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  1. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I don't get the whole "we traded a number 1 pick for him angle". However, this is the third OF they've traded now, hopefully this works out better than the Span trade....
  2. Mike Sixel
    Agree with all of this, I was trying really hard to find a positive in the comments........
  3. Mike Sixel
    Gotta read that 538 article on this, I keep forgetting.
  4. Mike Sixel
    It must be tempting to trade Trout at some point, right? You could get 2 Mets starters and a couple minor leaguers, right? something like that? Maybe? what would it take, if you were them, to deal him?
  5. Mike Sixel
    "ya, of course I hit my driver 250 all the time, why do you ask?"...... Isn't this part of what makes a pro different than us? They have convinced themselves they are good?
  6. Mike Sixel
    From the Fangraphs' write up on 2B today: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-positional-power-rankings-second-base/ "The most laughably absurd right-handed pull hitter in baseball........ With a career 212 wRC+ when he pulls the ball, a 59 wRC+ when he goes up the middle, and a -1 (yes, negative one) wRC+ when he hits the ball to right field,....... you might be convinced that teams did exploit his weakness in the second half of 2015, holding him to just a 73 wRC+ after the All-Star break. But while the shift is going to eat up a bunch of would-be singles, Dozier seems to have enough power to retain a chunk of his value........"
  7. Mike Sixel
    Yes, yes you can. For our non-real bet, yes.
  8. Mike Sixel
    good point, that's surely what I would once Kepler is just about ready.
  9. Mike Sixel
    on the PH question.....yes, yes, yes, those all seem like reasonable candidates to be hit for.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Isn't he hurt right now?
  11. Mike Sixel
    I don't pretend to know what he'll do, but I think projecting him to be about league median, whatever those numbers are, sounds about right. Above average OBP for a 1B, below average HR for a 1B, maybe a few more doubles but close to league average for a 1B. I find it hard to believe he'll hit the most HR of his entire career this year, though.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Wow, um, wow. That would be shocking. I see about a 1% chance of that, if that high.
  13. Mike Sixel
    So, they are going to decide the RP based on who is throwing well in spring training......except they aren't really, since Burdi was throwing well, right? Who here thinks they'll choose the young, upside guy, over the veteran, Abad? Anyone? I think Arcia is here to start, doesn't hit at all, and is replaced by Kepler by the ASB. Kepler can play any OF position, DH, or 1B. And, can hit.* Arcia can do none of that right now. *I'm assuming last year was not a fluke....we'll see over the coming year or two.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Well, you are tracking right with Fangraphs in terms of timing of posts, nice job. They project the Twins to be exactly median/average among 1B, with Mauer regressing closer to his good years, but not all the way back obviously. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-positional-power-rankings-first-base/ I think median is about right, frankly, for the Twins at 1B. As for if Mauer is bad/benched/hurt.......I've said all along that Kepler will be the 1B here eventually. Admittedly, that's when Hicks was here, and I thought Arcia would hit, so they do have less OF youth now.......but then, I didn't expect Sano to be moved there. Frankly, if Kepler were on the bench as your OF backup, 1B backup, and DH backup at some point this year, I'd be good with that. I think Park should be the backup for now, though, with Kepler getting a month or so in AAA (and if he's then good, replacing one of the not so good bench players).
  15. Mike Sixel
    Under......way under.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Over, but I really don't want to say that.....but someone has to be over if I keep picking under....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Spring training numbers matter?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Fangraphs ranking of the catching groups this year: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-positional-power-rankings-catcher/ Some funny lines, not just in the Twins' writeup. I think Murphy will overtake Suzuki, and log about 65% of the catching duties after mid-June or so.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Under
  20. Mike Sixel
    Huh, I sit corrected then. Apologies.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I don't know we can draw that conclusion......I think we have no idea WHY they did this.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Where is Burdi headed?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Over.
  24. Mike Sixel
    that is an amazingly pedantic reading of what he said. It was pretty clear that New Britain will now have an independent league team.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Not his job to try.......Drew Butera tried to hit.....
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