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  1. Mike Sixel
    Other than Ryan's interview here, and that they have 1 stats guy, and that no one has ever written an article about the Twins "new school" approach to anything, we do know nothing. I think the article points out what many of us have been saying, it is not "either or", but both, that make a team successful. I'm not sure anyone here has ever said metrics are the only answer, just as no one has said FA is the only answer. As a matter of fact, I'm certain no one here has said either of those.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree there are not better options next year. Sign the Cuban 1B, sign Ellsbury, bring up Pinto, move Arcia/Mauer to 1B/DH (and RF and C), Herrmann as the utility RF/Dh/3rd catcher, lots and lots of moves are avialable. Oh, and if they roll out Thomas, Plouffe, Morneau, Doumit, Floriman..as 55% of the lineup most days...you really think the offense is going to be "competitive"?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Pinto should be the backup catcher next year, not Doumit, imo. He might have a future. Herrman can be the third catcher, and plays RF better than Doumit. I just don't see a reaason for him to be on the roster. I have acknowledged that keeping Willingham might make sense. I see no reason to keep Justin. They can sign the Cuban. they can sign others. They can sign Ellsbury and move Arcia to 1B. Lots and lots of options are better than Morneau (and he's my favorite Twin of the recent era).
  4. Mike Sixel
    Excpet Mauer is good.....they are not. But ya, that was sloppy language....and Mauer is signed for 5 more years....and is the face of the franchise.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Not to mention, Doumit, Willingham, and Morneau are 1/3 of the hitters on one of the worst offenses in MLB the last few years.....not sure why people want to keep them, or even two of them, around.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Corn, or soy beans, I can't recall right now.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Ryan should be required to sit in the non-air conditioned stands, for every home game....if he expects others to pay for this, he should have to watch it.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Sano to Rochestor, Romero to MN, Plouffe to the bench or DH or RF or St. Paul....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Just checked teh box.....70+ pitches in three innings? Wow. does that count as fun with numbers?
  10. Mike Sixel
    I do like a good parade. Not as much as pie, but still....
  11. Mike Sixel
    No chance, one bad year in his first year in teh majors doesn't make a guy go from top10 pitching prospect to available for a 33 year old OFer. Now, MAYBE, if you combine him with May or Berrios, MAYBE, you can get Gausmann, but I doubt it.
  12. Mike Sixel
    There is no evidence Ellsbury is in decline, and if you want FAs, then ya, you'll be taking a risk on the last year or two of his contract....how's the Hunter decline going? I suppose the alternative is to not sign anyone.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    We disagree on this probably.....but I don't care if they lose 90 or 85, if they have zero chance of being good. I don't want to watch old guys that are bad, when I could be watching young guys that are bad, but might be good. And, I'd dump him to USE THE MONEY on someone younger and possibly better.....like a SP or Ellsbury....not dump him to keep the money for the owners and their bonuses in the FO.
  14. Mike Sixel
    i will say this......it is possible that Ryan thinks that Willingham will get healthy, hit well next year, and have a lot more value next year, so he may keep him. that said, I agree with Shane, there is not room for Arcia, Willingham, and Doumit to be on the same team as Parmalee and Herrmann and Pinto and the new 1B/DH they sign
  15. Mike Sixel
    I don't see how it is a tough choice, though. Rebuilding teams trade veterans, and open space for younger players.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    Rosterman is correct, but maybe they are leaving the Rochester guys there to help out Rochester....not that I agree with that approach, but its my theory.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I think a better question is, if he doesn't scrap it, can he be successful? Who is going to walk him in the majors? No one is. And the umps (since they give people calls and don't) aren't going to help him. What, exactly, is the downside? An OPS the same as he has now? Shane, I was answering the post about "this late in his career"..... And, I'd guess that guys that are this bad from one side were never successful in the majors, because they were so bad they never made the majors. So it is hard to give an example of someone who was......I am almost certain I read on Fangraphs in the spring that NO MLB player that started out this bad has ever turned out to be good.....that, to me, would imply they should make a dramatic change But, I don't expect it. It would be way too daring for this team.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I think it would be great if he left, and they used the money to sign Ellsbury......
  19. Mike Sixel
    but he never puts his chips on any squares, that's my issue with him, right there. Unless you consider Marquis, Pelfrey, and KC actual squares (and if you do, shouldn't he be accountable for being wrong about these pitchers every time?).
  20. Mike Sixel
    He is only 24
  21. Mike Sixel
    In theory the Revere trade was the right kind of trade to make, in practice, it is Ryan and the scouts who need to be right in the execution of the theory....I hope these are different scouts than those that recommend ML "talent" to acquire (Marquis, Pelfrey, KC as examples).
  22. Mike Sixel
    Good for more than 1 year was the key part there.....Valencia was good for a year, Plouffe was for a year......I'm hopeful on Dozier, but I'd like more than 1 year of success, maybe I was not clear enough there.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Well, no one thought much of Bale before the first movie.....I will give him a chance (if I even see it, I agree, Marvel gets it more than DC).
  24. Mike Sixel
    dual citizenship....
  25. Mike Sixel
    I admitted it was not rational.....taking birdwatcher's advice, I give the GM very little credit for the draft other than if he changes scouts if it isn't working.....I liked the theory of the May/Meyer deals, I admitted at the time I did not know if they were the right targets. the Butera trade is a great trade, agreed.
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