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  1. Mike Sixel
    Houston has a catcher that would be a good fit......imo. But ya, I think this is a timing issue. And catchers get hurt....
  2. Mike Sixel
    ah, misunderstood, sorry.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Revere was an awesome RF defender. Arm is over rated....most important is catching fly balls, or turning doubles into singles. Yes, extra bases matter, but keeping guys off base is way more valuable.
  4. Mike Sixel
    they have already significantly lost their fan base....check out the expected attendance, even with the ASG. People come back the year after a good year, not the first good year. If they aren't better this year, they are looking at at least one more year of declining attendance. It's what happens to teams that don't do well. Deservedly, imo.
  5. Mike Sixel
    btw...."worth it"? A WAR in FA now costs over $7MM per year....the new normal. People need to adjust their expectations.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Why sign Pelfrey, when there are actual SP candidates, but not sign Drew, when there are no SS candidates? I am baffled by that..... I am more baffled why the Yanks have not signed him to play 2B.
  7. Mike Sixel
    That was not true in his first stint. Other than Kielty, he didn't wait teams out, he didn't trade for proven players that were really good.....and we still haven't seen that part change. He is trading vets for prospects, still, and signing better pitchers, but (and this is timing of the rebuild probably) we have not seen him trade a prospect for a proven player yet.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Just another reason trading prospects is sometimes a good idea, no matter how good they look....though if Bauer can get his head on straight, he'll be what we think Gibson could be. But he can't stop trying to tweak things.....like a hack golfer.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I want the next Buxton/Correa (sp?), whomever that is. Not asking for much, just a top 10 prospect.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    I don't think anyone clamoring for Gibson to be up here thought having KC and Pelfrey both here again was the best possible answer.....but I will only speak for myself on that. I fail to see how that is inconsistent with wanting them to sign 2 good pitchers in FA.
  11. Mike Sixel
    IF Buxton, Hicks and Rosario can all play in the majors, where would you plan to play Arcia, assuming Dozier is playing 2B? It sin't about pigeon holing, not for me.....it is about getting the best players on the field, in their best positions. Arcia will never be the defender any of those three are.
  12. Mike Sixel
    So start a thread about it. Not sure what anyone would say about that, though I'm sure the optimists would say how in shape everyone looked, and the pessimists would say they drive the wrong kind of car......or something like that.* *should be obvious this was a, likely bad, attempt at humor, but just in case....
  13. Mike Sixel
    I hope that's what happens, Seth. Thanks for the full list, btw. Appreciated as always.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Because there isn't anything else to talk about?
  15. Mike Sixel
    If you still have time.....I work at a GIANT corporation also. 1. Be yourself. Nothing is more important than understanding the cultural match. 2. Brock is right, ask a lot of quesitons. Know some things about the company and be specific. 3. Be curious. 4. Wear a suit. Better to overdress for an interview at a big company than under dress. 5. Know what you want, or at least think about it. 6. Relax. Not easy, but really, it won't kill you if you don't get the job.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Isn't that true of all players? There is risk in drafting, trading for, or signing players. Always there is risk. The question is, if you have no real SS prospect in your system, and you have money, and you think this guy is a legit SS*, then why not sign him? *like I said, I have no idea if he's a legit SS prospect or not.
  17. Mike Sixel
    If I could love that post, instead of like it, I would.
  18. Mike Sixel
    What good do 5 starts in AA do? What do you do then, if he's the guy they think he is? I agree with the above poster, while there are guys with higher ceilings in AA, there are also a bunch of guys that won't even make AAA, let alone the majors. In AAA, there are legit MLB players, and AAAA guys and AAA guys. AAA is definitely a better all around challenge in terms of facing consistently better players, if not stars. And, for a pitcher especially, that would be a better challenge. Half or more of the hitters Meyer faces in AA aren't good MLB prospects. I do think Seth has it right, but I'd much rather Gibson was up if he was ready, and Meyer was in AAA getting challenged by nearly every hitter. If Gibson looks ready, there is no reason to have him in AAA, at his age, and have KC or a random guy up here, imo. Heck, if it doesn't matter if a guy is at AA, send one of the random AAAA pitchers in Seth's list to AA, and put Meyer in AAA. I prefer the challenge your stars route, to the protect your stars route. Some teams do one, some do the other. I'm sure neither is drastically different for the eventual outcomes though.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Some people accuse others of being negative all the time, for disagreeing with a particular move......maybe people see this guy as having multiple positional value, on a team with question marks everywhere but 1B, and see Barlett as having 1 position. Maybe it is possible to disagree with the Twins, and not somehow be bad/wrong/evil. Perhaps we could just dispense with the attacks on posters all together, and talk about the decisions being made.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I hope they don't send Gibson down to keep a marginal older pitcher up here.....if he's ready this year, he should be up. If they lose a guy in the process, so be it. It's not like he's 22..... I think Seth has it about right, frankly. Not sure why any team w/o 5 starters would pass on any of the pitchers. Not sure why anyone would claim Parmalee at this point.
  21. Mike Sixel
    No. Hicks in RF, Buxton in CF, Rosario in LF, Arcia at DH, with several other young players ready to come up and be the 4th OF/DH/1B.....Even is Hicks can't play as a starter, you are covered with Arcia in RF and someone else at DH. There are other ways to spend those dollars, like more SP or trading for a legit SS.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Um, how do we know from ST if he can beat out a journeyman? That's the whole point of bad teams in losing seasons, playing the youth and seeng what you have. That's why the last few years have been such a wasteland, they haven't even had youthful options. Now they do. Those guys should be playing to be ready (or finding out they likely won't be) when Sano, Buxtion, Rosario and Meyer are up here.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Let's hope it is pinto more often than Suzuki.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I can be a beer snob online, but baseball snobs at the game are a different thing. Correcting people, telling them how to enjoy a game the right way, disparaging their knowledge of the game.....get over yourselves already. And, surly is more over rated than summit, i agree. Do they serve the unchained series at the stadium, or just "summit"? I love when I ask a waitress what kind of summit they have, nod they look at me like I am crazy.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Summit=over rated....but ya, making it hard to get beer, as opposed to "beer", that's just stupid.
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