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  1. Mike Sixel
    If the draft was a crapshoot.......why do teams keep paying the guys at the top so much, if they aren't likely to be better than the guys picked after them? The "math" used here might be typical of people that don't like math, but it isn't math. As for the money.....even if they just pooled half the revenues, and shared that much evenly, that would help.
  2. Mike Sixel
    These guys will mostly be used as closers in the minors, meaning they will get 3 or so appearances a week in April (well, maybe not, since IA and Rochester start late, and there will be postponements).....so, after 12 more appearances the Twins will know they are ready or not, and 1-2 of them will be? That seems like hope to me. As for Rogers, he was ready to help in the bullpen last year, they chose, not to use him that way at all.
  3. Mike Sixel
    These "tanking" teams should: Sign RP, then deal them at the deadline for prospects. You are just buying prospects. Sign guys that have been blocked in AAA off of other teams, if possible. Sign a guy(s) that was hurt last year, and give him a shot. Trade every player that has value. As for the league, it is correct, teams still tank in the NBA. I prefer the following hybrid approach: The 10 worst teams have 1 month to sign up to 2 or 3 (depending on if they signed 3 last year) "draft eligible" players. Those players are free to sign with any team, or even wait for round 2. No player signed in this section can get more than $7MM. In round 2, the 10 next teams can sign 1-2 players, for up to $5MM. In round 3, every team can sign any player they want, up to 3 players, for $3MM. Round 4+.....every other player is a FA, and can sign for up to $2MM. Worst teams get to sign more prospects, but the prospects are free to wait and sigh with other teams for less money. All the dollar amounts could be moved around, but I do believe the top 20 or so players should be PAID.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Well, I hope you are correct.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Uh, the FA contracts track very close to WAR, what are you saying, exactly?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Wow, that is pretty barren behind Plouffe / Sano. Maybe that is why there is not a trade.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I won't disagree on not being thrilled with how they run the pitching.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    Not an NBA guy at all......I'm just here to say I'm either impressed, or sad for you, that you can stay a fan of this team.......
  9. Mike Sixel
    Ah. No idea, this is the only place I talk baseball.....but I wouldn't. Get me an elite, young, Cuban hitter....then we can talk.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Rogers for me, yes. The others? No, but then why would they be ready just 4 game weeks later? What could have changed that fast that we should now be confident in them?
  11. Mike Sixel
    for me, it is his age that holds me back from ranking him high, and his competition level.
  12. Mike Sixel
    And yet not one of them was ready last year, when they needed help? In just one month, they are going to improve that much?
  13. Mike Sixel
    I'm losing interest in where they play, actually, to some extent.
  14. Mike Sixel
    From what I can tell, every ranking is influenced by the teams and scouts and many people.....so, I'm not sure (over every player) it doesn't wash out (though maybe not for an individual player).
  15. Mike Sixel
    Sure, those things could all fall in place.....it seems unlikely though. I don't see any way he's up to start the year, except that this is his 2nd/3rd option year already.....admittedly, I have a prospect crush on him for some reason.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Last year was "historically bad" for their systems, or something like that was stated recently there. Projections are mostly entertainment at this point in the year, nothing more or less.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree with the projections, especially the rates.....but I also don't have a ton of confidence in some of the Twins to improve. Without looking at the other players, it is hard to say where I'd rank them. Like, is the delta between Rosario and others big, or small, and a small change moves him way up? I have no idea.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Right, projections are not predictions.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Some things I disagree with in the details: Murhphy will get more ABs than Suzuki.....might add a couple runs. Park will get some ABs, right now he's not in the projection system. Not sure that changes projections at all. Escobar will get way more ABs at SS than projected, worth a half win I'd guess. I don't think Meyer will get a start (or others), but not sure the SP projections change a lot, I'd say there is a half win to win upside there, if the innings are different. I think Meyer gets more RP innings, and others, and there is a half win upside there. So, maybe 81 wins if the projections stay the same rate wise, but the rates change....
  20. Mike Sixel
    That run differential looks realistic to me......unfortunately.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Yes, different kinds of "FAs". Clearly they should go over this year....it might be one of the last years to do it. But I am not holding my breath.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I'd rank Berrios higher, he has more certainty to me. But I get it.
  23. Mike Sixel
    How nervous should I be that Park, who has faced AA quality players maybe, is only 7th, but is slated to be the DH? Is the Burdi ranking based on value of RP, or is he that far from MLB?
  24. Mike Sixel
    I agree with this......it looks like (and it is not a totally unreasonble plan) they are planning to keep the vets, and keep the youth in AA and AAA for depth (Berrios, for example)......while that might be reasonable, it is not likely to put the BEST group of players on the field day 1. Santana and Arcia being out of options really changes things, imo, from putting the best players out there.
  25. Mike Sixel
    No way Sanders is the favorite if he wins Iowa. Even a NH win won't be enough to make him the favorite. It is really about the first, big, day when multiple states vote.
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