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  1. Mike Sixel
    So, they just had no chance? I don't buy that. Stop giving away outs to start....
  2. Mike Sixel
    This is what you get when you invest and try to win, versus always building for the future. Maybe some year, maybe some year
  3. Mike Sixel
    Sigh. Investing in the bullpen, and trading for good pitching. Who would have thought that was a good idea? At least we have them a free out....
  4. Mike Sixel
    someone posted that Buxton should be dumped, like, off the team?
  5. Mike Sixel
    agreed. though they did hire a new hitting coach, which I do think has had an effect.
  6. Mike Sixel
    in case you miss it in the other thread....a similar, though different take on "everyone helping: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-twins-are-slugging-their-way-to-october/
  7. Mike Sixel
    but people place different values on different things. Some like comfort, some like challenge. Some like consistency, some like new things. some like fast cars, some like fuel efficiency. They are literally placing a different value on different things....because they value them differently. So, of course they are different.
  8. Mike Sixel
    ok, they are rating systems that use different formulas and data, so of course they don't match. Better? You implied they are bad because they don't match. I am merely pointing out they don't match because they are literally measuring different things, so being different makes sense. They literally place a different value on different measures.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Agreed 100% on this, on the Twins, Mauer is 100% the comeback player of the year.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Uh, they are actual statistics, they are literally different statistics, so they should have different numbers. right?
  11. Mike Sixel
    that's what the minors are for, right?
  12. Mike Sixel
    100% different situations between the 5th/6th inning choices and the first inning choices, right?
  13. Mike Sixel
    It's almost like defense and position doesn't matter at all....
  14. Mike Sixel
    why do you think that?
  15. Mike Sixel
    well, I'm talking about Wade as a player, not as a Twin.....but sure, being LH doesn't help much with being a Twin right now.
  16. Mike Sixel
    the question also could be, why not steal with Buck? And, once you get first and second, a sacrifice makes even more sense.....if you are playing for 1 or 2 runs there. I'm not going to kill a manager for sacrificing with bad hitters after inning 7. I'm going to question doing so with Rosario with Vargas on deck....after wondering why you don't try a steal.
  17. Mike Sixel
    agreed on that last part for sure. I have no issue with a guy that bunts well, and runs, trying to get a bunt hit. None.
  18. Mike Sixel
    If he's not good enough to be on a MLB roster at 29....why would you want him around next year (assuming we care about having a backup 1B/DH in AAA, for a team that is hopefully playoff worthy, which we should)? Terrible teams should take more chances on minor league guys that have been good/great, but not received a chance. If even 1 hits like lightning in a bottle, you can trade him. If they are bad, you can send them to the minors w/o problem/sunk costs.
  19. Mike Sixel
    My recollection is that the Twins do sacrifice early in games some, which is awful, but I don't know where to verify or vilify that on line....
  20. Mike Sixel
    And yet, Dee Gordon has a higher MLB OBP than he did in A+ or AA....which was my point. Just because he sees more strikes doesn't mean he doesn't get on base well, and that his OBP will drop from his minor league numbers (and I chose those, since the guy we are talking about isn't in AAA yet). I do agree, Wade is likely a 4th OFer though. Like, one that could be in the majors a long time.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Odds he's in the Twins' organization next year? I'd say about 60% or so. He'll be 29 at some point next year....If I'm one of the terrible teams, I try to sign him as a minor league FA, and put him in the majors to trade him to a contender at some point.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I don't think there is any evidence it works this way, actually.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Great win! Whomever decided to bunt Buxton over was wrong, imo. Whomever decided NOT to bunt Buxton and Rosario over was wrong, imo. If those are the same people, sigh. If they aren't, it is certainly possible the first bunt happened because of culture.....sigh. The "logic" applied in that inning was about as bad as possible in terms of likely win outcomes.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Must really bother the manager he won't be able to bunt with his three hitter....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Vargas is what he is. The issue is not stealing, or using your hottest hitter to sacrifice, and then when you get lucky, not sacrificing when you should. Just awful.
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