Mike Sixel
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We went to a lighting store and landscape store so I wouldn't even watch on GameDay
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Who do the Twins Keep Through Arbitration?
Mike Sixel replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
My thoughts on Gordon are that he has no options, isn't young, and I don't want two backups that are the same guy, neither of which can play SS. You can only have so many players..... You need a guy like Taylor or Martin, you need a guy like Castro or Gordon, you need a power hitting OF, you need a backup SS.... Who would Gordon replace on this years roster? Thinking about position and lack of options...... If he could play SS, yes over Farmer....- 44 replies
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Who do the Twins Keep Through Arbitration?
Mike Sixel replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I don't see any reason to keep Gordon at this point. Castro is better. I think Farmer is a hard choice, not sure what they'll do. Alcala? I have serious doubts, but I bet they try one more year. Thielbar is back for sure- 44 replies
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Great defense....
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Tenth in runs scored……thats Struggling ?
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No one is taking kiesey and keeping him on their roster all year. Or Helman.
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Why? There aren't many great ones, and Julien, Miranda, Larnach, and Wallner can play first. So can Prato and Severino. Or Buxton if he can't run full time.
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right. That was my point to the person that said no one in AA or lower would be taken.
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It's a second season. A different season. We should MUCH MORE celebrate the first season winner than we do, and admit this is a different game.
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good point, he should 100% be practicing at first base right now. If he's healthy, and playing first, I think that is a good thing.
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Good luck to Buxton. You need to plan for zero games from him when building the roster, IMO. As for AK.....I commented in the other thread ...
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100000x a team takes EROD. All day and every day.
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Wallner isn't a bad OF, but sure. I don't know what to do with Larnach and his health issues.
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Julien, Severino, and Prato should all be practicing at first base full time right now. Good luck to him. This is a bummer for him.
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I'd be shocked if he didn't get 25MM per year for 2-3 years. He's 100x better than Gibson. Is that last sentence supposed to be disparaging? Because if you are complaining about how he pitched this year, I have no words.
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Bellinger has been pretty bad until this year recently, and he's the ONLY CF in FA. He'll get too much money to play CF for someone.
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Should Twins Continue to Trade for a Starter
Mike Sixel replied to Twinsoholic's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I don't see AZ weakening their SP going into next year. If anything, they want to add MLB star power at this point. The time to get Galen was when MIA traded him....but that ship has sailed. -
He's not settling for a 1 year deal. No chance. Zero.
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200 innings? Hardly no one does that now. Only 40 pitchers started 30 games this year (counting Gray). I think people need to adjust their thinking about SP at this point.....
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that's so far from what this post said, it is like you didn't read it.
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You planning to find a better catcher? Jeffers put up 2.7 fWAR in 96 games, 77 as a catcher. Those are some elite numbers, 11th overall when playing C, and all but one of those had at least 15% more games as a catcher than him. If he'd caught as many games as Rautshcman at that pace, he'd outfWAR him by at least half a point, and be the 5th best catcher in the game. What are we expecting to be considered elite? Wallner is a rookie....who put up 1.9 fWAR in 79 games......is he elite? No. Is he possibly in the top 5-10 among LFers? Yes. He had 41 games as a LF and put up 1.5 fWAR while being a LFer....let's just multiply that by 3, so 123 games, and he's at 4.5 fWAR. That would make him the 2nd best LFer in the game.....I don't know if he can put that up, but maybe 3.5 fWAR...which is 3rd best among LF while playing LF. Now, you want to fix things? 1B, CF, and DH are your key positions for this team. RF if they let Kepler go, which they won't. 3B if Lewis isn't healthy.....but you shouldn't plan on that, IMO.
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Sure, but that has almost nothing to do with the comments in this thread I was replying to. The Astros have an elite team, they've been to the ALCS 7 straight years.....if that's the bar for success, good luck, as like 2 teams have done that recently.
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ALL of Vazquez worth this year was in his defense, and while I agree we can estimate it, I'm MORE confident that we know the value of hitting than we do of catcher defense. In 10% more plate appearances, Vazquez put up 0.5 less fWAR, and ALL OF THAT was in defense. I'll take Jeffers over Vazquez all day every day.
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Tiny sample size. I'm not giving up on Wallner or Jeffers based on 6 games. If I can only have one of the two things, I'm getting a number 1/2 pitcher. You need to get to the playoffs, and you need to pitch there.
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It is the opposite....good pitching makes it REALLY hard to string hits together. Fangraphs published an article on this....looking at playoff teams and how they should be built. These series are TINY sample sizes, and conclusions shouldn't be drawn about future performance. We weren't lulled into forgetting the first three months, the roster was totally different in the 2nd half with Lewis, Polanco, and Wallner in there. Nick can accurately state what didn't work, but that doesn't imply anything about what should work in the future.
