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  1. Mike Sixel
    I am aware that slama is on the dl, for a few days. Not sure how that impacts if Gray is kept around or not, given they have at least two more options.
  2. Mike Sixel
    What's the secret to Hermsen's success? Is he a legit prospect, or a AAAA pitcher who is just better than AA hitters?
  3. Mike Sixel
    spdieyo, the reason to DFA Gray is that he's bad at his job. Just because Masihp isn't good either (in some peoples' opinions) doesn't excuse keeping Gray on the roster.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I've never understood the argument that you should keep a bad player on your roster, because his role is unimportant. I'd rather they cut bad players, than keep them around for low leverage roles, especialy relievers. Between Slama, Guerra and Oliveras, they are covered with fine options. Cut him, cut him now, and bring up whichever of those three you like.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Still a 90 loss team, agreed. They should 100% still be sellers. Howard has a nice blog post this am about this very topic.
  6. Mike Sixel
    If you won't trade prospects for players in their prime, and you won't sign bog time free agents, you need to be a lot better than other teams, not just about the same as other teams. Given the condition of the pitching and third base and shortstop and second base, it would be hard to argue that they have been above average the last seven years or so.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I think Bojangles is right, my post was rude. Not much I can do about it now, it's on the interwebs forever. So, I apologize for the tone and content of that post.
  8. Mike Sixel
    "only" 5 is an amazing number....that part of the new agreement has worked (even if the rest of the changes are not likely to produce the results intended).
  9. Mike Sixel
    Or, maybe these are the natural ups and downs of a long season. We won't really know for some time. But it is great to read that players and coaches are working together and are finding specific things to work on.
  10. Mike Sixel
    On topic, I love knuckelballers, and was a bit bummed when they let him go. I also wanted to see him more as a starter. That said, I don't really fault them for the decision making process here.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Sounds like a great, great trip. Summerfest is great, btw. Imagine going from that small stadium, and working your way up to bigger and bigger parks, and then the shock that must be the first time you walk onto a MLB field....
  12. Mike Sixel
    twinsnorth49: now that is a logical argument that I can respect. That is not what thrylos usually gets back though, he usually just gets called names or somesuch. Like I said, I don't always agree with his process or conclusions, but at least he tries to use logic in his work, rather than just making statements as if they were factual. And for the most part, I don't think he calls others names or ridicules them for their posts either. And, given that he and I spent the last two years pretty much disagreeing on Seth's site, I can't believe I just made two posts in one thread defending him.
  13. Mike Sixel
    My parents gave me great advice once: Never ask a question unless you are willing to listen to an answer that does not agree with your going in opinion...... I don't think anyone (at least I'm not) is saying that BA or ESPN "know more/are smarter" than any team's scouts. But if you really want to have a discussion about how we talk about the draft, and offer opinions, post a reply saying you are. But, so far, ime on this site, it just isn't true. There is a camp that believes one thing about this discussion, and a camp that believes another thing. And people on both sides are irrationally emotional about how the discussion takes place. But if you'd really like to get a contrary answer to your question behind the question, I'm happy to do have that in this thread.
  14. Mike Sixel
    It is the job of the GM and coaches to predict how players will do, though, right? And if you miss too often, you end up winning 70 games in back to back years (giver or take).....At least thrylos is consistent, and tries to use facts to back up his opinion. I respect that, even if I don't always agree with the conclusions drawn. Many other people post accusations or other statements like they are true, when they are clearly not. If you don't agree with his logic, fight it with logic.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Royals have signed Zimmer already....
  16. Mike Sixel
    Well, if Sickels is right, and they are in money saving mode, then I'd guess it will be a lot slower for the Twins, gotta keep that interest on the money in the bank afterall. We'll see.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Well, since I said "not sure how that's done", I don't have a suggestion in June of what they should do at 2B next year just yet. And, I'd rather they get some pitching first, so who knows, maybe we get to watch Casilla again next year, and wonder just when the young guy will finally reach his prime....
  18. Mike Sixel
    John, you just made me laugh at my desk. Good thing I'm on mute on this conference call.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Tim (Pittsburgh, PA): What are your overall impressions of the Twins' draft? Thank you taking the time to answer questions! Jim Callis: I thought they got the best player in the draft in Buxton at No. 2. I like a lot of their other guys (Berrios, Bard, Melotakis, etc.), though most of their top picks went higher than we had them on the BA 500. They got a lot of pitching, no shock because they need it.
  20. Mike Sixel
    fair enough, I misread the comments then. I just want him replaced next year, as a starter. Not sure how that is done, while also fixing the pitching and 3B and maybe 1B....
  21. Mike Sixel
    For perspective, had had 6 other teams where the new pick would be their top prospect also. And, he only moves him ahead of Sano because he thinks Sano will be in RF or 1B or DH in the majors, and Buxton will be in CF. he also had a lot of teams where their top pick doesn't even crack the top 3 or 4....showing how other systems have more depth. In his insider piece on the draft in general, it was hard to get a sense for if he liked the Twins draft (outside Buxton, whom he loves) or not. It seems clear that he thinks most of the pitchers are long term relievers though (I think that's clear....but it's fuzzy).
  22. Mike Sixel
    Parmalee replaces De Vries? Interesting. Let's hope Parmalee has found a comfort zone, as I see him as about average on D at 1B, decent AVG, slightly below OBP, and well below SLG.
  23. Mike Sixel
    That wasn't the arguments, he's a fine utility guy, but that's not what people were saying above. People keep saying, or suggesting, he's a legit starter, and he's just not. And, batting average? What about OBP and SLG? sorry, not buying it. He is what we've seen for years now, a below average MLB player who should be a backup player.
  24. Mike Sixel
    adjacent, great point. great, great point. It just shows the fine line between AA/AAA/and MLB. These guys are so far above "mortals" when it comes to baseball skill, but the difference between AA and MLB is still massive.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Another way to look at the draft, is across years, and see who has come up to the majors each year. Like, one year, pretty much Valencia was it. How's that working out? Last year it was pretty much Revere and some guys that weren't ready. How'd that go? And this year, Revere and Dozier are pretty much it so far (with Hendriks and Parmalee adding negative WAR so far, but likely back up at some point). It's not so much when players were drafted, but if the minors are kicking out guys that help the team win. Also, I'd guess that if you looked at a different year, your results would be different. Should we look at the White Sox draft the year Chris Sale was drafted, and see how many WAR each team has? I'm not worried about individual classes, but what comes up to the majors year after year, no matter what year they were drafted.
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