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  1. Mike Sixel
    Agreed. And they could have afforded that.
  2. Mike Sixel
    The Twins don't need Dodger money to be better. No one is adding for that. I like Cobb the best, of the remaining free agents. I would deal Kepler and Gordon and a minor league pitcher for Archer. Then sign Gomez to replace Kepler.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Darvish was just signed to a long term contract. Is he an exception?
  4. Mike Sixel
    Are people factoring in that Mauer was worth way more than his contract some years, or only the years he was worth less, when assessing the deal?
  5. Mike Sixel
    No, he's saying that you have to judge a decision when it is made, not after. Btw, the Twins probably don't agree with you either, since they offered one hundred million or more.
  6. Mike Sixel
    And if he is good? The best way to judge decisions is to do so at the time they are made. It is really easy to judge things with more data. I think what you don't see, on our side, is that the alternatives are likely much worse, wasting another year of Buxton and Sano. So, now what? How do they at to the top of the rotation to year, while still building a system that can supposedly compete forever?
  7. Mike Sixel
    People have answered your WS question over and over. SSS, and other answers. This player? He is, by every report on every website, and the money he got, the best starting pitcher out there. The Twins don't need another blah starter, they need very good starters. Nearly everyone but a handful of people here think Yu is that. As we can see by the deal he got, from a front office that is quite successful.
  8. Mike Sixel
    To sign any free agent, you need to bid more than other teams.
  9. Mike Sixel
    How about better than Slegers.... Or Mejia? Everyone was nervous about the last years of yu's deal, but those same people are saying Santana will be good after surgery? Nothing has been done in nearly two off seasons to fix the starting pitching while the core is here. I hope that changes soon, I don't expect it to
  10. Mike Sixel
    That has never happened in modern sorts history, and no one is arguing they never make any profit. But that there are years to budget more on payroll, maybe even an uncomfortable amount.
  11. Mike Sixel
    But the free agent market is part of the game, and if they won't play in the deep end, or even close to it, they are at a significant disadvantage. Have we any evidence they can overcome that consistently? We read here all the time that a mid market team goes in competitive cycles. That they can't afford to be great all the time. Well, here they are, nearing the peak years of great players, and they still did nothing last year, or so far this year, to fix their biggest problem. If not now, when? And are the same people that have told me for years that it is unrealistic to expect them to be great for more than five or six years in a row, now saying we should be patient, because they are building a team that can compete every year?
  12. Mike Sixel
    They have more profit than you can probably imagine. They aren't even close to the mythical 52 percent, nor have they been.
  13. Mike Sixel
    24th in innings pitched last year. ...
  14. Mike Sixel
    What we do know is that they did not sign him. That's the issue. Not why. Not if. But will they ever?
  15. Mike Sixel
    We literally have no idea what anyone offered, other than the Cubs.
  16. Mike Sixel
    What have they won? Unless you are rooting for something other than winning, I don't get the answer.
  17. Mike Sixel
    The alternative being? How has not spending on great free agent players worked the last 26 years?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Agreed on the second part, on the first, less so. They didn't even try a flyer or anything. But yes, the bullpen looks better for sure
  19. Mike Sixel
    They didn't spend any money last year either, and everyone knew they had a bad pitching staff. Hoping they find a way to fix the starters this year, after failing to even try last year.
  20. Mike Sixel
    So far, decades have taught us, they won't ever do so. Regardless of context of the team, or their budget situation.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Sure, teams sign guys that don't work out. They also hope every prospect will work, or make bad trades. Doing nothing carries risks in the win loss side, if not the budget side
  22. Mike Sixel
    And yet, he was persued by this team, and others... And just signed for over one hundred million dollars. Clearly, not everyone agrees with you.
  23. Mike Sixel
    He threw the 24th most innings last year, how are pitch counts an issue?
  24. Mike Sixel
    If they can't, or won't, they need to be 100x better at drafting, developing, and trading. Dave's question is, will they? Not all the reasons they won't or can't..... Because if they literally can't, then they need to get a lot better at everything else. I am not surprised at all. Disappointed, not surprised
  25. Mike Sixel
    They aren't playing a game. They are doing a job. A job that pills in sufficient revenue that no owner has ever not made millions or billions. Suggesting that labor get more of the revenue seems reasonable, given that it is an entertainment industry. We apparently disagree. No biggie.
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