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  1. Mike Sixel
    From the latest KLAW chat on ESPN: [h=6]J.P. (Baton Rouge)[/h]If the Astros don't take Buxton they will be punching themselves for the next 20 years. [h=6]Klaw (1:58 PM) [/h]This is my feeling.
  2. Mike Sixel
    from the free chat on espn yesterday: Can Mark Appel be a dominant pitcher in the pros? [h=6]Klaw (1:37 PM) [/h] Define 'dominant.' Is a #2 starter, top 40-45 starter in the majors, dominant? That's what he probably is.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Good point on the tiers. The other major ESPN scout has Buxton as the 2nd best OF prospect (insider article), so the love for him as number 1 is not universal. That said, I think he had him around 7th, I'd have to double check on that.
  4. Mike Sixel
    We can only project the future based on what we know today...so I'm not sure how else to assess someone other than logic and hypothesis and theory. Since we never see these guys play (unlike basketball or football), I can only really go off what access and comments we have to online scouts and commentors (like BA, Law, other ESPN scouts......). So, pick another way to assess or rank someone, but that's all we really have. Sure, BA and others will be wrong, a lot, but I'm not sure what else we have to go on.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Cannot wait to see this guy play someday.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Maybe they should really think outside the box, and have zero starting pitchers. Everyone goes 2-3 innings max, and they mix and match them more, and everyone throws harder and more frequently. I know, it sounds crazy, but crazy, new thinking is what they need right now.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I don't think it is ridiculous to ask that someone that is paid that much be one of the best players in the game. He wasn't last year, and he isn't so far this year. If he didn't want all the pressure and expectations and fame, then he should have taken a real hometown discount, like a certain pitcher on the West Coast did....
  8. Mike Sixel
    What if the BPA is a hitter at every pick? What if the hitter is .1% better, but you know you have no pitching depth in the minors or majors? IF Buxton is way better than the next guy on their board, take him, but be willing to trade prospects for pitchers, or to sign pitchers, or you may never have pitchers. That's all I'm saying. And, from what I read, there are plenty of doubters on line about Buxton. But pure BPA seems like a bad strategy to me, as you might have no pitchers in your system then, theoretically.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I'm not writing off anyone yet, and in the spirit of the thread, I'll only look forward in this thread, at new players.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Good point, sorry about that. Lots of passion around the Twins and getting better....
  11. Mike Sixel
    But WAR and player value do not occur in a vacuum....right? Each player is part of a portfolio of assets, not an isolated thing. Also, what would that value be if he was DH/1B, and not catcher? And, agreed, most long term contracts don't return value every year. I don't think people are asking for that. I think they are asking to never look at Fangraphs, and to see three AL Central catchers with more WAR, one forth (give or take) of the way through the year. Rightly or wrongly.....no one wants to see that.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Because the world changes, and they refuse to bring in outside perspectives and hire new people. It's the classic 1980s view of the world from Detroit, why worry about Japan, they make crappy cars....and, I'm tired of the "they picked late" argument. Philly has had no issues drafting great players recently (that they then trade for proven players). There is no natural down cycle that explains three years of zero legit MLB players coming up, that's just bad development. I agree it is a lot harder to build a team through the draft when drafting late, but that's their philosophy pretty much, to build through the draft or by signing older players. So if that is your philosophy, you need to EXCEL at it, not be average, or the same as everyone else. You need to be great at it, and they haven't been. Why so glum? Look at the last three years (counting this) and who has come up, and look at AAA and AA players, and tell me, why should I be hopeful this year or next? I'm glum because I like it when they win, and I don't see that on the horizon, unless they significantly change their modus operandi.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Sorry, was off by a year, it's been a long week.....I do agree, we can't judge the contract yet with certainty. But, I think it is reasonable to assume it's not good....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, if Mauer hits like the best player in baseball, this contract is fair. Given that he's only done that 1 year, that seems unlikely, though, right?
  15. Mike Sixel
    Nothing weird about that....my post is about last year, this year, and the future, not the last decade. I'm happy to discuss the past if we want, but this thread isn't for that.
  16. Mike Sixel
    gmarais66....so every article posted on this site should be about the stuff you list? That would be boring. They've ignored Slama's production for years. This article asks why. It is an interesting discussion. If you don't want to participate in it, why comment on it? there are plenty of other articles talking about what you want to discuss. I've never understand that phenomonan on the internet, complaining about a blog post. If you aren't interested in it, why not read something else and comment on that? I'm genuinely curious about this behavior, not in a mean way, in a curious way.
  17. Mike Sixel
    thrylos, thanks for doing this. Appreciated. I am not a scout, nor an expert on baseball. I'm just a fan. From what I read on the 'net, Appel projects as a 2 or so. That's assuming that you qualify a 1 as ACE, and most articles I read say there are 15 or so Aces on the planet at any one time. So, projecting as a 2 isn't a "bad" thing, not at all.
  18. Mike Sixel
    And not one of those guys is a legit MLB player, are they? Valencia, Plouffe, Parmalee are at best backups, at worst AAAA players. Revere and Benson and Dozier, we don't know yet......Lots of guys come up, but not one of those guys is legit for sure. Of course I'm not talking about the last 4 years.....and MLB production. You need 5-7 starters every year, and 5-7 relief pitchers every year. Ignoring the position isn't going to help. Again, I'm ok taking toolsy OFers (sure would be nice if one worked out), IF you are willing to deal prospects for pitchers, and/or to sign pitchers. But, that has NOT been their MO, ever, and certainly hasn't been with Ryan.
  19. Mike Sixel
    List the recent success for drafting hitters? Just because they suck at drafting and developing doesn't mean they should stop drafting players. Zero hitters have come up from the minors in three years, and none are on the horizon.....Look, I'm ok drafting all the hitters you want, but ONLY if you are willing to deal for or sign legit pitchers. If you refuse to do that, you have to draft some....Revere has shown nothing to indicate he's a legit starting OFer, yet. Hicks is all hype, and mediocre production so far. Our definition of "on track" is very different.
  20. Mike Sixel
    No reason not to give him a shot. None.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Can we stop the ridiculous hall of fame talk now?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Awful team, terrible upper levels in the farm system, a GM that doesn't believe in big time free agents, a team that cut it's payroll in year 3 of a stadium (with, I think I've read, teh 5th highest ticket prices, really?), 25% of your money in one player.....the future does not look so bright.
  23. Mike Sixel
    btw,. it's time to stop calling him a future HoF player. 3 catchers in the AL Central have a higher WAR than him this year, he's missed many, many games with injuries, and this team isn't winning squat during his prime.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    There are 10 aces on the planet, of course none of these guys look like aces.....pass on them all, then wonder why they have no pitching. How has that whole "draft the best toolsy OF" thing worked the last few years? This farm system has delivered nothing in three years...I'm starting to wonder if it even matters who they pick right now.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Who cares where he was born? He chose to move his first day he turned 18. He had as much choice about where he eas born as this chair I am sitting on has. As for you treatise, it is well written, but fruitless. Booing is emotional, not logical. So making a logical argumentakes no sense.
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