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Everything posted by Mike Sixel

  1. Mike Sixel
    I have no interest in discussing if Dozier is good or not......none.
  2. Mike Sixel
    if not May....agreed, I'd rather see Duffey get another shot. What's he do in the week he sits?
  3. Mike Sixel
    except for defense and base running, sure......but isn't that true of every player, take away his biggest skill, and he's not worth as much?
  4. Mike Sixel
    It's not necessarily bad, imo, if what you trade turns out to be great, if you got what you wanted in return. Trades are not a zero sum game, they can help both sides, even if 1 side gets "more" out of it.
  5. Mike Sixel
    That wasn't the question at all, was it? The premise of the article was that the Twins are doing badly, ergo, standing still was a good idea. If the Twins had won every game since the break, would that have meant they should not make deal? Half the games? What outcomes, produced by the TWINS, would lead the OP and others to conclude that standing still was a bad idea?
  6. Mike Sixel
    I think it is fair to question trading for Tulo. I think it is BS to say trading for Tulo was only about this year, which some keep typing.
  7. 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?
  8. 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)?
  9. 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."
  10. 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.
  11. 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?
  12. 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?
  13. Mike Sixel
    You can't trade guys that bust.....if you wait to see who has value, you can't trade the other guys.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.....
  16. 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.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, this was a great write up!
  18. 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.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Let's hope note.......unless not winning next year isn't the top priority, Buxton should be up.
  20. 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.
  21. 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....
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Mike Sixel
    And if Duffey starts 2-3 games, and not one?
  25. 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.....
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