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  1. Mike Sixel
    Bah, I had a long post, and lost it.......but I'll re-type one bit.... I was on the field for camera day, and spoke to Bostock about signing an extension (I would have been 12, or so). He was very nice to me. Then he was gone from MN. Then he was gone totally. That was a down point.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Pitch selection and discipline are meaningless if you can't make contact at pitches in the zone.
  3. Mike Sixel
    the let's hope that leash is until June or July.....for 20 ABs.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Since this thread is about Bartlett, I'm trying not to mention the bigger problems in this thread. If Brock wants me to, I can.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    As long as they are somehow held accountable if they are wrong, or rewarded if they are right, great......
  6. Mike Sixel
    Feel free to write off ABs and fielding all you want, because "it doesn't matter much". I'm saying that the As and Rays (and I) don't agree. No AB or inning in the field should be given away. As for Bartlett over Presley, I don't see how anyone can argue a 34 year old who has never played any position other than SS in his career, who was effectively out of baseball for the last 2 years, is likely to be as effective in the field as Presley. Who is your defensive sub in the 8th/9th innings for Willingham/Arcia now, on the off chance they have a lead? Bartlett?
  7. Mike Sixel
    That Ellsbury deal looks better and better.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    One of the reasons the A's and Rays win is that they value EVERY single player on the roster. They don't carry negative WAR players, in general. The secret to the As last year is that no one is really bad, and a few players are quite good. If the 24th and 25th spots don't matter at all, just hire Bonnes and Stohs to play out there. But then, no one would do that, so clearly they do matter.
  9. Mike Sixel
    You mean to be the 4th OF? Presley. And why was not acquiring good players an option this offseason?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Inexperienced is not equal to young.
  11. Mike Sixel
    So that Morneau trade yielded what?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Which young players is he going to teach? Plouffe? Floriman? Dozier? Mauer? Suzuki? Kubel? Willingham? that is 7/9 of your starters......who are these mythical young players on the roster?
  13. Mike Sixel
    You don't exactly divide, because of compounding.....let's put it this way, the return on the Twins has outpaced most other investments they could have made.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Did you read the quotes? Antony says they chose Bartlett because that's what Gardy wanted.
  15. Mike Sixel
    How about judging him on the last 3-4 years, and not how hard he is hitting the ball in ST? antony all but admits that this is Gardy's roster. I wonder what that means for his future when they lost 90 games again.
  16. Mike Sixel
    If you want to know why people are down on him, look at his stats the last three years....this isn't an untested rookie. He's closer to my age than Buxton's age.
  17. Mike Sixel
    What is this "young old mix" you speak of? I'd bet this is one of the older teams in baseball now. They have three 2nd year players and a bunch of veterans. There isn't some young old mix that needs mentoring. And, as I pointed out, if they add more young players, Bartlett is one of the first guys probably gone, so who is he mentoring?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Shephard in a new era? Name the guy coming up from the minors this year these guys will mentor? Sine, you know, these old guys are on teh roster, there isn't room for young guys. And if the young guys come up, it will be to replace the old guys. How does that work? As for keeping 1 marginal player over another, Bartlett is not a marginal OF, is he?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Signing a guy that can't hit, and has never played the OF, that creates a commitment to success? I'm all eyes, can you explain that?
  20. Mike Sixel
    I left and ran an errand, hoping that something would have happened other than what I expected.....I am baffled that a guy that was not even in baseball last year, that has never played in the OF, that is 35, that that is the guy a rebuilding team decides should be their backup CF. Something has to change, right? This cannot really be their plan.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I'm about to turn 50, who is older and played baseball more recently, me, or Bartlett? I fail to see how this is consistent with a rebuilding strategy. But I'm sure the people that thought they should trade for him will be right next time.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Are they just abandoning the concept of OF defense completely this year? With a fly ball pitchign staff? I, um, don't understand this move. didn't they just trade for this guy?
  23. Mike Sixel
    A third/ermegency catcher is a phone call away. It just shouldn't be an issue. But it is for this team. Not sure why.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree that they should wait to be a WS contendor to spend more money. I doubt there is any way to close that disagreement, so I'm not even going to try. Just stating my feelings.
  25. Mike Sixel
    In glancing quickly at the FA next year.....it looks pretty ugly up and down the position player list, but maybe I'm missing something.....
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