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  1. Mike Sixel
    they wouldn't. I was just listing names. I didn't even list the older players, who will be gone by the time one of the prospects matters that was drafted in the last 2 years. edit: well, maybe they would, if they dealt Gordon, Gonsalves, and 1-2 lower level players, or whatever combo of minor league players.
  2. Mike Sixel
    i've not said they can afford the highest priced free agents. As a matter of fact, I've pointed out over and over again, once you convinced me, they can't. Like, every thread where Darvish's name comes up, I've suggested a more realistic option is to make a trade, or sign Lynn or some such....every, single, thread. so, this year they can? I'm not sure how trading for Quintana would be bad, since he has 4-5 years on his deal. That was about trading for him still being here when the window was widest open with Buxton and Sano and Kepler and Rosario and others....
  3. Mike Sixel
    What are the right moves? Quintana and Gray, for example, had multiple cheap years left? And, what is it about Verlander that is wrong, other than maybe timing by a year if you don't think the Twins were all that good last year?
  4. Mike Sixel
    The Dodgers are on a plane that the other teams are not. any news on Seager and his health?
  5. Mike Sixel
    that's not good, given their draft position lately....and the money they've spend on IFA, since they had more to spend than most other teams.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Rosario and Sano have more MLB years under their belts than the Astros players did before the Astros were good, IIRC, but I could be wrong on that. Also, the Twins old players are FA soon, whereas the Astros old players (that are good) were more recently acquired. I just hope we don't see a stop back next year....
  7. Mike Sixel
    dbminn 1:22 Have you seen Tyler Jay throw in AFL? Any thoughts? Also - Chris Paul is playing for Surprise. He's never been a "prospect" but had a good year in A+ for the Twins. Does he have a chance? Eric A Longenhagen 1:23 Jay was 92-94 for Keith in his first appearance and then 89-92 for me late last week. I think both breaking balls can be effective but obviously there's more to think about than just stuff with Jay, because of the injuries.
  8. Mike Sixel
    We don't agree they don't have enough assets. That's clear.
  9. Mike Sixel
    that's fair, and we agree on the overall talent acquisition issues. The difference is that the Cubs and Astros wasted less years of their young players, as they all hit at the same time somehow (luck was part of it). Imagine if the Astros had taken Bryant and not Appel.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    I am all in on drafting and developing better being the key, don't get me wrong. But, that doesn't help in the window that ESan, Dozier, Buxton, Rosario, Sano, Mauer are all here.
  11. Mike Sixel
    that's not what people are literally saying just a page or two up in this thread....
  12. Mike Sixel
    so, it's good in year 6 they don't have a good enough minor league system to trade for good, cost controlled, starting pitching, or bad?
  13. Mike Sixel
    And drafting and developing delivered how many good pitchers in that time frame? Berrios and?
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'm talking about what people post, which is literally the same reason the Twins just can't get better, other than "draft better", "develop better", nothing in what people here are posting is changing, even with the new FO. So far, though, the new FO passed on fixing the SP at either the deadline or the off season.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I think Chief's point is that every year, we read that the Twins don't have enough assets to trade, but just wait until next year! Then we read that the costs for those players was just too high (either in assets or money or both), but wait until next year! Same with payroll flexibility, we need to keep it to sign players, but then when they don't sign players it is because they need money to sign players next year..... So, is there ever actually a year? Indeed, I think this is the third year in a row I've asked this question now....
  16. Mike Sixel
    cost of a 1-2 starter will be more like $25MM per year by this year......if you mean FA. If you mean arbitration, that sounds about right.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Verlander has 2-3 years left on his deal.....that is a short term rental? On the other side, we can't sign FAs to long term deals, because they'll be bad at the end of the contract....
  18. Mike Sixel
    I think the argument can be made either way on this one, btw.
  19. Mike Sixel
    You don't think they had enough prospects to get Gray or Quintana? when will they? We are in year 4 or 5 of the rebuild.....Houston did, in the same amount of time. Same with the Cubs.
  20. Mike Sixel
    And how did reality work out, in relying on the players they did rely on? Like the list of pitchers they used the last 5 years? And, it's like people are totally ignoring the trade part......
  21. Mike Sixel
    Concur. It would have to be a really good deal.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I see Houston is really suffering from trading for Verlander. And, how did the Twins fare the last 5 years by NOT going out and getting pitching? No one ever talks about the price in wins of relying on terrible, but cheap, pitching. Sure, the owners saved money, but the product still stunk.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Totally ignoring the trade part of that post.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    so, never trade for really good players, or sign the best FAs? that's your argument?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Gray and Quintana were too expensive?
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