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  1. Mike Sixel
    bummer. what I liked about the Stewart pick was that it was an upside play. I prefer upside plays in the first round of the draft over risk averse "high floor" plays.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I'm no expert....nor do I get to see these guys....but some of us have been consistent that it would take time......how is Ball doing?
  3. Mike Sixel
    This is a hard, hard question. I assume I am bringing a hard copy, and not e-book. So, it can't be so big I can't carry it around........
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'm going to back in time to the earlier question...... I guess it is about investing. It allows you to do so many things. Heck, I could buy Flint's water system.....so, ya, that has to be it. Become so wealthy that you can fix so many things, and influence so many things...... Books? Tough call. I'll have to re-acquaint myself with the Eloi before answering, brb.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Meaning, I assume, that you think it is this year or next year that they should be competitive, or something has gone wrong?
  6. Mike Sixel
    My thought is consistent: 1. I'd have liked to have seen more strikeouts, however 2. This is the year where I think we go from "he is pretty new to full time pitching and was a football player" to "well, he's been full time baseball long enough to form a meaningful impression", and, I still think that impression will be a good one. Still a fan.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Go back and invest, I'd think. That would allow me to be so rich I could donate money to charities like crazy. I do have some political things I'd like to figure out how to pull off though, so I'll reserve the right to alter my answer. would you go back and tell everyone about the holocaust? Or maybe even more recent, and protect the people of Flint?
  8. Mike Sixel
    I would if I had one.........not as easy as I thought. New appreciation for our friend.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    You expect TR to trade for a big time player, and give up top prospects at the deadline? You might want to alter your expectations.
  10. Mike Sixel
    2-3 more years away....the goal posts are now out to 2019......
  11. Mike Sixel
    Well, I'm not proposing trading part of the immediate run for a rental......I specifically asked, when they are in the thick of being the best team in baseball.....should they, or should they not, go for it in FA or trades? They were competitive for 8 years, and won 1 series, right? They couldn't part with ANY money on a FA to DH? They couldn't part with Aaron Hicks? People here ALL THE TIME, tell me this runs in cycles....and that past 5 or so years, you are on a decline in farm system....wouldn't that be the time to trade the prospects you do have, for legit players, since those prospects WON'T be on a winning team, if you believe the cycle theory? On Kepler......if you think the core is legit now or in 2 years: How does trading Kepler make them NOT competitive for 8 years? Is he the lynch pin to buxton, Sano, Berrios, et. al. being on a winner? Really? That ONE prospect is going to make or break it?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Try something about other sports? Food you have to give up or eat in exchange for?
  13. Mike Sixel
    they have the power and money.
  14. Mike Sixel
    How is that different than the Mauer deal? Signing ANY player to a long term deal when they are 27 or older is going to probably result in dead money.......FA or your own players. Are you arguing to never sign such players?
  15. Mike Sixel
    So, Trump or Rubio it is.........my wife and I were trying to decide which we wanted. Not an easy choice.
  16. Mike Sixel
    please do
  17. Mike Sixel
    My goal isn't to move the court, it is to get the right person on the court. Settling for being "less right wing" is why this country's government has swung right.
  18. Mike Sixel
    As for "plenty of time"....this is a young man's game, more and more, as teams decide that athleticism trumps veteraniness currently. So, he has time, but years, or whatever? Probably not to maximize his contribution and his income.
  19. Mike Sixel
    You can care, and try, but it is a scale, right? Not an on/off switch, it is a more like a dial. How far are they willing to turn the dial to 11, instead of 6, when they have a real chance to win?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Also, with the 2nd wild card, muddling along at 81-84 wins has REAL value now.......and with luck, you have a chance to be a playoff team and continue your luck.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Agreed on all of this.
  22. Mike Sixel
    When have they ever gone in to win now, since 1991/2?
  23. Mike Sixel
    More than half the catchers better than Suzuki last year are on a team they were not on when Suzuki signed his extension (if you believe in math telling you who was better). To me, it is a great example of settling, and not going big.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Well then......so much for my shock in reading it.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I don't know, in the last run, they never went all in to win, even though they were fated to be bad by the end of the decade (according to those that believe baseball is cyclical). Where was the ambition to be GREAT during that decade, and not have Becker and Tyner DH? Where was the ambition to close the deal on Cliff Lee? Where was the ambition to turn that group of great players into the BEST team in baseball, not a team that squeaked into the playoffs in the worst division in MLB during that time?
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