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  1. Mike Sixel
    Man, I love Jackson's hair......
  2. Mike Sixel
    lots of money quotes in there, backing up my note: "The A's went through a five-year struggle from 2007-2011, but perhaps the most important point is that none of those teams lost 90 games. The A's never stopped trying to win. They struggled with injuries and they made some mistakes, but Billy Beane refused to let the A's collapse for the high draft picks or to save what little money they could" "No team uses its bench quite as much as the Oakland A's" It talks about how they SENT DONALDSON DOWN, not how they kept him in OAK to struggle..... "Everybody around baseball knows that players peak from ages 25 to 31 or so. The A's live by the rule. The A's are giving 86 percent of their plate appearances to players in that age group --" "Everybody around baseball knows that teams are probably hurting themselves by going with strict bullpen roles that are followed to the exclusion of logic. And yet, what team is probably most versatile in the way they use their bullpen? Right. The Oakland A's."
  3. Mike Sixel
    I find it funny that people that have never seen Gordon play think he might be at best an average SS, while the scouts have him in the top 3-5 of the entire draft, and use words like "potential perenial all star SS".
  4. Mike Sixel
    There is value in certainty vs risk. There is value in present day results over a future that may never come. It isn't some one sided deal that everyone thought it was, imo.
  5. Mike Sixel
    The also don't sign crappy SP to save money, they signed an expensive Cuban, they deal for guys closer to the majors when dealing good players, they aren't afraid to bring guys up from the minors berfore they spend a year at every level, they sign medium priced guys at obvious positions of need, they don't throw away the 25th spot on the roster, they don't bring back old RP when they have guys in their system that are ready, they don't play SS in the OF, they are basically the anti-Twins, imo.
  6. Mike Sixel
    What? Kepler played 2B? He'd be the biggest 2B evar!
  7. Mike Sixel
    Certainly one of the top guys. I would not complain if he is the puck. KLaw said recently a team should leave him at catcher for a year or so, to see if he can stick. He, I think, believes that is a real possibility.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Great series as always Seth.Thanks.
  9. Mike Sixel
    So, having the probably better player in MN is not a priority? Some day that will be the priority in MN, someday.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Zero earned runs in for starts......
  11. Mike Sixel
    Must move very slowly, cannot rush these guys. After all, if they have proved one thing the last few years, they know how to develop pitchers......plus, as I showed above, KC is not the worst pitcher in the league.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    an alternative is to stockpile money? to what end? NUMEROUS teams have 2-4 picks in front of the Twins. I just don't see that as a real option. If they do it, well, they won't, so I won't even think about it.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Well, the Twins are faced with this situation. No matter how other teams are put together, this one has 2 "catchers" that are two of their best hitters. Therefore, they should both play more often than "not both play". *I put catchers in quotes, becuase Gardy rarely plays Pinto at catcher, he must not think he is a MLB catcher yet.
  14. Mike Sixel
    6th worst xfip in all the majors. 2nd worst ERA in all the majors. How bad would a pitcher, with only 4 months left on his contract, have to be to be bad enough to be replaced, if that isn't bad enough?
  15. Mike Sixel
    Fear of injuries is no reason to keep a really bad veteran in the lineup, when there are (likely) better options in AAA (four of them, actually). It's like not DHing Pinto, in case Suzuki gets hurt (on a different scale).
  16. Mike Sixel
    I don't know if people want Suzuki to fail.....but speaking for myself, I want Pinto to catch, so that, you know, they have a catcher next year and the year after...... Yes, Suzuki has a shot at the AS game.
  17. Mike Sixel
    What is the downside of cutting KC? If May doesn't work, try Darnell, and the next guy......until one does. This really makes you wonder what they were thinking when they kicked the tires on Garza, after signing Pelfrey. Were they planning to just leave their best arms in AAA (btw, every pitch is an opportunity to get hurt, lots of teams call up SP prospects earlier now, to get more pitches out of them before they are hurt, one of the ESPN or Fangraphs articles addressed that a month or so ago)?
  18. Mike Sixel
    what jharaldson said....96th in xfip......that's pretty bad. I guess another idea would be....do you want to stagger when your prospects come up, proactively, or just have 5 new guys next year? And, based on this, we won't ever see Meyer w/o an injury. To me, it is about proactively managing the roster, which I don't really see right now. ymmv, of course.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Super cool of him to continue supporting the efforts of the "non standard" media and fans. Thanks for part 1. Good stuff.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Not sure, Dave....but I think there was sarcasm in tobi0040's post........
  21. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I just don't get that trade at all....I know this isn't the NFL, but still, pick 39 has real value.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I would give up every relief pitcher other than the proven closer for the 39th pick. RP can be replaced, the 39th pick has potential to be good. Heck, I'd give up two or three of them for the 39th pick. I can't believe that is all the Marlins got, frankly.
  23. Mike Sixel
    nm...
  24. Mike Sixel
    It wasnt obvious I was talking about going forward, and this year, not the past?
  25. Mike Sixel
    I have been told it is particularly hard for a young player to get 1-2 starts a week, and to be consistent/effective, as a hitter. I'd imagine that is true. Hard to say what May tells us about Pinto, given his usage, imo.
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