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  1. Mike Sixel
    Ryan has said over and over he is allowed to spend whatever he wants. I can only take him at his word, or assume he's lying. I choose to take him at his word, rather than believe he is a liar. Plus, come on. They are barely over dome days in salary, and they get $25MM more in free revenue next year. There is no hand tying here.....this is a choice. A false choice, imo.....that you have to only sign a FA when it gets you a championship, or that you can only either build through the draft of sign FAs.....but I've beat those comments to the level they resemble Ohco Cinco's future career in law....
  2. Mike Sixel
    Comment From mike wants wins Kyle Gibson, still in the minors….is there any good explanation for this? [TABLE] [TD=class: chat_time]12:09[/TD] [TD=class: chat_desc]Dan Szymborski: The Twins actually believe they don’t have the room for him right now. [/TD] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TD=class: chat_time]12:09[/TD] [TD=class: chat_desc]Dan Szymborski: Which is kind of cute, like your 400-pound, bald friend that think he’s a ladies man. [/TD] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TD=class: chat_time]12:10[/TD] [TD=class: chat_desc]Dan Szymborski: My theory is that the Twins are worried that if Gibson strikes out batters, it could confuse the rest of the pitching staff. [/TD] [/TABLE]
  3. Mike Sixel
    Dozier can play the utility role, or the SS role when Rosario is here. Floriman? Not so much. Plouffe can play 1B/DH/utility also. That seems like the right combo platter to me.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Awful news. So sad.
  5. Mike Sixel
    so if he has no upside, really......why would you keep him around next year, when by then maybe Gibson will be consistent enough to be in MN, Worley might be fixed, Meyer might be ready, Albers maybe surprised us all? There is no strategic reason to have Plefry on the roster next year (nor am I sure there is this year.......). Me, I'd cut him. Call up Gibson, see what you have. I'd call up Albers after Gibson reaches his limit, and see what you have. having Pelfrey here does nothing for this team, this year, or next year.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I still think he is the 1B platoon partner with Mauer, until they find a 1B. He's better than any other close option, or MLB option on the roster today (assuming Morneau is not an option, and maybe even if he is).
  7. Mike Sixel
    floriman is not a good player.....but as long as everyone else does their job, he's fine....at least I think that's the line we've been fed before (for a better player, btw).
  8. Mike Sixel
    How are AAA innings less stressful? If it is number of pitches, put him on a pitch count. Can someone explain how throwing the ball in AAA hurts your arm less than in the majors? Can someone explain why he is not up here? He's probably better than 2 or 4 of the guys here. he's healthy, or they would not let him pitch in AAA. He's 25, so it's not about control.
  9. Mike Sixel
    All I read was "blah, blah, blah, Kepler finally playing, blah, blah blah.....". Ok, not really, but to me, that was the best news in the whole article.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Nice article.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Why? Ryan did not do that before. Why is it realistic to think he would ever do it? He told us this off-season he would.......
  12. Mike Sixel
    I'm ok with leaving Melo as a starter for now, but there are other, more experienced minor leaguers who have never pitched well as a starter, if I'm them, I want to move to relief and see if I can have a career, or even a year or two.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Mind boggling. I hope no one on the twins tries to explain any problems with Gibson next year being caused by lack of MLB experience. I admit to wondering why I root for this team, other than 45 years of habit.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Nice to read about the autographs. Classy.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Andy McPhail added legit free agents while GM. Those free agents were not cheap relative to other players. The point is that, ans nothing more. I was answering the poster that said signing Morris was just like Ryan's moves, nothing more
  16. Mike Sixel
    Jack Morris was the highest paid Twin when he was signed.....Jack Morris made 20% more than any other Twin. He made more than double the salary of all but 1 or 2 Twins the year he signed. It was not a bottom feeding deal....
  17. Mike Sixel
    I've been suggesting he move to 1B, to split time with Mauer. Mauer plays 1B/C/DH; Plouffe plays 1B/DH/occassional 3B.
  18. Mike Sixel
    do you know what they paid Morris, relative to his previous contracts? It was not bottom of the barrel shopping.....they paid for him to come here. They paid him more money that year than he had made at any point in his career at that time.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Why would they pay Morneau $10-13MM a year, for being worse than the median 1B? They could use that money on a pitcher/SS/whatever instead...... Put Plouffe at 1B when Sano comes up, before that, who cares? They don't look much better next year than this year, unless Sano/Rosario skip AAA. Otherwise, it looks like the same team as this year. There is no OF/1B/DH/C ready to come up next year, is there? Mauer will play half of his games at 1B in the coming years, platoon him with Plouffe, with Mauer catching and DHing, with Plouffe DHing when Mauer plays 1B. The future (like 2 years out) is not that hard to imagine w/o Morneau. Heck, you can sign median 1B for less money to fill in the gap until you are ready to move Plouffe.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Has anyone figured out why they signed this guy yet?
  21. Mike Sixel
    Arguments no one has made: The Twins should spend as much as the Yankees, or outbid them for lots of players FA is the only way to build a team Every FA will sign here, if only the Twins offer more money Every team that spends money is guaranteed to win The Twins never sign FAs of any kind Every large contract works for every single year of that contract The Twins are one piece away from winning it all, or even contending The Twins should spend money to spend money The Twins should have one of the 10 biggest payrolls in all of baseball The Twins should spend more than they’ve ever spent this year The Twins should try to sign 5 starting pitchers FA is “the answer” and the only answer The Twins should sign multiple big time free agents
  22. Mike Sixel
    Look at the pirates and royals, they prove, using your logic, that using the draft does not work.....I'd guess that it is a combination of the two approaches that work best, which is what most of us have been saying. Like adding Jack Morris, for example.....or CC Sabathia. I mean, the Yankees have won an awful lot, and they did it by using both channels......that's what I'm asking for, not to ignore big time free agents completely. Imagine signing a legit DH earlier this century, rather than using the DHs they used....like when McPhail was GM.....
  23. Mike Sixel
    For fun, I'll just add that I've been a fan since 1970......so ya, this isn't about loyalty or "the right way to be a fan", not for some of us.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Trade Morneau, and put Plouffe at 1B, call up Romero, see what you have. It can't hurt anything.......It does not matter what they get for Justin, if the goal is to see if Plouffe or Parmalee can be your starter, starting next year.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Well, since we are not inside Gardy's head, we don't know why he is starting Doumit and not Parmalee. It could be one of several reasons. Strategically, the only reason to start him is to build up his trade value, so I hope that is why. But what helps the team more, learning more about Parmalee and his ability to hit MLB ball, or getting a marginal prospect for Doumit? That's the question Ryan should be asking himself. I'm not sure the question matters much, as I expect Doumit returns little in trade, and I expect Parmalee is a backup player t best. I won't add to the Gibson discussion, other than to say I have no idea what they are doing with him.
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