Mike Sixel
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https://blogs.fangraphs.com/why-teams-wait-to-make-trades/
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https://blogs.fangraphs.com/what-goes-on-in-draft-rooms/
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Episode 5 was great. All the Lokis betraying each other was perfect. As was our Loki learning he's more powerful than he thinks he is.....which I hope he takes into future shows/movies.
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I can't recommend the series of articles Kevin Goldstein is doing on Fangraphs enough. He was in a front office, and is posting about what it is really like. From the draft to trades to, well, everything. Also, their draft coverage is free (though I highly recommend membership)...and excellent.
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It will be a mistake to deal Kepler. I bet they deal 2 - 3 expiring deals for not much obvious return. Certainly not near ready players.
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I'm not sure how that Escobar trade is anything but an A at this point. It was an expiring contract in a year the team was going nowhere. My issue with all of the "buy" trades was they aimed low. Like they were hedging their bet, instead of really going for it. I recall the angst many here had about trading Ynoa, and how those people were pretty much ridiculed for thinking the Twins couldn't afford to deal a low A prospect for a legit MLB pitcher. The Pressley trade is the only one that I think (of the sales) you can really question. That said, the two guys they got should be better at some point. Getting anything for Diaz was good. Signing him in the first place was VERY questionable. They had the most or near most international room that year, and signed a 1B. Mind. Boggling. So? Inspiring? Not really, yet. Terrible? The only two you can question, and one of those is pure hindsight, is Ynoa and Pressley. Mostly they deal guys with not much value for guys that have not yet (and maybe never will) provided much value. Really, the issue is NOT being more bold. Trading off good/great players for better prospects, or trading better prospects for better MLB players. Much like the last FO, pretty much very conservative.
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How is the MLBPA dysfunctional? I'm curious.
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Who isn't? The point that post was making was that one year does not necessarily mean they are bad at their job. If Pineda is healthy, and Maeda is close to last year (both somewhat reasonable), the only real change is swapping out Hill (among the starters)......I'm sure they thought one of Ober or Dobnak would take over quicker if/when one of their FAs signings failed. But really, everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. Given their previous work, this could just be bad luck (with a bad decision or two). The question some are asking is....why don't previous years matter in assessing their abilities? Sometimes stuff just doesn't work, even if you do most things right. That seems to be the case with pitching (other than signing both Happ and Shoemaker, it seemed ok to most before the implosion).
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Game Recap: White Sox 6, Twins 1
Mike Sixel replied to Andrew Thares's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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Game Recap: White Sox 6, Twins 1
Mike Sixel replied to Andrew Thares's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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I always thought that was political, but he wrote it about his father's death......great song, by a great band.
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Not good Jim.
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I turned off Gamecast. Did they come back and win yet?
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Luckily it is almost over, right?
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We really are suffering recency bias this year. Big time.
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Kiriloff and Sano at 1B?
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Yup. Though they maybe could have a different CF here....with Kepler in CF and someone else in RF. But that's clearly not the plan for some reason.
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I'm not excusing this FO, just saying we don't really know yet. But, the track record isn't ideal.
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I like Rortverdt, but like Celestino he should be in the minors right now. 100%.
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100% yes. Mostly when arguing about the value of D in WAR calculations, but not just there.
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Lance Lynne was a pending FA that didn't want to be in MN. Kyle Gibson was not all that good when he left, or the time between this year and then. Rich HIll? Which of PIneda or Maeda should they not have signed and kept him? Or, does last year NOT count for Maeda? The problem is that the last FO was AWFUL at drafting pitchers outside Gibson and Berrios. They took Kohl Stewart and Tyler Jay in the top 6.......ugh. The also took Nick Gordon instead of Trea Turner. Etc.
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I'm beginning to think those that posted over the years that RBI were more important than preventing runs with D were, maybe, just maybe, wrong...... You just can't have a team full of bat first players (even if you keep drafting them early).
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Except in Star Wars movies....start with the "4th" one.....
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Well, he's going to play someplace.......though not sure where the ideal spot is at this point.
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I wonder if Kepler shouldn't be in LF at this point? Which one requires more ground to cover in TF? Larnach is never going to be a great fielder, it seems.
