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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'd say that if at any point Ryan gets an offer of anything, he should take it.....but I know the scouts don't agree....
  2. Mike Sixel
    Well, if you are talking about Smith....I think that is unfair....Sano, Arcia, Rosario came on during his time.... I think what happened was that they SUCKED and got high picks that have not yet failed (if they are going to). That's what happend, imo. Actually, the chaffe drafted by Ryan's last years is largely out of the system, meaning what happened two years ago is that the awful last year's of Ryans first term are now out of the system. I'm CERTAIN others will disagree with this.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Or hitting, Winston. They are trending closer and closer to the worst hitting team in the AL in terms of runs scored. They are actually better at pitching than hitting, when you compare runs scored and runs given up with other teams.....
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'll say it again....assuming that good FAs will be there "when the Twins are one player away" is a bad idea. Signing players in advance of that, that could still be good, that makes sense to me. Assuming that it is never a good idea to trade prospects for proven players, is a bad idea. Not signing Cubans or Japanese ever again is a bad idea. Not signing more than 1 top 30 internaitonal player (so far), despite having the 4th highest allotment, is a bad idea. It just isn't going to happen that the stars will align perfectly in 2-4 years......Add talent when and how you have the resources to do so. The list might be depressing, but there is talent there...... that said, this is the year (and next) to be a FA....each team gets $25MM more (or $12.5MM for the Twins) to pay players next year.....I would love to be a FA next year, or a guy coming up on FA/Arbitration that a team wants to lock up. Pursue talent, be creative in your use of talent, be willing to change your strategy when an opportunity presents itself.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Not to mention Diamond and Worley (and Hendriks to a lesser extent).
  6. Mike Sixel
    Pontoon's are way more fun.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    How is Doumit as a DH? Fangraphs predicted he'd be the worst in the AL before the season started.....9th out of 11 qualifiers....taking out defense (for DH?) and baserunning, he's the worst hitter of the 11....
  8. Mike Sixel
    Sano is the number 4 or 5 prospect in baseball, I'm pretty sure he's elite. I'd love him up here as soon as he's ready, whether he goes to AAA or not. Nice first post. I like the parallels.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Time to stop switch hitting yet? I think I'll just put that in my sig, so I don't have to type it. Nice start for Dean. On the steals, you often wonder if it is an issue with the other team, especially in the minors. Loved the Butera line, thx for the grin.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I find it odd that when teh framing stuff came out before, people trumpeted how it showed how much better Mauer was than Doumit.....now that they are on the other side, the metric is not valid. Or maybe I'm remembering the converation wrong last year.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    He's better than his numbers, and we have him for 2 years! In the words of KG, "We're comin".
  12. Mike Sixel
    Nice writeup Seth. I admit to overlooking the improvement in the hitting.....and being stuck on the overall numbers. If this is a real trend, he is a legit 2B. Rosario? Good question.
  13. Mike Sixel
    He is better than his numbers....and we have him for another year.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Put the rays in the crappy central.....see what happens.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Again, I am with the blue guy, and that's why I'd rather have Appel and random prospect than Stewart and Meyer right now. If Meyer was healthy, I would probably answer differently.
  16. Mike Sixel
    He should have been up earlier, while his arm was fresh....he should spend the rest of this year in MN.
  17. Mike Sixel
    agree with the blue one.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    He's getting his first taste of the majors, and struggles, in a year that does not matter.
  19. Mike Sixel
    The Yankees won a lot of games the first mega deals....but again, no one is arguing "spend on random guys, just to spend money". No one is arguing "spend like the Yankees". We are suggesting that having a payroll smaller than in the dome is not likely to lead to much success, especially if more than 1/3 is on one player.
  20. Mike Sixel
    dot matrix, good thing I was on mute on this call......
  21. Mike Sixel
    Would you rather have Appel and ummmm, or Meyer and Gibson? I'd trade them both for Appel right now, I'd trade any two pitchers for Appel right now....All said, I think I like Pitt or Sea combos the best.
  22. Mike Sixel
    31? Why? They sould be promoting Tonkin and other RP from the minors, to give the fans som hope. They don't need 31 year old relievers right now.
  23. Mike Sixel
    In additon, the Rays use advanced defensive shifts, platoon players, etc.....all things the Twins have not figure out actually matter. Nothing about how the Rays and Twins run is similar. The As and Rays trade players at their peak value, not let them walk in FA for nothing. The Twins have waaaaaaaay more revenue than those teams, they should use that advantage for something other than lining the owners' pockets, imo. Or, they should pay off the taxpayer funded part of the stadium and buy it from us.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Or, they didn't offer enough, and it wasn't about guessing wrong.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Nice group of arms, I'm hopeful the Twins start using their own guys out of the pen more as time goes on. There are some quality relief arms in the minors. I'd like to see them get more chances while the MLB team is bad like this.
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