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  1. Mike Sixel
    so, pass on anyone the first year back from TJ? That cuts a lot of guys off your list every year.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    mostly myth. The weather here is nicer than MN, until about now. Post season would be a potential issue, but no more so than Denver. though, I'd bet they would build a retractable roof, yes. Also, politically, I don't see how this government puts money into a stadium with all the other stuff going on here.....so unless Phil Knight decides he cares about Portland....
  3. Mike Sixel
    Congrats to them both!
  4. Mike Sixel
    No chance, imo, there are enough businesses here to buy suites, nor do I think the tv market is big enough. Seattle would be bummed for sure, to lose this market, they would want to be compensated. I think Vancouver, BC is actually a good idea. LOTS of money there, LOTS. However, a report came out yesterday that there is a Portland money group working on this..... The stadium would be tough. No one in the city likes going west to the burbs, no one in the far out burbs likes the hippy dippy city. Traffic is awful to the one suburb spot you could do (Hillsboro), and even worse in the city. Supposedly there is a site in the city. It will either be Amazon HQ2 (hahahahaha) or a baseball stadium (hahaha), or condos/apartments/park space. Frankly, this city will have to ban cars in the center part of the city at some point....
  5. Mike Sixel
    They didn't have an English language broadcast for several years also....
  6. Mike Sixel
    this is an off hand comment in a chat, but last year his predictions were decent....(he earlier predicted the Arrieta numbers).... Replacement Level 12:39 If Arrieta is 4/100, what does Darvish get? More years or just more per year? Dave Cameron 12:39 Both 12:40 I'd put Darvish at 7/175.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I recall (long ago) reading studies about how little advertisers and companies understood advertising. But the key is, they think it works, and keep spending money this way.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    I'm not convinced you are wrong, nor am I convinced tv execs have a clue how advertising works or doesn't......but clearly they think they are right, or they'd change. I am like you, I'd turn the channel less if breaks were shorter.
  9. Mike Sixel
    They literally did not offer salary arbitration to Cliff Lee and 4-6 other good players, and let them all walk. That's when the attendance plummeted, and rightly. Yes, the league ran them the year after the league voted to contract Montreal and MN, and literally had to hire a manager a few weeks before the season, because the FO had fired everyone making money. They also took all the computer equipment and most everything else to Miami, leaving the team with almost no FO, scouts, etc.... It wasn't the fans that betrayed the city/team....
  10. Mike Sixel
    They tried pretty hard to get a veteran DH last year. I expect them to try again. Is there one that can sometimes play 3B, if needed, or RF if needed?
  11. Mike Sixel
    I agree that Rosario is the better player right now, and may or may not be going forward. I don't know that we know he has "figured it out" though. I'd be willing to trade either for the right pitcher, though. It would hurt for sure, but I'd be willing to do it.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Why would Dozier settle for less than 4 years, 80MM-100MM?
  13. Mike Sixel
    Trades aren't for 1 year, though. I also find it odd you said "take all the stats", then ignored defense and base running completely, and used 1 stat.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Actually, Montreal did support the team before, just the owners wanted to move. The minor league stadium is not near the city. Put one in the city, and it would draw, imo. but I agree, it's not big enough to support a MLB team for 81 games.
  15. Mike Sixel
    that seems unlikely for travel, safety, and other cultural reasons. Mostly travel.
  16. Mike Sixel
    IMO, and we are all guessing...... Buxton was 15th in fWAR in the 2nd half of the year. If he did that all year, he'd be in the top 20 among hitters/fielders. I can't see him thinking anything short of "top 5-10 player in all of baseball" money as a FA. Like, $30-40MM per year money. The OP would have him give up at least $38MM in pay those 3 FA years, in exchange for a bit more earlier (is it more?), and more certainty. That's a lot of money to give up, imo. I think the 116MM number is more correct, but possibly still light if he aggressively values his probabilities and the FA market. I think that number might get it done, though.
  17. Mike Sixel
    1:16 David: Who is the Twins’ best SS prospect: Polanco, Gordon, Lewis, Javier, other? 1:16 Eric A Longenhagen: Gordon, but only because I think Lewis is a CF https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/eric-longenhagen-prospects-chat-1017-2/
  18. Mike Sixel
    I think that's fair. we agree on the allocation issue for sure. The amount is, imo, actually a smaller issue to me.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I think being a FA a year later than Trout, and MLB inflation, means it has to be closer to 100MM, but we are all guessing at this point.
  20. Mike Sixel
    sure, "enough" money will get anyone signed. Trout signed for $24MM per year, and will be a FA when he's 29. So, I think Buxton would cost $20MM per year, maybe as little as $17MM per year. Just over 100MM total, or more like 120MM, I'd think.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Estimates are each existing team would get a check for 30-60MM on the day the franchise are sold, maybe up to 70MM. That makes up for missing 6 games a year pretty fast.....
  22. Mike Sixel
    I need to keep a link to this thread, the next time people type that internet scouts are stupid and don't know anything......
  23. Mike Sixel
    If only you could sign veterans, and then flip them, thus spending money to get more young players.....so, ya, they cut payroll for giggles. They certainly didn't keep it up to add talent in any meaningful way, either to keep on the MLB team, or to trade.
  24. Mike Sixel
    and yet, almost none of hte superstars are signing such deals the last two years....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Carlos Gonzalez is not a good player. No way.
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