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  1. Mike Sixel
    I never said how far over the 2B head....
  2. Mike Sixel
    My eyes hurt now......
  3. Mike Sixel
    I do not either, I freely admit that.
  4. Mike Sixel
    One of life's great mysteries indeed, when Gardy and I appear to agree.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    it does apply.....but I have seen enough to believe he needs to stop switch hitting. Others disagree. I can accept that. And, yes, other hitters have struggled, but we've documented over and over on these boards that Hicks is well below "struggling" compared to others. This isn't struggling, this is legitimately being outclassed imo. YMMV, of course. I have no issue with you drawing a different conclusion, and I hope he turns it around. As for the .400 thing......that was in response to, you know, the post above, pointing out that would be an acceptable line for Hicks. I even quoted what I was responding to in the post you replied to.......
  6. Mike Sixel
    I will actually be at this game, breaking my vow not to give the Pohlads money until they increase payroll*. Social event for wife's friends.....I do enjoy live baseball generally. I predict a Mauer blast** *I know, it is technically up **so, like, over the 2B head....
  7. Mike Sixel
    My guess? Hammer is up because Gardy, but I could not possibly predict who he replaces. My preference? Arcia and Parm up, and Hammer DFAd and a RP sent down.
  8. Mike Sixel
    he has hit 280 one time in the minors.....you expect him to hit 280 in the majors? He hasn't had an OBP over 400 since 2010 (.401 that year).....I am not a believer at this point. I think we can both agree he's not a MLB hitter right now, and that he's not really showing us anything to make us think some light bulb will go on this year at the MLB level, is he?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Either way, I've lost interest in arguing with you over Gordon. You don't want him. I would be good with the choice, neither of us is changing our mind.
  10. Mike Sixel
    They might be in 4-5 years, when a HS kid will be ready. And your point was, that his bat does not project to any position other than SS, and I was pointing out that wasn't true.
  11. Mike Sixel
    That OPS is largely driven by walks....MLB pitchers throw more strikes. He has one season in his professional career where is BA was over .280. I still hope he can figure it out, but I just don't see it happening until he stops switch hitting.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Given Dozier's continued success, that Polanco can move to 2B if needed, maybe Goodrum or Michael......should Rosario be at CF when he returns? If he can hit at all, he'd be a good bridge to Buxton (that bridge looks longer and longer every day).
  13. Mike Sixel
    Hicks wasn't all that good a hitter in the minors, Beezer07.....he is a switch hitter that cannot hit LH...that's kind of a big deal.
  14. Mike Sixel
    SS, 2B, CF.....his bat projects to those three, as you've pointed out many times, SS often move to those positions.
  15. Mike Sixel
    IBB are a bad idea, as a general rule. It's like intentionally committing an error in the infield to give up a single. There are exceptions (only LATE in games) of course, when it might make sense. I am happy Gardy does not use them often.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I'll be pleased with Jackson, Gordon, or a pitcher with great breaking ball(s) (the reserach on FG is pretty clear.....good FB, great breaking ball, that's the ticket).
  17. Mike Sixel
    Two really good starts, one bad start....I'd take that ratio every day from a starter.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Combine this post with all those people saying they should keep players down for another year of control, and my irony detector is smoking hot.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    If I could LOVE this post, I would. At my last two places of work, when describing people that aren't that good at their jobs, we would always start with "they are super nice people".
  20. Mike Sixel
    If they do well at all "with all these unpredictable injuries", and Gardy wants to stay, does anyone really think they'll not extend him again? Really? They extended him after three straight awful years. I think it is up to Gardy......which makes me sad, since I assume, based on all reports, he's the one that wanted Bartlett and Gruyere on this roster.
  21. Mike Sixel
    There were myriad options....they chose not to pursue them. I'd guess over a dozen OF were available they could have signed. They could have traded one of their young RP (since they refuse to promote them, and realy only want verteraniness out there to walk in runs) for a AAA OF. Lots of ways to plan for this. Lots and lots of ways.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Who here said "no risk"? Just curious.
  23. Mike Sixel
    There is a difference between "quality", and "play someone out there that has less than 20 gams experience", isnt there? How can there be zero, zero, CF in AAA or AA? No one could move up to AA when Buxton went down, not even for a month or two? That implies, to me, there is no one in A+ either. Really hard to believe. We've been over this, Hicks can't hit ML pitching. There should have 100% been a plan for his possible failure. There wasn't. The plan to back up Willingham (often injured and older) was to sign an injured older player. With no one in AAA that they wanted to call up if it didn't work.
  24. Mike Sixel
    1 bench player? That should get the minor leaguers used to what they'll face in MN I guess! Nine guys that have seen the DL, ugh. That's just bad luck, up and down the system.
  25. Mike Sixel
    They have no other choice....with Willingham and Arcia's injuries, and the fact that they have zero OF prospects in AAA or AA (somehow), they have no other choice but to use Kubel.
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