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  1. Mike Sixel
    Jim, did not take it personally at all. I am very comfortable with people making good arguments against my arguments. You never made any attack, IMO. I will just let the thread drop. I was hoping for more of a discussion around their approach, instead it turned into sides again. While my OP was not ideal, I reall wish more people on both sides could talk about their disagreements, and not about each other......not you, but others. I guess I am done with this thread. Oh, the last thread I started was about the fangraphs write ups on some twins. And I keep typing how much I love Morneau. And I typed how happy I am that dozier is hitting better than I realized. And how I believe in Wimmers still. Some people here, though, only seem to notice my negative posts.......
  2. Mike Sixel
    The twins should not scout by reading BA.....no place did I say that. I said, we can pretty much only judge by the lists on line, given the limited information we have. As for them signing a random guy for that money, since the only data u have is the lists in sites, I would fund it odd they would feel the need to spend that much money on a guy I would guess, given my limited data, they could sign for less. I am well aware they signed a top 10 guy, I think I acknowledged that in the OP.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Just got home and checked the box....KC has 7 SO? Wow.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I meant FA in general, any position......like, pitching, for example. Unless you want to count on this year's rotation, and Meyer and May.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    Sure, I already said I would target less of them, and more of the top guys. You want a list of specific players, I'd say anyone on the top 30 across whatever scouting sites you want. You and I probably know less about them than those sites, or the Twins, so I'm using what resources I have. Of course we can't actually judge what happened. But judging in hindsight is worthless, frankly. Anyone can go back and say, they should have done this or that. This entire board is speculating on when to call up a player, or what player to trade, or who to sign. No one is criticizing those posters for waiting 3 years before discussing the topic. I've been pretty clear on who I want them to sign, I want them to sign more of the top players. Pick any site you can find on the internet, and see how they did against that. I have also acknowledged that it is reasonable to have the other strategy, sign a lot of guys like lottery tickets and see who sticks. As for waiting until the signing period is done to discuss, does that mean we should not discuss who they sign in FA next year, or who they trade for, or who they promote or not, until the end of the year?
  6. Mike Sixel
    What other scouting should we look at, or is this topic one we should just not discuss.?
  7. Mike Sixel
    Wimmers will be on the NB roster, imo, if they keep him, so that should not be an issue. I'd love to see Buxton there, to increase velocity, but does that ever happen? Plus, i'd think he could use a break.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Zero chance. None. No way this happens. Not because of payroll, imo, but because Ryan strikes me as the guy that would rather have 3-4 very good prospects than have 1 great player. Given where they are right now, he's right.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Meyer for sure, IMO. Other than that, I'm not sure. Oh, Wimmers if he's still on the 40 man.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    I think he was physically superior as a youngster, who also had MLB exposure. Unfortunately, that may have made him look better than his actual ceiling.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Wow. Those are great for Dozier, sad for the Twins.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I will say this, if they won't sign a legit FA, they may as well sign Morneau. It's not like he's blocking someone right now.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, Buxton and Sano have been great. Looking forward to them being in MN some day. We better not hear how they didn't sign any FA pitching because they didn't want to block Meyer (hurt) and May (looking like the guy KLAW said would be a reliever because of his control issues). I think Meyer has a chance to be good, but he's hurt, and they should probably not count on him. May, clearly, has a lot of work to do yet. A Lot.
  14. Mike Sixel
    As for scouting, we can only go with the info we have.....I admitted that in the post. Not everyone needs to feel the same, but I'd prefer they spend money on the top guys. Maybe I am wrong on that, maybe signing a bunch of guys for less money is a better strategy. But clearly other teams that are spending money don't agree. So it's not like I'm some lunatic coming from nowhere. I have no issue with people disagreeing, frankly. I was just making an observation that it appears they are not going to be using that money on the top players this year, despite having an advantage over other teams. Maybe I should have typed it that way instead, to be more clear on my point.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I love Morneau, but he has been bad for some time now. Maybe some kind of switch was thrown, and now he can hit again, but does that seem likely?
  16. Mike Sixel
    So, they had the 4th most money, and signed one top 30 international free agent.....well, number 29 is still there. I do not understand this franchise. Can they really claim to be doing everything they can to add talent? Note.....I am going by BA rankings. According to some national writers, they also refused to eat any of Morneau's contract. I am truly baffled.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Reminds me of "we've never told Terry he can't spend money". Whatever. Over a decade of experience or words, which should I believe?
  18. Mike Sixel
    This is a quality first post.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Willihammer......what's with the pink lipstick? If it is a spoiler somehow, just send a PM.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    Ya, it is an odd spot....the versatility and value are there, so he's hard to just cut. I don't have a good answer for this one.
  21. Mike Sixel
    He's 100% claimed if not on the roster. Just coming off TJ, successful college pitcher....no way he's left unprotected.
  22. Mike Sixel
    good thing I was on mute reading those last two posts.....LLOL.
  23. Mike Sixel
    doumit isn't actually that good at any one thing, he's just able to do a lot of them kind of well, making his value in his versatility, not actually being a good hitter or defender..... I'm ready to move on, having an older player that isn't even average on this roster makes no sense. time. to. move. on.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Pinto is exciting me, and Wimmers is bumming me out.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I should probably give up on that dream.....
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