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  1. Mike Sixel
    Pineda needs TJ, so he's not a FA next year you want, but maybe the yankees want ESan now?
  2. Mike Sixel
    that's also part of the problem of "go sign an ACE"....there aren't usually any available. It just isn't easy to get one in FA.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Well, I think you are mixing 2 things. 1. Is that level of prospect return about right, regardless of the team (as the OP says it's an example)? 2. Will the Yankees, in context of their options and where they feel they are in the reload, do either trade? 1. I think that's about right, but 2 is probably closer to about right than 1. 2. No, they won't do this, as they are committed to a process of aiming for next year/the year after. And, they have internal options that might be around as good as ESan.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Why can't the Twins do that? If they replace him with a minor leaguer, they've increased payroll by $300K or so. If they can sign a FA, they can pay Hughes not play.
  5. Mike Sixel
    who is he mentoring? And isn't Santana, Belisle, Breslow, Hughes, Perkins enough mentors? I mean, really, which young SP needs mentoring? And how many mentors does he need? Are you sure his presence can only help the team? It isn't possible he is a bad pitcher now, and his presence will hurt the team? Do we know he's a great mentor or whatever?
  6. Mike Sixel
    5 in 20 years. That seems pretty rare.
  7. Mike Sixel
    This was written early this year: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/is-cole-hamels-primed-for-a-fall/
  8. Mike Sixel
    Interestingly I've read the Rangers want to keep their assets, in an attempt to convince Otani that they are a good team he should join. I don't have a strong opinion (shocking!) on Hamels, as I haven't paid attn to him in a couple years.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Well, I live VERY close to peak area, but my wife and I don't have a firm plan yet. There is a tiny chance she's out of town! If she's out of town, I might go to the minor league baseball game that has an event for it. The winery I thought about going to is already sold out, I believe.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree it increases Santana's value. They got about what was predicted, based on the excess value of his small contract, and what prospects are worth.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I would take either, probably, but would need to read more to be sure. I probably want one more flier
  12. Mike Sixel
    Am unranked prospect is not in the same discussion as the number five prospect in the game. Not close.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Heh, it's not linear, and did you read the writeups? it's easy to rip this work, but remember, he literally passes this to people on teams to get their feedback. And, Q brought back almost exactly what was predicted in terms of excess dollars and prospect value.
  14. Mike Sixel
    gotta look at age, years of control, current contract amount, track record, projections, etc. It isn't a list of the best players.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    The more I think about this, the more I'd rather get 3 number 3s, and a great bullpen, than 1 number 1 and 2 number 5s. I just think it is more realistic in approach. Not that that is easy either.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    I don't think the Cubs paid for a number 1, they paid for a number 2 that has 3.5 years of super cheap control. super cheap. And, yes, we don't agree that looking at w-l record is probably a good idea, since the Sox are a terrible, terrible, team and wins and losses are a team stat.
  17. Mike Sixel
    The WS have stated their goal is 1 big upside guy as the centerpiece, not two in the next tier. Right or wrong, that's been their stated goal. If you really believe in Kiriloff and Gordon, I'd probably rather have that then just 1 player. But, the delta between the best prospects and the next tier or two is quite large in expected value. So, it's hard to argue the WS path as one good approach.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I'm sorry, I thought we were clearly discussing if they would sign a 6 WAR player. Was that not the discussion?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Q has been one of the 10 best pitchers over the last 4 years, how is he an underpeforming 3?
  20. Mike Sixel
    He isn't right now, not on any updated lists right now. He's not even in the top 50 for KLAW.
  21. Mike Sixel
    but he wasn't a FA, was he? The team said, clearly, they built TF so they could keep the guys they want. Not to buy big time FAs. But we'll see, maybe they will outbid all the other teams for the best FA types going forward. It certainly would be a massive change.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Also this, it decreases my entertainment knowing that these guys are getting hurt.
  23. Mike Sixel
    1. saying I hate it when people get hurt doing entertainment implies NOTHING about other people at all. nothing. 2. mostly because I don't hear about them, and they are probably working in a field with more intrinsic value than entertainment. 3. Also, this is a site to discuss, you know, entertainment. but yes, I hate it when any humans get hurt, wasn't sure I needed to discuss all of humanity and it's ills on a website about baseball, but sure, ya, I don't like it when people get hurt.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Fair. It's SUPER UNLIKELY the Twins will outspend the Yankees, TX, Sox, Phillies, Dodgers, Cubs, TOR, STL, other Sox, Sea, and nearly every other tam in MLB for the best FA on the market. IMO, of course. It is certainly possible that they will outbid the teams that have tv deals worth 3-10x their deal for the best FA player on the market. It seems, um, unlikely though.
  25. Mike Sixel
    There are no words about Twins here....but the graph is interesting mostly for the third MN name.... https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/kenley-jansen-is-too-busy-helping-the-dodgers-win-to-get-saves/ Kintzler is highly ranked, btw. If they fall out of the race, you gotta deal him.
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