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  1. Mike Sixel
    Ouch. That's embarassing. Really.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Congrats to Thielbar, what a great story. Super thrilled for him, really. It's great.
  3. Mike Sixel
    ya, Baltimore totally blew calling up Machado. And whatever LA and Wash were thinking with Trout and harper....idiots. I don't know if we know the Twins way works or not. The evidence the last 10 years or so would say "not". moot, btw.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I am pretty sure some of us* would rip Ryan for being more concerned about budgets than getting elite talent here. *by some of us, I'm pretty sure I would.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I just want a pitcher, or the best bat in the draft. I think there will be enough pitchers that I'd rather have them than Frazier or Meadows. I just don't see a play there. heck, if Bryant can stay at 3rd.....you can move Sano to right, and you are set. I will be disspointed, probably really annoyed, if they pick Frazier, and Meadows I want no part of right now. But, this is all based on what a guy can read on the interwebs......I'm not scout/draft genius.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I prefer someone from this list: Appel, Gray Stewart, Bryant though I could live with: Manaea Shipley So, ya, if it is Moran or McGuire, that would really annoy me. A Lot.
  7. Mike Sixel
    You can do that, but will they do that? That's the question. Great, logical post, though. Post more please. I like logic.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Trust me, I'm not defending their drafts, or their development efforts. This is the core of their issue, imo.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Oh, I agree with that.....the top players are well scouted.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    I agree with Seth, we don't know it will be Gibson. And this is how a MLB team should be managing the roster, using AAA for depth as appropriate. Nice job of that.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Given that most scouts only see guys in their region, I'd think it is even less an exact science than we would think from the outside. This is not, I'd guess, like the NFL or NBA.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Baker and Garza were good picks, imo. Baker de-railed by injury, and Garza by who knows what, then injury. But really, this team has not been good at the one thing they say is their central strategy. You have to be significantly better than other teams at drafting and developing players if you do not trade prospects for great players, and you do not sign expensive FAs. That is the cornerstone of their entire strategy, and it has not worked well enough.
  13. Mike Sixel
    not true for other teams and their elite players.....Elite players come up in under 4 years, others, not so much. Maybe we should look at how many MLB players are up from the last 4 drafts......
  14. Mike Sixel
    It goes to show BPA is not so obvious, imo.
  15. Mike Sixel
    A: are you sure it is best for the team? B: how is this best for him, and how do you know? C: it is true, I am not a true, good, right kind of, fan....
  16. Mike Sixel
    Wow! Amazing work. What a great read.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I could see that also, gunnarthor. Shipley and Manaea are doing their best (heck, maybe Stanek) to challenge to move back into the top 5.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Welcome to the board! Not true at all, not even close. That's not how averages work at all. The majority of starters are 4s or 5s, there are only about 10 number 1s in all of MLB, and probably 20-30 number 2 starters at most, I have not counted lately. There are a like number of number 3 starters. But compared to other starters, number 3 starters are well above the "average" starter. For example, I'd say the Twins have zero number 3 starters on their MLB roster right now, Diamond might be, but I don't know if that is so or not over the long haul.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Good thing I was on mute on this confernce call when I read this! Made me LLOL.
  20. Mike Sixel
    It makes me sad, as I tell my 15 year old, that people wont' pay for things they value. ESPN Insider is great for anyone that likes the NFL draft and MLB draft and lots of real analysis (instead of the mostly regurgitated stuff on the free site). It's not expensive at all.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Thanks for the update. To me, it is about Wimmers and Kepler. let's hope when Boer comes back, they finally move him to the pen, I think he's a got a legit shot there.
  22. Mike Sixel
    It sure looks that way right now, it will be exciting to see them here someday.
  23. Mike Sixel
    That Benson news is a bummer, for sure. I really think he's got talent, and they need to figure out how to help him help himself.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Because Appel and Gausmann were much more likely to be good than May or Meyer. Sometimes scouting indicates things, and in this case, scouting indicated that for Appel and Gausmann. But it is not that sure for Manaea, so I'd be more ok with taking Bryant if Appel and Gray are gone, and maybe, though only maybe, if Steward is there.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I agree, Seth, they did not care about money (assuming bringing them up was about ability, not about bringing on minimum wage guys instead of vets, which I believe it was about ability) with the OFers, and I'm hoping they do that with Gibson. He's the best pitcher in their entire system, maybe not at the MLB yet, but soon. And he's certainly better than Hernandez, and likely Pelfrey, and probably Diamond and Worley too eventually. And yet, he sits in AAA, leading me to wonder at the Twins' motivation here. It would be a lot easier to believe it wasn't about money if they made a move before it mattered.....otherwise there will always be doubt among those of us that believe Ryan cares more about money than winning* *and no, I have never said they should spend so much they lose money, never....
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