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  1. Mike Sixel
    Great post. It isn't the individual decisions, its the collective decisions that I take issue with. There is zero evidence young players are getting a shot in the bullpen. Meanwhile, other teams are calling up young RP earlier, so, you know, they get pitches before their arm falls off from trying to throw so hard. It's the philosophy that appears to be the issue.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I agree with all of this.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Having spent many years working for what used to be a moderate Republican party, I can safely say that the leadership of the Democratic party is pretty much that party at this point.......
  4. Mike Sixel
    Hey, I hope I'm wrong.......
  5. Mike Sixel
    Good luck to him.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Bet is a loaded word........true. I don't think this is a "bet", but a decision based on odds, like all decisions.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Stauffer wasn't good last year, was he? He got grit and he's a veteran though. I didn't like the signing at all. My opinion had nothing to do with this spring. I'm insulted at the implication, frankly. Old, mediocre players with little upside should not be blocking prospects. How does s2nding good players down allow them to later keep the other guys, other than keeping the same guys down? How long is depth more important than quality?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Disagree. keep the best players up, and try to win. How long would you keep the better player down, for depth?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Tim Stauffer.......sounds like a scholarship to me.
  10. Mike Sixel
    that is also a risk......and I don't get the Pelfrey thing, but they have cut bait recently on bad deals. I hold out belief they'd do that here. But, I agree, that is a risk.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Right, which makes the "burden" of signing him for $5MM a year practically free. That will be what a veteran who is worth half a WAR signs for at that point, a backup guy. I'd say it is around 80% likely he is a legit RF or DH by then.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I'm not extremely sure of anything.....other than if you wait until Arcia proves he's good before signing him, it will cost you extremely more than doing it now. That's based on years of data from players all over MLB.
  13. Mike Sixel
    This is the example I always use. The guy who hit a routine fly ball gets an RBI, but they guys who did the real work either get a lesser stat (Tim Raines anyone.....), or no stat. A guy could hit 500 routine fly ball outs, but if there is a guy on third with less than 2 outs 100 times, he's a run producer somehow.* *yup, that would never happen, but it is the logic used in the stat......
  14. Mike Sixel
    Working today, if it gets blocked again, Brock, I'll try to find out. Plus, it is clear our network team is running scans this week of some kind, the network has been brutal. We were paranoid about security before these last two breaches at other companies, it is going to get even worse here soon.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    That's the question.....do you bet on the upside, and take on some minor financial risk, or do you wait for you next card to come, when everyone else at the table has already raised you three times? In the latter case, you are more sure if you should stay in, but it costs a lot more.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Once the season is lost: 1. I want old guys with no future gone 2. I want them to lose, but still be entertaining Before that, i want them to win every game.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, Gardy seemed to be all over bringing up Meyer last year, didn't he?
  18. Mike Sixel
    I so hate this thinking.....it's better to have better players in AAA, so that when there are issues, we can bring them up, rather than....it's better to have better players up, so there are less issues. Hate it.
  19. Mike Sixel
    The discussion of Meyer will move from "he should be up" to "nice trade"...... Not a fan of the bullpen construction, I don't get the obsession with veteraniness over ability and future. I have no real idea what to expect from the offense. There are guys that could easily move either way..... I agree with my friend the watcher of birds......Molitor will clearly be different tactically, but the managing of the culture is probably as, if not more, important.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I really hope he figures it out. There is talent there. I'd love to see him succeed* * I feel that way about everyone, really.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Typed too soon.......randomly worked this am. Not now.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Working today......just another way to be distracted.
  23. Mike Sixel
    If you always wait to KNOW with some CERTAINTY......you aren't really likely to save any money. It's too late by then. It would appear that most posters here are conservative, and would rather go year to year more, until there is more certainty. I disagree. There is value in certainty of what he'll cost. And, as salaries rise, those numbers above will look conservative. If you believe in him, you sign him to a 7 year deal.......or, you go year to year, and spend a TON of money in future years, and maybe lose him.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Fair enough point on the last point. I actually have no idea if a pitcher who makes it to 25 or 26 w/o surgery is any more or less likely to need it eventually.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Such a small amount in the scheme of things, but not buying out any FA years?
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