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  1. Mike Sixel
    Casilla is a bad baseball player (at the MLB level). I'd rather they call up Floriman or something, anything, other than play Casilla more. What more do you need to see to understand that he's not a legit MLB starting 2B?
  2. Mike Sixel
    Isn't Nishi on the hook for next year also? And, I agree with John. The payroll will drop, and the starting pitching will be bad again, and attendance will drop, and a vicious cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy will occur.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Regardless of the ownership situation, they can spend more money if they want to. They choose not to. That's their right. It is also the fans' right to stop spending money on a AAAA product at MLB prices. Which will only decrease revenue, which will lead them to get a lower payroll, and a vicious cycle will be borne out, until either the cheap youth is great, or the owners spend more money on legit free agents.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I think bird has been very civil, we just disagree. I agree, they probably will be better, but the contention was that they are better. So far, they are worse, though. I misread your comments on the pitchers, I thought you were asserting that more than a few were a year or so away. I would contend, though, given their record last year and this year, and the fact that they did not spend any money to improve (other than Carroll and Marquis, as the two good signings were just filling holes they created by not spending on Cuddeyer and Kubel) and that there are no number 1-3 pitchers even close, that this team is doomed to have a losing season again next year if it doesn't add legit starting pitchers to this staff. Which I don't think Ryan or Pohlad will do.
  5. Mike Sixel
    birdwatcher: 1. The payroll is smaller, not sure how that isn't a cut. 2. What do you base the farm system being in the top third on? The complete lack of impact players at AAA? Mediocre numbers in AA? I'm baffled by that statement. 3. The team is worse, the record is worse. The facts are the facts. We can hope they are better, but the results are worse. We can feel they are better, but they aren't. 4. Which starting pitchers are a year away with high ceilings? A number of them? Less than a year or so away? 5. If the farm system is being built, it was done before Ryan took back over. Because so far, all Ryan has done is run 1 draft. 6. No comment on jack, but just because some of us disagree with the Pohlad approach does not mean we hate them. I just disagree with their approach. I know in 2012 it's hard to believe, but some people can disagree with people w/o hating them.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Bill Smith was not the gm when the draft failed to produce players the last few years, in terms of adding to the MLB team. Bill Smith did not quit, rather than handle the Santana situation. Ryan is not free from being part of the problem. And, this offense was 11th in the AL last I checked, in terms if runs scored, so I don't get why people think it is fine and dandy. They did not spend money to get better, they filled New holes with cheaper guys, but rather than invest those savings, they pocketed them.
  7. Mike Sixel
    They lost 99 games, and didn't fill a single hole. They replaced Cuddeyer and Kubel, but did not upgrade 1 spot by adding players. Yes, Plouffe is better than Valencia, but that is just good luck. I don't know what people were expecting, other than this. This season was built entirely on hope, and hope is not a strategy.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I will be much more concerned about who they sign in the offseason.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I'd like them to trade him if they can get a legit 2B or SP prospect for him. Then use the FA money to fill the holes. The best of both worlds. However, they rarely do what I want them to do with players, so I'm not holding out much hope.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Sorry, I also agree range is more important than arm, but I've always felt that. Revere's play is merely adding evidence that it is true.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Transition year to what, exactly? What are they transitioning to next year, that will be different than this year? It only raises the bar for other owners if they, you know, care about spending the most money they can to be the best they can. The Twins have not shown that. The Vikings have. The Wolves have just been awful at drafting, but they've spent money (proving that spending money doesn't guarantee winning, but I'll argue all day long that it increases the odds....).
  12. Mike Sixel
    Gawd I love this post....makes a great point, and is just oozing sarcasm.
  13. Mike Sixel
    And people still think this team is in contention for something other than worst record.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Umm, the offense is 11th in the AL in scoring. How is it good to very good?
  15. Mike Sixel
    kab21, but they didn't help the present either. This team is as bad as last year's, and not really much younger (not by choice anyway, if Pavano and Baker were healthy....). If you don't have players in the minors, and you won't sign FAs that are really good because at some point the contract "will be bad contracts", how do you get better, other than luck?
  16. Mike Sixel
    for everyone saying it is too early to switch....when would you switch? If Sano commits an error every other game next year, do you switch? When is the right time?
  17. Mike Sixel
    and the issue isn't which contract is bad, but will these contracts continue to be offered by other teams, meaning the Twins will almost always opt NOT to sign big time free agents "because these contracts never work out". Well, true, it is unlikely a 13 year deal will work all 13 years. The question you have to ask yourself is, am I willing to roll the dice that the contract will be good more often than it will be bad? So far, the Twins have been unwilling to do that, and that's one reason they suck for two years in a row (though the main reason is bad drafting and bad trading).
  18. Mike Sixel
    I prefer cherry, but apple is also quite good. I'd be happy if we had more pie also.
  19. Mike Sixel
    It seems like a reasonable question, given the number of errors. I guess I'd give him another year to see if he can play 3B, but frankly, I would bet good money Sano will be in RF or 1B by AA.
  20. Mike Sixel
    He's old, and this team* stinks. It's time to give young players a chance, and see what happens. What is the upside of signing him? edited to change time to team....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Nope, they'll sign some mediocre, fringy guys. I have no faith that Ryan and the Pohlads will spend big money on other team's free agents in their prime earning years. They've never done it, don't see why they'd start all of a sudden next year. I hope they do it, but I'm certain they'll say that the contracts those top pitchers got are just too long, for too much money, and they don't want to be hamstrung. They'd rather have an awful team, than awful contracts.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Good step. Now they need to copy the Wild and sign players in their prime to add players, not just fill holes of guys leaving...
  23. Mike Sixel
    I was hoping Hendriks would be a 4th/5th starter....but he just hasn't been able to do it this year, yet. Hopefully sometime this year, or next....
  24. Mike Sixel
    I can't imagine why you'd pick it up. He won't be throwing by the time they have to decide. It would make no sense to pick it up.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Oh, well, if they add Greinke and Hamels, then yes, they should keep buying, but that's not going to happen, not even remotely.
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