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  1. Mike Sixel
    True, HH.....but it isn't like they have been quick to make changes. Who would they add now? They did trade for Pressley, right? They must have thought, less than a year ago, he had some value......so maybe they do make changes quickly, just changes that seem questionable. The problem isn't cutting Pressley, it is not having ANY options on the MLB or AAA roster for any issues with the OF.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Or, maybe when he said he went there and they told him to stop moving the runner over, and to HIT the ball, he was truthful. After all, Gomez just said the same thing on Fangraphs. On topic, congrats to Solarte!
  3. Mike Sixel
    So Pressley has outhomered the entire Twins' OF? It was/is/remains a mind boggling decision. If Gardy really made it, well, um, ya.....
  4. Mike Sixel
    Will they, though? I don't think so. Not quickly anyway. But I understand the fear. At some point, we will get freedom of choice on channels, at some point.
  5. Mike Sixel
    If only you could easily get interent w/o cable in more locations, more of us would cut the cable cord completely. Also, why is it better for an regional sports network to get $5 a month from me, than $3 a month from me through a cable provider? Can't they figure out how to do the ad agreements?
  6. Mike Sixel
    I hate it when people get hurt. Good luck to him.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Hey, I admit I was wrong before. The issue was that they were bad at drafting, not slow at promoting. Let's hope Buxton and Stewart go fast, because this team needs help, badly.
  8. Mike Sixel
    New stuff on ESPN today, also. Rodon continues to struggle.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    What kind of deal did they make with Bartlett? Why not just cut him?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Fair enough, CMAT, but if they don't have a grand plan, of which the first injury call up is a part, then they have an issue, imo. They should have a grand plan. It should take into account possible injuries. I'm not asking for a legit MLB to be in AAA, but how about one actual OFer? And, yes, the Bartlett thing is maddening. I remain hopeful that at some point, the minors will product players. The Rosario and Sano things were killers for any hope for this year, outside of Meyer, imo. And, while I don't get mad about the Twins, or depressed, or anything like that, I am dissapointed by many decisions this offseason, and I remain skeptical about their ability to fix things in any short timespan, or even at all, frankly. How a team with this much money passed on Abreu, well, I remain baffled.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I'm with USACHIEF.....it is likely not to happen now, but it should have happened in the offseason. I'm torn..... Pro: They have the money, and it won't be spent better next year (go look at the list of FA) They have the need, and not much likely in AAA that will be as good Con: It won't matter, they are still going to lose 85+ games It costs a pick, even though that player is likely to produce less career WAR than Drew is for the next three years So, ya, I won't be upset either way now. They had a window to spend money and make the team better, and they choose to add $2-3MM in costs, while adding $25MM in revenue, with Willingham and KC coming off the books next year......and that window is closed for this year. So, whatever on FAs at this point.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I'm not mad about it......I'm just continuing to believe they aren't good. You don't think all these moves are related? I do. Every move is related to the other options available. They decided not to have any reserve OF on the roster, and not much in AAA either. So, yes, this is about the decisions they made, not just about this decision. YMMV. And, no, I'm not mad at all. It's just sports, no actual impact on my life at all.
  13. Mike Sixel
    You know, even though I am consciously withholding my money from them, to protest their awful product, I'd kind of like to be there today.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Bartlett, Floriman, Willingham help prove that......it isn't one move, it is three years of odd moves, imo.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure spring shows nothing, anymore than I am that 6 games shows something (other than Bartlett should not be in the OF, which only seems to be a surprise to the Twins).
  16. Mike Sixel
    The longer they can have guys from their own system not on the MLB roster, the better I guess......it would be great if they used the bullpen as the low cost place, and promoted guys from their system, and spent more mone on, you know, hitters and fielders......but that strategy seems to be lost on them.
  17. Mike Sixel
    so, bascially, the message is that they are not that good a team.....no real surprise there. Lots of bad players, playing at a level or position they should not be. I'm not sure how three years in, they can't even find guys to field a position, let alone hit at a AAA level.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    As I said in the offseason, a team should not give away roster spots.....they are so worried about not DHing the catcher, but don't think they need 4 OFers on the roster? Hey St. Peter, now you know why we actually cared about the 25th spot.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Congrats to Mr. Gardenhire. It is a rare accomplishment indeed. He clearly does some things well, and I'm going to say "yay" for those things on this thread.
  20. Mike Sixel
    two of five is fine for now. My only issue is not PHing him when the need arises. Worrying about something that doesn't happen often, and would only effect 1 AB seems a bit over paranoid to me.
  21. Mike Sixel
    A terrible team should totally be bringing in guys closer to my age than actual young players. Maybe the twinsprez should be worried about his awful product, and not about our frustration with it.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Agree on Ramos. Awful, awful, trade. And, from the Nationals side, Ramos has already given them more value than Capps. And they still have him. I love win now trades when your team is really good, but that was not the case. But we see quite clearly that Gardy loves proven veterans. I do no know how that could not be more clear after this spring.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Actually, many experts hated the trade at the time, stating Worley was lucky, and May would be a reliever. So it isn't nobody. As I said at the time, it is the kind of trade they should make, but we all knew that......the only way to judge if they should keep their jobs is if these trades work or not. Any one of us could have made that trade.
  24. Mike Sixel
    The twins shouldn't make the Worley trade, they should scout better and get value. You could have made the Worley trade. They are paid to do better. As for Ramos, he has been more valuable than Capps, and he will be in the league when Capps is out of it. There is no way to like that trade.
  25. Mike Sixel
    The sano thing killed any optimism I had. Now 2015 is the rookie year for him and Buxton, delaying, IMO, any chance at competitiveness by another year. Not signing any offense.....like Abreu, was a real downer also, but not unexpected by me. Therefore that did not drop what little ti ism I had.
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