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  1. Mike Sixel
    Pretty much covered in the Gray thread in teh minor league section......but if it does result in a huge discount, I can see Houston taking him. They get a top talent, and they get the discount they want.
  2. Mike Sixel
    18-2 in favor of Buxton! Wow. Let's hope everyone is right, he would be exciting to watch if he turns out this awesome.
  3. Mike Sixel
    The interwebs are apparently a mess over the Red Wedding. For me, that is one of the high points of the books. Everything leading up to it is so well written. Maybe I'm nostalgic or something, but I really love this whole section of the books in and around Book 3.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'm still a Wimmers believer. It's a good draft if Rosario is a legit starting 2B. It's a really good draft when Wimmers comes back. It's a great draft when anyone else makes the majors after those two are successful.
  5. Mike Sixel
    ouch.
  6. Mike Sixel
    great update, thanks!
  7. Mike Sixel
    Baseball has a super rich history of greenies and other stimulants......it's funny to me that people think this is a big deal. It does not point to character or emotional issues, it points to using a stimulant, like coffee or red bull or greenies or whatever that professional athletes have been using since the, well, forever.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Twins got a B in 2008, more teams had better grades than had worse grades. Twins got a B in 2007, more teams got worse grades than got better grades (that year looks really bad on BA) Twins got a C in 2006, not good compared to most teams, only three had worse grades Twins got an A in 2005, tied with 7 other teams for the best grade. Looked very good according to BA at the time. I'm not sure how that is "good" or "bad" at drafting. One good year, one bad year, and two mediocre years. About median compared to other grades, according to BA. That's fine, I guess. Nothing to brag about, imo. YMMV, of course. But if you won't sign big time free agents, you have to be better at drafting than other teams, not about the same. One interesting (to me) thing to see, several teams were consistently rated the worst, and not coincidentally they are now some of the worst teams in baseball.
  9. Mike Sixel
    sbk......I know you aren't asking me, but here is my answer: if they win 75, I'll be happy if: The young guys are better, and it looks like it was not built on Doumit, Morneau, Willingham if they win 75, I'll not be happy if: Hicks, Plouffe, Dozier are not good, and no progress was made in the starting pitching 75 really doesn't do much for me personally, it is not bad enough to get the top pick, and it is not good enough for the games to be interesting in September. 75 really only matters to me in terms of how they get there.....since 75 does nothing for the playoffs this year, the key for me is, how does that 75 indicate they might be likely to do in the next two years?
  10. Mike Sixel
    the Law mock is based on coversations with front office personnel......and it is certainly possible that Houston tries what they tried last year.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Love Spill the Wine.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    And I'd like them promoted faster, rather than slower. The sooner they are promoted, teh sooner they Twins know more about their real floors.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    Or they could have just lost a bad 29.5 year old OFer.......not sure why anyone is worried about losing Clete Thomas. Either way, I hope Seth is right, and this is all about playing the youth, and having an old player sit around and do nothing much.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Very reasoned reply, popriveter, post more often....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure what that means. Did I ever say any game was not meaningful? I'm happy to converse on this thread, but now I've lost track of the conversation.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Fangraphs: 2012: wRC+: 14th overall Fld: 16th overall Bsr: 4th overall WAR: 18th overall 2013: wRC+: 21st Fld: 29th Bsr: 12th WAR: 26th edit: if I read that correctly, they are actually worse at every aspect of the game than last year.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Sure, it can happen. Name the pitcher on this roster that is going to make that happen. Gibson will be shut down by then, so don't name him. It just isn't likely, or even a little likely, to happen. I'm happy they are slightly better than most of us thought they would be. I am. But that's not going to cloud my judgement about what I think is likely to happen in the future.
  18. Mike Sixel
    If Thomas is coming up, I'm just confused. At what point does this team commit to youth, and try to figure out what they have/don't have?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Regardless of which stats you want to use, does anyone see the great CFer we were led to believe he already was? I am pretty sure we read how he was major league ready, and better than a lot of MLB CFers. So far, we have not seen him be consistently good. I am relatively confident that will come over the next 18 months, but so far, he's not what I expected based on what we read and heard on the radio.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Nice draft, no doubt. I'm not as high on Bard, Melo, and Chargois as your writeup, but if Duffey or Baxendale is real (or can be traded for something that is), then it's a very good draft. Not what I would have done, but a good draft.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Were the Twins? Do we think they were counting on him being an above median pitcher? I think they did feel that.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Bah, you are right. I must have been actually paying attn to my work call when I read the opening..... I think the big issue, for the future, is that the Twins is still a team made up of old guys that will not be part of the future (in key roles), and young guys that don't look all that good (some are not bad, but none look really good). I think that's part of why they beat up on Seattle, they don't have any of those older, good players that MN does. Milwaukee is pitching free, frankly. They look a lot like what I expect this team to look like in a couple of years. Four or five really good hitters, 10 bad hitters, and only one or two good starting pitchers. Let's hope Ryan and team are right about May and Meyer..... *edited for speeeeling and other various typos
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'd think that anyone second guessing this pick would have to be doing so from hindsight. I can't think of a reason, given what we know today, why you would not take him if he is there (other than Appel also being there, I guess).
  24. Mike Sixel
    Collisions should be against the rules. It is not good for anyone at all. I think I've typed that on the interwebs for abot 4 years now......not that anyone is listening/reading.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Twins starting pitching is 2nd to last in the AL in WAR, 4th worst overall. Like ERA better? 2nd worst in the AL, 3rd worst overall. Like xFIP better? 3rd worst in the AL, 3rd worst overall. I'm not sure how the pitching "trend" is better. As for meaningful games in September, at this rate, they'd be 10 games back entering September, right? Would that make their games meaningful to them?
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