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  1. Mike Sixel
    I figured HBO would team up with Netflix or Amazon or Google, so it wouldn't need to hire an army of accountants and IT people and collections people to manage all those accounts.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    I've never said that. Here is what I've said (like, almost word for word): 1. It is easier to draft at the top of the draft. I acknowledge that. 2. If your strategy is to largely ignore elite FAs, and to not trade for expensive MLB players, you need to be BETTER than other teams at drafting and developing to remain relevant. If you are just as good as everyone else, you probably shouldn't have your 6 figure or 7 job. 3. In the time Beane has been the GM, they've never lost 90 games. They have never had to tank to remain competitive (though it hasn't worked every year). 4. The Cards and other teams have found ways to consistently draft late, and develop players. I have no idea if it is luck or skill. 5. I think that something went wrong in the draft for this team. I don't know that it is JUST drafting late. They missed on a lot of high picks for several years, including years with more than 2 supplemental picks. It appears that their picks after round 1 are better the last few years. A change was made in scouting director, I think, and it appears to be working. I have never once failed to acknowledge that draft order matters.......I have consistently said that if you won't/don't sign many FAs, you need to be better than other teams, not just the same as them. I have also said that four straight years of 90+ losses indicates something is wrong in player development, as does the need for 80% of your SP staff being from outside your org.......
  3. Mike Sixel
    See, now that was funny. I hope everyone else took it that way.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Or, they rapidly promote Rodon, AND sign a FA. It isn't just about FA for the Sox. I think I read recently (KLAW maybe?) that the White Sox have a very good farm system, top to bottom......like in the top 10.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I think we see less 13 man pitching staffs with a new manager...... I don't have a good answer for LF. If they went truly young, I'd probably put Rosario out there. Or Santana. Santana will not be the CF in 2016 and beyond.....either put him in LF or SS, imo. If they don't utterly embrace the youth movement out of camp, I'd prefer an outside FA of some kind, with Hicks in AAA. If Hicks is the starter, I hope they are ready to replace him if he fails again.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I never said, in that post, that they stink at developing players, actually. I said if a team stinks at it, they should supplement with FAs. I probably should have been more precise, and said, if you've failed to develop players (see the SP here) for several years, you should acquire some from outside the org. Actually, TR has largely done that, I would guess in acknowledgement of the lack of internal options. He hasn't been as successful as he or anyone else wants, but he has tried. I'd argue that the fact that 80% of the rotation was developed outside of MN actually kind of proves my point.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    KC was not a playoff caliber team 2 years ago, when it added to its payroll.....it only became one when it did add to its payroll, by "stupidly" trading a highly ranked prospect and another for two proven MLB players. That's why they are playoff caliber, they added salary and players. You have cause and effect 100% backward.
  8. Mike Sixel
    So, the other 50% went up at the same rate as player salaries? That seems unlikely to me, possible, but unlikely.
  9. Mike Sixel
    So in every post, EVERYONE, has to include all the positives and all the negatives? Every post will be like 15 paragraphs then.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Huh, this is not what I thought you'd type based on the title...... This is the complaint many have made about the NBA over time, right? complete lack of intensity some night, and even for quarters of a game? I don't know if that level of intensity is sustainable over 162 games, every game. It must not be, because I can't ever recall seeing it over a full season. I'd suggest it probably isn't something you'll ever get from MLB.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Who has argued against that? No one, ever. Developing players =/= you cannot also spend money wisely. That seems to be the major disconnect here. Somehow, some people, are arguing against spending money if you don't draft and develop well. That is, imo, 100% backward. If you stink at developing players, you might want to buy some FAs.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Were they competitive in September 2 years ago? Because I was talking about 2 years ago. And, yes, PR / marketing / advertising lies a lot. Call it stretch the truth, call it what you want, but PR/marketing/advertising out and out lies a lot. All over the nation, in most every industry. Pointing out the truth of that industry is not disrespectful, it is pointing out the truth. The world is largely broken because people are afraid to point out the truth for fear of offending.
  13. Mike Sixel
    This.......make the team better. If you have money, spend it to make the team better. It should not be a requirement that adding a FA makes them a playoff team, imo. Why is that standard applied to FA signings at all?
  14. Mike Sixel
    But one year and one team and one outcome, those are the data points used to show a trend!
  15. Mike Sixel
    I have no problem with what he is saying this year......it is the truth.
  16. Mike Sixel
    UH, duh. but, that doesn't mean being cheap is a good idea. No one ever mentions the bad teams with low payrolls proving that low payrolls means losing... None of this "proves" anything, other than if you stink at developing players, you aren't likely to be good. That's like, the sky is blue stuff. It also ignores that success of the Dodgers and Yankees and Red Sox and others success in recent years. It is about spending what you spend wisely. Not on Bartlett, Guerrier, Kubel, Pelfrey......
  17. Mike Sixel
    How can we know? He barely played in the majors last year.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Funny, there was no mention of any of this the last three years, was there? Were they lying 2 years ago when they said they'd be competitive in September, or wrong? Which is worse?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Is there a difference between 30th and 24th?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Who ever, even once, has said "spend money to spend money". When can we retire that straw man?
  21. Mike Sixel
    James, thanks for calling us friends.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I like Lucid beers, I think I've had many of them. I really want to get to Fulton soon. Can't believe I haven't been there.
  23. Mike Sixel
    It seems to be a golden age. So you must like Surly and Indeed more than I.
  24. Mike Sixel
    And Bartlett and Guerrier and Kubel?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Great post.
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