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  1. Mike Sixel
    So take out all the old players and they aren't old?
  2. Mike Sixel
    Can't wait for all these college guys to go play against high schoolers. ....
  3. Mike Sixel
    If people think leaving KY in the rotation is a good idea, fine with me. I have no interest in debating this anymore. Good luck winning those games. If the argument is that young players struggle when they first come up, that seems like an argument for calling them up sooner, so that next year, they are good.
  4. Mike Sixel
    What are they thinking? I am baffled by this draft. A bunch of relief pitchers. Mind boggling.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Nice! (for Eddie) Looking forward to him in the Twins OF by the August/September time frame. Big believer.
  6. Mike Sixel
    great post, and avatar!
  7. Mike Sixel
    Question for all the "we need depth guys"..... IF Diamond is in AAA, and he won't be ruined by rushing him, why is Diamond not up? If he's not good enough to come up and replace the SP with the worst ERA in baseball, why bother keeping him on the 40 man at all at this point? The Twins need good players, not lots of bad players blocking prospects.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Just cut him! three good starts is not going to get you a prospect, it just isn't. question for all the defenders....how many more bad starts before you would move on to another option?
  9. Mike Sixel
    So don't call up May or Meyer, call up Darnell or one of the other guys. And, wating for perfection is a fool's errand. No one is perfect at anything. Lots of players come up, learn, go down, come back up. It is also a big leap to say if he came up they'd be squandering his future. did Chris Sale squander his by coming up fast? This assumption/tautology that bringing guys up fast ruins them for life is not proven out by the evidence at all. Who is calling for anyone to skip a level? All of these guys are in AAA.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Thirty straight innings without an earned run is not dominating? Worst ERA in baseball is not bad enough for you for him to be considered bad?
  11. Mike Sixel
    So the sooner they are up, the sooner they can adjust and contribute, I would think. I do agree that fans over rate prospects, but it it's impossible to be worse than the worst.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    "mediocre" now means awful? Let's just be honest here, he's awful at his job. Not an awful person, not an awful teammate, but at his job. He's not mediocre.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Clearly, however, the FO does not agree with that stance, that they should be fielding the best players available right now. Or, does the FO believe their prospects would post the worst ERA in all of baseball? If they do belive that, they should probably trade them to orgs that don't believe that. Which is it? Do they really think these four-five pitchers would post the worst ERA in all of baseball, or is there some other reason NONE of them can come up right now? You can't be worried about ruining all of their careers, and all of them needing to work on stuff for the long term, they already have 3-4 starters in the majors, and 3-5 starters in AA/AAA, and 3-5 starters in A ball.....it is ok for some of the AAA guys to come up now, and not wait for PERFECTION....
  14. Mike Sixel
    why worry about getting a prospect ranked worse than 500th in the minors, over winning MLB games right now? Will they ever care about putting the best players on the field?
  15. Mike Sixel
    I think that is a perfectly justifiable stance. But when Machado moves back to SS, and the Astros recent pick makes the majors, and Gordon does, and a few others in the minors right now? That ratio will head back to US born SS being a higher percent. But, I can totally get your argument.
  16. Mike Sixel
    They clearly committed to a strategy. And, it is already showing fruition in YOUNG players playing well. The Twins took a different approach (and are actually over the median age for teams this year)......
  17. Mike Sixel
    I want Gardy to say "we are always evaluating our roster, that's all I really have to say right now on that topic", not to defend the worst starter in the majors. I want accountability, as I've posted here over and over.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Embarrassing .......and unjustifiable. Worst starter in the majors, and they have guys dominating AAA, and he stays up here.....ya, they are really trying hard to win this year.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Really lost faith in the Cubs leadership, though I think I am underestimating the first pick a bit.....really not happy the Sox got Rodon. He'll be in the rotation next year (see Sale), and not waste 3 years in the minors not using his best pitches. Good luck to the Twins in hitting his stuff.
  20. Mike Sixel
    No one is a finished product at any level.....waiting for perfection before moving people up just wastes time in the minors...imo. Using the word RUSH is a tautology of sorts, it implies that it is bad to move them up because it is bad to move them up, without any data/analysis that states why it is bad.
  21. Mike Sixel
    At least this year they didn't take injured relievers and try to make them starters.....so they seem to be learning from the past..... Based on very limited research, I want Reetz the most right now. A Rice pitcher? May as well take gunnarthor and use the savings to sign someone else.....
  22. Mike Sixel
    Oh, I am very worried about the arm....especially if they slow play him. I would have taken someone else, but Drew w/o other attempts to improve doesn't help enough to warrant giving up a 2nd rounder, imo. Santana, otoh, I would have done that for a second rounder (assuming you don't sign Pelfrey then).
  23. Mike Sixel
    Recently read on one of the sites expressing concern over his all or nothing approach, that pitchers will eventually figure out not to make mistakes to him (easier said than done, btw). Sure, he needs to figure out the zone more, but sure, it is fun to watch him hit HRs and doubles. I'll take more aggression over less aggression every day......
  24. Mike Sixel
    Drew w/o other moves remains a bad idea. Drew with Santana instead of Pelfrey, and Jose Abreu? then Drew, imo. But, if it is this in isolation......then not Drew. committment to strategy, one way or the other, not half way.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    I was really hoping to wake up to a tweet saying KC was DFA last night....but PATIENCE is more important than results, apparently.
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