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  1. Mike Sixel
    How are they too expensive, in the next 5 years? Other than Mauer, they have zero players signed for more than the minimum past 2014. I get it a few years ago, when the team actually had some expensive players, but now? there is zero reason for money to be an issue right now.
  2. Mike Sixel
    So much for "money not being an issue" for this team. Who cares if they are ever fun to watch in the present, as long as they plan for the future (which never comes, as Torii and Johann reminded us). so, ya, I disagree. This team is flooded with money, with almost no future committments at all, actually, none other than Mauer. And people are worried about money.....Gibson is 25, if Super two is an issue, who cares? The team will be Mauer and 24 minimum wage guys, how is this even an issue, for a team that cares about winning?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Bard? I don't drafting injured college relief pitchers fixes your system's lack of MLB starters. How's that working so far, the relievers they drafted? How is a 2-3 starter a "big league average player", exactly? How many do the Twins have on their roster (or did they have last year)? I'm not saying I know if Manaea is that good or not, all I'm saying is that if you keep passing on guys that might be that good, it is pretty darn hard to have 3, let alone 5, good starting pitchers. Darn hard. And it's great that they finally traded young players to get higher upside prospects, but I'm not exactly counting the birds yet.....as May appears to be an awful lot like last year so far. And both are in AA, and not even close to Gausmann or what Appel will be. I still think if you think Manaea will be no worse than a number 3 (which is not league average, but much better than that), then you take him, unless you like Stewart more, which I do. Though, I will admit to being intrigued by Bryant. But I think the choice will be between Stewart, Manaea, and HS position players.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I am not saying Buxton might not be worth it, but the certainty everyone has is a bit much for me. He's in low A. And plenty of prospect watchers liked Appel more last year. Tell me how you get pitching if you refuse to draft it early.
  5. Mike Sixel
    If you don't think Manaea is a legit 2-3 type, I'd be ok with taking Bryant. I've typed that here before. but if you never draft pitchers high, then you have to be willing to use other channels. For the first time, they dealt young players for other young players. I'm not convinced May is any good, but Meyer might be. But as long as you REFUSE to use FA to get legit pitching, you need to use your opportunities in the draft to get it. As much as people here love buxton, he's in low A, and years away (he's not consistent, he has to do it at least two times through the teams, he has to stay down for the good of the affilate.......). Gausmann will be starting in the majors this year, and looks like he has a chance to be better than ANY pitcher in the Twins system. Oh, and they also passed on Appel.....Are you sure that Buxton is the BPA from last year? He might be, but to say we know the BPA with such certainty that people say it is a stretch, imo.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Shocker, the team cares more about money than winning, who would ever suggest that and believe it? This team is ALL about winning, and money is never an issue, or something like that.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    They need pitching! Where will the 5 starters come from if you keep passing on (Gausmann/Appel) great pitchers in the top 5? College relievers? If Stewart is there, take him. If it is between Manaea and Bryant, you need to decide if Manaea can be a 2-3 type pitcher. If so, how do you pass on another pitcher?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Fair enough, Brock, but others do make that argument. I took your post wrong.....the interwebs can be tricky for finely distinct points.....As for the number of wins, if the GM is stubborn with who the SPs are, this team is in trouble of reaching 90 wins, imo. *edit....that should read "losing less than 90 games"
  9. Mike Sixel
    I wouldn't quit being a Twins fan if they took him. But projecting him to be here in 2014? With this team? No chance. Gibson can't even make the rotation over Hernandez.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Boston and Baltimore.
  11. Mike Sixel
    It's never his fault when they are bad, but when they had good players it was his "fault" they were good? I don't get that.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Well, I think I had them at around 75-78 wins, so this is worse, right? Somehow they are underachieving predictions that had them losing 85-87 or so games......But I am not really surprised by this outcome so far. They bargain shopped for pitching, they did not sign a position player, they jettisoned two good starting OFers.....in retrospect, not sure why I thought they'd win more than last year. Well, I did think they'd have Gibson up here, which I'm sure at some point they'll do......
  13. Mike Sixel
    worst math ever. Of course RBI are correlated with runs scored.....but that is like saying runs scored is correlated with runs scored. It tells you exactly zero about how an individual hits though.
  14. Mike Sixel
    You can't post an entire pay article on the site....that's not cool.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Does Seth count as a writer for these purposes? The first place I turn to every day is the minor league report (and I know he does not write them all). I know this sounds like butt kissing, but really, that is the only article about the Twins I read every single day.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Because the posts are always about the downside, and never about the upside, so it is fear, not risk analysis. Trust me, I know about risk analysis, and what is stated on here is not about that at all. Maybe for you it is. I stand by my comment, maybe "fear" is too strong, but super risk averse isn't.....that distinction to me is one without sufficient distance between the terms to have meaning. YMMV on that distinction. edited to be shorter and to the point....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Back to the timeline......just did a quick search....of last year's top 10 WAR position players: 2 came up at 23 3 came up at 22 1 at 21 3 at 20 1 at 19 So, it would not be rushing him, if he's truly elite, to have him up here in 2 years.....is he on that pace? I looked because I had previously read online that elite player come up earlier than average players.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    service time for a 25 year old? they have him under control until he's 32, service time is not relevant at all to this discussion.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Parmalee and Hendriks showed they were ready last year.....ready isn't just about production, but stuff and approach and other stuff. How is it rushing him to have him pitch here, and not in AAA? Like I asked before, other than just saying it, what evidence does anyone have that "rushing" him would hurt him, or keepig him down would help him? You are pretty much never sure of anything in the future, you can only go by the evidence at hand. Do you believe he'd be worse than Pelfry or Hernandez the rest of the year? Do you think it might help him to be up here, getting used to MLB stadiums and whatnot, so that next year isn't his "he's not experienced" year?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Isn't Gibson on the 40 man? And I don't get the (what I consider obsession) concern with fringy replacement level guys at the back end of the 40 man roster this board has. Those guys are replacable, or not that good.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I don't get the premise that we can't want him up here because he is likely better than at least 1, and probably three current starters. Can you explain that premise? And I'm not outraged, but maybe others are. I won't speak for them.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Not sure what to say about the writing for sure, but I love to listen to LENIII on the radio. He's great there.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Your argument that they aren't bad at drafting players is that 4 seasons ago they had some good pitchers?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Unless it fails year, after year, after year, and you have zero, not one, starter in your rotation you drafted, and the ones you had the year before were bad (not Baker, he was good), and the same as the year before.......the fear of downside risk shown by the fans of this team astounds me, it really does. You are not wrong to have that fear if you want, people have different appetities, but it does amaze me.
  25. Mike Sixel
    How long do they ride Boyd as a starter, and not move him to reliever? If he can be a MLB reliever, isn't he better off personally moving to that sooner, rather than later?
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