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  1. Mike Sixel
    Why not? What else will they do with the money? Even if he's bad, what else will they be spending the money on?
  2. Mike Sixel
    I don't think their production has to be better, I think it has to last another month....... Seth, is Berrios dominating with a FB, that younger players can't hit, or is there more to it? In other words, is he the Delmon Young of minor league pitchers? I really have no idea, if his stuff is really good, or if he's just a better athlete than the guys he is facing right now.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I disagree on Grienke, if you think he's a top 30 pitcher for the next 5 years, this team can afford him (even if the last 2-3 years are bad). Other than mauer, they have zero legit salaries on this roster the next 5 years. Willingham maybe, but even that is for 1 more year...... I don't get why people keep saying they can't afford Greinke. This year, Morneau and Blackburn come off, and they get $25MMM more in revenue. Heck, that revenue increase alone pays Greinke's entire salary for 8 years.......and you still are banking more than $15MM a year in savings when Justin and Nick are gone. There is/was plenty of money to spend big this year. Imagine having a healthy Greinke in this rotation instead of Pelfrey.....I'm not saying that I expect them to keep this up, but if you replace your worst pitcher with a guy that would be your best pitcher, that's got to be worth 5-10 wins over the season. What is that worht this year or next year?
  4. Mike Sixel
    I think you might be a bit bullish on Parmalee and Benson* *Benson from a "will he even be up here" perspective, not power perspective.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I don't view "winning the WS" as an accurage measure of success, maybe that's part of our disagreement..... All we are asking is that when the Twins roll out Chad Allen and others as their DH on a WS contending team, that maybe spending some money on ONE legit FA would be a good idea.* *Ok, some of us are also asking that when you have the worst collection of starting pitching the in league that you sign one legit FA too
  6. Mike Sixel
    The starters are 10th in ERA, I'd have predicted more like 13th..... The hitting is second to last in runs scored, I'd have predicted more like 10th....part of that is that only 1 other team has played as few games as they have. The only two hitters doing worse than I expected, though, are Mauer and Hicks. Everyone else is about what you'd expect, if your expectations were based on careers, and not peaks. The surprise to me is the W-L record. They are about 2-3 games ahead of pace, imo.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Let's see one more year of international signings with Ryan before judging, but I fear he's bringing his frugal ways there also.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    AROD and CC Sabathia disagree with you Brock.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Simple answer: The drafts in the mid part of the first decade of this century did not product players that deserved to be signed, other than Mauer and Morneau. Longer answer: Ryan does not believe in spending money on players not already on his roster. I'm very thankful Smith was the GM when Sano was available.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I like wins.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I am not sure what to say here......I asked if the coaches should be positioning players, and taking accountability when they are not positioned correctly, and if not, what is it they do during a game? Plenty of people questioning this on this thread say lots of good things about players...... as for if this is a big deal or not, what,exactly, is a big deal in coaching? As I said earlier, there is not much you can really measure coaching on, but I would think positioning is one thing you can assess. Really, nothing is important about how the twins play, this is all just entertainment. If you do not want to talk about this particular thing, why even comment?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Also, there is great value in trying to measure things, and even in being wrong. Being wrong teaches us a lot more definitive things than being right does.
  13. Mike Sixel
    There isn't exactly a lot to talk about in coaching, is there? People say all the time coaches have little effect on the game, but I would think, as Tampa proves, that positioning fielders is a place where coaches CAN make a difference. They can't throw for the guy, they can't field for the guy, they can't do much of anything really, other than give them signs about what they want them to do. Maybe Plouffe missed a sign, that's different. But really, what else can a coach really do during a game, other than things like this?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Is it real? If so, shouldn't teams try to measure it? Some people, who spend a lot of times on computers, just seem to have something against increasing knowledge and using science and math. It is truly bizarre to me.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I doubt this is an issue for the Twins.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I see Gardy ripped on Plouffe for being out of position last night. Isn't positioning players one of the things coaches do? I mean, how is this the player's fault, and not on the the coaches? If they don't do that, what is it they actually do during a game? Just another example, imo, of how this coaching staff blames the players for their own failure to do their job.
  17. Mike Sixel
    How would signing a player to "too much money" this last year have restricted payroll? They get $25MM more next year, Blackburn and Morneau are gone this year. They have zero guys eligible to get paid real money in the next three years (maybe Diamond). Where do they need this money at all, if not FA? $43 million more dollars to spend next year.....and then Willingham the year after. So, how, exactly, does spending even $25mm on Grienke hurt the salary structure of this team?
  18. Mike Sixel
    I just don't know.....had you asked me 2 weeks ago (and I am sure I did say something) I would have screamed pitcher. I still think Stewart or Manaea are good decisions, but I'm warming to Bryant. It should be one of those three, anyone else and I'd likely be disappointed until proven wrong.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I don't think Sano is signed by Ryan either.....Oh, and Ryan could have taken care of Mauer signing, Hunter and Santana, but he quit instead of handling those, having not handled them the yeaf before, and having angered both by playing for a "future that will never come" in Hunter's words. And I agree, the Ramos and Hardy and Garza trades were awful. I was just wondering how people felt about the Santana trade at this point.
  20. Mike Sixel
    That's about all he says, Nick.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Ah, no, I'm not taking a side on that part at all....sorry, my bad. I'm more asking about the trade itself....which many rip constantly, and use as proof Smith was a bad GM....
  22. Mike Sixel
    Where am I knocking the twins? I am asking if you think it was more fair, now, than you thought before? Gomez is 27......he was rushed, frankly.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Given last year, and so far this year......how do you think the Santana trade really was? Gomez has been very, very good this year. He has been one of the best all around players in the game. Was this really the worst trade ever, or did the organization just not have the patience it needed? I admit, I never thought Gomez would be this good. If he stays at this level for a few years, that trade looks pretty fair, given Santana's salary, age, health.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Some intereseting stuff there.....some good, some not. The Bard issues were a bit predictable, imo, and will leave me forever questioning that pick, I worry. It did sound like they were thinking about promoting Buxton even faster than some of us think they might....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Hendriks strikes me as a guy that is close, but not quite there yet. He may never be there. But I'd give him another year as a starter before moving him to reliever. I'd think reliever is his long term place, though.
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