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  1. Mike Sixel
    If your option is him or Santana, yes, yes he should.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    So now it is 2017, but only if they develop an ace internally. ...then they are allowed to try to win it all? Unreal. Who in this system looks like an ace?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Santana is dead last among position players in WAR this year. Why is anyone comfortable with that?
  4. Mike Sixel
    so, where do they get that Ace next year or the year after? Because he's not on the roster or in the system? They don't have one glaring hole, they have SS, C, 1B, and CF.....and 1 guy in the bullpen, and yet have still banked 9 wins. You expect this collection to bank 9 wins next year?
  5. Mike Sixel
    No, I mean, no way they get Tulo. Just. Not. Happening.
  6. Mike Sixel
    btw, no way this happens. None. Nada. Nil. It's nice to dream though (I admit, for some of you, this sounds like a nightmare).
  7. Mike Sixel
    If the A's had the Twins' sequencing luck this year, they'd be like 10-15 games over .500......they've had the worst luck in baseball. Even 2 decent RP would help. All that said, I agree with the posts above that this fits their current pattern. IMO, they would have a different pattern if their payroll constraints would allow it. I think Beane is nearly always playing the market inefficiencies, in this case, trading stars earlier is his attempt. Not sure I like it, but that's the pattern. This could be the year they finally lost 90 games under his tenure. I doubt there will be 4 in a row, but Houston figuring things out and the Angels having Trout don't help them.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    And, who is likely to be better the next three years? Me, I'll predict that Tulo will be better than a guy that can't throw the ball to the 1B in AAA. I could be wrong for sure, but if I had to bet, I'd bet on the Tulo.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Not getting him pretty much means Santana stays out there, right? I mean, we are in July, and he's still there........why would anything change unless something really changed? To the person that said Tulo's past means nothing, do you really think Polanco is likely to put up more WAR in the next three years than Tulo?
  10. Mike Sixel
    If he's so good, why isn't he here? Why does he have 7 (or more) errors in AAA already?
  11. Mike Sixel
    someone said "they aren't real this year, look for how good they will be in 2017"....I didn't put 2017 out there, not one bit. I can't help they've made terrible decisions on certain contracts, the questions is if you won't try to win in a year where you have already banked a 9 game over .500 post ASB standing....when will you? How do you expect to fill these holes at C and SS and 1B and elite pitcher, if not by trading guys and spending money? And, if you are willing to do that next year, when you don't have a 9 game head start, why not this year?
  12. Mike Sixel
    And still put up 5 WAR every year.....then add 1 WAR for his replacement! wow.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    now we are punting 2015 and 2016, and can't expect a good team until 2017? Man, those bars keep moving....
  14. Mike Sixel
    so, they are good enough next year, w/o 9 banked wins, with the same players to go all in? How does that work, exactly? Or are you suggesting they are going to sign ANOTHER SP, and C and SS? I'm confused, frankly.
  15. Mike Sixel
    If only Mauer wasn't......you could slide Tulo to 1B when Gordon is ready. That would be nice.
  16. Mike Sixel
    If he's on the roster next year, is he better than the other options? If not, he should be cut. Otherwise you are just keeping him here because no reason other than you want to win less...... If you can trade him great.....good luck with that. But if he is playing, that means May, Berrios, Milone, et. al. (some combo of them and/or others) are not...... The advantage of cutting him is that a better player plays. Don't need to do that while he is out for the year, but that's not the scenario I was responding to with that quote.
  17. Mike Sixel
    and you plan to fix those flaws, w/o making a trade next year, how? Who is the FA C or SS or SP they will sign to magically create a team w/o a flaw? yes, they have been lucky, but what are the odds they are lucky next year? They have banked these wins, wins they don't have next year or the year after.........should they just give up that asset for the year?
  18. Mike Sixel
    He's so good, that he still puts up 4-5 WAR every year.....every stinking year. And his OPS outside Coors only looks bad compared to the ridiculous numbers in Coors. those numbers are still very, very good. I understand the counter argument, but at some point you play to win. I was hoping a year that you are 9 games over .500 after the ASB would be one of those years, but I guess we can just wait until next year, when the next reason to try not to win comes up.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    I do agree, there is risk here........but I'd still consider it.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Which is more than Santana has shown this year.......lots of guys get traded that don't look like much until they actually play. I'm not saying Escobar is awesome, but he is better than Santana right now, imo.
  21. Mike Sixel
    there is a delta between "not throwing him under the bus" and "praising him like he's really good"....and using catch phrases that you just don't read from 2015 based FOs. You can say they don't "need" to find a catcher this year, but you are then just punting that spot in the order, defense and offense. They technically don't need to find a SS or RP or anything else either, unless they want to increase their odds of winning.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Have you looked at his away splits, and compared those to other SS? They are still very, very good. And, remember, this is a bump of some kind for all home games, but yes, coors makes that even bigger.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Hmmmmmm......I guess the question is, how much do you believe in Berrios? Enough to deal Gibson? do I want Gibson and Berrios or one of them and Tulo? clearly, other players move as part of this...... I would have no issue including Polanco in any deal that includes Tulo. Would I do Berrios and Polanco and something else that is actually valuable? I don't know. I am more inclined to keep Gibson, since he is succeeding in the majors.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    why not just use Escobar then?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Zunino is really, really, really struggling. He seems to be getting worse every year. Great example of why sometimes you trade prospects...... I'm not sure if I trust him enough to give up much of anything for him. Meyer for him straight up, in a trade of "wt# happened to him".....I'd do that, probably.
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