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  1. Mike Sixel
    Good point on the timing.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I would also wager that the minor league coaches are better coaches. But, Brock brings up a key point, by waiting three years to sign, he pushes back the REALLY big money by three years.......three more years he could get hurt.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, there is more to it than that. But we are learning, I think, that it is more important than we thought. There are catchers who consistently get balls called strikes, and that is super important. Clearly, I am not in the room with the Twins, but it is hard to see what Suzuki does well. He doesn't throw our runners, he doesn't pitch frame well. I'm not sure, since many teams ahve coaches call games, why his game calling matters, but it seems to. I just remember when Pelfry said he liked one catcher over another (it seems), but that his stats were actually better with the other. People think things are happening sometimes, even when it is clear they are not actually happening the way they think. I'm ok if they re-sign him. But I'm baffled at what appears (other than Hicks and Santana in an emergency) to be a reluctance to let rookies come up and play here. If they aren't going to use Pinto, they should trade him, because I can guarantee another club will play him.
  4. Mike Sixel
    The stats say Suzuki is a bad defensive catcher (if you believe in pitch framing).
  5. Mike Sixel
    Culture is super important. But, this isn't a winning team. Bringing back the veterans that have produced another mediocre/bad season, how does that help create that culture?
  6. Mike Sixel
    College coaches abuse the heck out of arms. And, waiting three years, and taking a chance you get injured? That's a big risk to take. Very big.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Well, my opinion is very different now that we hear more......It is still too much money to turn down, and his college coaches will still abuse his arm, and he won't get paid for three years......almost got to take it at some point, imo. But man, the Astros are looking bad.
  8. Mike Sixel
    That's kind of my point....they haven't "improved" their team beyond a year or two by signing these guys. The team isn't "growing" by adding those guys at all. That was exactly my point.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I didn't say I'd trade him, I said presuming that trading Dozier alone is punting on 2015 is not a valid assumption. I also said, rookie+somthing else vs Dozier + nothing, that's the comparison to make. Doesn't matter, they aren't trading Dozier, I was just arguing with Brock because he likes it when I do.
  10. Mike Sixel
    But if that growth is built on veterans that won't be there in 2 years, they won't have the growth, because they'll be replaced by rookies. OTOH, if they get those guys up here next year, they won't be rookies in 2016.....in other words, if Suzuki and Morales won't be here in 2016/7, have they really grown? How will they plug those holes, if they have not grown them, or acquired younger players that will be here then?
  11. Mike Sixel
    For me, it is simple. I don't want minor leaguers blocked by veterans on a bad team. I don't know if Vargas/Pinto will be good or not, but if they sit in AAA, we'll never know. Meantime, they will have spent real money on a DH only player, with no positional value at all. And, I just don't trust them to bench mediocre veterans on bad teams, to make room for minor leaguers and to start competing over the long run. see all the relief pitchers this year see Doumit his two years year (though they did eventually trade him) see Pinto this year, he isn't even up here catching 2 times a week, and DHing 2 times a week I just don't trust them to build the future right now. Maybe they feel their AAA RP aren't actually good. Maybe they think Pinto cannot learn here. Maybe they felt playing doumit (well, I cant' figure that one out). Of course, those are my feelings/beliefs. I could be wrong. Maybe they will promote players and start the long term. But so far, I don't see it. And maybe that is just because the minor league players just aren't that good.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree that they are punting on 2015 if they deal Dozier. That presumes several things: 1. They get no help in 2015 2. Rosario/Polanco/Someone+whatever they get<Dozier, nothing from a trade 3. They don't trade for another 2B if they want, or sign one 4. They have a real chance to be good in 2015 This team can't score runs, and is still last/near last in starter ERA. You seem pretty sure they will be competitive next year, what is that based on? Are you sure they won't get MLB help in teh deal, that might offset the loss of Dozier (at a different position, say)?
  13. Mike Sixel
    Ya, at work, so I can't watch teh video either yet.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    he is one of the arms featured, in some detail, in this article: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/prospect-watch-14-draftee-arms-in-the-appy/
  15. Mike Sixel
    If only there was a player on the roster that could play 3B sometimes this year, so Plouffe could work the OF occassionally......
  16. Mike Sixel
    it also isn't about building a long term winner, it is plugging a hole that might not even exist for 1-2 years, all while Vargas and Pinto are "not held back".
  17. Mike Sixel
    That was my assumption when I read it.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Was it both, or was he picked off and it counted as a caught stealing? And, I hope they are working with him to make him more aggressive, he's too fast not to run more.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Torstein, welcome to the boards. I don't think anyone here is giving them a pass. But, this collection of veterans isn't winning anything. Keeping them won't really get you what you want this year. You may as well trade them, and get something (like a lottery ticket) than just let them walk and get nothing. That's how I view it anyway.
  20. Mike Sixel
    he's a DH only. There are so many better ways to spend your money when rebuilding, imo. And, yes, he will block younger players. We see that every year with this team. They won't "find room somehow" for three 1B/DH types. Name a time when you felt they really managed the roster well in the last three years, and played youth over bad veterans (see, Doumit, e.g.). Will I gnash my teeth and tear out my hair? No. Will I continue to wonder if this team has an actual strategy to get better, really better? Yes, Yes I will.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Arcia and Vargas deserve a shot at DH/1B/RF (for Arcia). At some point, if your strategy is to build through the farm system, you actually need to use the farm system and trust the young guys.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Hmm, I like Oliver a lot (for the role, which I agree is kind of meaningless), but I think Andrews is a better journalist than people give her credit for.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'd love to see Vargas in AAA, getting more consistently challenged. While AA may have more high upside arms, AAA has more consistently really good arms.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Please no. They need the future, not the past. Please, no.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Besides rating Buxton number 1 overall, from the time he was drafted, and loving Sano, and the numerous other prospects he has liked.
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