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  1. Mike Sixel
    Casilla is not a good MLB player. Really, he's not young, a good hitter, or good fielder. He's just not good. Gardenhire doesn't think Casilla can play SS, because he's a bad MLB player. Just go look at the stats, year after year.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I was not talking about Span per se.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Neither. I expect to see a team that would win around 75 or so games, so neither a team that only wins 30% of its games, and 100% not a team that wins 70% of its games.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I do not understand the posts stating they should not trade him just to trade him. No on is making that argument. I still think Arizona should be the trade partner target....they have three pitchers in the top 18 prospects in all of baseball.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Isn't plouffe the same age or so, but people gave up on his defense pretty fast....that said, no, he should not be sent down. Now is the time to play with youth.
  6. Mike Sixel
    If sickels is right, it is sickening. They cut the payroll, will not sign big time free agents, and now they are potentially not taking advantage of their draft position. Ugh. As for the draft profiled, I would call that a success, in the B grade range.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Used to work with his mom, super nice. Wishing him great fortune.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Lots of errors by Dozier now, will they start calling him out like Plouffe soon?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Interesting, I had been led to believe you could not apply the bonus pool money to the later picks. Thanks for the update.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Sorry if I missed it, but did anyone post this already? http://www.twitvid.com/2ZDTY It is the celebration by the Berrios (sp?).
  11. Mike Sixel
    Good point, I'd choose college on a scholarship over minor league baseball any day.....but then, I'm not potential professional athlete either.
  12. Mike Sixel
    This could be interesting, or not. Given that all these guys can sign for is $100K, I'm guessing a lot of HS kids and their parents will be deciding between $50K-$100K, and going to college. I'd probably choose college, much more likely path to a future. OTOH, there is plenty of time for that, and why not roll the dice on a 2-3 years of playing baseball for a living (and then going to college later, if you need to).
  13. Mike Sixel
    I just want to see him out there 5-6 times a week this year. They aren't winning anything, let's see what these younger guys have or don't have. Last year, they didn't do that much (mostly by choice). The Vikings are a great example of this. Rather than play young guys last year, they kept playing old, awful veterans for no reason. Now they have no idea who their RG is, and whether or not any of the backup OL are any good or not. I'm hoping the Twins don't make the same mistake. On other topic, they should have meditation experts working with Benson. His mind is too fast. Meditation is shown (scientifically, in studies) to help with that.....it's not like this isn't widely known. Hopefully they are actually trying stuff, and not just hoping (which seems to be their normal MO).
  14. Mike Sixel
    Super stars don't repeat levels every level. Superstars dominate their level. Sort by OPS for the eastern league....he's 34th (if I counted right). There are two other AA leagues. He'd be 26th in the Souther League, and even lower in the last league (got tired of counting) (yes, I know the parks are different, but we can only work with what we have....). So, more than 80 everyday AA players are out-OPSing him right now. Can he get better? Sure he can. Is he some can't miss prospect that will be at least league average? No idea. There was a study last year online about OPS in AA, and its predictability around becoming an above average MLB player. I'll see if I can find it, but I'm pretty sure we won't like what it implies about Hicks' likely future. A .790 OPS would make him the 8th best CF in MLB (2011 stats), your .370 OBP would make him the 3rd best CF in all of MLB in terms of OBP. You really think that? It would be 24th best OBP for all of MLB. If that were true, sign me up with gold glove defense. But what are the odds of that, really?
  15. Mike Sixel
    Their approach has worked so well the last 5 years, they should keep doing that /sarcasm. He's 18.5, in HS, and dominated younger teenagers in an area with low talent, of course there is risk here. That doesn't mean he was a bad pick, I have no issue with the pick. But to pretend there is no risk here is odd to me. I don't think it is aggressive for him to be in low A next year, he'll be older than Sano, and he's the 2nd pick in the draft with "can't miss tools". If he's not ready as a 19.5 year old for low A, then that would be a red flag to me that he's not really a superstar in the making. Superstars are on much shorter paths than regular players, that's part of what makes them superstars. As for Hicks, I'm not sure why we think he's going to be a solid regular? He cannot hit AA ball pitching. That could change, but I'm down to about 50% convinced now that he'll be a solid regular on a winning team (lots of guys can be regulars on bad teams....look a the last two years in MN). It shows, again, why sometimes trading propsects for proven players might be a good idea..... All that said, I have no issue with the Buxton pick. It wouldn't have been my pick, but we'll see how it turns out.
  16. Mike Sixel
    In fairness to thrylos, Rosario is actually showing it in A ball, Buxton is all projection right now (especially given the competition he's faced, and he's 18.5 years old in HS). That has to be worth something when assessing a player....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Anyone have a link to Sickel's shadow draft or comments. I can never find my way around SBNation....
  18. Mike Sixel
    But if the game ended tonight, he'd get a loss. Such a stupid stat....glad to see him pitching well again. I don't care who it is against, it's good to see him pitch well.
  19. Mike Sixel
    That is an amazing ratio. They are playing the numbers game, which is a strategy I endorse.
  20. Mike Sixel
    you can only pay $100,000 after round 10.
  21. Mike Sixel
    jokin, I agree, and the minors are devoid also....but it isn't up to me.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Great point, John. Is this a market inefficiency or not? If so, they'll look like geniuses in three years. If not, well, I don't want to think about that....
  23. Mike Sixel
    I was trying to say what you said, that it is 100% certain that they'll miss on guys, just from a numbers perspective. But, to say we should let them of the hook means there just isn't any accountability, right? At some point, they need to find and develop starting pitchers that can be in their rotation. Whether they are easy to find or not, that is their job. So if they consistenty fail, at some point, changes should be made. I don't know if we are at that point or not, but this farm system is pretty bad right now.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Another good point, Jim. Maybe there just aren't arms there. I'll bet good money they missed on at least three starters, but that's not a fair way to judge them (pure numbers game.....).
  25. Mike Sixel
    So far, next year's draft (and its early) looks a lot like this years. At some point, you need to roll the dice on high upside arms.
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