Mike Sixel
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Front Page: Now Entering Second Guess Season
Mike Sixel replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Meh. It wasn't a good move. It wasn't a move that made a huge difference. I would have used Rogers in a jam. So, sure, that move was bad. But people are acting like every decision was bad. The players stunk. That's what mattered most. -
The math is pretty clear, because the pitching is better in the playoffs, home runs are better than high batting average in the postseason. You are less likely to string together hits against the better pitching.
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The only one I sign is Odorrizi. Castro if he takes a small pay cut, and we all agree Garver gets sixty percent of the at bats. No way on Scoop, his money goes to pitching. No way on Perez, he's not good. Gibson? If they think he's healthy, maybe, but I'd try elsewhere first.
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Front Page: Now Entering Second Guess Season
Mike Sixel replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
My only two things Schoop should have started game one. No question. Odorrizi should have started game two. I agree strongly with the Gibson decision. That keeps the Yankees from seeing the good RP two days in a row. I was mildly opposed to some of the bullpen usage, but not strongly. Before the series, people here said the bullpen was vastly improved, and the front office deserved credit for Littell and others. So, which is it? -
He's a slightly below average corner outfielder. He's not worth what they have to pay him going forward.
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The return is a minor league player. No non contender trades for a corner OF with two years if control left, and what contender trades starting pitching for an asset they can sign for a free million in free agency. They have sixty million to spend. They can afford anyone they want to afford.
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That's the opposite of my opinion. The playoffs don't show the best team. The regular season is a better judge of an organization. But if they are going to have playoffs, every team should make it. If anyone wants, I can blog my crazy plan for this....
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Thread!
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I never said they were. I was replying to the thought that somehow a below average, expensive, corner OF was more valuable than Buxton or Sano....
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Rosario is a slightly below average corner outfielder with two years of control left. They also have two top 75 corner outfield prospects. Rosario is also more expensive than Buxton or Sano. That matters to a team with a budget.
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Exactly who starts game two or three if not Dobnak? That's who the front office gave the manager..... Unless that sentence is aimed at them, and not the manager?
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If we go the route of the Rays, we'll actually use high first round picks on pitching that is good..... Or not. Too late for that.
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I concur on the playoffs....
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I can't think of one team in history that added three legit starting pitchers in one off season. I imagine not many have added two..... I'm not interested in being in on players. That's been the line since McPhail left.
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Agreed, but not too start next year. Dobnak is the only guy under contract other than Berrios likely to start the year as a starter.
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I agree with all of that. I preached all of last year that they should be bringing guys up and down from AAA for the pen. Instead, they brought in a bunch of guys that could not be optioned, and now Nick Anderson is very good. This year they didn't do that, and Gonsalves got hurt (though I think they would have used him as a starter) and Romero has forgotten how to pitch. I think they can pull a bullpen together, if they move some of the "meh" starters to the pen. They can't do that if they don't bring in outside starters until Gaterol and Blazovich and one other guy is ready.......
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Odo is a free agent, who I hope they sign. Gaterol is not likely to start the year in MN as a starter, but I could be wrong about that. The window won't be open next year w/o adding pitching to the one guy they have right now. Adding Odo is a good start. Instead of spending money on Perez and Cron, they could have signed a better pitcher. A team on a budget can't afford to spend 5-8MM on mediocre/bad players.
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Dodgers brought in Greinke until they had enough internal options....
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No one is arguing with the last point. If you believe the window is open, you can't go into next year with 5 internal options at SP.
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Letting Cron go gives them around 40-60 million to spend. Spend $5MM on a catcher. You now have 35-55 million to spend, just to get to this year's budget. To get to last year's, you need to spend 5-10MM more...... They aren't extending Rosario or Garver. No way Buxton signs a deal. That leaves Berrios and Sano? I don't see Sano signing an extension here, but I guess he might.
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I'm not doing any such thing. I'm asking they spend what they spent last year, next year. Nothing more. Not one penny more. Tampa is an exception. If MN was as good as Tampa, it would be shocking, since no other team has figure out how to do what they do.
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One game proves nothing. Would you rather have Perez or Grienke start? How would you recommend the Twins build the staff for next year, without spending money?
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I'm not sure what that means re my post. It's been a very good year. I was responding to a post that said pitching couldn't be fixed in one year.....I was pointing out that that was on their decision to bring in Perez instead of a good pitcher. If they keep the budget level, and don't sign Perez, they could have traded for or signeda pitcher, and still had these hitters. They choose not to. That's all that post said, nothing at all about the overall season.
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A very odd decision indeed. It made no sense at the time, and less as the game went on. Mind. Boggling.
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Except that's why they can't fix the rotation in one year. They made this bed, I'm not going to let them off the hook for next year's rotation. Other people can say it can't be done, but it it can't be done, that's on them
