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  1. Mike Sixel

    Cuba

    Mike Sixel replied to JB_Iowa's topic in Other Baseball

    IMO, it's silly we are still "fighting" with this tiny island. We could have "owned" them by now if we had just normalized relations and built hotels all over the island.......
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    MLR's last two posts sum up my thoughts.......especially the parts about blocking Meyer, May, Berrios (et. al.) with the "long term" nature of the Nolasco and Santana deals. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad TR is trying to make the team better. I'm not certain what I'd do differently, actually. I'm just wondering how they plan to use 2-4 really good young assets. Frankly, if they don't plan to start Meyer this year, I'd see what I could get for him. Because I think other teams would start him this year (note, that's a belief based on no facts, obviously).
  3. Mike Sixel
    The Sox were bad. They spent money, and marginal prospects to get better. Somehow, that's a bad thing.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Good for Nix. He gets some real money, and goes back into the draft. Clearly the Astros felt they'd lose any suit or arbitration. The Astros really brought this on themselves, but also got caught in a tough spot not totally under their control (assuming you assume positive intent on not signing Aiken).
  5. Mike Sixel
    What is the best part of owning Twins Daily? What is the worst part? thanks for all of it, btw.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I thought the issue was the Sox were signing guys over 30?
  7. Mike Sixel
    unlike signing Nolasco, Hunter, and Santana?
  8. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure they added 17 wins either, not sure anyone is saying that anywhere on this thread.
  9. Mike Sixel
    not sure someone should win a job in spring training.....the issue with Hicks, for me, is they had no contingency plan in place at all.
  10. Mike Sixel
    No idea why Pino gets a ML deal, but it's cheap. I don't get the Morales signing at all.
  11. Mike Sixel
    You are making our point.....they seem aggressive with hitters, and slow with pitchers.
  12. Mike Sixel
    It's hard to understand how people don't see that two teams with similar records could arrive there differently........the Sox were top heavy, with awful players, the Twins had a bunch of meh players, and one great player. The Sox had little in the minors to help, the Twins supposedly have a lot in the minors to help soon. Their approach and outlook should be different. If the Sox can get rid of the massive holes, they can add wins fast. The Twins need to fix pitching holes, and either wait for the minors, or hope for improvement. The context of the two teams is very, very different, even if the results were the same last year.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Wasn't a criticism, Seth, more an observation. I hate the use of averages all over society. Clearly some of these guys are young for their level.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Except it's not a matter of opinion. they traded for him. that's done. They can attempt to sign him, but they are 100% independent events. They just are. Whether they sign him or not has nothing to do with what they gave up for him. It just doesn't. It's simple logic/math. They are independent events.
  15. Mike Sixel
    The trade and the extension are 100% independent events. You are wrong on that. They didn't even really give up much to get him. The theme is that for NEXT YEAR, the Sox looked better when the thread was started, and that they had added a lot of players. Is that wrong? Have they not gotten better?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Average is a silly measure......it doesn't take into account filler.....what is the age of actual prospects, that's the question.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Not sure what any of that stuff for the extension has to do with what they did to get better THIS YEAR. Choosing to extend Jeff has nothing to do with that. Should they have just sat on the money, and NOT tried to get better? I don't understand your argument at all. They gave up nothing of real value in terms of players, and spent money. How is that bad?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Given that they have 1 guy they drafted in the rotation, and really 1 guy last year, and no good guys the 2 years before that (I think I have Baker's departure time correct)......relying on prospects might not be the best plan......sometimes you have to go buy players. I see the last two offseasons as acknowledgements (finally) of just how bad they have been at developing SP. I just wish they had signed Santana last year, to make the bridge start earlier.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Shameful. Not shocking.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Gibson had a lot less competition, right? Hughes, Nolasco, Santana, Gibson are starting on the roster on day 1, unless there is an injury. That leaves 1 spot for a guy that is a veteran, or that had some good starts last year, or that has a history of good starts, or for a guy they limited to 80 pitches a start in AAA last year that finished the year hurt......ok, maybe I biased those descriptions, but maybe not.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Partly depends on how Molitor manages the bullpen usage, I'd think, among many other things. We can't even guess on that right now.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I think I read that the "majority" of teams use 8 during a year, but not sure what that means, number of starts wise. Nor do I know if that is indicative of how well a team does.....like, if you have 10, is that worse than having 6?
  23. Mike Sixel
    100, 150.....basically, the no chance bet. Hasn't really changed.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Uh.....you don't think adding those guys makes the Sox better? Wow.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Well, that is unexpected......good luck to him no matter what he decides.
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