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  1. Mike Sixel
    I was in the in between those two camps....I didn't think it would get this bad.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Well, I argued the Twins should do what you propose several years ago.....see how mediocre AAAA pitchers do in 2-3 inning performances, mixed and matched, every 3 days or so.....send them to AAA after a month to pitch a bit less, rotate guys in and out of Rochester..... Instead, they pitched bad starters, because that's what teams are supposed to do.....
  3. Mike Sixel
    Pad the win stat? Does any team even believe in that stat? I disagree....... It makes a ton of sense to have your starter get an extra inning, hopefully, by facing a different set of batters a third time. Imagine how much more valuable Mejia is if he goes 6 innings instead of 5, for example. That's the theory.....which sounds to me like it makes sense. The third time thru the order penalty is not about "fresh" arm, by the way, it's about seeing the pitcher. The studies are out there on that.
  4. Mike Sixel
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2018/09/05/sean-doolittles-home-run-challenge-is-his-greatest-idea-since-the-bullpen-cart/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b0b692dd0235
  5. Mike Sixel
    It was just two weeks ago people here were saying the Twins wouldn't pick in the top 10.......
  6. Mike Sixel
    Can anyone ask the the MOY and GM why Field, Grossman, Gimenez, and Belisle are playing, let alone on the roster? Is there any plan here at all?
  7. Mike Sixel
    Including pretty much ever team in teh league.......every single one.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Been on vacation..... Sure that's it.
  9. Mike Sixel
    This is a bad team.
  10. Mike Sixel
    But then you don't see hitters 4-9 three times from the pitcher that pitches the most innings..... Assuming your starter gives up 1 hit....your next pitcher can face the bottom 2/3 of the lineup three times, but the top third only 2 times......
  11. Mike Sixel
    Addressing it late hasn't worked for this team all that well either.....thank goodness for FA. Top 5-10 team, unfortunately most of the good/great teams are in the NFC right now.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Are you suggesting OL get hurt more than RBs or WRs? Or that there are more busts than QBs or WRs or DBs? I find that....unlikely. The Vikings had great luck last year, they'll need it to be as good as last year. Aaron Rodgers isn't going to be watching 9-10 games this year.... https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-2018-the-good-the-bad-and-the-browns/
  13. Mike Sixel
    How good or bad does he have to be to not be on the team for you? He can only play about 100 games a year now.....and only 1B or DH. He's a league average hitter at the easiest defensive positions in the game (league average including pitchers and catchers in the numbers). What does "can't perform" mean to you? I'm just curious.....also, it's not hard to replace him. Austin, Garver, Kepler, Sano, 4th/5th OFer at DH some, free agent, trade. All of those are likely to outhit him next year, and offer position flexibility. I'm assuming if he was the worst hitter in baseball, people wouldn't want him on the roster....how far up the list do people have to go for him to be on the roster of a very good team, playing 100 games, and only at 1b/DH?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Agreed....as I posted above.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'm certainly in agreement there are other teams I am more worried about..... Just because all OL are not what they used to be does not mean I can look at this one and LIKE it.....which is fine, the defense should still be elite, and the QB should be more consistently good to very good. But not using early picks in the OL to build that elite defense might have costs. They are clearly one of the top 5 teams in the league, I'd feel better if the OL was better.
  16. Mike Sixel
    "even though I work for him, and support all his positions on tax cuts, conservative judges, "freedom", and lack of regulation, public lands, separation of church and state, I'm totally fighting against him......" I remain....skeptical....about how much people really are fighting him.
  17. Mike Sixel
    that last paragraph is the key.....why force someone into a role, if they don't fit it, but can offer value in a new kind of role?
  18. Mike Sixel
    How would you decide, based on like 10 spring training games? And, if you do that, you aren't signing a FA or trading for competition for him, are you? So, he kind of wins...... No, he doesn't deserve it at all. He got a contract, both sides honored it, and now he should be judged as being more or less valuable than other options. If not, how many years does this go on? Because at some point, everyone here would stop playing him, even if he wanted to play until he was 100.
  19. Mike Sixel
    he's not even close to playing in 120 games at first base two of the last three years......
  20. Mike Sixel
    BTW, I think they should have called him up. It's both the wrong, and right, thing to do. I'm on the right side on this one.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Not at all the point of the post, but sure, he's not the best defensive player in the game.
  22. Mike Sixel
    He will have played less than 100 games at first base 2 of the last three years. He has never once played in 140 games in any season in his career. Ever. Three of the last five years he hasn't started 100 games..... Where do people come up with starting 140 games, given that?
  23. Mike Sixel
    What's the difference in viewing if they do the opener, vs what you say? How is your way "pure"?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Eric: Hi Kiley, thanks for the chat! I liked your post on evaluating pitchers, and am curious what “camp” you think BRUSDAR! falls into? 12:35 Kiley McDaniel: He’s somewhere between them, but closer to Manning/Cease. His delivery and strike throwing is closer to average, but still inconsistent that refers to this article: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/should-we-adjust-how-we-evaluate-pitching-prospects/
  25. Mike Sixel
    Agreed. I will be very disappointed in this FO is he's back. He doesn't even play 1B in half the games, and he has zero power (which makes the OBP fairly empty compared to other hitters). He's not likely to get better next year, but other options are. But we've been over this in about 6 threads, so I doubt I'll reply a lot here....people have made up their minds.
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