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  1. Mike Sixel
    I don't know, if EVERY relief pitcher is not good this year....it is pretty easy to predict what will happen.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Except I'm not talking about the whole season....If he's not good because of the start....is he good because they got better and did what expected the rest of the way? I mean, they "clearly" did something to fix the issues if they go 10 games over .500 over 113 games....so he fixed things....but he is still bad because of the start? What, exactly, could he do REALISTICALLY given your success criteria to keep his job? Because it seems people are arguing the outcome is not ok....now we are saying the outcome can be good, but the process can be bad, so he's still canned?
  3. Mike Sixel
    If the Twins go 10 games over .500 the rest of the year....does that mean he is doing things right?
  4. Mike Sixel
    6-8 weeks maybe....isn't major? Gah, too bad, I wish him luck in his recovery!
  5. Mike Sixel
    Or, maybe, the players just aren't good fielders....and the FO cares more about their other traits? Or, maybe, they have been unlucky. People have a tendency to simplify, and look for a reason something(s) happens...when sometimes there isn't a reason. Sometimes things just happen. Not aimed at you...but this idea that people aren't being held accountable, we have no idea. Also, I'm not sure that anyone should be "held accountable" after this few games.
  6. Mike Sixel
    That's very different than fire them......that said, I share your concern....but many here just think they SUCK because the team has been dreadful this year. It is more complex than that..... For example, does the Tigers' record mean that it is the coaching, or maybe it is the players? Or both?
  7. Mike Sixel
    This is a year they expected to compete for a championship, supposedly, and they brought in Happ and Shoemaker....so I'm not sure they are every going to "spend what it takes". Pitching is the number 1 issue with this team, and it isn't close. The hitters will eventually hit....but other than Berrios and Maeda pitching better, no one on the MLB roster has much upside more than they are showing. No one. edit: ok, Alcala and possibly duffey...possibly.
  8. Mike Sixel
    And yet, other teams are promoting pitchers that are effective.....When do we finally get to start judging them? I've said at the end of this year.....Also, don't they have any responsibility to develop the players that were already in the system?
  9. Mike Sixel
    So, he just forgot how to do his job this year? After two successful years?
  10. Mike Sixel
    They haven't been? They won the division two years in a row. The circumstances might have been odd, but they can only play the games put in front of them. This year is bad, sure, but to say they haven't done their job as the core so far seems like a stretch to me.
  11. Mike Sixel
    You looked at international drafts, but not the data about the likelihood of early draft picks being good compared to late picks?
  12. Mike Sixel
    People are really struggling with context of stats this year for sure....which is understandable, given what is happening. But it makes conversation here less than ideal much of the time.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I want DeGrom regardless of the individual win stat in a team game.....I think that's the point here. But, man, it would be great if that wasn't what this thread was about....
  14. Mike Sixel
    He's more likely to succeed there than as a starter, IMO.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I asked a Fangraphs writer (and former front office member) a question.... mike sixel 1:23 At what point should the Twins start calling up minor league pitchers to get them experience for next year? Or, is that over rated? Kevin Goldstein 1:24 That is NOT overrated, but I don't think they should start thinking about that kind of thing until after the AS break.
  16. Mike Sixel
    The previous post said they should consider calling up the Cuban because he was 27.... Seems that logic applies to a 26 year old whose upside is back end starter.... No place did I imply it was a negative he had not debuted yet.... As teams have learned, most pitchers don't throw harder in their late twenties, most being the key word.... If his upside is back end starter, and he's 26, maybe he should be a relief pitcher, so he can go more all out.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Sounds like a bullpen arm to me.... Given the other starters and his age.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    Jax is 26.......shouldn't he be up soon too?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Jax will be 27 by then.....how long does anyone think he'll be good? I'll believe they might have a successful pipeline when they have even 1 guy be a good SP for at least a year. As I've said, they deserve until the end of this year to be judged as a FO.....so we'll start seeing this year, I guess, how I feel.
  20. Mike Sixel
    That loaded twenty tweets..... Rethink?
  21. Mike Sixel
    Should teams be allowed to just walk off and end the game? Move on with life?
  22. Mike Sixel
    How about 280 with the smallest amount of power? or to field well?
  23. Mike Sixel
    The Rays are the least foolish team in sports when it comes to evaluation and trades. Cheap ? Yes. Foolish? No.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Do you think they'll sign Berrios AND another high priced starter? This year they signed Happ and Shoemaker......two number 5 types, in a year they were supposed to compete. I'd love it if they did, but I have strong doubts.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea how people think Donaldson is "serviceable" or bad or whatever.....he's a top 10 3B this year. Is he everything we all hoped right now? No. No he is not. But he's still well above average.
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