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  1. Mike Sixel
    Do we have any context for these? That is, is he facing a bunch of scrubs? Or is he facing top pitching? Also, don't these guys ever get tired and need rest?
  2. Mike Sixel
    Ask the Angels if they regret not having Trout up at the beginning of the year....if the player is ready, they should be up. Not promoting a player to a new level during the year means they "have to" start there and spend some minimum time there the next year. To me, the only recent issue I have, since their drafts have been so mediocre, is that college pitchers go and compete against 18 year olds, instead of going to A ball. That does nothing for their growth or the team's understanding of their ability.
  3. Mike Sixel
    He is a Twins fan.....
  4. Mike Sixel
    You claim that you have never been denied money to add to the payroll. The Whte Sox GM says you would have won at least two WS earlier this century if you had added a player or two. Is it true that you decided to reduce payroll last year, and not the owner? Why did you not add a legit DH when this team was one hitter away earlier this century? On a different topic.....if you do not acquire at least two proven starting pitchers, why should anyone pay their hard earned cash to go to a ballgame?
  5. Mike Sixel
    Signing one player for Huge money is probably a bad idea. Signing 2 legit starting pitchers for 12 to 15 million a year for 4 or 5 years, that is the market rate. I will ask again, if you do not want to do that, how is the team competitive in the next three years?
  6. Mike Sixel
    If you are not interested in a thread do not read it. Discouraging discussions in general seems like an odd request for a message board. I do not understand why you would make this request.
  7. Mike Sixel
    People that are not used to his grading system will likely go "hmmmmm".
  8. Mike Sixel
    The puck has it correct.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    He is 25, and in his prime. Worrying about his pay 5 years into his MLB career seems to misunderstand some pretty fundamental odds of his career turning out in certain ways. This has been a weakness of teams for a few years now. Had Trout been in the majora all year, Anaheim might be in the playoffs....not that I think Gibson is Trout or the Twins are the Angels.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Regardless of how we all feel he should be used next year, this is encouraging news.
  11. Mike Sixel
    There is no evidence that limiting innings matters. The data is on the interwebs. No reason that he should pitch in Rochester, but not Minnesota, if he is one of the five beat starters. He is 25, there are only so many years in an arm. But we all know he will start in Rochester.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Actually, I think no such thing. This stuff is hard. But, I think ignoring one avenue to fix things, actually two as they also refuse to trade good prospects for proven players...other than 1 really bad trade, is a bad strategy. Your plan sounds reasonable to me. But that would he unlike this team to even do that.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Nope, we now realize that the team will not spend money to build around this superstar while he is still a superstar. There is zero evidence they will spend the money to fix the pitching this year, and there are no players two years away from starting either, so why would they spend the money then? If they will not put good players around him, why keep him?
  14. Mike Sixel
    It is an interesting point that as tv revenue increases, the cost of producing the team does not. So, keeping the percent applied to payroll constant just means more profit.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Really? We are going with" people who only care about stats" in some kind of straw man comment? I thought it was a well written piece. I only listen on the radio, and have noticed little change, but admittedly, I did not listen much this year.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Great news. Let's hope they can both play the infield.
  17. Mike Sixel
    So if they did a great job of identifying the three best pitchers. Those three were great investments for three years and helped them get far in the postseason.....would that be worth the next two bad years? Every deal carries risk, the Twins seem to have almost no risk tolerance at all. That tends to limit the success of any business.
  18. Mike Sixel
    So keeping Meyers in the minors and being awful at the MLB level was a good idea? KC has no pitching, they keep old stiffs around for their grit and veteranniness. That is why they are bad, not because they promote players wrongly.
  19. Mike Sixel
    And had they been promoted more aggressively, they could have been in AAA ball already, and we would not hear how they have no experience over AA and are not yet ready. I warned you the thread would develop into this topic.
  20. Mike Sixel
    So never sign a free agent because you might be wrong? If you do not trust your gm, you have an issue. They did not sign any free agent when they were one player short earlier this century. Mauer is not getting younger, you are flushing all that money down the toilet if you refuse to sign other players. If the plan isn't to sign 2 legit starting pitchers, then they should deal almost every veteran on the roster.
  21. Mike Sixel
    No way the Twins bring up AA or A players to the playoffs. This post will just generate all kind of posts about the Twins and their conservative style, deserved or not. They would rather sign and play awful relief pitchers than use their own minor leaguers, we saw that all last year.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Why are so worried about "overpaying"? You have to pay the market rate to get players. Why only aim for cheap players all the time? Why NEVER sign a free agent that is big time, never?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Based on what, Seth? I mean, it isn't like this system is churning out players at the MLB level or that are fundamentally sound, as you yourself have stated.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Ya, that was a fantasy post. Of course, I would have just drafted him.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Given the Orioles success, and their deep pitching, could the Twins get Gausman for Span and random minor league pitcher? The Orioles should want that contract and position.
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