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  1. Mike Sixel
    DeVries=Hermsen=Albers=Deduno=Walters=Worley=Hendriks Just pick one. I'd pick the ones that are oldest, or have had no success in the majors yet. Does it really matter between all those? I'm not sure it does. but, Worley has been successful in the majors, so it isn't him. the rest? the rest are replacement level pitchers, imo.
  2. Mike Sixel
    But pitchers don't get wins, that's the point. Someone, a long time ago, decided to credit pitchers with a stat called wins, but that does not mean it is a real indicator of anything. IF 100 years ago, somone would have decided to credit every hitter that appeared in a game with a win stat, would you use that stat for anything today? The Win stat means nothing, it tells you nothing about the pitcher at all. Nothing. You could roll a die, and randomly give a hitter a "win" every game your team won, and it would be a stat, but it would have no meaning. Just like pitcher wins.
  3. Mike Sixel
    There may or may not be good reasons for this, but it's hard not to believe this is money related at some level. That's the rub, if you generally act a certain way, it's hard for outsiders to believe that decisions are not made for reasons consistent with that way. And, every inning in AAA is an inning not in the majors for Gibson. Fans want to see top prospects, not AAAA players. It really is that simple for me and for others.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'd put him 5-7th overall on my list....so I would not cry if he was the pick, though I'm sure I'd type a 10 paragraph rant about how this team will never have pitching if they keep passing on it (or using all their high picks on college relievers.....).
  5. Mike Sixel
    Here are Ryan's major deicsions this last year: Sign Corriea to a two year deal Sign Pelfrey Refuse to call up Gibson Trade for Vance Worely and Trevor May Trade for Alex Meyer Not sign any position players Trade two starting OFers, with no one ready to take their place Call up Hicks And you have 99% confidence? I know you know the guy, but you can't see any reason to have doubt in him?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Twins pitchers are awful, it's not luck.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Ah, sorry about that Stringer. I say take a 4 sided die, and roll: 1=Pelfry 2=Hermsen 3=DeVries 4=Herrmann
  8. Mike Sixel
    Payroll!
  9. Mike Sixel
    Pick a mediocre SP in AAA or AA, and DFA him. We have 10 of those already. Or Herrmann I guess. Or Butera is fine with me.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Good luck to him. Hope he does well.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I enjoy listening to Twins hitting. So much more fun.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Hard to say about the hitting coach, as he's been up here for less than 1/2 year.....so it's hard to offer any evidence about if players have improved or not under his tutelage.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Hope you are right.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Yankees have three early picks, right? Manaea won't make it to the Twins, though I did suggest this possibility in one of the trade down conversations.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Everyone keeps saying Machado is some kind of aberration....of the top 10 in WAR last year, 7 were up before they were 22 (if I remember the mini study I did right). Elite players come up earlier than regular players, and Sano is an elite player, imo. I can redo that work again if people want, or do it for more years.....but elite players come up at 19-22 years old, because they are elite and ready and teams want them up here producing.
  16. Mike Sixel
    thanks, I read it wrong.
  17. Mike Sixel
    yes, that's my point.....it is too early to know....so I'd bet there are teams that would rather have the guy dominating AA, than the guy in low A, but I could be wrong. I'm at least willing to admit that I could be wrong, and the answer is not 100% obvious. That's the whole point of my posts, we just don't know, and therefore there should be room for polite disagreement, w/o name calling and other implications of stupidity.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    Why not DFA Wood, instead of 60 day DL? He's a reliever......any older reliever who is hurt should be a DFA candidate, frankly...... My order: Devries - he doesn't offer anything that the other Rochester pitchers don't offer, really Hermsen - see above Butera - below replacment level, imo, replacable by other younger options that have not proven to be bad I'd want to give Benson this year one way or the other, so I'm opposed to him. Heck, just trade one of their current relievers for whatever you can get, move up a buy from AAA that is on the 40 man.....there are lots of ways for a 90 loss team with little high end talent at AAA or AA to cull the 40 man roster. Lots.
  19. Mike Sixel
    For me, the rush to get him in MN is that they stink, for the third year in a row. I'd like them not to stink. I think he's more ready than some here think. I think he's a special player, very special. I think he can continue to learn 3B at AA. I think the jump to AA is hard, and I want him to start that sooner, rather than later. And no, I don't think he's ready for MLB yet, but I think he's a lot closer than some others think.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I generally agree that stability is good, but there are times for change. The changes in the minors were important, imo. Players were coming up that could not do the fundamentals of hitting cutoff guys, running well, etc. It was time for a change, I'm not sure that change was fundamental enough, be we'll see. As for Ryan, I'm not a fan, but I did argue to give him at least this year to see if he could make better decisions. So far, his major decisions have not worked. KC and Pelfrey and Worely are as bad (or worse) as most people thought. Hicks has not been ready. May looks like the guy he was last year, when people started to think he was a reliever. Only Meyer looks like a good decision so far. That's not a good ratio, imo. If they lose 90 games again, how many more years do you give him? If Sano comes up next year, and is great, that is not on Ryan.....he wa acquired by Smith's FO. So how would you judge Ryan, assuming he gets another year? As for the Pohlads, assuming that they are not asking for the budget to be cut, I agree to an extent. Owners should stay out of the operations. But, if Ryan fails, it's partly on their lack of wilingness to makes changes when needed. So, I'd say incomplete for me right now..... *edited for speeling
  21. Mike Sixel
    Gausmann was about 5 spots behind Buxton on at least 1 pre-season ranking. All I'm saying is taht it is not so cut and dry as you all make it. As for "we" vs "they", I'm pretty consistent. I almost never say "we" because I'm not part of the Twins, I'm just a fan. As for drafting for need vs elite players, I just think you are all a bit too certain of who the BPA is, we just don't know. It is possible that several players turn out better than Buxton, it is possible Buxton becomes one of the greatest players ever. Jordan was the third pick that year, not 2nd. So at least two teams were wrong, that's kind of my point. The future is darn hard to predict, and the certainty you all have that Buxton will be better is a bit over the top for me. heck, there were people bragging about how right Ryan was about KC after April.....it's just too early to know right now, imo. You have every right to have a different opinion.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Fair enough, TT, fair enough.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I thought it was clear that entire rant was irrational, I even said that.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Couldn't disagree more. Who cares what his hair looks like, geeze. I don't think we have any idea how he feels about being here. I think you are reading way too much into stuff we have no idea about.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Actually, I'm arguing to move him to AA, I left that part off by accident. challenge him. My bad. TT, you can dislike it all you want, but until we see evidence something has changed, it has not changed. *edited addition: I'm bitter because I'm a fan.....fans by nature are irrational, otherwise we would not be fans. This GM and ownership team have shown no desire to commit to win, but plenty to cut payroll, even though they get $25MM more next year, and have 1 guy on the roster after this year that makes more than $7MM. I'm bitter because this will be the third year in a row they are one of the three worst teams in MLB. I'm bitter because there is virtually no hope they are better next year, because Sano will move 1 rung at a time. I'm bitter because Hicks isn't good, and Arcia is just ok/bad. I'm bitter because Ryan and company actually believed Correia, Pelfrey, Worley was a good idea. I'm bitter because they have no MIF, 3B, SP. I'm bitter because they have a brand new stadium where they could be printing money, but prefer to turn the fans off by being cheap and always thinking about the future and never the present.
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