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  1. Mike Sixel
    why would I ignore the past year, and only look at 28 games? Sellers...
  2. Mike Sixel
    What team has ever added 2-3 starting pitchers, that are good enough to win divisions, in 1 year?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Cool writeup, thanks.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Doesn't matter if they don't buy pitching before next year. Everything else is nibbling at the edges of mediocrity.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Despite the complete lack of difference making or even league average players coming up from the majors in 3+ years, Seth is still a believer in Terry Ryan. The lack of young players in the majors is on the time from when Ryan was GM. So far, he's made a couple of nice, stop gap signings and decided a cheaper, better, younger willingham was better than Cuddeyer. But that's it. This team is the same bad, underachieiving, poorly run when it comes to injuries team it was last year. If you don't change things, things don't genearlly change.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Dozier is not ready, but I don't care. This team is not competing this year. They should just let him sit up here with their MLB coaches and trainers and get better here. I have no interest in Casilla playing, he's proven that he's not good. Some bizarre switch could happen, but it's not likely given this much time, and this many at bats.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Look, we all know they just don't like data and stats. Gardy has said it (see the article in the Pioneer Press today), Rob Antony has said it lat year, Ryan has said it. This team just doesn't believe in math and science, that's by their own admission. I have never understood people that resist the forward motion of knowledge, and I don't understand the Twins' insistence that somehow being ignorant in the use of math and science to predict outcomes (which is pretty much the entire point of math) is a good thing to be defended and be proud of. Like, do they still use corded phones and typewriters? Do they use medicine?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Why would TX be happy to have him as a 5th starter? His ERA is so high, no one should want him to start any game, #1 starter or #5 starter. If he was really "as good as" a number 5 starter, the Twins should also be happy to have him start. OTOH, they have no real options.....that's the quandry they are in. The majors and minors are devoid of starters, and yet in the paper Ryan says he doesn't want to make trades and send up the white flag, while also stating he will do what's best for the team ..... so I have no idea what he was trying to say.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Other than wanting to see Duensing get starts, I'm with you. Duensing is not a starter. He is a reliever with value though, not sure why they are ruining that value by starting him. They are going to lose if Duensing starts or Blackburn starts, don't lose value on one of them in the process.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I saw 1 person say "trade him for anything", and a whole lot (lost count) saying to trade him for value. Whatever, i"m not interested in a back and forth argument. Most rational fans want players traded for something of value. And, in this case, I'd agree. This team is bad, really, really bad. It was really, really bad last year. They are not the kind of team to go out and get big time expensive players in trade or FA, so to me, the most likely path for this particular GM and ownership group is to trade veterans for young guys. IF I thought they'd sign a Greinke, or trade for that type of player, maybe you keep Liriano. But I just don't see it. I'm baffled that anyone thinks Baker is a realistic option for next year, given that he just had TJ surgery. That's the part of this thread that confuses me.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Not even close to one of the worst calls ever. Awful? yes. Continues to demonstrate why replay is important? yes.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Dozier has also been awful in the field. Either way, the real problem remains this awful pitching staff with no help coming from the minors. Blackburn is just not good.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Baker? He just had TJ surgery, he won't be effective until 2014. I don't get how anyone thinks that makes sense. They aren't contending next year, trade them all. Where has anyone said "dump him for anything", where has anyone said that? Straw man arguements are weak.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I guess it depends, are you trying to win one game, or make your team better all year long? Because Duensing should be in the pen, and available across multiple games. He's not likely to be a lot better than Devries or any other spot starter, but the bullpen is likely to be a lot worse. It's just a bad strategy, and maybe even bad tactically.
  15. Mike Sixel
    The upper minors and lack of young players in the majors are on Ryan, not Smith. He was the GM when those guys that should be in the majors and at AAA were drafted, so laying it all on Smith is bogus, imo. As for the FA signings, agreed, those were good, but neither were big time, legit, starters that they were competing with others to sign. When they sign a big time FA starter for multiple years for big money, I'll believe they'll do it. When they trade a big time set of prospects for legit starters (Capps was not that), I'll believe it. He also went with Marquis, which was an awful lot like his previous signings. And, let's not forget, while it was the right decision, he let Cuddeyer go, and replaced him with a less expensive player. When they go out and add money and players, under Ryan, that are in their prime, for mulitple years, for big money, then I'll believe things have changed. Isn't that fair, seeing evidence of change, before believing change is real?
  16. Mike Sixel
    I see nothing from Ryan to indicate he will be any different than when he was in charge last time, so I also see little reason for hope. Until I see something different, I assume things have not changed.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I agree with John, I see almost no chance they sign 1or2or 3starting pitchers in the offseason. I also do not think they can hold onto of their good assets and not make trades. The minora are barren of impact or even average MLB players at the highest levels. If you won't trade your valuable assets, you ate going to be hard pressed to get better.
  18. Mike Sixel
    While I don't see Ryan signing big time FAs, and I don't see him trading prospects for big time starters, I would never call him stupid. He's a very bright man.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I don't think they will fix it. Willingham is their biggest FA signing ever, that kind of money isn't going to buy you legit starting pitchers. I figure the rotation next year to be Gibson, Hendriks, Diamond, Blackburn, awful pitcher they sign on the cheap. That's a pretty bad rotation, imo. Baker would have been re-signed, had the surgery not turned out to be full Tommy John. Now, who knows?
  20. Mike Sixel
    I don't get why it is so important to keep bad veterans up here, and not bring up guys from the minors.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Great writeup, thanks for sharing...
  22. Mike Sixel
    Um, ha, since Mike Trout might be having one of the best seasons in the history of the game for a 20 year old, and some people are saying he's already in the MVP race, I don't think there is any question who the AL rookie of the year is. If your worst start is caused by giving up a HR to a future HoF player, that's a good sign. I don't think he's a guy that will pitch to an ERA under 3....but he might be a guy that can pitch to around a 4, that wouldn't be too bad.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Sorting OPS.....If Plouffe were qualified, coming into tonight, he'd be right between Kubel and Pierzinski...odd.
  24. Mike Sixel
    More importantly, has the average runs scored gone up or down
  25. Mike Sixel
    It's a sad commentary on the lack of maturity on display not only in sports, but politics and society in general.
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