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  1. Mike Sixel
    I've not argued the team isn't young, I've argued that they concentrated on adding older players with no upside beyond this year. Hope that is clear. In addition, they offered more money to a 30 something DH than any other team. I really think they are trying hard not to stink this year.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Agreed. I think. Can he play OF or 3B?
  3. Mike Sixel
    but we aren't seeing it in young guys, in the minors, that were just drafted, right? we are seeing it from ok guys that are older. I don't think you draft and plan for that.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Interesting on the pitching thing. No way he goes 1-1 as a pitcher then. And, if you want him as a hitter, he's doing that every single day, not pitching.
  5. Mike Sixel
    which RP got a chance this ST, other than Chargois? Signing the vets pretty much meant that the young guys didn't get a chance, imo. And, maybe NONE of them deserved a chance. That might be the problem here, not one of their AA or AAA RP arms even deserved a chance to make the roster. If so, maybe they should be out there signing guys younger than 36, because if the pipeline is so dry that none of them even deserve a shot, that's not good.
  6. Mike Sixel
    not on the list on ESPN that calculates the age of the roster......
  7. Mike Sixel
    Well, they didn't take flyers on guys with upside, look at those ages. Also, I don't agree, which is cool. I would have had Chargois on the roster. At some point, you have to take some risks. It is clearly a difference in philosophy. I would have traded Dozier and put Polanco in his stead, not sure who my backup INF is, that might have made the roster older, I don't know, but the starters would have been younger. I would have traded ESan, and replaced him with Berrios or Mejia as my plan. I would have tried a flyer on a younger RP than 36 years old. At what point does not bringing up young RPs turn from "it's a stop gap" to "it's not the plan"? I am asking a question, because I think three years into not really doing it, it seems to be a plan that is continuing. I'm not even sure any young RP had a shot, other than Chargois. Did they give any young RP a chance?
  8. Mike Sixel
    I'm kind of interested in the 25 man roster, not the 40 man. Here is who they added: Belisle 36 Breslow (not on the 40 man list....) 36 Gimenez (also not on their 40 man list) 34 Haley 25 Castro 29 So, until the data is updated, it's kind of hard to take it as useful right now. I guess people can keep saying this makes sense for a 103 loss team, but we'll just disagree. As for the age of the inherited players, well, I'm kind of interested in what this FO is doing...not as much the past.
  9. Mike Sixel
    An AL GM 1:29 Should I try to trade for Byungho Park today? Maybe even attempt to lowball the Twins? They apparently don't like him very much. Eno Sarris 1:29 Everyone had a shot on him on waivers...
  10. Mike Sixel
    could have sworn I was reply to the outrage on TD.....let's check the tape! your quote: And the outrage is the same every spring training. Every spring training. my response: Maybe not being one of the 5 worst teams in baseball for 6 years, and rebuilding as fast as Houston or the cubs (and likely the Phillies and maybe the Braves, and possibly the White Sox) would help with that outrage since TD started...
  11. Mike Sixel
    trading Santana and putting Mejia or Berrios in his place as the plan would have made them older? Let me be more clear, the people this FO added are older players, not younger players. I'm not sure how I failed to make that clear, but hopefully now I have. This FO added older players, not younger players. And they tried to sign a 30 something DH, to make it even older.
  12. Mike Sixel
    fandom is emotion driven and completely irrational on its face. Expecting people not to be disappointed, after the last few years, with this roster, that seems irrational to me. I don't really care who the GM is, I care if the team is good or not.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Maybe not being one of the 5 worst teams in baseball for 6 years, and rebuilding as fast as Houston or the cubs (and likely the Phillies and maybe the Braves, and possibly the White Sox) would help with that outrage since TD started...
  14. Mike Sixel
    So, it is like FTE at work? 12 employees working 75% of the time is only 8 FTE? cool!
  15. Mike Sixel
    I was responding to the comments that they didn't get younger, nothing more or less than that. a 103 loss team got older, not younger. The youth on this roster were all inherited. that's all that post was about.
  16. Mike Sixel
    better than on your monitor, or so I'm led to believe.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I can't see the OF thing happening, they have Grossman and Santana on the roster. Who would that additional OF replace? It is certainly possible they are working on a Haley trade, but if so, why announce moves now?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Don't most regulars play around 150-155 games? do other teams bench starters more than that, to keep guys on the bench fresh? I actually don't know, hence the question. I assumed you meant he'd be benched a lot more than that.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I don't watch it on tv at all. I sometimes find a radio broadcast, but mostly I check on whatever "gamecast" is the best that year. So, if that counts, Sano, Buxton, Kepler, maybe Rosario. There isn't one pitcher I am interested in "watching" on this entire roster.
  20. Mike Sixel
    You know, meeting expectations is sometimes negative....
  21. Mike Sixel
    I'm going to make a request, let's not have long threads in here....or long debates. I know more than a few people just want the news in here. A comment or two, great...but if we want to have a long discussion, let's make a thread...
  22. Mike Sixel
    apples 12:59 Who is more primed for a bounceback, Franco or Sano? Eno Sarris 1:00 I don't think Sano needs to bounce back as much as stay healthy. A healthy year last year gets him to 30+ homers, and he has 40 homer upside. I don't think he's injury prone yet. Franco I think has .285/28 type upside, and he was so close last year. So I guess Sano? 1:01 In that he has more space between last year and his upside.
  23. Mike Sixel
    JT 12:42 What's your take on Max Kepler this year and going forward? Eno Sarris 12:43 As a German I love him. But as a exit velo guy, he's lacking there. Want to see him hit the ball hard this year or he's a .275/15/15 guy with good OBP, better real life asset.
  24. Mike Sixel
    actually, according to new research on ESPN (insider required, I think), tearing down to the studs and losing a lot does help.
  25. Mike Sixel
    why do the have to get other guys playing time? Help me out here. I'd say your numbers are about correct.
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