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  1. Mike Sixel
    Nice trade by the Vikes. I hope they use some of their later picks to move back up into round 3....
  2. Mike Sixel
    minn55441, fair enough. I'm certainly not going to say Ryan is a failure on his return after 1 year, any more than I REALLY wanted to after Smith's first year. And, agreed, if they try to only fix this problem through the draft, there won't be 20K fans in the stands in 2013, 14...
  3. Mike Sixel
    Booing anyone is probably pointless, but so is fandom in general. It is only that irrational caring that allows these guys to do what they do for a living anyway.
  4. Mike Sixel
    wblmay024, you have no idea who I am, or what I might think about that. You are correct, there is no changing the contract at this point. But it is silly to pretend (as many do) that the contract he signed has no effect on the crappy pitching choices they have (or any other hole on the roster). He makes 25% of the entire payroll. That is not his fault, but it gives Ryan no room for mistakes elsewhere on the roster, none. That's something the Twins and their fans have to live with, and ignoring it won't do them any good.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I don't know they are booing Mauer, or that particular outcome achieved by Mauer. Those are two very different things.....As for the GB that produces a run, Mauer (or any hitter) did nothing other than not strike out in that situation. The other person(s) created the run. It was just luck for him that a runner was at third. Sorry, it is. People can argue all they want that SLG does not matter, but it does. Speaking of things I'm tired of, Mauer moved out of MN the very first chance he had. He had as much control over the fact he was born here as the desk I'm sitting at had in determining where it is right now. I have never understood why people care that he was born here, but ignore the fact he moved the first moment he could.
  6. Mike Sixel
    This season is over, and Plouffe should be out there a lot more often. Gotta see what he is, or is not, as a player.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I love the irony of the complaining about complainers....the one I don't agree with is the Mauer contract....putting more than 20% of your money in one player has an effect on what you can do with your roster, and his value is tied up in that. But, hopefully we can all learn not to bring it up every thread, you are correct on that.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Just read an insider article espousing Almora over Buxton, making Buxton not a no-brainer...
  9. Mike Sixel
    If the attendance does drop, do you think they'll cut payroll again?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Not sure why he's in AA still....He's been dominant as a reliever in AA long enough now, time to move him up. He's certainly no worse, and probably better than some of the guys in the bullpen in MN right now.
  11. Mike Sixel
    btw, I meant to, once again, thank Seth for his time and effort. Your contribution to the Twins' community is amazing.
  12. Mike Sixel
    min55441...they had money to do that this year, and didn't. So, I see no evidence Ryan is a changed man. Which makes me sad, because I think they have a nice core with Mauer, Morneau, Span, Willingham...but once again, they've surrounded them with yuckiness.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Worse run differntial than last year, even with Mauer, Morneau, Span, Willingham....this team is awful. And, there is no help on the horizon for the pitching. I'm already worried about next year being just as bad as last and this....
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'm with shanewahl on that, if I thought they'd change their DNA and sign LEGIT MLB starter(s) in FA, or trade prospects for one or more, sure, pass on pitching all you want in the draft....but in year three of their new stadium, they cut their payroll, and didn't sign one.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I could swear that a recent study showed the Twins promoted in the minors slower than other teams. Only three players have come up the last three years (for more than a game here and there, not counting RPs), and none of them have been ready/good. Should they really keep doing things the same way? Revere wasn't ready. Valencia looks overmatched. Hendriks isn't ready. Their "process" isn't working, something needs to change. Maybe actually promoting these guys faster is a good idea, so they can see sooner if they are legit or not. There was no reason for Benson not to be in AAA at some point last year, none.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Don't you have to compare that to hitters, to understand which offers more likelihood of success? Half the roster is pitchers, you need 5-7 starters. If you dont' draft pitchers high EVER because they are risky, how do you ever get pitching? That's the part people can't answer...."never draft a pitcher high, because it is risky", then how do you ever get pitching?
  17. Mike Sixel
    There were plenty of pitchers available in the offseason, and they signed marquis...and cut payroll. So, it isn't that they want to get guys and none were available, they chose not to sign them.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Mauer is an asset, agreed. We can all agree he adds great value to the team. We can all agree that value is greater if he is a catcher. We can all agree that he's a very good to great hitter. If all you want is for people to say "Mauer is a great player", in a vacuum, great, I can do that, and I'm sure others can also. I'll stop posting on this thread, and wait for the threads where we talk about how to make the team better, and the value of various players to discuss his contract and its effect on the roster. Sorry we got off your intended discussion.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Um, because that is his salary, and it impacts what else they can do with the roster. Because people are talking about his worth/value to the team, and that has to be measured against his salary. Value has a cost, and his cost is a really big number. How should he be measured, if not against what he costs? How about against other catchers? Even then, if he was paid $1MM, last year would have been a successful year, but he's not paid $1MM. So how should he be measured, if not by his contribution relative to his cost? Isn't that how value is determined? For example, if he stayed where he is in WAR right now, how would you judge him, if not against how much he costs relative to that WAR? Because for $5MM, he's a bargain...should we discount, say, 8MM a year for being a hometown boy (which he's not, actually), meaning we should judge him relative to $15MM per year? Because you can't just judge him relative to other C/1B/DH, without understanding the cost of that contribution relative to what other players produce per dollar spent.
  20. Mike Sixel
    The Wilf family would have bought Yu's services, and maybe Reyes also. There is no doubt in my mind that the Wilf family would spend $20-40MM more per year than the Pohlad's are, maybe even more. On the bad side of the coin, they'd be hiring and firing GMs and coaches too fast....so that's a tough call. The budget hasn't fluctated up and down based on attendance and tv revenue, it is down significantly this year from last. I'd bet anyone that wants that they don't outperform the budget this year.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I do agree with Seth, that he should not try to play every game. I don't agree with Seth that walking and hitting singles adds up to $23MM worth of player, not on a team with a $100MM or less payroll. He does need to SLG more also.
  22. Mike Sixel
    shanewahl, 8 catchers are outslugging him, does that mean nothing to you? And, I'm not a hater, I'm a fan...
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'm not reading online anyplace that the top 5 college arms have ceilings of #3 pitchers. If you are going to make an argument, at least make a legitimate argument. Don't put straw man arguments out there. So, I'll ask you, where do you get #1 or #2 pitchers from, if you are afraid to draft them early in the draft, because there are question marks about them?
  24. Mike Sixel
    I think it is great he's on the field, and his legs do look fresh. Quite a bit of his WAR is due to his running better. His XBH however, needs some work. He's being outslugged by 8 qualified catchers, I don't even want to look at dh/1B stats....He needs to hit better for the money, he just does. At this price (more than 20% of the entire budget), he needs to be better. But, I agree, great, great sign that he's on the field every day.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, Chief. Hence my position on the draft. Just awful. Imagine next year, when Baker, Pavano, Liariano, and Marquis are off the roster. Given that they won't sign legit FAs, and they won't trade multiple prospects for a guy in his prime, I am thinking next year could be bad also. But, they refused to blow it up this year so far, and go young, so I don't know how they get out of the box, unless they change their DNA.
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