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  1. Mike Sixel
    What is the trade delta worth, in terms of losing more games this year, asusming this is a fly ball staff and he costs them runs (and you have a worse DH too)? do they move from a AAAA player to a legit MLB starter? Do they move from an iffy prospect to a sure fire prospect? What is that delta worth? How many runs are you willing to give up in the field, and make your "we spent over 90MM on FA!" pitchers look bad?
  2. Mike Sixel
    So, just give up on not being in big holes at the beginning of games, by playing a terrible defender in LF with a fly ball staff, just to increase his trade value? I know the future is all this team cares about, but how about just caring about the present a little bit this year? And, Hicks is not going to be the CF for long, play him in left now, and Wililngham at DH.Teams know what Willingham is, and is not. I agree with don't feed the greed guy, strategically, there is more value in playing Hicks in LF and Willingham at DH, now and in the future. Put the best team on the field, and quit worrying only about the future.
  3. Mike Sixel
    But the Twins love their veteran chaffe....AAA is clogged up with it, as is the bullpen. A team that limits its spending should use more cheap relievers, and less cheap position players. The Twins seem to have that backward (and not just now, imo). And the 40 man point is a good one, it's why many of us want the bad players off the 40 man, so that roster decisions are about the best players being up, not about service time (especially for relievers) and not about options left.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I want Hicks in LF, with Pressley in CF until Buxton is up in September. Get Hicks used to his LT position (assuming Rosario is at 2B or traded).......no need for Willingham to see the outfield for this team. IF they are seriious about not being in big holes at the beginning of games, they need OF defense.
  5. Mike Sixel
    If true, I'd not pay him anything in FA..... Too bad, because it is hard to find SS.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    26 is the prime of a career, and is not young. The data is out there.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Maybe not, true. I was clarifying my post about fangraphs projections. Nothing more or less. I'm not trying to persuade you, you've made up your mind.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Right on spycake, had they filled a hole a year with a medium priced guy, they would not be too far away from winning to sign legit players......or they could be dealing them if they still are. I still can't see a downside to Drew. They could literally burn 10MM a year, and still have money left over to sign a big time player in the future, which I don't see happening.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I don't think we are going to agree. They have plenty of guys in AAA that could take Pelfrey's spot, I don't agree with the signing when you already have Deduno, Gibson, Meyer, Diamond, the lefty guy who's name I can't recall...I count 5 guys fighting for 2 spots. IMO, and I am not trying to convince anyone I am right, that's plenty, and that money and roster spot could have been used otherwise. We just disagree. No harm in that.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Nope, not if it takes a month or so. But my money is on the rotation they have and Worley, with Meyer and Gibson watching for at least half a year. If they think that is likely this year, why sign Pelfrey?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Higher WAR in the future....not the past.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Gibson isn't young.....really wish that Pelfrey money was spent otherwise.....but he'll just sit in AAA for another half year, losing his value to the team, since his value is in actually playing in the majors. Sigh. I think Worley wins the spot.
  13. Mike Sixel
    How do you know what they are asking? Fangraphs has Miller around 3 WAR for the next few years....why would you not trade a legit other player for that? Where are you going to find a top half of the league SS?
  14. Mike Sixel
    I would be happy if they dealt for Miller, meant to type that above....
  15. Mike Sixel
    If Turner is in the discussion as one of the 10 best players, that is a very different conversation than was occurring with Michael. It's just not a realistic comparison, imo. I'd be happy for him to be great this year. It means they either get him, or a pitcher falls because someone else took him. Win. Win.
  16. Mike Sixel
    nick, right.....but from what I can tell, if scouts lie to KLAW, he cuts them off.....so I doubt that, but it is certainly possible.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Franklin is a SS like Dozier was a gold glove SS......
  18. Mike Sixel
    Put Mauer in the dome.....in the live ball era? He's already hit 2 times as many HRs, and is already the best catcher of all time, well, close....
  19. Mike Sixel
    That Crawford article was good. Definitely worth subscribing, imo.
  20. Mike Sixel
    KLAW said in chat today that he has not seen him, but some scouts are telling him Diaz is a future platoon guy.....not sure what that means.
  21. Mike Sixel
    So it is Mauer's fault the rest of the team wasn't as good as the team's Puckett was on? I have never understood that at all, in terms of "value". If you could start a team, right now, and you had to choose between Mauer and Puckett, who would you choose (assuming you get their career as an individual)? The clear answer is Mauer, imo. That's how you assess value, not how the rest of the team was.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I hate cheesy interview questions, they do nothing.....do you know which "kind" of interview you were subjeted to? For example, competency or behavioral?
  23. Mike Sixel
    anyone that questions a professional athletes willingness to play "because he's soft" or whatever....I don't respect that person much. These guys go through an awful lot of pain and suffering.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Good luck!
  25. Mike Sixel
    Mauer is one of the best catchers in the history of the game. If he's good as a 1B for the next 5 years, he's a lock for the HoF. I find it baffling that people would be "outraged" by this comparison. Frankly, Mauer is better at the on field stuff than Puckett. He's not the personality or obvious leader, but he's better. Killebrew Mauer Blyleven Carew Puckett
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