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  1. Mike Sixel
    Well, the law of numbers would say that most are taken out of the top 5 or 10....the key would be to look at percentages of those taken in the top part, vs those taken in the latter part of the first round....because there are a lot less players taken in the top 5 than the next 2000 picks, right? But, it is great that you did the work. I'd have to look at it also to be more certain......but then, you are making a different point. It IS possible to get good players later in the draft, refuting the argument made here daily that the Twins minors were bad because they picked "too late" in round 1 to get good players......
  2. Mike Sixel
    Like predicting BPA is so easy....if it is not obvious, should need not play at all?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Current favorite is the black keys....love them. I always download the free music from google play and amazon....always buy at least one 5 dollar mp3 album from amazon every month. I love music.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Thanks Jeremy....two have them pretty much in the same spot, but most have Buxton higher. That's awesome. They still have no pitcher in their system as good as Appel or gausmann. We all just disagree, that is cool with me.
  5. Mike Sixel
    If Gibson is not better than Deduno and DeVries this year, the Twins are in real trouble beyond this year.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Gausman and Zimmer are right next to Buxton in many of the prospect ranking lists, literally on one list right after him I believe. Buxtion also has questions, though. It's not like we are looking at a guy people thought of as harper or longoria.....he would not have even been a top 5-10 pick the previous year, from what I've read. that's may question, though....how much better does the hitter have to be, if you already are "loaded" at the OF spot, and have no number 1 (or probably 2) pitchers in your entire system. And if it doesn't matter if you take a guy in the top five, because you can find pitchers later in the draft or internationally, isn't that true of hitters too? I mean, is it realy peoples' argument that draft position does not matter? Aren't most great players (not all, most) higher draft picks? I probably sound mad, or something. I'm not, I'm genuinely curious if people really think they can find 1 or 2 type pitchers outside of round 1, and if so, shouldn't the Twins be embarrassed by their pitching if it is so easy to find? And, what happened to "their minor suck because they had late picks" argument? If you can find pitchers later, why haven't they? Oh, and Gausman will be starting, successfully, in the majors while Mauer is still really good. Buxton might not even get here before Mauer declines.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Worley, Correia and, um, um, who are the next three if Pelfrey, Diamond and Gibson are not there? Heck, let's say Pelfrey is there.....then what?
  8. Mike Sixel
    how do you get great pitching if you would literally always pass on it if there is a better hitter available? I'm not trying to be a jerk, I really want to know....how would you get great pitching if you would pass on it for a hitter every time, if you felt there was a slightly better hitter available?
  9. Mike Sixel
    What is BPA, though? How big a difference does there need to be to take another toolsy OFer, that is 5 years away, between that OFer and the best pitcher? How do you propose getting a pitcher, if you don't ever draft them at the top of the draft? And yes, there are now two people in the thread saying they'd pass on college arms for HS hitters.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Just think, they could have taken Gausman last year, and now be free to take a HS toolsy OFer, or a SP.....but now, really, with no clear AWESOME hitter, they pretty much have to take a SP. You can't get an ace or even a number 2 w/o picking high in the draft, generally. Heck, for months people have been saying on this very board taht the Twins problem is that they were too good in the 2000s, and had late first round picks. Now people are trying to say they should have top 5 picks in back to back years, be flush in OF prospects, and should pass on great pitching prospects two years in a row?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Dang.....you are correct sir.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I agree with that, the trade made sense....the next step did not make sense. Fine, not "name a free agent that left", but "name a player that left". He hit well, actually, saying he's just a 7/8 hitter in the NL is way undervaluing his offense, imo. Not to mention the stolen bases and homeruns.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    He's 25. There is no compelling reason to worry about control for a 25 year old. They have control until he's 31 or 32 already. This is not a 22 year old we are talking about, but someone that will be 26 just after the season ends. There are guys arguing against signing 30 year old pitchers as free agents, and yet many of those same poster are worried about controlling a pitcher past that age.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    THACO? that is old school..... On topic, I always said to keep him up if he was ready. It appears that he is not ready, so I have no problem with the deicision, but am bummed he was not ready.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Who would have predicted $7MM per year for Carlos Gomez.....that wasn't an Onion article, right? Next time someone says "name one FA that got better when he left....", this looks like one.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Try it, and I'll go to the posters union.....or maybe just spend more time talking about the Vikings on another board, or D&D on another board, or maybe I'll actually finish one of te 5 books I'm currently reading.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    do we have to ahve the control argument in every thread?
  18. Mike Sixel
    I am in agreement with Sickels that guys who have been good or great in AA/AAA should generally be rated ahead of guys in rookie ball. Just so much unknown between those levels. I do really like Sickels' work, enjoy his site greatly.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Some of the arms are talented, but some are TALENTED. I'd rather the second group be where they belong, and the other group be put where there are holes. So, if a guy was in NB last year, but is just an arm, move him to CR if there is a guy that should be in NB. But I realize most teams don't roll that way.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Well, that sucks. Who are the starters now for two months?
  21. Mike Sixel
    Well, that sucks. Another reason not to go in the first two months of the year if true.
  22. Mike Sixel
    And you keep passing on ace potential pitchers, where do you get them? Not in trade....not in free agency....if the twins do not draft them, how do they get them?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Even if it is the same....what is that, a few more wins? Still well under 80, well under. And while the pitching has to be better, the RF defense will be much worse.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I wish the Appel would fall again.....but why would he, really?
  25. Mike Sixel
    What? They don't use the same ball? What?
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