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  1. Mike Sixel
    If this is Ryan going all in on pitching, what would it look like if he didn't try so hard?
  2. Mike Sixel
    Ya, it couldn't be that the Twins aren't good at their jobs......it has to be something else.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Only the Twins would take that many years for a college arm to make the majors from the 4th overall pick. KLAW and others who have worked in real baseball have ripped them for putting college pitchers at such low levels, it isn't just me. BTW, how's that working? How many good pitchers have they developed in the last 10 years? I'd be ok with this pick, but start him in A ball this year, not rookie ball. Why take him over Stewart?
  4. Mike Sixel
    good one.....your blogs have been great, actually. Love the format, love the work, really, one of my favorite parts of the site. You should get more likes and compliments....
  5. Mike Sixel
    coincidence, it can't be the Twins, they are infallible.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Just awful. this is why they don't have a good team right now. Just awful.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I have no chance of winning the lottery........
  8. Mike Sixel
    Hmmmm.......Diamond sucks, Morneau is old, and willingham smells like elderberry.......
  9. Mike Sixel
    I was literally typing it at the time. I though maybe I should help Hicks with a rant too, but there is only so much magic in these fingers.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I still cannot fathom that Doumit is playing and not Parmelee. Do not care about the HR he hit while I type this,,,,,,,,,.
  11. Mike Sixel
    They are only advantages if they work.....and he should have stopped two years ago, or at least tried it for a month.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I don't know how much I agree with or not, but I like this post.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    True, but they've been close, only because of the money he has spent. Bad luck, whatever, but they've been close, and only because of the money.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I agree, I've never actually said Gausman will be better for sure.....and yes, lots of top prospects have never made the majors. I think Buxton will succeed, I think he'll be a very good player. I think he has a chance to be a great player. But he's in low A.....we just don't know. Well, Wimmers got hurt. You can't usually predict injuries. And, who knows. Maybe in two years he's in the rotation and effective, we don't know yet how that worked out anymore than we know if Buxto will be good. I'm sticking with my belief that if you refuse to sign good FA pitchers, the only way to get them is to draft them when you have a chance. Passing twice, for a team with only 3-4 guys that are even prospects, and zero legit MLB pitchers, well, good luck building a staff. And don't put up the three college relievers from last year, please.
  15. Mike Sixel
    True, but having no pitchers on the roster helps the Twins even less......it is about more than one piece, not just one piece. True, Gausmann gave up 4 runs, one on a 3 run homer to a guy that hits a lot of HRs......but talk about SSS, and he and Wacha are in the majors. Like it or not, odds are that Buxton never even makes it that far, he's only in low A ball. I won't repeat what I would have done, you can find it elsewhere on the site,a nd Seth hates it when I type the same thing in thread after thread.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    Can someone explain why Parmelee is not playing OF vs a right handed pitcher? What is more important than finding out if Chris can hit or not? Does the team have an actual plan for building for the future?* *feel free to take these are rhetorical, or not, your choice....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Me neither, but then, I thought for two years he should not be a SH......so nothing really has changed for me, other than he's less ready than I thought. That's really the biggest change for me....actually, he's been worse on defense than I thought also.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Well, Wacha and Gausman are already up from this last draft....and there are players from 2011 and 2010 that other teams have drafted that are up.....more than a few, actually. But I agree, this is the Twins, and that player will not be up next year either, but that wasn't the whole point of the post, not even the key part really.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I guess that's a rhetorical question, Seth......they have 1 SP in their minors we are pretty sure will be in the majors next year....take a pitcher. Sure would be nice to have a rotation of Appel, Gibson, Diamond, guy taken this year, Worley/Meyer......
  20. Mike Sixel
    great article on fangraphs on Milwaukee and trying to figure out why their stars and scrubs approach is not working, it's instructional, imo, for everyone that says that those last few spots on the roster don't matter.....oh ya, win twins.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Should have taken HS arms last year, instead of injured college relief pitchers......let's hope they learned their lesson.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I said I could be wrong.....I thought for them to cut his pay by more than 20%, he had to be a FA. But, I could be wrong........ either way, it does not matter. That money won't be spent anyplace else anyway. If you want to keep him, pay him a random number he'll accept. Because the money is there. As for home, I think his wife is from here, and his kids are here.....so this could be home now for him (unlike others, he chooses to live here I believe).
  23. Mike Sixel
    heck, I could be wrong......but if I'm him, I test the FA water, and try to play for a winner. Because this team is not winning much more next year either....
  24. Mike Sixel
    Call him up, send Hicks down. Now. DFA Hermsen, or Carroll (or trade Carroll). DFA Pelfrey and call up Gibson, that kills two birds with one stone...... lots of DFA opportunities....
  25. Mike Sixel
    you can't cut a salary more than 20% in one year, unless he is a FA, them's the rules......"you can't sign him FOR THAT...." is what I said. you are right, other teams COULD get better players for that, but Ryan won't sign big time FAs....and they get $25Mm more in revenue next year, so no, the money does not matter at all. It's not like they'd use that money on something else....ryan showed that again this year.
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