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  1. Mike Sixel
    Those of us over 21 could probably all use a few drinks after the last 2-3 days here....
  2. Mike Sixel
    sorry....
  3. Mike Sixel
    btw, I would not move him either, I was just answering the question about moving him to starter......
  4. Mike Sixel
    Nice personal attack......I thought this board was for discussing baseball stuff, good, bad, middle.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    At some point, it becomes a trend, not an outlier.....my guess is the homers (using the above wording) will state that next year is not the year to sign free agents, so we can't count next year as a reduction in spending as a % of revenue either (since it is my hypothesis that they will not increase payroll by $12.5MM, assuming they are at 50% now.............).
  6. Mike Sixel
    Like I said, we'll see if they sign $35-50MM of free agents next year.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    It was an attempt at humor that probably did not work as well on line as it did my, very tired, head.
  8. Mike Sixel
    We'll see what happens this next offseason....I'm prety sure they have 2 players under contract for more than $5.5.MM next year, two. Willingham and Mauer, that's it. They have 7 players scheduled to make at least $1MM next year. $24.5MM comes off the books next year, putting them below $60MM if they don't sign any free agents. Oh, and they get $25MM more in national tv money......meaning they have $50MM to play with, just to stay level with this year (or, if you want them to pocket 50% of the new money, $37MM). The salary structure should be going up, just from baseball inflation (which is nothing like real world inflation), and the increase in national tv money, let alone the new stadium.
  9. Mike Sixel
    They eyeball test says the world is flat, too.....I don't think we know yet if this team is better defensively, heck, Willingham can barely move. The OF is worse, the IF is probably better so far. I hope Hicks gets better, and that Arcia moves to LF and someone in in RF.....that would be better than what they have today (eventually).
  10. Mike Sixel
    My guess is that they have not "stretched him out", and will send him to AAA next year to get time as a starter. If he does well in AAA, he'll get promoted after he is consistent enough. If he doesn't do well, they might move him back to relief in a timely manner and put him back in the majors, or they might continue trying to make him a starter.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Except Gardenhire used the term first, not us....... "We're going to try to fit our team," Gardenhire said nearly a month ago. "We're away from the scholarships. No more scholarships because we don't have anybody else. You earn it, or you don't earn it. Scholarship program's out." from Mackey on 1500.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Would it matter? Unless they have said, "we'll pay you more than we need to, don't worry", does it matter that they've explained to him why he's still down? How do you feel when your boss explains why you won't be promoted this year?
  13. Mike Sixel
    I would be very frustrated right now, if I were Gibson.....can't imagine what his agent is thinking right now. Unfortunately for Kyle, he's 25......he'll be lucky to get to FA.
  14. Mike Sixel
    So, anyone care to explain why Buxton is not promoted? I continue to be amazed by the way Ryan is running this org this year.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Which is why those first few starts should be this year.......
  16. Mike Sixel
    They are 2 games better than the pace most of us predicted.....that's the margin of error at this point, right? No idea how this is THE most surprising team...... Good surprises: KC and the sunshine band Thielbar and other relievers Dozier's defense Win total Arcia's readiness Bad surprises: Willingham Parmalee Hicks slow start Morneau's power Worley Gibson in AAA still
  17. Mike Sixel
    Scott Diamond, super 2? Those two phrases do not go together.......
  18. Mike Sixel
    And Buxton still in low A......I don't get it. Gibson is better than at least two of the pitchers at the MLB level, and the "number 1 prospect in all of baseball" does not yet deserve to be in high A.
  19. Mike Sixel
    We don't know that he would not have figured it out here, whatever that means.....he's ready, and Plefrey and Diamond are bad at their job, but that does not yet appear to matter to Terry Ryan. He should be up now.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Remember last year when someone from the twins was mad that reporters asked about Willingham? He said they were not a farm system for other teams......how is that one working out? That said......I think a veteran to talk to would help gibson and other young pitchers, if they ever come up.
  21. Mike Sixel
    and you hear the same about 3B, Wade Boggs says hi....oh, and corner OFer....Tony Gwynn says hi.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I like using picks past round 1/2 in baseball on guys with lots of risk, but that if things work, you have something potentially great. They have plenty of safe college pitchers they can turn into relievers.....they need some guys that can be starters. Roll the die on the potential.....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Well, it would hurt a lot if the 4th overall pick was as bad as Adam Johnson......but I don't know if he's the most important player. Frankly, outside of a handful of players in MLB history, this is a team game, and it's about the Twins' ability to develop mulitiple players, not zero, one or two players.......
  24. Mike Sixel
    I agree with cmatt....the biggest root cause of the issues on this roster is their awful job of adding talent at the end of Ryan's first term as GM. Some of that is on Ryan, some on the scouts, some on ownership I'm sure.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Joe, not sure your business background, but I'd guess the Pohlad's like most look for a return on capital invested. The new $25MM came way after they committed to any capital investment of the team or the stadium. No way they factored that into their decisions. The ticket prices, concessions, somewhat local tv/radio are driven by investments the TWins make. National TV? That's driven by big market teams spending money and generating interest in the game. This is found money....like, someone just handed them a bag of money for owning a team....they literally could run like the Marlins and get this money. It's the nature of the oligarchy they participate in. As for the company the Twins run......they have fixed costs for marketing and sales....their only real variable cost is payroll. Now that MLB has put a cap on draft pick money and internationl FA money, the only real variable cost is MLB payroll. As they add $25MM in new revenue, if is isn't used on players, what would it be used on? They aren't going into a new line of business....they aren't adding a new distribution channel....they aren't adding a new anything, other than players. So, ya, this is found money. Money that has no use other than players (unless they want to put more into the stadium, but if they do that, I'd wonder about their strategy.....I doubt improvements to the stadium would return as much as would improvements to the product at this point).
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