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  1. Mike Sixel
    and it clears a roster space. And it makes it more likely a better backup catcher will be around. And it makes it more likely the DH will be better than Doumit. I do agree, if all it does is save money, that will bother me as a fan.....but that is not all it does.
  2. Mike Sixel
    In exchange for a guy they had no room for, that they were paying millions of dollars, who would not be on the roster after next year, on a team that wants to sign more FAs and have a full 40 man roster........that team got even a AAA player for that guy? Good trade, even if Gilmartin never gets out of AAA.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Who cares? Doumit was worth zero (probably held negative value, actually) on the field......and cost money. Now he costs less money, and he's not clogging up space for others. I don't see any downside here at all. Even if they pay 100% of his salary, he's gone, and they get a pitcher (who may be awful, or may not). This makes it easier for Willingham to be the full time DH, imo. It frees a roster spot for them to make a trade, or sign a FA. While I don't love every move TR makes, he is good at these small deals, imo.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Sure it is. The Twins lose a guy that does nothing for them, and free up money.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Fascinating. Truly. No idea if this guy is any good, but still a good trade, imo. He was part of a group of bad fielders/mediocre hitters that could "play DH" but not much else, imo.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Here are some studies: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/how-are-wins-attendance-and-payroll-all-related/ http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2004/04/winning-and-attendance-in-mlb/ http://campus.lakeforest.edu/lemke/baseball.pdf
  7. Mike Sixel
    The offense is number 8 in points scored.... The defense is the 2nd worst in points allowed..... the problem is not the QB, though the QB play has been bad, that is not the problem at all.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Puts Willingham back in the OF for sure.....not sure that is a good idea, frankly. But I would have to think about it more.....because I am not sure I hate the idea either.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I think TR did a nice job of taking the savings this year, and investing them on guys that could help the team in a way that is more likely than guys he has signed in the past......but there is NO evidence he has changed his spots yet. They have somewhere between 12 and 25 million more for payroll than they used to.....I just think it goes back to Bonnes' thread, we just don't know why things are changing, or even if they really are changing.
  10. Mike Sixel
    All I know is that one was very good in 2011, one was ok in 2011, regardless of how they got those results. I suppose one could argue (as I believe cmat did very well) that it is not repeatable. Maybe it is that I've seen Diamond, and am not a believer, and I never saw the healthy Worely, so I am giving him the benefit of the doubt. Either way, we'll see over the next couple of years I guess.
  11. Mike Sixel
    one league, thirty owners>>>>>30 franchises any day of the year, imo. But MLB won't be doing that anytime soon. These numbers show the problems with "average" anything, right? Half of all revenue should go in a pot that it is then re-distributed to all teams evenly. The rest, I don't care, as long as true sharing is not an option.
  12. Mike Sixel
    for those that think Worley and Diamond are the same player.....go to Fangraphs, do compare, and take into account Worley was hurt last year and get back to me. They were close in 2012, but there is NO comparison in 2011. And they both stunk it up last year. Worley has some stuff, Diamond is a long reliever, imo.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Well, I actually tink Gibson could be the third best pitcher on the roster, maybe Worley. We are discussing who will be the 5th known starter, not 5th best starter, right?
  14. Mike Sixel
    For years teams thought walks were a weakness in hitters. We now know they were wrong (well, outside Cincy they know that). I am suggesting that if you think Greinke can be good for 4-6 years, as in, well above league average, that signing him last year was not necessarily a bad idea just because no one else has ever done it. If you don't think he'll be good that long, then I agree, the Twins should not have done it. For years, in football, teams punted on 4th down. Now, in HS and some colleges, where real innovation takes place, there are teams not punting at all in entire games. Lo and behold, they get more possessions that way, and win more games that way. over time, I do believe that people become smarter about how games are played, and that strategies and tactics evolve. When and which players to sign for how much, I think that can evolve over time, yes.
  15. Mike Sixel
    amen
  16. Mike Sixel
    This. 100% this.
  17. Mike Sixel
    If it is between Diamond and Gibson, give me Gibson 100 x out of 100 chances.
  18. Mike Sixel
    MLR, are you suggesting that if no team has ever done something before, that it would not be a good idea for some team to do it in the future? At some point, someone was the first person to pay a player $1MM, or $5MM. At some point, someone was the first team to trade a proven player for a minor leaguer. At some point, lots of things happen for the first time in the world. Now, arguing that signing the best FA pitcher, who some think will remain very good for 5+ years but is very expensive, is a bad idea, that's a different argument than you seem to be making. But maybe I'm not reading it right.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Given the options situation, I'm going Worley, with Deduno on the DL, and Gibson and Albers in AAA. Diamond in the MLB pen or traded with someone else for some minor leaguer. If Worely doesn't make it, that Revere trade looks suspect (though I don't think that impacts Ryan's decision at all). Worley is young, has some previous success, and has some upside. Of the guys they could lose, I'd want to lose him the least frankly.
  20. Mike Sixel
    In an attempt to test the system, I am searching for free beer, milk, and cheese today, to see if my ads change. I know, these meetings are boring....
  21. Mike Sixel
    What is the options status of them, again? I do think that will matter. I know what I'd do, but I'm pretty sure it is not what they will do.
  22. Mike Sixel
    If they are ready, they should pitch in the majors, imo. Actually, if they are almost ready.....since there are a limited number of pitches in an arm. Not everyone agrees with my contention.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Mn is positioining themselves for the future, I don't disagree with that. Not sure I understand your point, actually. Not sure what that has to do with "no one but someone with hindsight on message boards" predicted Doumit would be bad.
  24. Mike Sixel
    We disagree. I think doing nothing much to improve a 95 loss team is a bad idea (indeed, they traded two starting OFers for 2 AA pitchers and Worley). I think given that they lost 95 again, shows that what he did did not help last year. It may or may not help this year, we'll see. It doesn't look like May or Meyer will help much this year, and if he believed Worely would, I'm not sure he'd be signing this much pitching. But that's a guess, maybe he does think Worley is good and will help this year, and he's signed this much pitching for some other reason. We disagree that leaving money on the table is unlikely to make the team better, apparently. You believe not using your resources to get better is a fine strategy. I do not generally believe that. You seem to believe they are still 2+ years away from being good, I believe that if they spent anywhere near their budget, they could compete this year.
  25. Mike Sixel
    The A's largely won last year because they decided to upgrade, often marginally, a lot of positions on the field. Settling for AAAA players, or worse, is what leads to back to back to back 95 loss season, imo. Though, that is a philosophical discussion, frankly.
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