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  1. Mike Sixel
    For years I was told that outside Tampa, no small-mid market team could keep their window open for more than a few years.....The Twins window might have been two years, and it might be closed for awhile. This, imo, is why you go more all in when you look great. Because you just never know....
  2. Mike Sixel
    While I generally agree with your conclusions, I want to point out something about your posts like this..... You always point to the teams that spent big and failed, never the teams that spent and succeeded. You always point to the teams that traded off their best players and succeeded, and never the ones that failed (Pittsburgh being a good example). I'd like your analysis a lot more if it didn't seem so cherry picked, and, imo, unwilling to acknowledge that what really matters is being right about who you acquire, and a team's ability to develop them. This is the failure of the last GM, and while it is too early to be sure about this FO.....there are very few wins to show for their time here (in terms of long term assets developed). Your plan to re-tool for 2023 relies very heavily on 2-3 of the guys in the minors right now turning out to be good to very good starting pitchers. So far, they've developed zero. I'm not confident.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Makes me sad, but I agree......I'd put Gordon out there every day Kepler can't be, and some when he can. I'd even consider putting him in center and Kepler back in right (or Lanarch in right, whatever is best)......when Buxton is back, he's clearly the CF until they deal him. Which won't happen this year, no way. That's what TB would do.....so I would. And, while I don't agree with much of the Sano thoughts here, Kiriloff looks like a legit 1B and I'd deal him also. Also not happy with that idea. Assuming they think AK will be healthy, that is.
  4. Mike Sixel
    The need to sign 1-2 good (not filler) new SP every year is a big part of the problem. It's why I preferred Darvish on a long deal, rather than trying to correctly sign a guy every year or two (plus another guy, plus trade for a guy on a short term deal). It is hard, imo, to do that over and over and be right.....I understand you don't agree on Darvish, no need to re-visit that.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I wish I had confidence they were close to what Tampa is in terms of scouting and development (in fairness, few if any are). I have posted several times I'd "do what Tampa would do"....and agree that if they can't / won't sign Berrios or Buxton, they should deal them. My point was, they clearly thought this year they were contenders (I think), so I'm wondering if they now feel (you have no way of knowing) they were wrong. And if so, how wrong do they think they were? I guess I read you wrong, I thought you were saying blow it up. As for signing BOTH Happ and Shoemaker, that was inexcusable if you think you are a legit WS contender, IMO. So, maybe they didn't really think they were one.... I remain baffled at the Dobnak extension. Utterly. Frankly, looking at the starting pitching, and their willingness to spend on pitching so far, I have my doubts about 2023 at this point.
  6. Mike Sixel
    To be clear, I'm talking about next year not being competitive (as you seem to be saying that, but I could be wrong). Clearly, this year is lost.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Same question to you.....because I don't think you or they went into this year saying blow it up. Why the change, only 60 games later? If they can't cut Shoemaker after 60 games, I'd think they can't change their feeling about the whole org.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Given that Wander needs to be protected, should he be moving up faster than others? I have no idea at all, btw. Hence the question.
  9. Mike Sixel
    ? Who is at short past this year?
  10. Mike Sixel
    He's a lot better utility option than a certain player everyone here loves (not at catcher, though)......I hope he sticks. I hope they give him every opportunity.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Not many players make it to free agency in their prime. Teams control them for a looooooooong time. Might be the thing I hate most about MLB.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Same. Or trade for one somehow.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Trade him. You could get lucky. No idea who plays short though.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'm really shocked at the 3B and SS play this year by the two veterans. Some of the other errors have been eye poppingly bad. Something isn't right in Twins' land....
  15. Mike Sixel
    They could have taken Enlow w/o saving money....according to rules, if not the budget. I think I said at the time I wanted pitching, because the Twins would never pay what it takes to sign an elite pitcher. I think I said Gore or McCay at the time, though Greene intrigued me he made me nervous. I also said if they are going to take corner hitters, they better be willing to deal them as prospects to get pitching. Apparently Gore can't throw strikes for the past 2 years. Greene looks like the real deal this year, but we'll see. I have no idea what to think about Lewis' hitting at this point. And, it will be at least 18 months before we do, imo.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Correct, thanks for being more clear than I.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Who did that? Who has used any stats to show they aren't playing poorly? I'm genuinely curious, because I'd love to see that. Look, the problem is the pitching. And somehow the defense.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Sure did. 5 weeks of greatness, followed by another trip to the DL, does not cancel out years of data on him and others.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Buxton is not a top five player in baseball. He's great, but no. Pineda had the most value, by far. Then the relief pitchers.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Bummer. Good luck in your recovery!
  21. Mike Sixel
    I said that players can't control hitting it to right, not at the fielder. I'll say it again, people really underestimate the role of luck in hitting the ball not at a fielder. It just isn't easy to hit the ball where you want, or more guys would do it. And we wouldn't be complaining about offense. Do people think that the same FOs that figured out to improve pitching aren't working on doing it for hitting, and would teach "hit it where it can't be caught" if they could?
  22. Mike Sixel
    These sample sizes are pretty small....I'm not sure what we really KNOW right now....other than when he's healthy, he's quite good.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Sure, but that's not what the post I responded to said, at all. He said ballplayers should all be like Carew, one of the greatest hitters of all time, at controlling the batted ball. That's just not realistic.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure what other options were realistic, but to me, the biggest mistake was signing two number 5 pitchers to be your starters on a team that was supposed to contend. ..... with no real immediate backup plan in place. Some of that is a bit out of their control due to the lost year last year. But it is their job not (IMO) to have two bad starters locked in place for 1/6 - 1/4 of the season. So, I think you can sign EITHER Happ or Shoemaker, but not both, to be starters on a contender.
  25. Mike Sixel
    ? No, if you go to Fangraphs or other places, that is not what they would say about BA with RISP. They'd say that sample size is smaller compared to overall batting numbers, and that that those numbers are 1000000x better at predicting the future.
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