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  1. Mike Sixel
    the list of SS next year.... Shortstops Mike Aviles (34) - $3.5MM club option with a $250k buyout Asdrubal Cabrera (29) Yunel Escobar (32) - $5MM club option Rafael Furcal (37) Alex Gonzalez (37) Tyler Greene (31) J.J. Hardy (32) Jed Lowrie (31) John McDonald (40) Hiroyuki Nakajima (32) - $5.5MM club option with a $500K buyout Nick Punto (37) - club/vesting option Hanley Ramirez (31) Jimmy Rollins (36) - vesting/club/player option
  2. Mike Sixel
    btw, do people feel the goal posts have been moved back a year or two? Are they really now looking at 2017 to be good? Or are people contending, like they did last year, that they'll be contending in 2015 or 16 at the latest?
  3. Mike Sixel
    No idea how the moderators feel about where this is going, but that made me lLOL.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I think we learn a ton about Kepler this year. And yes, he's your future 1B/DH/occassional OF.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Actually, money cures most things. If they had offered A LOT MORE money to AJ, he probably would have come here. Not certainly, but probably......like, they have another 20million or so they could spend, if they offered AJ $5MM more, you think he would have said no? Don't kid yourself, look where players sign. They sign for money first, winning second (or third, after location).
  6. Mike Sixel
    The difference is, the Twins claim their strategy, the TWins way, The only RIGHT way, is to build from within. If that is your strategy, is it working?
  7. Mike Sixel
    Let's see what happens with Pinto and Arcia this year, to see if they are more worried about veteranness, or about playing a guy that dominated the minors to see what they have. Given how Gibson was handled last year, I was not impressed by the process. Either way, on topick, Hammer has an infinite leash. Kubel probably has a long leash.
  8. Mike Sixel
    In my eyes, there is a plan D and F for most positions (ironically, other than SP) this year. Let's hope for a nice change in luck and performance this year (or more like Dozier)......
  9. Mike Sixel
    Best Buy. Mall of America. It isn't the dollar amount that matters, imo. Companies get so many different tax breaks in so many different ways, that there is hardly a company that doesn't get breaks. We are bordering on a discussion I'm not sure is allowed in this forum, though..... Again, you can want the team to be "more accountable", but are they really? I see no evidence of that. They moved their games to pay tv. They increased ticket prices. They cut payroll. I see no evidence that they, or any pro sports team, is accountable at all to taxpayers.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Disagree. I was also not happy with the lack of success before they were good. It isn't about changing expectations. It might be for you, but it isn't for "we".
  11. Mike Sixel
    Taxpayers give money to companies all the time. IMO, it is naive to think that pro sports teams are somehow more beholden to taxpayers than other businesses. Maybe they should be, but they aren't.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Because they moved Mauer off of catching so he stays healthy. Why risk your best player for even 1 pitch? Does that one game matter as much as keeping your best player healthy? No, it does not.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Return and cash flow are not the same thing. As pointed out above, there are many factors in the financial return realized, or unrealized, in business. Certainly the cash flow and operating income are part of that. Certainly an increased value of the team is part of that. Remember, the team can be worth $600MM, but that doesn't mean the owners invested $600MM in the team. Regardless, they are a business. They can run it like they want. customers and taxpayers can also react how they wan to how that is done.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'm with Mr. Brooks. It isn't the FO job to try to make the team better, it is their job to make it better. Two years ago, I was told to quit being so pessimistic, that 2014 would be better. Last year I was told to be patient, that next year or 2015 would be better. Now people are saying 2016 or 2017 will be better. It's fine if some of you are happy about that. It's fine if some people will pay serious money to watch a terrible product because they love baseball. But its also fine if some of us don't.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Brock and JB could not be more right if they had offered me money.......in lost seasons, you need to figure out what you have or don't have in older prospects. Playing Doumit last year was mind boggling. I hope they don't repeat that mistake this year. I think Hammer has as much time as he wants. They don't have an alternative. Kubel, I have no idea.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Of course it does.
  17. Mike Sixel
    2017 now. Wow.
  18. Mike Sixel
    How did my post imply anything but that?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Arm<<<<<<<<<<<<Range.
  20. Mike Sixel
    It amazes me people ignore defense when commenting on Ben Revere..... Frankly, I want Tonkin on this roster now. I think he's a legit MLB player right now. He has turned out to be a good pick for sure. I hope they have more of those going forward. I'm not sure anyone here has said Buxton was a lucky pick......nor has anyone said a monkey could make that pick. Indeed, I have admitted I was probably wrong in wanting Appel.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Their top 2 pitchers from last year (what they thought were, anyway), cut, 1 year later......
  22. Mike Sixel
    Sure would be cool if one of their top prospects would NOT have an issue this year......Sano, Buxton, Rosario. Last year Meyer (and Gibson recovering from one).....how about we go a month or two w/o bad news on a top prospect. That would be fun!*, **, *** *I am not trying to make a full list here. **I am not saying this is anyone's fault. ***I am trying to hope for some good news.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Things change in 12 years, even baseball. There is research in the NFL that shows coaches decline in effectiveness after 9-11 years with the same team. Don't know if there is similar research in baseball. Also, some leaders are great with experienced employees, and some are great with new employees. Just because a manager was considered great in one context, does not mean he is in another (nor does it mean they aren't).
  24. Mike Sixel
    If they thought Tonkin was good, they would not have waited until round 30. That was luck, wasn't it? You want a thread on how great the bullpen is, create one. I'll ask again, is a team that loses more than 90 games for at least three years in a row doing a good or bad job of bringing in players?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Well, I said in that post that I don't think he is a 4th OF......and May is an unknown, as I said earlier in the thread. I am baffled people are so sure Revere isn't good.....he was 24 and had just put up 3 WAR when dealt......and, frankly, I'm tired of only being worried about 2015/16/17, and waiting for some future that keeps getting moved out a year. We don't agree. Revere has value imo, and you don't think so.
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