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  1. Mike Sixel
    Right, you have to sign an OF then
  2. Mike Sixel
    Are you suggesting Kepler is enough alone? I will take that bet.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I think you are under estimating what it will take to get him. But if you want great players, that are cheap, you have to give up real value.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Isn't that true if there is no opt out? I will try to explain what I think chief is saying. People don't want old players If you give an opt out... If he's good, he opts out, and you don't have an old player If he's bad, he stays If you don't give an opt out If he's good or bad, you have him when he's old. If you fear old players, an opt out should be viewed positively, especially if offering one reduces the salary...
  5. Mike Sixel
    Even though that means there aren't any young players on the roster.... How long do these guys need to be MLB players not to be young?
  6. Mike Sixel
    You have to trade value to get value.
  7. Mike Sixel
    . Next year, don't worry
  8. Mike Sixel
    I hope they sign Gomez if they deal Kepler. That takes the sting off,I think.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I'm not interesting in parsing exact words. I'm pretty sure you know my stance. Four to six really good teams every year. Some of them sign expressive free agents. The end of the contracts are often bad. Sometimes the beginning makes up for that. Sometimes it doesn't.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Well, if you only look at the good teams as the one champion. There are four to six really good teams every year. Did all of them avoid free agents? I would guess not. If you won't sign free agents, you have to be really good at the other three ways to get talent. Or, I guess you can be Pittsburgh, or the Twins for the last decade.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Is anyone saying he won't decline? I doubt it. Those who don't want to sign him are pretty much assuming he's bad by 34 or 35. Useless. Negative value. I'm suggesting those same people have been saying they would extend Santana. We don't know, but if you assume all pitchers will stink by that age, you are writing off pretty much every good free agent. If that is the case, fine. But then they need to be the best drafter and trader FO ever. Seems unlikely.
  12. Mike Sixel
    It's simple, if you won't go long term, you won't get the best players. And if you get lucky and the short term guy is good, you need to replace him the following year. Good luck being right again and again.
  13. Mike Sixel
    They are saying Darvish will be bad by 34 or 35.... So, same or younger...
  14. Mike Sixel
    People sure are sure Darvish will fall off a cliff, while trusting Santana.. . And, here's likely worth way more than 21 million the first three years, do we get to count that when judging the contract? And, if you are trading multiple prospects for two pitchers, how do you plan to sustain competitiveness? This is the window when Buxton and Sano are here and cheap. This is the time they are able to afford free agents.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'm betting anyone willing to trade for Archer will take span's money. I'm betting most teams don't like the other guy all that much.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Opening day? Like, if they do nothing between now and the day before opening day, no biggie? They have also shown no ability to fix the rotation. They didn't last year, and they didn't during the season, and they have not this year. I also fail to see anything good about losing their second best pitcher for at least five starts....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Winning the dollar per WAR pennant is useless. It's about the value of marginal wins. Those are very valuable to a team on the wild card bubble. Less so to teams not trying to contend.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Again, Tampa is not trading two starting pitchers under control for four and six years. That kind of defeats the purpose is trading for MLB players..
  19. Mike Sixel
    I shouldn't panic over missing Santana because he's not going to be that good? That's part of the good news? They have no number two, or three, starter right now. When should fans worry? If Darvish is worth more than 21 million the first two years, do we only count the latter years for judging the deal?
  20. Mike Sixel
    What does Tampa do for pitching if they trade Archer and Honeywell? Because they aren't trading for MLB hitting, only to have no pitching.
  21. Mike Sixel
    More than anyone would pay. He's one of the top pitching prospects in the game, and ready now. There is zero reason to trade him other than an insane return.
  22. Mike Sixel
    So, basically your answer is, no, they well never sign a great free agent to a big deal?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Decades of deciding it isn't a good idea to sign really good free agents had led to one playoff win in twenty six years. Some of us were hoping that things would change, and many defenders of not doing signings commented here for the last few years that we should be patient, the twins would sign players when the time was right. If not now, when?
  24. Mike Sixel
    One versus the field? That's kind of stacking the deck. If you are a team, signing one, which one do you pick? And if you go one year, what do you do next year?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Another year of Buxton and Sano lost? That seems like a bad plan.
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