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  1. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, but I think Winfield at CB is less overpaid than KWill at DT...and would have cut KWill first. They basically cannot sign another FA, keep their current players, and sign their draft picks at this point. So, either they are done in FA, or something else has to give......but to me, to get this point, KWill was more expendable than Winfield. Clearly, the vikings disagree with me, and that's cool.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Sorry Seth, I got is off topic. I think I have beaten my point into the ground, and should probably stop now before I make someone mad...
  3. Mike Sixel
    Bummer for him. Really like this guy
  4. Mike Sixel
    Those international signings were when they could spend whatever they wanted, and they paid more than most teams, and not surprisingly, spending more led to better players....a lesson they should tale to the majors. As for the guys coming up soon, not sure how that excuses the last few years . I am hopeful this new batch is good, but we just do not know yet. Yes, the minors are better now, but that is partly driven by willing to totally abandon last year and this year being good teams. Of the starting pitching likely to start the first 2 months of the year, none were drafted by this team. I would think that three years of being one of the worst teams in the league would indicate they do not have a lot of good players. Maybe I am drawing the wrong conclusion from that data point, but I do not think so.
  5. Mike Sixel
    BW, we just won't agree on that. No MIF for how long? No 3B for how long? Their starting OF last year and DH were at least 2 medium free agents. Their entire starting pitching staff this year, not one was drafted by the Twins, right? Diamond, Worley, Correia, Pelfry, ?....ok, maybe ? was drafted by them. I just don't see how someone can say they have been good at drafting, given the quality of the guys that have come up the last few years. But, I'm guessing we are going to disagree on this point, no matter what either of us types......
  6. Mike Sixel
    If you pick a strategy, and they clearly have picked the strategy not to sign free agents, then you need to better, not just more lucky. You need to spend more on better coaching. You need to spend more on better nutrition and conditioning. You need to spend more on scouting. If all that doesn't work, you need to fire people until it does. It is a business. The Cardinals and Rays seem to draft and develop guys every year, that they either use or trade. It seems unlikely is it just luck. And, if the only way your strategy will work is by being lucky, then you probably need to pick a different strategy, because relying on luck is not sustainable. That is, if it is not realistic to expect your strategy to work, you really, really need a new strategy.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Except they passed on HS arms like crazy to take college relievers last year......very risky play, imo.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Also, this.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Bad PR move, and they have plenty of those stacked up with the fans this year already. Not sure why they'd bring him back, he's mediocre, and not young. Not sure what advantage that brings, but I can think of thousands of reasons not to bring him back.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Everything SpiritDave said on this page is spot on (well, page 2, this might slip over to page three, which would actually be kind of funny).
  11. Mike Sixel
    This is disappointing, I was really hoping for 4 obvious starting pitchers at the top.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    I think it is 50% likely they go WR in round 1, but I can see them going CB/LB/ DT in some combo instead. They really, really, really need a starting LBer and CB, and probably another CB as a backup. They also need a DT, if they want the DTs to be good, instead of below average, but the DT position is deep, so I could see that in round 2. Some place they also need to find an OG, and if they never take one early in the draft, they will always have guys like Johnson and Fusco (and Ponder getting crushed, and AP continuing to leading the league in hits behind the line ). There are no shortage of holes. Frankly, I'd have cut KWill, and kept Winfield. DT is super deep in the draft, and easier to start as a rookie......so I can't quite get the decision.
  13. Mike Sixel
    If you won't sign free agents that are big time, you need to be BETTER than the other teams at drafting and developing players, not as good as them. You can't get nothing out of those two college pitchers. Just a killer. Even when Hicks turns out to be good, it was a failed draft if you get nothing much out of the rest of the entire draft, imo. I know people won't agree with that. That said, Hunt was a decent risk to take, imo. Never liked the Gutteriez pick, much the same way I'm not a fan of them taking relievers last year. It is funny, when I complain about them not getting starters later in the draft, people say "you can't expect that'. When I complain they pass on elite pitchers, people say "you can always find them later in the draft". One of those is not true.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Frankly, I don't think this community (posters and owners) really knows what it wants to be. There are some pretty serious (non humor) posters, and some posters that post a lot more humor. There are some pretty emotional posters also. It is also pretty clear there are major generational differences in the community. So while I don't always love some of the tone, I can pretty much live with it, mostly. It is pretty easy to just stop going to threads that have degenerated into two people posting full page quotes yelling at each other. It is pretty easy to just not comment back to some posts. But I will say, there have been many threads that just become emotional train wrecks, and when some of us do just want to have a conversation, it can get frustrating. While Fro is not my favorite poster, I've not seen a reason to ban him.....that said, there are some rules around here that he/she appears to have just ignored. I'd assume, assume, that Fro was warned before banning, and kept doing it. If you were a guest in someones' home, and they asked you to not smoke, and you smoked, it would not be unreasonable to ask them to leave.....not sur why rudeness should be accepted here, just because it is the internet.
  15. Mike Sixel
    True, but hicks sells tickets, benson does not, yet. I still have hope he is a .275 guy with great defense and some pop. But I would bet there is some pressure to have Hicks up. But I also doubt that matters to Ryan or Gardenhire.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Gotta root for a guy like this.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I think the petty name calling and attacking posters instead of ideas is annoying. I am coming less and less, so I do not think I would agree.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Because people want to hear Gardy say "CCesie"?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Thanks! Sounds reasonable as an approach, I guess. So a college guy, we'd wait until he is into his prime? Interesting, I have to think about the implications of that.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Seems you updated the mobile skin somehow......or my eyesight is 10 better....seems really clear today.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Bummer, unavailable.
  22. Mike Sixel
    stringer, my question is more, how long do you go before you say "I get more out of Benson as a 4th OFer, than I do out of keeping him in AAA hoping he develops into a starter"? I mean, if he 's in AAA for two more years, and then is a 4th OFer, wouldn't you have gotten more out of him if he's a 4th OFer now, rather than, um, if Hicks isn't up, I have no idea who....At some point, you get value out of a guy either through him being up, by him being traded. So, how long do you wait, vs, just call him up and either see what you have, or use him as a 4th OFer?* *I have no idea if that is what he really is, but at some point, you are better off getting ML use out of him, than waiting to see what he is or is not.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Seth, when is Benson a 4th OFer, though? If he's not great this year, can they have him on the roster next year as a 4th (likely faster, better arm, more power than Maestro)? I guess I'm asking, much like trying to keep a SP a SP instead of making him a good RP, when do you say "benson is really a 4th OFer)?
  24. Mike Sixel
    I had assumed Hendriks would be in the majors all year this year, so they could see what they have or don't.....but now I'm less sure of that.
  25. Mike Sixel
    See, this is why I did not want to continue......in no way did I say any of those things. In no way did I get all angry. I am done, I guess.
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