Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Mike Sixel

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    48,925

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    340

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Mike Sixel

  1. Mike Sixel
    Saying that people want non stop aggression is certainly not true. I've argued many times they blew their chance to sell off assets and embrace a true rebuild a few years ago. Keeping Perkins was ridiculous, for example. But, waiting until they are "one piece away" is a pipe dream. No team is one piece away. Also, you can add a player a year in FA, especially when your roster is meh, and not impact your budget at all. Then you'll be closer to being one piece away, if your scouts are good at their jobs. Or, as the Twins were (so they were arguing that for sure) for the last decade, you can not trade prospects and not sign big time FAs, and not win that way either. No one, I don't think, is saying sign every player, every year.....certainly not me. Heck, if they don't go for it this year, then they should truly embrace the rebuild and trade Gibson and Castro.....but stop going halfway every year.
  2. Mike Sixel
    My question about the catchers.....can Gaver stay back there with all the concussions, or should he be in the RF/1B/DH mix?
  3. Mike Sixel
    I hope they aren't assuming Pineda is a good SP next year....he hasn't pitched in a year. I'd assume he's a bullpen piece, until he proves he's not. Gibson is gone in a year, probably. Spend your money on the best SP on the market (not going to happen, but a man can dream).......but if you don't make a serious run at being a MUCH better team, the easiest way to fix the logjam is to embrace the rebuild and trade Gibson.
  4. Mike Sixel
    If the goal is to win, keeping Gibson and not adding talent isn't going to do that. Standing still has not worked for this team for over a decade. Signing bargains and only bounce back types hasn't worked for this team. Not trading prospects hasn't worked for this team. Somehow, pointing out bad FA deals makes sense, but pointing out that the TWins have utterly failed for a decade not signing FAs doesn't make sense. All I was point out was that keeping Gibson resulted in no more success than trading him would have....nothing more or less. Because, in context, their group of moves doesn't work.
  5. Mike Sixel
    If they aren't trying to seriously win next year, they should deal Gibson for sure. He'll net a legit player or two. I'd prefer they add some real talent, but if they don't, I would hope they deal Gibson and really do the rebuild.
  6. Mike Sixel
    And what have they won while Gibson was here? Nada.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Some people just don't want the billionaires to spend on free agents, or trade prospects for multi year veterans. Many of those have worked for the Twins the last 2 decades. It has led to nothing of value at all, in terms of the playoffs for a reason. The Braves spent big on the international front, the twins refused. For every Braves, there are the Pirates and Twins....and does anyone think the Braves are going to sit around and add nothing much this off season? I don't.
  8. Mike Sixel
    If they are at 80MM....wow. that would be sad and bad. But, hey, they can buy another yacht or two.....with their tax subsidized stadium....
  9. Mike Sixel
    great, what about his defense, and expense compared to them? And, there is ZERO upside, at least Cave or Wade could surprise us...... edit: I'm sure he'll switch bats, adopt a launch angle approach, and hit 30 bombs.....on another team.....but I'm willing to take that chance....
  10. Mike Sixel
    But we don't KNOW that.....and the Twins could have enticed him with money. But the point is, when did they ever do this, ever? Couldn't trade Hicks for a great pitcher either....because someday he'd be Willie Mays or something.....It's a pattern of aiming low, over and over and over.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Zero reason to keep Grossman at that price. Zero. He's replacement level. If Wade or Cave or whomever is meh, for 500K, that's a much better use of resources. Plus, if you have guys with options, you can do something with them, as opposed to Grossman. Zero reason he should be on the roster at that price. I'd probably keep Odo, though if Pineda is healthy, I'm good with him being traded for almost anything, and using that money on a better option. I'm not good with just pocketing that money...... The rest are keepers, imo.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Well. The twins also passed on going over the limits in international spending when you could..... Like the Atlanta team did. The issue is that the twins were not great at their chosen strategy, just ok to good.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I have no illusions that this court will empower companies and prejudice and loss of freedom. None. I expect it to be much worse than any of you. Just as I expected this administration to be much worse than any of you (and it is somehow even worse than I feared). This nation is filled with angry, hateful, prejudiced people, and SCOTUS now reflects that, just as the other two branches do.
  14. Mike Sixel
    In the late 80s and early 90s they signed Jack Morris to the largest FA contract ever, and signed Don Baylor (and more).......they didn't shop the bargain bin in 87......there is no coincidence that they did well that year (lucky to win it all, sure). And sure, the Brewers had good fortune this year.....but they partly made that happen by not sitting around and waiting on prospects.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Pineda hasn't pitched in a year, I hope no one is assuming he's there for sure next year..... If all you ever sign is bargain RPs to one year deals, you need to do that year after year...what are the odds you are going to pick right? Move some of these mediocre SPs to RP, and let them loose. Sign a legit RP that you believe in to a multi-year deal. Then sign a flyer. But stop looking for guys trying to re-establish their value.
  16. Mike Sixel
    You like the plan of only signing bargain FAs and never trading top prospects better? How's that working out the last decade?
  17. Mike Sixel
    "just fine" is one heck of an endorsement in trying to create a great team.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    There is nothing lucky about signing Cain and trading for another OF.....they didn't sit around and wait on prospects, they got proven MLB players. Players signed for more than 1 year, because they weren't bad or coming off injury or super old, or needing to reestablish value or anything like that. It was 180 degrees from what the Twins tried this off season. 180 degrees.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Agreed. They didn't sit around and hope on prospects.... Big fan.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Agreed.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Thanks. Thanks a lot
  22. Mike Sixel
    I'm not only talking gerrymandering....but all aspects of trying to deny the vote. Sorry if that wasn't clear....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Kind of my point for the last few posts.....there is no reconciliation in any short term with people that have been brain washed by their parents, schools, churches, media, friends for their entire lives. Why is divorcing them not an option?
  24. Mike Sixel
    That's fair.....but it isn't fair to say that limiting voting rights is ideology, imo.....either we are free to vote, or we don't have a constitution that means anything. But maybe that is ideology, and not one of our actual principles.
  25. Mike Sixel
    As for being saavy? Uh, not really.....that bullpen wasn't good, and part of it was mediocre veterans. I'm with Nick......"winning" by finding bargains isn't usually winning.....
×
×
  • Create New...