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  1. Mike Sixel
    Great stuff. Thanks Seth.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I think they should spend all the money they can to get better. I have no idea how to choose a 16 year old. Justifying that they are spending the most money they can by arguing that signing guys that are less expensive shows they are spending the most money they can seems off to me. The Cubs and others are going over their allottment to sign lots of the top guys, not just one. We don't have perfect information, we can only go by what the rankers say about these 16 year olds. And, they say that other teams are spending more money to buy more of the top ranked guys. You clearly are accepting of their approach to get better. I clearly am not. Not sure why that bothers you and birdwatcher so much, that people disagree with you.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I already suggested the Houston catcher, who is medium expensive for most teams. Previously I have suggested Lee or other Philly pitchers. You don't agree with me, that's fine. It was also one line in a long list of how they could use their money. Frankly, I'd rather they just buy Cuban free agents or other FAs.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Yes, I totally said we should trade Buxton and Meyer. Trades of medium prospects for overly expensive players happen all the time. Others on this board, for example, have suggested that you might be able to get Cliff Lee for a B or C level prospect, once Philly decides they aren't good. We have seen it happen in baseball before, trade prospects for expensive vets.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I don't know why anyone expects the Twins to confirm something as it is happening, one way or the other.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Only if you also admit they have plenty more money to spend, and they are choosing not to spend it. I'll admit they spent big (under Smith) to sign two prospects. But they still have piles and piles of money they could be spending, and are choosing not to spend it. Why should I be happy about that, when what they need is players? Why should I be content to watch good players (the DH in Chicago) sign with other teams, when the Twins have the money but choose not to use it? As for signing the number 7 and 10 intl prospects.....the Twins have one of the largest allocations in the majors, and have not signed the most expensive guys. Not sure bragging about that makes your point. And it's a pittance compared to what the Cubans cost.
  7. Mike Sixel
    doesn't work that way......A team sells season tickets based on the previous year's results. So basically, there will be TONS of tickets available next year too....the wolves may not be kept at bay, but the potential ticketholders will be. Won't be hard to find tickets again this year, or next.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Then make it a signing bonus, sweeetone.....not that hard really. Add 1 dollar to his salary, and convert some of it to signing bonus.
  9. Mike Sixel
    As a 24 year old, Revere put up 3 WAR. Cherry picking his stats to ignore defense doesn't help much. the year before, he put up 1.7 WAR. He was young, cost controlled, and can really play defense. Not sure what more you want a 23 and 24 year old to do to "prove" he's a MLB player. He also had value. Whatever, we are off topic. Spending money to acquire prospects is what we are constantly told this team will do. that they aren't cheap anymore. Well, the WS signed a DH that might outhit every Twin not named Mauer this year, and the Cards just signed this guy, and several other Cubans have been signed this year. I'm still waiting for the Twins to spend their money to add prospects when they have the chance.
  10. Mike Sixel
    If I thought they'd spend that money, and could get a SS or C in FA or whatever, sure, I think I'd rather have Gibson. But that has not yet been their model, other than 1 outlier year. They needed a SS and a C this year, had plenty of money, and signed Suzuki.
  11. Mike Sixel
    JB, I agree with you. IF they spent the savings to go over budget, I'd feel better about using tax dollars to subsidize tickets, payroll, and profits.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Heck, they gave up a proven MLB player for Worley and May.....this would be 100x better as an investment.
  13. Mike Sixel
    If you are sitting a pile of money and you'll "do everything it takes to add talent", how would you not sign this guy for that price? I'm sure that money will get used someday though.
  14. Mike Sixel
    For what you are getting for KC, you might as well just cut him if you sign Santana. And, we disagree on Gibson. If he dominates AAA for 2 months, his stock will be right back to 3/4 starter. But you aren't cutting Hughes, Santana, or Nolasco. You can't send Pelfrey down. Someone other than Gibson is your number 5 starter, probably, because they are totally afraid to lose all these guys out of options. Look, I'd love to keep him. Don't know who your SS or C of the future are though.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I did say "hope he looks great", didn't I? Santana, Hughes, Nolasco, Meyer, random guy, backed up by someone in AAA until Stewart and Berrios are up in 2-3 years. I am a huge Gibson fan, that should be obvious on my statements around the Pelfrey signing and how they did not call him up last year. But if you have the guys above, and Pelfrey, and HUGE GAPING HOLES at SS and DH and C.....and you can get a legit player for him (hence the "hope he looks great" part of my post), then why not? Where are you getting your SS or DH or C from? Sure, in an ideal world, you cut that chaffe, but then what? Gibson sits in AAA with Meyer and May and the other guys? Sign Santana, Sign Drew, in 1-2 monts deal Gibson for Houston's catcher they won't pay soon.....that team might actually compete, and you still have Meyer in AAA, and probably a couple of AAAA starters if/when one of the players breaks down.
  16. Mike Sixel
    There was a total stud Cuban DH available, that will haunt them for years in Chicago. They could have offered more money, and signed one of those catchers. They could trade some of that years away talent (anyone remember Joe Benson) for proven expensive players. They could adjust contracts as suggested above. They could still sign Santana and Drew.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I'd sign them both, if you sign one...sign the other. If they do sign Santana, we can only hope Gibson looks great, and is turned into a SS or C or something. Would you trade Gibson to Houston for their catcher, for example? I would do this under the assumption that Meyer will be ready this year, and others in 2-3 years.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I don't think Cassel's signing effects the draft much....Griffen's clearly does. If they would cut Felton, they would have enough money to sign two more high priced starters. NT and DB are the obvious spots. Lots of LBers will be available to their 2nd round pick that could start.
  19. Mike Sixel
    He still loves Buxton. He's not thrilled with Hughes or May (really down on May). He likes Kepler still. Seems to like Pinto as a hitter, but not a thrower. He thinks he could use more time in the minors. Insider required: http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/keith-law/post?id=1994
  20. Mike Sixel
    Cool writeup, thanks Seth.
  21. Mike Sixel
    No idea what this means. Are you suggesting it takes some kind of knowledge that others don't have to lay out a timeline? Or that as the timeline moves back a year, that it is wrong to question it? Or what?
  22. Mike Sixel
    I guess it depends on your schedule, right? All the comments this year read just like the ones last year "just wait until next year".
  23. Mike Sixel
    To start the year, many of you are saying not one of those will be on the roster. Everyone told me last year to mellow out, this year they'd be competitive and have guys up from last year and this year. Now we are all saying, well, wait another "at least a few months" as Bonnes put it. And that they won't be close to competitive next year, but man, wait until 2016......for those of you that LOVE the Twins and MLB, that might work. For those of us that like MLB, we'll spend our money and time elsewhere, again, this year.
  24. Mike Sixel
    When? They have zero prospects likely to make the roster this year. After losing 90+ games for three years, they will graduate zero guys. And, many of you are predicting Gibson, Hicks, and Arcia will be sent down. Meaning zero of the prospects they called up last year will start here. If your entire strategy is build from within, you might want to actually pull that off....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Not much to show for Revere, I guess. Maybe May some day.....
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