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  1. Mike Sixel
    So, if Gardy is only successful when they have great players, and awful when they have bad ones, why keep him? The argument seems to be that the success of the team is largely out of his hands. If so, why keep him around if he doesn't make the team better than they should be?
  2. Mike Sixel
    This is the point I've been making on threads for about 2 weeks....everyone complaining about the defense and how it needs to get better, all while saying they should keep these hitters around. The game has both aspects. Just because a guy can hit (though not at a great level yet) like Arcia, that does not mean he is a good MLB player. If he can't field, and they have Vargas, there is not room for both of them (especially if you have no CF or LF also). I totally disagree this boils down to strikeouts. This boils down to they have terrible defensive players. You won't make Arcia or Santana great fielders by getting more strikeouts. Balls that still should have been caught or cut off will still happen. They need to decide if they are willing to live with terrible defense (and, therefore, a higher ERA than they should have) or not.
  3. Mike Sixel
    So what does he do? If he can only win with great talent, is he actually good at his job, or is he just along for the ride? Good leaders lead, even lesser talent. Good coaches make their students better. I have no idea if he's good or not, but most organizations need new leadership after 7-10 years to remain successful and grow. And, the BS about Smith remains unreal to me......people know it takes 4-6 years for players to graduate from the minors. If there were no good young players in the Smith years, that's because the minors were barren when he took over.....if the minors are now graduating players, those guys were likely acquired by Smith or the beginning of TR's return. The team is going to lose 90+ games for a 4th year in a row. If I ran a company, and the leadership spent lots of money and resources to improve a part of the business, and utterly failed, again, at improving that part of the business, someone would be fired after this much time. Luckily for the Twins, they have tv revenue even if they are terrible.......
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'll ask again, how many 90 loss seasons before the GM or manager or both are not good at their job?
  5. Mike Sixel
    So, it isn't the manager's fault, and apparently not the GM's fault? We should just expect a team to lose more than 90-95 games for at least four years every 10 years or so?
  6. Mike Sixel
    An obvious choice, but a good one, Seth..... I agree with pretty much all of this, actually. Some good years here......not sure how to handle the guys with lower upside, should they move to RP in the majors? That's how most RP are born......
  7. Mike Sixel
    Gardy should be replaced because eventually every organization needs new thinking to get better.* They have shown very little indication that they are thinking differently, on the field. There is research in the NFL (no idea if there is in MLB), that coaches generally have about a 10 year life span of effectiveness. *rules/guidelines are not 100%. They are expectations and how the world normally works. Sure, there are exceptions, but is Gardy really an exception?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Why would Milone struggle, other than not being good? They are still nearly/last in SP outcomes produced, again this year. After how many years are we allowed to actually expect improvement? When does someone say, 5 years is too much, or 10 years is too much. For two years now, this board has said "be patient, they'll be better next year. If they aren't, then I'll judge them".....but that gets said every year. When is the year we should actually expect the SP not to be the worst in the league?
  9. Mike Sixel
    I don't care about the FIP/xFIP measure.......especially if people are saying not to change any position players but LF......how do people expect the D to get fixed? The Twins have been awful at SP for years, now. They graduated the one guy they have drafted and developed recently, and called up 2 guys TR traded for, and had 3 FA signings, and they are still awful. How is that NOT on the GM? According to all the former GM/FO types on line, the two ways to judge GMs is trades and FA signings, since the scouting director does the drafting. On the coaching front, this team does not do the little things right. That is on coaching, not on talent. If you claim it is not on coaching, what, exactly, do coaches do other than coach?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Terry Ryan signed three free agent pitchers, and they are still the worst starters in baseball, and you only want the coach gone? The GM and all field staff should go.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Latin Snark!
  12. Mike Sixel
    Looking forward to these guys being in MN, quickly.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Scarier thought is hoping that you draft an 18 year old, and he works out in 6-7 years......because at that rate, you don't have 5 starters. Plus, I'm told that it is nearly impossible to draft well past 10 or so (it is cyclical, I'm told), so the odds they draft good starters in 2 or 3 years when they aren't losing 90 games are low, right? If the Cubs do sign a legit FA this year, and it works, does that mean that now it has been done, and it is ok for other teams to do it?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Miami, St. Louis, SF, etc.....it isn't just Washington that has a different approach. It is also possible the FO is wrong, given the track record here, one might even think that is likely.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I agree with that. 100%.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I am not saying it will happen, I was trying to say that if it did happen, that would be depressing, and an indictment either on the scouts, the minor league coaches, or both.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Hard to say what I'd do if the Twins offered me more money than anyone else.....btw, I don't expect that to happen, but I'm saying there is no reason it shouldn't, imo. It is cool with me if you disagree that they should spend money on elite players, neither of us actually get to make that decision.
  18. Mike Sixel
    So no team has done, so no team should do it? I have never believed that in any part of life.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Yes, it would be a good idea for them also
  20. Mike Sixel
    Meyer and May to the bullpen? Ugh......and people wonder why some of us want the Twins to pay for elite players, rather than try to develop them.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Other teams have figured out the idea........get your pitchers up earlier, before they get hurt. I also found the article depressing about Meyer. I have no idea if Berrios can be great or not, but if we now think Meyer can't, well, that's depressing. So far, the Span and Revere trades have produced negative WAR for the Twins......just great.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Players go where the money is. If they Twins offer more money, they have a chance. If they low ball the players and "can't give their money away", they won't.
  23. Mike Sixel
    But KC lost the greatest prospect ever, and can never recover from that. /s I agree, but when we've suggested that, people have said the prospects (other than Sano and Buxton and maybe Berrios) aren't worth much in a deal (while also claiming the Twins will rely on those prospects to be successful).
  24. Mike Sixel
    So the answer is to sign none of them, and hope you can pick and develop the right 18 year old? Think of it as a 4 year deal with a 1 year retirement plan. Does that help?
  25. Mike Sixel
    I disagree with the statement that no team should sign a pitcher for 5 years or lots and lots of money. What should the Twins do with that money? I'd say they should spend it on elite players to get better. Mauer is off the books in three years. Not one other player on the 40 man roster is likely to make the kind of many we are talking about, certainly no one on the 25.
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