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  1. Mike Sixel
    Ya, we don't agree at all. Wins are a team stat. They are a tiny indicator of how good a pitcher is. I knew I should have just avoided this, we've been over this space 100x.
  2. Mike Sixel
    You can't have guys in the bullpen that can't be sent down and brought back up. Not for a team that has a need for lots of guys in the bullpen. It is a 162 game season, you need flexibility. Also, RP are very variable from year to year. They are a very bad investment of FA dollars.
  3. Mike Sixel
    He did not earn it....should they pay everyone that came close? that's not how incentives work in companies.
  4. Mike Sixel
    LolBerry.....almost chose that for laughs.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    Right, SD....they wanted those two split up to get them both time. It was a good decision, IMO. I think they COULD be in the same town, and split C and DH, depending on needs of others to DH. Maybe even play some 1B......but keeping them split for another year (at least to start) seems to make sense (not having thought much about other C options.....).
  6. Mike Sixel
    I agree, top 5 is probably not reasonable as a threshold for firing.....I would "encourage" the signing at that level though.
  7. Mike Sixel
    The argument many make seems to be "don't sing FA because they might now work out, and that's too much money to tie up".....what else would you all do with that money, other than pocket it? There isn't a player in this system that needs/deserves/gets a big money deal in the next 3-4 years. Not one. There is plenty of money to sign a big time FA SP if they want. By the time they need to sign Sano or Buxton or someone, Mauer's money is off the books. I endorse the plan laid out, though I'd say sign a top 10 guy on the WAR list....or even top 5.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I have also changed my mind from yesterday. I would NOT give him the bonus he did not earn, and I would NOT have him pitch to get one more out. I would donate $500K to the charities of his choice, though.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree that some"one" needs to win.....the team wins and loses, if that is your question. To me, the value of a pitcher "win" is near zero.
  10. Mike Sixel
    The farm is much deeper. Helps when you lose a lot and get high picks, Makes your job much, much easier. The hard part is drafting and developing guys not picked in the top 10......
  11. Mike Sixel
    23 years ago? That doesn't buy much for anyone under 25, or that has moved here in the last 20 years.....it also doesn't buy much for people less loyal than you. Would you keep buying your favorite beverage if is used to be good 20 years ago, but was now awful?
  12. Mike Sixel
    I'd let him pitch one inning out of the pen later, and not today..... Did they really sacrifice bunt in the first inning?
  13. Mike Sixel
    Can anyone answer this? I have asked it before.......
  14. Mike Sixel
    Did they really have Dozier sacrifice bunt in the first inning? That can't be what actually happened, can it?
  15. Mike Sixel
    Season ticket numbers correlate very well with the prior season's results.....so, tickets will likely be well down next year, since this year was bad, the new smell of the stadium is now a stale smell, and there is no ASG. Good luck to the team selling tickets. Given how cheap they are on the secondary market (though, as someone pointed out, that will shrink too), I have no idea why anyone pays face value if they are a casual fan.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I expect it to take less than 5 or 7 years. YMMV, but you asked. I also don't believe you NEED to be one of the 5 worst teams in baseball for multiple years during the rebuild.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Like I said, I don't get the cynicism. Of course we can't prove this has an affect on the team (you can't prove a positive). So what? A team should not change how it thinks about how it makes decisions? It should not change its tactics and strategy? It should not look to improve how it runs all its processes? It should only draft better? We'll never agree on that. Ever.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Gibson should get extra credit, given he had to throw to one of the worst catchers to ever grace the planet /s
  19. Mike Sixel
    Businesses evolve and change process all the time. I found the article interesting about one way the Pirates have tired to change and improve. I don't get the cynicism at all.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I only know a handful of people with tickets, only one is renewing. I can't see any reason a casual fan would go to watch this team. As Hunter and Santana said, "they play for a future that never comes". I feel that way right now. "next year, they'll be good" has been typed on this site for 2 straight years. It is being typed here again this year. Well, to me and some of the people I know, there is no evidence that is true at all.
  21. Mike Sixel
    so, blackjack, your argument is that Gardy doesn't matter? He has no responsibility when the team is bad, but somehow helps good players play better? I'm not sure it should work that way. His job is to make the team better, to make strategic and tactical decisions, and to manage the clubhouse......how many years has it been since they did the little things well?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Really, you think it was about bragging? Super cynical statement. I found the article interesting, I am glad it was written.
  23. Mike Sixel
    This is the kind of organization that wins, with limited money (yes, having Mccutchen helps.....). This is the kind of forward thinking anyone should admire, imo. I wish we'd read about this in MN, in any sport. http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pittsburgh-pirates-mike-fitzgerald-mit-sabermetric-road-show/
  24. Mike Sixel
    Sometimes you need to go worth the unproven. Also, a team that limits it's budget should spend money on fielders and starters, not the bullpen, imo.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Don't agree.....because it is a 162 game season, a team needs flexibility. A 16 game season? Put the best players on the roster.....though I am not convinced there is a big delta between some of the younger guys and a veteran.
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