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  1. Mike Sixel
    It is totally a guess, based on his actions and statements. Clearly, only Ryan knows why he quit before. I should have just left that part out......
  2. Mike Sixel
    The Twins don't outbid others because TR does not want to. It is really that simple. edit: IMO, this is why he quit the first time. He could not stomach signing Mauer to that big a deal. It's why he did not act on Hunter or Santana.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Then I mostly agree with you.......but I think sometimes a team should trade prospects for proven players, because those proven players are more likely to do something in the majors than most prospects. As for KC, maybe they were confident these guys would hit this year, and they were just wrong. It happens. At some point, you have to sell tickets, and maybe Moore and others wanted to do that this year. At least they gave their fans some hope for the current year, instead of no hope.
  4. Mike Sixel
    So, is anyone left, or did they only sign one guy in the top 20?
  5. Mike Sixel
    Brock, are you only arguing trades, or FA also? Because if empty innings matter for FA, you can't be mad at what Ryan did this last offseason, since every inning this year is, again, empty.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I agree, at some point Hicks and Arcia will help this team, but they aren't this year. And not much if any help came last year, or the year before (Plouffe, maybe, Revere somehow was traded for real future help, which boggles the mind, frankly). Until Gibson came up, look at where the starters have come from, and what they've doen for the last few years......ugh.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Wow, I didn't see that many in the top 50. Let's hope they all work out. I really want to see good baseball up here again. I'm surprised the shoulder injury did not come up with Meyer, and push him down.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I cannot wait to see Rosario up here in the second have next year.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I look at it this way, how many guys come up each year that are real contributors to success. This year, none, until Gibson (I am making an assumption here). A team that refuses to trade for legit MLB players, or sign big time FAs needs to BETTER than other teams at drafting and developing players. The Twins have not been that lately. The farm system looks loaded right now, so hopefully that changes. But the last few years, not many above average, or even average, players have come up to fill positions. The pitching especially has been amazingly sparse.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Brock, that list of possibilities was awesomely funny. Thanks..... They have the money, and they, so far, have chosen not to spend it. Everything about Ryan is timid, imo. I hope (somehow) that he proves me wrong at some point, but I doubt it. If they sign a high priced Cuban, what is the worst that happens? They lose $40-60MM? It's not like they need that money on the MLB roster for the next 4 years.
  11. Mike Sixel
    If I recall, he is not huge on Berrios. Buxton will be number 1, Sano around 7 or 8 I am guessing.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Stupid MLB rules say a player has to be a year from the draft date to be dealt. MLB has a lot of odd rules....
  13. Mike Sixel
    I hope the Perkins talk is smokescreen or something, because with this team, no one should be untouchable, especially a guy that pitches 60 innings a year.
  14. Mike Sixel
    hasn't stopped the Cardinals from getting good players the last few years.....
  15. Mike Sixel

    Liriano

    Mike Sixel replied to kydoty's topic in Other Baseball

    I don't think it is the pitching coach at all, I think he's healthy again. That simple. Maybe some small change in pitches also. But blaming Anderson seems a bit too easy.
  16. Mike Sixel
    SPOILERS, come on.......
  17. Mike Sixel
    dude, spoilers......some of us only get to watch on netflix, don't have BBC.....thought I knew this, so no harm done.
  18. Mike Sixel
    People in this state love the "hes one of us" angle. Look at Mauer....he fled the state the first chance he got, and yet people here still love to talk about him being from MN. He chose to move, first chance he got.......how is he more minnesotan than Morneau, who chooses to live here full time? That's why people can play the "johnson is from MN" card with the general public. I don't get it at all, but is a thing in MN. On the topic of contracts for Johnson, if he shows he's healthy this year, he'll get 3-5 years on his next deal, imo.
  19. Mike Sixel
    My issue with the other stats, Brock, is that they peanut butter starts. I think there is validity in the assumption that starts are a bit independent of each other. I kind of like QS, as a stat........but that's because I believe starts are more independent that probably others do.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I was not clear, had two separate thoughts..... 1. when can I judge terry ryan on the MLB quality? How many awful years do we have to put up with before we say he's not doing a good job? 2. During his previous tenure, the drafts did not produce enough players. You can decide if you want to blame the head scout, or the GM who put him in place. I waffle on that, frankly. But mostly I blame the scouts. We know how this will work, the average fan will give Ryan all the credit in teh world for fixing this team, when Sano and Rosario are up here.....I personally don't care about that that much, I care how the Pohlad's hold the FO accountable.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Perkins and a mediocre starting prospect for a good prospect? Perkins and Carroll for a good prospect? Perkins and another reliever for a good prospect?
  22. Mike Sixel
    I have no issue with the Liriano decsion, sometimes you just need to move on.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I was trying to talk about 2014/5....Stewart and Berrios won't be up next year, and probably not the year after. Think about how thin the staff is right now, it is just awful.
  24. Mike Sixel
    When can we judge his performance? Because the big league club is awful, again. And that is mostly on Ryan's previous tenure, because there are virtually no players that have come up in the last few years that contributed for more than a year or so.....the lack of guys in their 2nd/3rd year, doing well, is on the pre-Smith era, not on Smith's era. As for the draft, the head scout does that, not the GM.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Doesn't matter how good your bullpen is, if your starters are the worst in baseball. They need more pitching, they won't pay for it on the open market, so they better trade for it. May, Meyer, Gibson, and, ummmmmm what after that? They need more arms, no doubt about it. Oh, and I think May and Meyer start next year in AAA.....so they better find more arms.
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