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  1. Mike Sixel
    Two of hte best players in baseball, getting drooled over? Shocking! If Buxton or Berrios is ever that good, they'll get drooled over too.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Admittedly, I may have read it quickly....as I was taught, communication is a two way street, message sent is not always message received......and it's not always the listener's (or speaker's) fault....
  3. Mike Sixel
    If you never take a pitcher because they might get hurt....good luck having pitchers. Or is that not the argument being made? Like, how did Strasburg work out so far? The Twins didn't get lucky, imo. Both players deserved to be a top pick. The Cubs did get unlucky theirs got hurt, though.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I don't care all that much.....but I think he'll get in. submitted w/o comment: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/joe-mauer-and-the-rule-of-2000/
  5. Mike Sixel
    Si
  6. Mike Sixel
    I read it the same way chief did, fwiw.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    I would have to look at a lot more information (roster, salary, upcoming FA, draft boards, etc) answer that, but not 18MM!
  8. Mike Sixel
    ah yes, probably more accurate!
  9. Mike Sixel
    Heh, still not a Waynes fan, I guess we'll see....
  10. Mike Sixel
    Concur....but I worry about Hunter not actually doing much last year also.....but Griffen isn't getting younger.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Mauer is a great hitter. Good for him.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Just read there is no "ILB" specific tag. So, if they franchised him, they'd have to pay 18MM per year! That's one reason they signed him this year. No way I pay Barr that either, by the way.
  13. Mike Sixel
    It's reasonable to want to see Hughes.....I think it is also reasonable to not to want to. I guess we'll find out soonish...
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'd put Diggs and Hunter ahead of Barr right now, priority wise. Unless they find a DE this draft, they are going to need some......though I guess that is true of OLB also! IMO, for the coming year, they need an OL and DB as "starters", and a DE/DT and OLB as depth/starters in 2019. But, I think DT is more plug and play in FA, so I'd lower the priority of finding one (not having looked at next year's FA class.....).
  15. Mike Sixel
    There is value in playing the best players, and rewarding the good ones for their hard work (I'm assuming Mejia is also a hard worker), over keeping a guy around because of money.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Vikings lock up Kendriks for the next 5 years! Lots of money for an ILB, but he's really a legit 3 down LB.....I approve.
  17. Mike Sixel
    One pitched pretty well last year, one did not. One is part of the future, possibly, one is not. I prefer One to one.
  18. Mike Sixel
    People are convinced this is the real Joe Mauer, but not convinced this is the real Buxton? I think we need more than 10-15 games to know what either might be, but I could be wrong. Like it or not, the game is about more than just OBP. He plays (more accurately, how they expect him to play in the next year or two) first base, how he plays relative to: 1. Other options for the Twins 2. Other first basemen is how his future should be judged. IMO, we aren't enough games into this season to have any real idea yet.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Talking about something is literally NOT equivalent to getting worked up about it, or angsting about it, or freaking out about it...... I'm constantly amazed on this site, when people have a conversation about something, that so many people think there are HUGE emotions tied up in something, when really, there aren't for most of us (as far as I can tell). It's just a conversation.
  20. Mike Sixel
    They won't use Moya or Kinley in games that matter.....how does a playoff team carry two of those?
  21. Mike Sixel
    Except they have little room....the pitching staff is nearly all veterans w/o options.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Do you think Joe Mauer is a HOFer if he retires today? What if he plays a few more years at a reasonable rate? A: Mauer is off to a hot start and just picked up his 2,000th career hit last night, so here’s hoping he has many years left. If he were hit by a bus today I think his case would be stronger than a lot of people think — he really had elite offense for a guy who has still played far more games as a catcher than anyplace else. Offense that ranks quite nicely alongside that of some Hall of Fame catchers. That said, I don’t think he’d have a snowflake’s chance today, and I suspect he’ll have a very tough time even if he continues to play for several years. The longer he plays, the more he’s viewed as a first baseman/DH, the less he’s viewed as a catcher. And that’s before you get to the stuff about (a) his game being under-appreciated because so much of his value is tied up in getting on base; and ( the almost pathological sort of crap he gets from local fans and the press in media. I’m not sure who goes to bat for Mauer in a Hall of Fame case, and I suspect that, barring an unexpected run of near-MVP-level performances between the ages of 35-40, he’ll fall pretty far short when he one day hits the ballot. http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/04/13/twitter-mailbag-2/amp
  23. Mike Sixel
    Southern Bleacher Bum 10:17 Will Sano ever get his strikeout rate below 30%? Jeff Sullivan 10:18 Maybe once, but he has that blend of swings and misses, and patience. So he already gets into deep counts, which makes the prospect of striking out ever present Tim 10:29 Am I an idiot for ever thinking LoMo was actually a good baseball player at some point? Jeff Sullivan 10:29 Checking in on the 2017 breakouts: Alonso has been bad. Morrison has been bad. Smoak has been fantastic! That's 1 out of 3 10:30 Morrison will get going at some point, but this is ugly. You can see why the market didn't bend over backwards for these guys
  24. Mike Sixel
    Minor league players already have a tough day. Little is gained from long games, I have no issue with the change at all. It literally hurts no one
  25. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather they sign him, but this is the Twins, so I have my doubts.
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