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  1. Mike Sixel
    Recruit well? Where have their classes ranked among big 10 (really, can we rename the conference already, please) teams each year? I'm happy for Claeys, good luck to him.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I don't know.....but I remember people saying Greinke could never succeed in a big market.....some baseball cultures appear to be good at helping players with confidence (I remember Maddon in TB saying "why wouldn't we expect him to keep being this good" about one of his players, while at the same time Gardy was saying "we shouldn't expect him to keep this up" about one of his, for example), I just don't think we know what will happen with Hicks. I think Hicks can't hit from the left side.....but he can get on base via walk and play a good to very good CF if he can figure out routes.....but I am not convinced he is weak mentally like some here are.
  3. Mike Sixel
    "likely" outcome is average catcher? Even though Sickels, FG, and others say likely role player?
  4. Mike Sixel
    I worry about buying high on BABIP, again.....a lot.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Well, here is what Cameron thinks: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/yankees-acquire-aaron-hicks-a-potential-bargain/ Didn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy.......
  6. Mike Sixel
    Miguel Cabrera played OF for WS champion, I think, after playing a handful of games in the minors. I'm not saying it is a good idea or not, I'm saying it is not impossible to happen, and it has happened.
  7. Mike Sixel
    You can't live in fear of making bad choices. Keeping them on the roster, and them all being bad, and then getting nothing is bad. Leaders have their positions to make hard choices......not sit back and see what happens.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Based on the fact other teams have never done this (hint, they have)? He might get 1-3 chances a game at 3B....practicing in the OF in practice is going to give him dozens more reps, dozens.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Waiting to see who is bad, and then trading them.....that's not a good way to get much for them.
  10. Mike Sixel
    None at 3B, but at other positions, yes. A 2.5-3 WAR player is not going to sign for $12MM per year, imo, unless they are over 31 or 32. BTW, KLAW does not list him as a trade target in his article today, I just tweeted him to ask about that. Will let you know what he says.....even if you all don't care.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    In KLAW's insider piece today, he says there is no true FA third baseman even available. None. Nada. Nil. I'd think that scarcity of resources is good for Plouffe's value....
  12. Mike Sixel
    I fail to see how the 14th best 3B, cost controlled for 2 more years, is "serviceable". I don't think people understand the scarcity of that asset right now.....guys like him are going to get $15MM+ per year this year in FA.
  13. Mike Sixel
    That's reasonable, but others are being snotty about it. How does that help? that' what I posted.....stop being snotty.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Kohl Stewart is still a top 10 prospect in the Twins' org. There are many who say (online experty types) that the strikeouts will come. Suggesting he be packaged, along with a 23 YO that OPS over 110 in the majors, and another prospect, for a 29/30 YO catcher is not far fetched. It might not be enough, but it's nothing to be snotty about.
  15. Mike Sixel
    AJ is the only one on that list I'd even consider. I can't believe they would consider Nathan. Have they learned nothing from watching how other teams build bullpens?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Thanks, thanks a lot, nick.....sigh.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Other than money......I don't get how a proven MLB is more risky than a draft pick that has never played in the majors. I am responding to this from Seth: I think any free agent signing is risky and probably won't end well, so I woudln't go out and get an established one. Isn't a draft pick risky, and super LIKELY not to end well? As for the question, do they NEED and ACE? No, but as constructed on offense and defense right now, an ACE would help this team a lot. This is not the Blue Jays offense, or the Royals defense or bullpen...... I see a zero percent chance an ace signs here as a FA this year. So either Berrios becomes one, or they trade for one, or they don't have one again for many years....
  18. Mike Sixel
    No, that would not disappoint me.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Actually, nearly every FA offered a QO gets signed......so it isn't true that teams don't give up draft picks for these guys. I can recall 2-3 in the last 5-10 years that weren't. That's it.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Guys are peaking earlier because (most) teams have realized that young players are more athletic, and are calling them up earlier.......at least that's what I read online.
  21. Mike Sixel
    that simply is not true.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Move on to what?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Every company does the pendulum swings, every company.
  24. Mike Sixel
    No. While I respect his clubhouse work, his tactics and on field strategy never improved or changed, from what I could see. If I was a GM looking for a manager, he'd have no shot. Bench coach, to help a manager out? Maybe, but probably not that either.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I count more than 10 with a wRC+ (pick your offensive stat) at 100 or so (with 300 ABs or more). That's a lot more than 5 that can hit. Indeed, if you drop down "good hitting catcher" to 85, there are 17. Suzuki had a 66..... IIRC, last year there was a stat that more than 10 of the catchers with more WAR than Kurt joined their team AFTER he joined the Twins. Options are out there, and are every year. The Twins need to do better than bottom 5.
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