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  1. Mike Sixel
    He's a much, much, better hitter.....IMO.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Kepler will put up around 2 WAR this year.....and is league median for RF. Has he been great? No. Is he bad? Not even close.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Kepler will put up around 2 WAR this year.....and is league median for RF. Has he been great? No. Is he bad? Not even close.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Twins Status: Probably sellers For Sale: Not a ton as, while they have underachieved this year, there is a good young core on this team that the Twins are going to give a chance to bounce back. Brian Dozier could be moved, though, as could the finishing-piece veterans the Twins brought in thinking that they’d contend this year. Guys like Fernando Rodney and Lance Lynn could be dealt. No blockbusters seem likely to run through Minnesota, however. https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/07/19/buyers-and-sellers-at-the-trade-deadline-american-league-central/
  5. Mike Sixel
    Only Jeffers was acquired by this FO......and Garver isn't playing 60% of the time, still. So, ya, I considered what you said, and still posted what I did. It's not like Castro is a GREAT hitter, he was/is a great framer.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    Theory with NO actual information other than observation: The Twins don't play Garver much....CLE didn't play Mejia much and traded him.......does our FO feel the same about the relative value of defense and offense for catchers as CLE?
  7. Mike Sixel
    Wow, that's quite the get for SD.......wow. And, of course CLE was going to add to its RP corps.
  8. Mike Sixel
    another potential message to build on: In 2017, 9 percent of the federal budget ($375 billion) was spent on children younger than 19, a figure that is projected to drop to 6.9 percent over the next decade. Of the projected $1.6 trillion increase in federal spending in the next ten years, only 1 cent out of each dollar will go to children’s programs. Scoff all you want, that’s just plain good policy: no society ever gained by investing resources in its children, and history shows us the best way to run a government is to devote most of its resources towards the construction of a gilded sarcophagus for its richest and oldest citizens.
  9. Mike Sixel
    And none of this is hindsight......sigh.
  10. Mike Sixel
    While I am sympathetic to those that don't want to watch a team with even more holes in the second half this year.....I would trade him (and try to sign him as a FA). I don't believe this team is a contender this year, and he's a FA to be. Add talent to the system while you can. Trying to win 80 instead of 78 games or whatever isn't going to help this team.
  11. Mike Sixel
    https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/scouting-the-orioles-return-for-manny-machado/ The OF sounds more like between Wade and Kiriloff....unless his power kicks in. But with more certainty of floor at this point than Kiriloff....
  12. Mike Sixel
    My guess also, but I don't know....but that seems likely to me. Jeffers moving up soon, we think? Seems like it is time at this point. Kiriloff sure looks good this year. Imagine how well he'd be playing had he not missed a year!
  13. Mike Sixel
    One more thing.....if they do this, the manager needs to be on board, and, you know, actually use the players rather than bench them....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Well, the point is there are sites that analyze injury impact across MLB, at least one I posted here, that showed the Twins were about median for injury effect (it probably did not include Polanco).......
  15. Mike Sixel
    giving the team little, if any, useful information, I'd guess.
  16. Mike Sixel
    They are out of it....they should be looking at the young guys, and getting them MLB experience...IMO, of course. Well, Belisle could be gone, that would be strategic....how about Morrison, why keep him around at this point? That's 2....and it wasn't hard.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Kiriiloff is probably higher rated, but Diaz is doing very well in AA, so he has more certainty, I'd guess. But yes, that's about the same. The SP might be more probable than Stewart, I'd say more like Mejia or Gonsalves (though I know others think more of Gonsalves high side than that....). but, ya. I'd agree on that.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I hope everyone agrees with that last sentence. I have no idea what kind of person he is, but he should be liked or not based on who he is now. I do think 17 is very different than 15 or 12 or whatever. Heck, if he is 1 year, or 6 months older, he's an adult....does that difference really matter?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Fangraphs guy says they got a starting outfielder, back end starter, a relief pitcher, and two utility players. For 2.5 months of a player. I'd take that.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Five prospects.....that's a lot of spaghetti to throw against the wall.... rankings are in the LAD system, beginning of year: Diaz was number 11 on FG at the beginning of the year, but is an LF with offense that would make most teams look good so far this year. wow, none of the others were in FG rankings for the Dodgers to start the year. That seems light, unless some of these have really improved their stock. edit: comments from Eric L on Twitter: Diaz: good everyday corner OF Kremer...backend starter with RP floor Bannon...bench bat, utility guy Pop.....RP only Valera.....utility type So, if they get a starting OF and backend starter, that's a lot....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Plus, he was 17, not 12 or 10 or 5..... that said, I don't know if I care or not, but the "apology"? I don't think that's what he did.... As for training, data shows it is not all the helpful, only putting people in position to be around people different from them really changes things....
  22. Mike Sixel
    Uh. What? They talk to scouts, teams, and others to determine relative trade value. Sure, he could just make up whatever he wants, but that's not a fair statement of the effort put into this series.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I don't know....do most teens say they hate gays and white power is awesome? Mine didn't, neither did their friends. I doubt most do, even privately, let alone on social media...... As for if he's changed or not? No idea. Probably, but not necessarily for the better, we just don't know.
  24. Mike Sixel
    this series of articles, I'd guess? I don't understand the question.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I also think averages kind of stink for starting pitchers. 2 or 3 horrible starts make your averages look bad, even with 10 good ones.....I'd be pretty happy to get that ratio.....
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