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  1. Mike Sixel
    Some pretty big assumptions in there....Polanco and Vargas among them. You left off Santana, Nolasco, and all the RP...... edit: I see you re-did the math.....from 24 to 27..... 27 is young in your mind? Just to be clear, you think having an average age of 27 is young for a baseball team?
  2. Mike Sixel
    Tulo would be here next year, and after......for most of us, trading for him was for next year also, I think we've been fairly clear on that. Indeed, if you aren't going to try to win, why acquire Jepsen? Why not trade off Pelfrey, Duensing, Fien, Boyer (or just cut them)?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Still waiting for an answer the very good question posted earlier....... "What results would have shown the deadline (non)-Moves to be the wrong decision."
  4. Mike Sixel
    That nerve thing is interesting. IMO, that's why guys should be brought up earlier, rather than later. Get the nerves out of the way BEFORE you are counting on them to be a key piece (like, while rebuilding and not contending).......or, put them in the bullpen first, then move them to start. Or, call them up to only play 2 games a week, and ease in. I don't think we have any idea if the pressure did in Vargas and Arcia. Most national people I read said Vargas isn't a MLB player talent wise, and Arcia has a 100 ops+......I think there are other issues with those two.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I thought I read over and over they tried to change Burdi, to give him more control. I have no idea it is true or false, I just took it at face value. If not, then they clearly were wrong to draft a RP that high.....if so, they were wrong to make changes. Either way, I'm still waiting for one of these "close to the majors" RP they've drafted to even be good in AAA as a RP.....or is that AA?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Proving what about their approach at the deadline? We can agree that they won't make the playoffs probably, while still disagreeing they did the right things at the deadline, can't we?
  7. Mike Sixel
    You can't trade guys that bust.....if you wait to see who has value, you can't trade the other guys.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I really think Turner needs half a year to adjust......let's hope that trend continues. IMO, they should not have tried to change what worked with Burdi......indeed, the "progress" from all the RP makes me question their entire approach to coaching RP in the minors.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Again, you don't have to fix every hole to fix one hole......Tulo went for pennies on the dollar, that's a national consensus. He isn't a 1 year rental. Again, it's a straw man to suggest that anyone here suggested they try to fix EVERY hole. No one here is arguing that. The OP is arguing that not really doing anything, other than giving up assets for 1 player we ALL agree won't move the needle was a good idea.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    ya, don't agree at all. Standing in place, and not calling up Duffey to the bullpen, or Berrios is not good thinking, imo. Trading for a mediocre RP? Not a good decision, if that is all you do. Keeping Duensing and Boyer on the roster is a good decision? Keeping 13 pitchers, and not having Arcia up is a good decision? we won't agree on this. Straddling the fence is never a good strategy. How are they launching for next year, with one of the older rosters in baseball, exactly? May starting yesterday would have been better than Duffey......they decided not to have him ready for that.......they decided that.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, this was a great write up!
  12. Mike Sixel
    He is up, not still in the minors. Not hiding him at all, he is up. So, I hope they really think Duffey is better right now, not that they are afraid for an elite prospect.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Let's hope note.......unless not winning next year isn't the top priority, Buxton should be up.
  14. Mike Sixel
    so, you think if he does poorly in his first start, they'll move May or Berrios in? What it likely means is that Milone is still hurt, nothing more or less.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I hope it isn't the latter, that they are afraid.....the Yankees are starting their 21 YO phenom, not protecting him. Other teams have called up their phenoms, and aren't protecting them. If it really is fear, well, I'm tired of what looks like fear. So, I hope it isn't that latter....
  16. Mike Sixel
    Fair....I'd rather Duffey was in the pen, and May / Berrios were starting....but fair. It's not a horrible decision at all, just not the one I'd make.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I'm not ignoring anything. This team is neither going all in to compete, or building for the future. They are standing in place, like they always do during the season. Here is what has happened in the time Ryan has been GM, that he's accountable for.....that matters past this year: Hughes Santana Nolasco Suzuki May Meyer In 3-4 years, he's added 2-3 players that are good when they matter, and 2-4 that are bad. What exactly should make me excited about that? You can say they aren't ignoring their weaknesses, but I can only judge based on the fact that Nunez has DH'd recently, they added a mediocre bullpen arm, and finally cut Santana after 3 months of being awful. I can only judge on actions, since I can't see the process. I don't see that as really doing much of anything, either for this year, or next year. That's my opinion, not a fact.....but I doubt I'm the only one with that opinion.
  18. Mike Sixel
    And if Duffey starts 2-3 games, and not one?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Oh, I didn't for a moment believe they were going to play games in the fall that mattered the last two years, I put zero credibility into his baseball comments. Like I said, I thought it was Ryan. I guess this year we can finally judge him on his comments. They are coming close to not playing meaningful games this fall.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    Good luck to Mr. Duffey. It's an exciting moment for him. Frankly, I wanted him up here as a RP more than a month ago, so I'm glad he's in MN now.
  21. Mike Sixel
    It's funny, but there are actually studies about this on the internet. the projections are usually good, not great, like, much better than random stuff a GM says in the paper, or posters here post...... Hope is not a strategy. Positive outlooks on bad situations is not a strategy. Plenty of research on this as well, also available for free on the internet. Businesses don't succeed by hoping and ignoring their weaknesses. They succeed by acknowledging them and eliminating them.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I think the answer is: sort of. Dozier and Plouffe will hit again. Mauer and Hunter? they are old and bad. Suzuki is just bad. So, no, I don't think they'll hit again in a way that helps a team relative to their peers. That's 1/3 of your lineup you are giving away. Then there is SS, a position that is at best suspect......44% of your lineup given away......and Hicks with his splits, and Rosario with his "patience"......ya, good luck. And, it isn't hard, as pointed out above, to cut Boyer and Duensing at this point. But, we see it clearly last year and this year, this team doesn't understand, imo, that if you are rebuilding, you play the young guys sooner rather than later.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Last year also, while Terry was out, he said it after the first game or so......
  24. Mike Sixel
    btw, I'm not asking Terry Ryan when they should go all in.....I'm asking the people here who said not this year....when?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Perhaps it was St. peter that said it in previous years.....and I found one from him for sure that said it in 2014 (St. Peter that is). I'll just concede this is the first year Terry said they should contend late in the season.
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