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  1. Mike Sixel
    BTW, I think "ace" is too high to shoot. A solid/good number 2 is one of the 30-40 best pitchers on the planet. The Twins have drafted and developed 2 of those in the last decade, traded one for nothing, and the other got hurt. Hopefully Gibson lasts longer than those two.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Ryan has made it clear with the Hicks' move that they will advance players if appropriate. Perhaps those claiming the Twins promote slowly because the players are bad were right, and those of us arguing they promote slowly because they are too conservative were wrong. I hope we find out one way or the other this year, and Buxton forces their hand. No, his hot start 1 week into his low A season does not change my mind. If there is a pitcher that is even close to as good as the HS OFers, they need to take him. Like, if the guy is as likely to be a number 2 as they are to be good OFers, take the pitcher. A solid/good 2 would be one of their top 2 or 3 pitchers.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Good luck to both, and thanks to both for taking the time to talk to us fans. Appreciated greatly!
  4. Mike Sixel
    No. The only way to find out if the future has possiblities is to play the younger players. Even stashing him at AAA impedes a AA guy from being promoted. Not a fan.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Hicks for a number 2 pitcher, established in the majors? Wow, I can't see that (assuming Appel works out as expected).
  6. Mike Sixel
    It is much more entertaining to read threads about upcoming series this year than it was last year.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    Ah, I got Garza and Baker timelines messed up, sorry about that. Either way, it has been awhile. I expect Gibson to fix that problem this year. I really don't know what to expect from Wimmers, and I have little confidence in any other pitcher in the minors they drafted before this last draft. As for the topic, it should be obvious that as the information age has matured, and teams have started spending more on information and scouting, (and they changed their opinion of college vs HS, and more kids go to college) that it is even more important to have a high draft pick than it was before. That's how market efficiency works.
  8. Mike Sixel
    It is very good having Perkins on this roster. Agreed that it is a good thing for sure.
  9. Mike Sixel
    It is about odds. There are 30 plus rounds, of course some will come after round one.....but how many pitchers have to be chafe to get that little wheat? You need five starting pitchers. The twins have one they drafted on the roster. Worley, Pelfrey, Diamond, Correia, who will be the rotation, were not drafted here. Gibson and Hendriks are it for probably two plus years. Zero effective pitchers that were drafted came up last year. Zero the year before. Zero the year before. The last good pitcher to come up that was drafted was Baker. Think about that and think about how you judge their ability to produce players.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Nope. The Vikings minor leagues, aka college, produced three immediate excellent starters. The Vikings have a superstar that carried the team to points all by himself. The Vikings, thanks to the salary rules, spend about the same as the highest spending teams. The Vikings just signed a high priced free agent. I do not see any similarities.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Hendriks looks and sounds like a good reliever to me. Hope I am wrong, and he is a good starter.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I look forward to the day Berrios and Kepler are up....... ..........
  13. Mike Sixel
    Book three is a great book. The other books have high and low points, and need editing, IMO. Yes, there are many great series.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    I appreciate your willingness to post in a thread where you are outnumbered, takes guts and principle.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Marriage is a legal contract. The church ceremony has no bind in most states. No one is asking any church to change, not through law. We are asking for the law to change. And if it is just a word, why do you care?
  16. Mike Sixel
    He's better than his numbers....duh. great use of Alexi Rivas above. Awesome sauce.
  17. Mike Sixel
    It should not be anyone's job other than your best pitcher. Bullpen use is stuck in the 90s. But to be a bit fair to the manager, he is not alone in this.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Best pitcher comes in there. Closers are a stupid idea whose time will come.
  19. Mike Sixel
    here is one person's thoughts on Hicks and SH..... [TABLE=width: 100%] [TD=class: chatmsgtime]12:02 [/TD] [TD=class: chatmsgtext viewer_text][TABLE] [Comment From mike wants winsmike wants wins: ] I know Hicks is not a "prospect" sort of.....but when/how should a guy that is a switch hitter that is good from one side, but pretty bad from the other, give up on switch hitting? This is not based on three games, but minor league results....thanks. [/TABLE] Friday April 5, 2013 12:02 mike wants wins [/TD] [/TABLE] [TABLE=width: 100%] [TD=class: chatmsgtime]12:04 [/TD] [TD=class: chatmsgtext altcaster_text][TABLE] Mike Newman: Hicks is still a prospect. This was the fourth? consecutive year he was ranked in the top-100. I did notice he was much better from the right side than left which is tough considering he'll face more RHP. In the end, if he's a .750 OPS guy from the left side and .825 from the right, the combined results are still good. If you have Hicks face right-vs.-right, there's no guarantee of improvement given the way balls move and break. [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TABLE]
  20. Mike Sixel
    "ready" is whatever Terry Ryan thinks it is, imo. edit: and, I think Parmalee has a chance to be a legit MLB player, so I'd prefer they not give up on him. But I also don't want legit MLB players sitting in AAA while other guys get to play that are not ready. It's kind of a conundrum, frankly.
  21. Mike Sixel
    We are 98% in agreement on that, if there is a signficant difference, take the better player.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Seeking to understand....are you saying if Arcia is ready, but the Twins suck, to keep him in AAA all year? If so, ugh. Guys who are ready should be up, imo. Especially in a lost year, where you need to build for the future, especially if you think players need time to adjust to the majors.
  23. Mike Sixel
    cmb....you know everyone in the FO agreed that Buxton was #1? gunnathor.....going into the draft, more than a few sites had Appel #1 last year. There was not this consensus you are stating, not in my recollection anyway. But that's not really my point. My point is, it is not always black and white. So, if Frazier is 1% better than the next pitcher, would you still pass on the pitcher, knowing our system? How big (or black and white) does the delta need to be? My point is not so much buxton/Appel, but ignoring need in the face of something so uncertain as baseball drafts is not necessarily a good idea. Would you really draft an OFer every single year, if that was the BPA? If so, how would you have MIF and SP?
  24. Mike Sixel
    What does reach mean? You doubt Appel is worth a top 5 pick last year or this year? Gausmann? Both were deserving last year, and they passed on them. There were guys who had them both rated ahead of Buxton, it was not a slam dunk nationally. BPA is not some kind of black and white thing, like so many here make it out to be.
  25. Mike Sixel
    My comments are based on years of minor league history, not three games....
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