sixel
    40 man issue? Cut Diamond. Phew, that was hard. .....or one of three or four guys that will never play here, if Diamond is no longer on the 40. That said, this is just another example of how barren the upper levels are of hitters right now.
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