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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'll add that they need like 20 pitchers in a season....and in MOST only 2 backup OFers (who you don't want to play much anyway). MOST of the time, a team should protect more pitchers and let what appears to be an excess OFer go. I feel like a shill for the FO the past few weeks*....it seems like everyone has forgotten how far they came how fast. That said, I'm not yet in love with ANY long term decisions they've made, and really hate the lack of pitching from the minors. Hence, next year, I will start making real judgements. *those that know me know that shilling for mgmt isn't exactly my style......
  2. Mike Sixel
    Fair.....this last 12 months look VERY different than the previous 24......It is interesting looking at the projections for the pitchers they signed, and how wrong everyone* was. *not the naysayers.....of which I was one on signing BOTH Happ and Shoemaker....but many, many, who know way more about baseball than us.
  3. Mike Sixel
    They dealt a 4th OF for a guy.....they chose the wrong guy. But man, people act like they gave up a great player.....I too preferred Wade over Cave, but the hope was NEITHER would play much this year..... People* whine the farm system isn't good, then whine when they deal from depth and are wrong. People whine they have a 40 man crunch, deal a backup OF, and then get mad when he's good for another team. *not calling out the OP here, but this site.......and a HUGE swath of users who somehow want a great farm system, but to never trade a guy they like.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Dude got hit by a pitch.....not sure what that shows about him being injury prone at all.....of course, before that, sure, he was hurt a ton, but this latest one teaches us nothing. Sometimes you need to take big risks....with Buxton that is either dealing him in the off season, or signing him. I prefer the latter.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Definitely proving me (and lots of GMs) wrong at this point. He's going to be top 100 on every list next year......this is a great pick by the FO.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Don't forget, he's getting, what, $5-7MM next year, given how few games he played? Going to $15MM per year next year is a big jump for him in guarantees......Making the next 6 years look even better. If he'd sign for $15MM guaranteed for 7 years, I agree with Brock and Chief....make the incentives almost anything resembling realistic, plus insane ones. Because $15MM 7 years from now is going to look like peanuts for an average player....
  7. Mike Sixel
    Great line! Really, very well written.
  8. Mike Sixel
    The Padres, as said above, have avoided dealing their best prospects for great players....I can't see the Twins getting any of them back in a deal. As much as I wanted the Twins to draft Gore, he hasn't been able to throw strikes for three years now. That is the definition of HIGH RISK for sure, as he still has great stuff. I'm not convinced the Twins can fix him..... The only way to get Campusano is to include Garver and Rortverdt in the deal, which might not be a horrible idea....but even then, good luck.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I was just looking at the Mariners' list, and that's the one I want to raid for sure. Berrios for their best SP prospect and one of their top 2 SS prospects, or Pineda for their second best SP prospect....... I agree on Buxton being signed. I don't deal Kepler, unless I'm absolutely blown away. Of course I deal Simmons if possible, along with Happ (agree, PTBNL). If someone will take half of Donaldson's deal and give me a legit prospect, I deal him. But only if I really believe I'll spend the money on SP or SS next year. I keep Garver, unless I can get a legit C prospect for him that is ready next year (like, Garver and Rortverdt for a legit C prospect at AA or AAA, and another good prospect). I'd like to see Miranda and at least 2 minor league starters up after the deadline (Miranda is 3B and DH and maybe 1B). They need to get 1-2 starters ready for next year.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Twins should be aiming for Seattle's SP prospects.......not sure I like any of the names here. Not sure I like any of the Sox prospects all that much.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Where has the FO implied any such thing?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Maybe I'm just in a good mood coming off vacation....but they've been around .500 since the awful start. Add Buxton in there, sign one good SP (or trade for one) and one ok SP, and have the bullpen not implode, and I think that team can compete.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I'd leave him in Minnesota. But yes, Celestino needs to be in the minors. Feel bad for him in some ways.
  14. Mike Sixel
    All these quotes make me optimistic he stays. And I hope he does. I'd like to keep them both, frankly..... But I don't get the same vibe from Berrios.... The incentives need to be relatively easy to obtain.... He's healthy, he gets the huge bucks. He's not, he gets the big bucks. I'm quite shocked that it looks like a long term deal.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    What did you want him to do? Really?
  16. Mike Sixel
    You must be reading very different scouting reports about his fielding. Who plays left if Larnach is in right?
  17. Mike Sixel
    If you trade Kepler.... Who plays right? Is there anyone in the system that is an outfielder that can hit and field other than Buxton and Kepler? Not Rooker. Not Larnach. Not Celestino. Why trade him?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Zero chance he's that good, but that's true of nearly every hitter.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Someone said that? I sure didn't.
  20. Mike Sixel
    They are. 500 since their bad start. Add Buxton and a good pitcher, replace shoemaker with one of the rookies..... Sure, the last two years he's been negative.... Barely. Ok.... Who can field the corners? Who plays right if he's gone?
  21. Mike Sixel
    That average is way off. Way off. Also, three gives him another chance at free agency. Most everyone here said if it was 70 that it was four years, now we hear it is seven, and people think it makes sense for Byron?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Not next year. Lewis won't be starting the year in Minnesota. And none of those corner players are ready other than larnach. Unless you are punting next year.... Then maybe. And Larnach isn't as good as Kepler, and can't back up center.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Name the better one on the roster, which is my point.....Name a better RF or LF on D.....and, I'm not sure the stats agree with you: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/max-kepler/12144/stats?position=OF
  24. Mike Sixel
    As pointed out, they have graduated 2-3 legit ML players this year. Put those three back in the minors, and their system looks A LOT better. I mean, what do people expect when a team adds 3 legit MLB players from the minors, that the system is still awesome? And, if you expect that, the only way to do that is to deal major league players for lots of prospects, is that what you want? MN is currently ranked 18th by Fangraphs.....after graduating those three......and they aren't done adding prospects this deadline, I'd guess.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Stop with the facts.
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