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  1. Mike Sixel
    then I misunderstood your post. I thought you were pretty much saying to punt it...... It's a hard call, really, in your scenario. Lots of guys choose to go to college, for whatever reasons. Economically and for the good of their arms, pitchers should pretty much take the money. Colleges are notorious for not caring about the health of their players, and 2MM today is worth a lot more than MAYBE 3-5MM in 3 years. But, there are other reasons to go to college vs going to the pros. I don't know what I'd do if I was a team, and the player I wanted said they'd not sign with my team. Very difficult call.
  2. Mike Sixel
    You can't punt a pick. What if 5-10 of the top players for next year get hurt, or just plain are bad? In theory, it might work. In practice, I can't find a person on the web that used to work in a FO that has said this is a good idea.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Not a fan of tall pitchers. Terrible track record. I do suspect it is one of these players.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Very well written.
  5. Mike Sixel
    It's only 4-5 years into the rebuild. What do you expect?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Expect something on Buxton from Fangraphs soon/today: from Eno's chat: 1:58 Just realized that I have a Story interview I haven't done, I talked to Buxton about the leg kick, and I want to write that Dozier thing. I guess I'll get one done.
  7. Mike Sixel
    What do you want Jake Reed to do in his downtime, exactly? Play board games? Cook? Golf? Just not be on social media at all?
  8. Mike Sixel
    I wonder if Nick ever makes it. By the time he has put in enough time to show he's good, he'll be scheduled to be hurt again. I soooo hope I'm wrong about that.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I'd like to see Jay promoted this year, but I agree with Seth, it's more likely as a RP given pitch limits. Some great performances. Hoping we see promotions in a couple weeks.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I would like a bat. This one looks good as any at that point.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Great month for Buxton. Wow.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Jay's performance so far looks pretty nice. Impressed.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Wow, I'm trying to defend you, and I feel you just attacked me. We are on a website dedicated to discussing how well players play, and managers manage and the FO is doing their job. If you think that's not decent, why do you own this website, exactly?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Plus, just because some people aren't great at their job (see AZ FO, probably).....that doesn't mean the structure is wrong/bad/evil.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Did someone just judge WS rings in under 3-4 years time?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Very happy Rogers is up, and in the bullpen. Definitely the right role for him.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I don't buy the whole AA is better thing. There may be more high upside guys there longer than in AAA, but there are a lot of AAAA players in AAA, guys that know how to play and have talent. I'd guess the competition is more consistently good, and has a few upside guys. Based on the data that someone shared about the top players, most play more in AAA than you'd expect.
  18. Mike Sixel
    On topic, I agree, they should hire a President of Baseball, or whatever the old GM is now called.....yes. Agreed. No idea what that means for everyone else in the organization, but it should mean Ryan and many baseball types are replaced. Terry Ryan has done many great things for this org. I just think it is time for a new voice.
  19. Mike Sixel
    How is it good to punt 4 rounds, to pay for 1 guy? I think you underestimate the bad side of punting a pick or 4...... And, the easy fix, is to change the draft to be like the NFL draft, or to do something truly new and interesting and go to a combo FA/draft thing like I have previously suggested.
  20. Mike Sixel
    In fairness to Seth, he knows these people personally. It's pretty hard to say bad things in public about people you know.......
  21. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff, thanks everyone.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I also believe in process.....but plenty of MLB players follow good process, but aren't good MLB players. Outcomes matter. They really do. Otherwise, you could hire my 18 year old and tell him what process to follow as a scout or as a sales lead, or whatever, but that wouldn't make him good at it. Process is not sufficient to judge performance.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I agree with all of this. Outside of baseball and the tv contract, I'm not sure how anyone can say bad things about the Twins (now that I don't live there anymore, I don't have to see the terrible ads, but I realize those ads aren't aimed at me.....). I also agree, I don't know what all he does.....so it's kind of hard to say how well he does it. I'm not sure that was the point that the poster we both are responding to made.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I think the point, Seth, is that most people here see you defend pretty much every employee as a great.....and some wonder, then, if your opinion has much weight. OTOH, I've seen you be critical of some employees, or question them, so I'm not sure that view is completely fair. But, I think you realize you rarely say anything bad about the employees/players, despite going on a pretty bad run here lately.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Well, this is a sticky one..... On the one hand, I'm not sure 1 month is a lot of time to "fix" him. I had been saying keep him down for another month or so, and then call him up (assuming he's hitting well) and see what you have. Really, it needs to be about the long term. On the other hand....he is on the 40 man, their "CF" is hurt, and he's the best fielding CF they have. I just want the manager to play him every day, and see what is changed or not.
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