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  1. Mike Sixel
    I don't see the word luck anywhere in my post. I'm suggesting it isn't easy to be successful signing short term deals year after year. That's been the contention of this site since it was founded, and I'm agreeing. Maybe they have a secret formula that has never worked in MLB before, but I'm not willing to draw that conclusion already. If others are, no skin off my nose.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I'd cut Sanchez. The fifth starter should have options.... And upside. They need the roster space, cut him.
  3. Mike Sixel
    These are short term deals. They have to do the same thing next year or the year after. This is one nice of season, I'm not ready to crown them yet. But, it is a nice of season!
  4. Mike Sixel
    Right. No one noticed his start....
  5. Mike Sixel
    I applaud the effort this front office had made to improve the team. I have no idea what to expect from any of these pitchers, but I am confident we won't see as many terrible starts as recent years. With luck and health, this team should be in the wild card hunt all year.
  6. Mike Sixel
    So much wrong with this post, it hurts the brain.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Teams that tried that last year...... Had worse pitching results. There is a fangraphs article about this.
  8. Mike Sixel
    100 %
  9. Mike Sixel
    If Hughes is bad, they literally make more money replacing him. Winning sells. If they can't cut a bad player, and I'm not saying he is but if he is, then this team is in trouble. I think we will just disagree on this and move on. But if one million dollars stops them from making the team better, uh oh.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Not sure how this is on topic, or even a similar situation....
  11. Mike Sixel
    It better not be. That money is going to spent if he pitches, or a cheap player does. If he has influence over this kind of decision, the team is in trouble.
  12. Mike Sixel
    You seem to be arguing that if a pitcher blows out his arm, at work, he not get paid. That's about as bad an idea as I can imagine.
  13. Mike Sixel
    On topic.... Dozier is really good. I am sure the dodgers regret not offering more for him. He is likely good this year, but age will catch up to him at some point. I would guess he has two good years left after this one, then tails off. I would be good with a two year deal, anything beyond that seems to be too much, given the context of the whole team, and Polanco, Gordon, and Lewis, not to mention others. If Gordon is really good in AAA,I would take the chance of letting Dozier go, if they plan to spend the money on a really good player. But if they don't think they can get such a player, I probably try hard to bring him back. I've been thinking about this more, if Gordon plus others brings back an elite player, I am more inclined to do that than I thought. But that will take him being great in AAA, at which point you have to decide if he's a three WAR player over time.... All in all, good problems to have.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I don't get the Aybar signing. He can't hit or field. I would prefer someone that can do one or both. As for leadership.... They have no rookies, and few second year players. How many "veterans" do they still need? I just hope if kinley is bad, or not trusted, they move on quickly. It's a good roster. Not sure it is great, but it is good.
  15. Mike Sixel
    No, he's not. Factually speaking, he's not.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I'm relatively sure trout is paid for more than OBP. There are many measures of offense that take everything into account. Mauer is decent compared to other first basemen, not in the top half even. Joe was a great player, he's not anymore. I hope the front office puts the best team on the field, and if Mauer is part of that after this year, great. But odds at low, imo.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Morrison is the bridge to the future. Joe is going to have to be at least as good, if not better, than last year to be worth keeping around relative to likely other options, either at DH or first. Morrison outhit Joe last year, look what he got paid
  18. Mike Sixel
    Wait...a player gets hurt, and can't play, and should not get paid? Why not? They signed a contract. I have no idea why he should not be paid. Help me understand why.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Replacing Hughes with a better pitcher from the minors costs the team 500,000 or so. If he's bad, there is no reason to keep him around. Not financial. Not loyalty. Not winning.a Therelso no rain for him to renegotiate. To me, if he's not good, I ask him to go to Rochester. If he won't, let him go. If he shows promise, give him some time in Minnesota, but make the leash short.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Mauer would be vastly overpaid, compared to other first baseman, at more than around six to eight million. Plus, the team has good replacement in Morrison and maybe Sano, already in the roster. From an in the field perspective, it is hard to see them bringing him back without more hitting. I do like the depth this year a lot. If Rooker moves off of first, I don't love the prospects as much as others. But, first basemen seem findable....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Most people can't be traded to another company. Most people aren't required to do their trade for six to ten years with one company before they can switch companies. That's pretty obviously what he meant.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Fair for sure. I only root for laundry now, Adrian Peterson taught me that lesson. At least on the field. Off the field? I root for labor.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Service time manipulation happens less with pitchers, since they have injury issues more often, and they, generally, lose pitching velocity younger than most think. That said, I doubt he makes the roster out of the gate for many other reasons.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Good point. Just shows how complex this really is.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I actually want more free agency, so players have more control over their lives.
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