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  1. Mike Sixel
    Ha, trade Arcia? So basically have zero OFers next year?
  2. Mike Sixel
    Again, I'm not talking about these guys in specific....I'm talking about teams and the value they place on prospects/draft picks in general. I don't know how to be more clear on that.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I am changing my mind some.....IF they feel he can be healthy, I'd deal Rosario or almost any prospect not named Sano or Buxton for him. But it is all dependent on their medical opinions.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I wasn't talking just about the Twins...heck, I wasn't talking just about baseball. In every sport, teams undervalue (IMO) the proven track record of experienced MLB players, and over value the hope that a prospect/draft pick will bring. This is especially true of teams close to winning it all, who refuse to part with the future for a much more certain present.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Ellsbury has never had leg issues....and the data on teh internet shows that speed guys actually age well. He just stole 52 bases. I don't get the disdain for him at all.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Makes the Ellsbury deal look genius....
  7. Mike Sixel
    I don't know that anyone is saying he's not worth a risk, the question is, what risk/cost?
  8. Mike Sixel
    100% this
  9. Mike Sixel
    THIS is why teams should be willing to trade prospects for proven players.......and yet, they keep not doing it. When they were in AA, if you had packaged Benson and Hendriks, you could have something. Now, you have nothing at all.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Doumit has little to no value as a DH/OF. He was predicted by Fangraphs to be the worst "every day" DH, and he was. He can't field. I don't know why he isn't just cut at this point, and why they don't roll the dice with random younger players.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Fair enough, and not unreasonable. I just think they'll be out of it by the trade deadline with this offense, though I guess if they find a difference making SP, that could change. I don't see one of those available either, though. The upgrade needed will be in LF for sure, since there is no LF on the roster in 2014 or beyond, unless you think Hicks is moving there, and will be good.
  12. Mike Sixel
    The question is, what are you willing to bet that is true? Your future starting LF/2B? A guy that most considered a number 3/4 for the last few years, who should now be recovered from surgery? Both of them? No one is saying don't take a gamble on him. People are disagreeing on what to gamble (I think no one is saying don't gamble on him). People are also pointing out that for more money, but zero prospects, you can get a guy that seems recovered from surgery and has been a number 2/3 over his career.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Right, as Leviathon, me, and Jokin are trying to say, 2015 looks like it might work, but 2014, not so much.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I guess it depends on what we mean by realistically.....but Choo is still out there, but I agree, I don't think they'll do that. I admit that the offensive upgrade options are dwindling by the day. At this point, I'd take a flyer on a bounce back DH candidate of some kind. I don't think they'll make a trade. If Dozier works out, they can move Rosario to LF if Hicks can't hit (or if Hicks can and they move Arcia to DH). If Dozier doesn't work out, Rosario is your 2B (and none of that happens until 2015 now, unfortunately). As for "not punting" this year, I don't get how we can realistically look at the lineup, and see anything other than continued mediocrity or worse this coming year. The pitching improvements help this year, but they don't get them near the hump, let alone over it, with this lineup imo. I hope JC is right, and I'm wrong.
  15. Mike Sixel
    You are suggesting adding no offense, to a team that was one of the worst in baseball in runs scored, correct? You and others are also saying that the pitchers (and I agree) were signed not just for this year, but for several years, correct? The year will be better, I believe, with these pitchers. But they were awful offensively last year, and adding no one is unlikely to make it much better, isn't it?
  16. Mike Sixel
    So punt on this year, if I can summarize your post.
  17. Mike Sixel
    This part. This offense won't be that good until a bunch of prospects come up and all succeed. In the meantime, what? And yes, I'm pessimistic about Mastro and Pressley being 2/3 of the OF. Is that something anyone is excited about?
  18. Mike Sixel
    So every minor leaguer is going to work out? And, ya, maybe, but not in 2014 or probably even a full year of 2105 given your names.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Basically, the plan appears to be "hope". Why would anyone think Pressly will play well, given his age and history? Why can't they win in 2014? They just shaved a lot of runs off the defensive side, why can't they get a real DH/LF, call up Sano earlier rather than later, and get lucky with Hicks/Pinto?
  20. Mike Sixel
    I don't see how giving up a starting 2B/LF and a #3 pitcher is an incredibly low price. I don't see how giving up only one of those is a low price. It really depends in your medical analysis of his situation, and how good you think the prospects you are giving up are. I think an everday 2B/LF is worth more than a guy with a 108+ ERA that has not really pitched in three years. I'd rather have Gibson, I think. But I don't know the medicals. Frankly, why not just sign Garza, he costs zero prospects.
  21. Mike Sixel
    And all Garza costs is money....
  22. Mike Sixel
    i agree, but giving up one or more top prospects is not "buying low"
  23. Mike Sixel
    Doumit hit exactly like Fangraphs predicted he would, so no, he does not need to bounce back.
  24. Mike Sixel
    He has pitched less than 50 innings a year for several years, and people wnat to give up legit prospects for him? Mind. Boggling.
  25. Mike Sixel
    LF and DH are wide open after this year. And I'm not as high on Hicks as you. He did well in AA by waiting for strikes. Well, he got strikes in the majors, and couldn't come close to making contact. I agree on 3B.
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