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  1. Mike Sixel
    agreed on that last part for sure.........and sure, we learn more from their acquisitions than older players....but we learn a lot about their ability to develop the players that were already there, imo.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I agree that we don't know yet, but they do have a responsibility to develop the players already there.....because better development is part of what they need.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Not interested in dealing Garver, not even a little. You'd have to overwhelm me to do that. But yes, Jeffers could / should be number 1, with Garver at first / DH / C....I don't care if Astudillo is on the team one way or the other. The only complication is if they feel Kiriloff is the 1B in the future, and not an OF......
  4. Mike Sixel
    Pretty much what I suggested a few years ago.....if you can't develop 5 starters, why try? Why not have 4 guys that throw harder because they throw less pitches, on the same schedule as a starter, that piggy back games?
  5. Mike Sixel
    They literally signed Donaldson and Simmons.... Two players whose value is tied a good bit to their defense. It might not be working as we hoped, but that's part of why they are here. They moved polanco off short for a reason. Why do you think defense doesn't matter to them?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Way too early (ok, by a year) to know much of anything. so I said "no". that said, if none of the pitchers currently in the minors are good in the majors next year, I'd change to "yes".
  7. Mike Sixel
    But we didn't....so the question is, what now? The comment was "no self respecting team would trade him". IMO, at least one would.
  8. Mike Sixel
    That wasn't a criticism...an observation. We were all wrong. Btw..I also did strategic planning for a living...... I'm also on the trade them team. I don't think they'll sign them.... So I'd trade them.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Tampa would trade him. 100%.
  10. Mike Sixel
    shoemaker put up less than replacement level fWAR all but one of the last 5 years. He was seen as bad. Happ was seen as ok to bad, not bad, I guess. But, a contending team can't give up one start position, and have another filled by a number 4, and expect to be great, imo. I'm ok if you disagree. Really, Shoemaker had not been productive but once in the last 5 years.
  11. Mike Sixel
    1 year with a WAR over 1 in the last 6 makes me think he's a legit number 5 starter at best........which is why I hated signing him AND Happ. They needed one more good starter (no idea how they get that, btw, in their budget). Maybe they felt they could hang around until they could deal for a legit starter at the break? Maybe they really thought Dobnak was good (I hope not, in some ways)?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Every team but Colorado..... There is a way to trade those two, and for 2023+ to be great. It requires them to be very right about who they get back, and very good at developing them. It also requires them to spend the savings the right way and to be willing to fill in the gaps with good players. And to have a farm system ready to plug holes (hitting, pitching, and defense). Boston did trade Betts, but they still have a massive payroll........
  13. Mike Sixel
    I'm assuming the FO knows this.......
  14. Mike Sixel
    Who is taking Donaldson at all, let alone his full salary? They need at least 2 good starters on top of Berrios next year. Then they need 1 that is ok. Right now, who is that that is signed?
  15. Mike Sixel
    It is all about the choices and development. If they make the wrong ones, they are Pittsburgh.........and so far, I'm not loving what I'm seeing. But, man, not having last year really makes it impossible to know if they can develop players one way or the other yet.
  16. Mike Sixel
    If he's good for a month, I'd not even wait until August. He's no spring chicken. But yes, very good to see that promotion.
  17. Mike Sixel
    The number of things that have gone wrong is kind of amazing. Most everything that could, did, early on. Now, other than health and progress to next year, it doesn't matter how right things go. The hole is too deep. I admit not seeing this coming.....not even a little. At worst I figured they'd be around .500 right now because of the starting pitching. Now, if they had traded for a controllable starter (is there ever one dealt?), that might have been ok.....but I have my doubts about next year too. I don't see enough starting pitching, again.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I come to it thinking that a contending team can't have 2 number 5 starters in their rotation. If they really thought a contending team could have both Happ and Shoemaker make at least 10 starts, and likely more, I guess my confidence in them should be even lower. I don't expect people to agree......but I just don't see how that's realistic.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree that signing two bad starters to fill out a pitching staff on a likely contending team is a solid thought process.
  20. Mike Sixel
    If he's not in MN this year, it is likely he won't start in MN next year either. That means they'll need to find another bad pitcher to fill that slot. Three of their starters will be FAs this year (1-2 hopefully DFAd soon). I doubt anyone thinks Dobnak is the answer. Ober? Probably a back end starter at best. If he's not up in MN this year, I think you can kiss 2022 goodbye. Unless people think the Twins will sign / trade for 2-3 good to very good starters next year.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    So, if the eye test is wrong (which it often is) and stats are wrong (which they often are).....what is the right way? It is pretty hard to be 100% right about the future........ As for the poll, Shoemaker, and it isn't close (though Dobnak is right there). Signing him after signing Happ was a massive sign this team didn't think they were really contenders, imo.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Signing two number 5 or worse pitchers as starters in a year you were supposed to contend......not a good look. I have my doubts this FO is really going to do things sufficiently differently than any other than the McPhail led one. Always worried about the window and the long term.
  23. Mike Sixel
    How does a stat drive one away from the game? Like, I literally cannot understand this. Don't like a stat, don't pay attention to it. How does any stat make the game unwatchable?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Man, MLR was sure on the 2022 looks great path coming into the year......
  25. 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....
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