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  1. Mike Sixel
    Cespedes is still more than any FA contract the Twins have signed, EVER. I'm not sure what you are confused on. Nothing about any of this explains how signing free agents prevents you from being good at developing people. Agreed, having Mauer makes it harder to stay under $110MM and sign other big FAs, that is an issue.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Not what I would do with the money. For that money, I'd rather go after Tanaka or Ellsbury.
  3. Mike Sixel
    .............
  4. Mike Sixel
    That's a lot of pitching in the top 10, and around 30......thankfully.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I'm actually surprised how little talk about the AFL there has been, given what else we have to talk about now.
  6. Mike Sixel
    for me..... Arcia in RF, FA in CF or LF, and one of their backup types in LF/CF, until Hicks or Buxton is ready. That's what I would do for the OF next year. For DH, I'd probably take a flyer on a guy that has more positional flexibility than Willingham. I think even if Hicks and Buxton and Arcia all work out, you still have room for a legit OF/DH type. And, I think there is more good FA available in the OF than in the starting pitching world. I'd be happy if they moved Willingham, and signed a legit OF. Frankly, I do not expect it to happen. edit: I don't think they can fix everything in one year (well, they could, but they won't), so for me, signing a legit FA OF helps in 14 and beyond.
  7. Mike Sixel
    So basically they are unlikely to lose a draft pick, right? You can sign most free agents and not lose a pick. Also, the point was....should they fix the coaching and development processes, and again, I don't see how signing good free agents effects that.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    TB doesn't sign FAs because they have no money to do so......do you really think they would never sign any FAs if they had $50-100MM more in revenue? They also don't sign FA pitchers because they are actually good at drafting and developing pitchers, so they don't need to sign FA pitchers. Oakland, actually, did sign an expensive Cuban recently. The also do not sign expensive pitchers because they are are good at developing them, and they have a ballpark that allows them to sign less expensive pitchers and still be successful with them. Also, they have no revenue. Again, if they had another $100MM in revenue, you don't think they'd ever sign a FA? I think many of you have cause and effect and root cause really wrong.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Actually, his competition includes: Jacoby Ellsbury Shin Shoo Choo Nate McClouth Grady Sizemore and a few others that are also options.....if you think he is a LFer. Willingham can't field at all, and these pitchers are terrible. I'd rather have Pressley catch the ball, and not hit, than Josh hit (maybe) and not field. Actually, I'd rather sign Ellsbury.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    The downside is he is an awful defender, and they will continue to trot him out in LF. Oh, and he's old, and not likely to be really, really good.
  11. Mike Sixel
    This thread had such promise to just be fun.......
  12. Mike Sixel
    I'm all for trading Perkins, he throws 40-50 innings a year (or whatever), and his value to a bad team is low, super low. There has to be a GM out there that over values closers that would give up a legit player/prospect for him.
  13. Mike Sixel
    btw, I'm not saying Dozier would return anything, I'm only saying that I don't think we can state that he won't with such certainty that appears to be commonplace here. I'd rather somehow he work out and that Rosario work out.....and they somehow also find pitching, but I struggle to see how that happens if they don't deal one of them, if they can.
  14. Mike Sixel
    that was a depressing end to your post......If Sano isn't up next year, I have no idea why anyone would go to a game.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Making the decision after a guy is bad, also makes the return lower....that's why any of these decisions carries some degree of risk. We do not know if teams think of Dozier as legit right now or not, yet people keep saying that it is clear that we somehow know what teams think...we have no idea what any team thinks about Brian Dozier. We do not know what Dozier could return in a trade. We do know that the Twins have a top minor league prospect at the position Dozier plays. We do know they have an insufficient number of SS, OF, and SP (and DH/1B). We also know they have few assets to trade right now. You can choose to keep Dozier, but that does not necessarily decrease the risk at all.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I did not get you were arguing for Dozier to try SS, I'm good with that plan..... And yes, that offense was terrible last year, it is being under rated as one of the problems, imo.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I did mention it is a risk, and it is based on betting that Rosario is ready half way through next year, right? don't take the risk then....but be prepared for another awful season next year.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Ah, concentrate on one part, and ignore the rest....ok, trade him for pitching then. that was not really the point of the post at all.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Heh, I was reading two threads, and posted that first part in the wrong thread, sorry.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Again with the argument that you don't add players unless they can get you to 90 wins.....you add 1 good/great player a year in FA for a few years, you are that much closer. I don't get this argument at all. On Tanaka, I think that a big market team will post something like $75MM, and the Twins will post around $30MM. I'd go as high as $50-60MM if I was them, given the increase in revenue and what they've pocketed lately.....but I think they ultimately get outbid. I think they don't bid seriously on any Cuban also.
  21. Mike Sixel
    My theory on Dozier...... when you are AWFUL, you need to take more chances. Take a chance Rosario is ready at some point next year, and eal Dozier for a position you are short on.....like pitching, or a SS, or pitching, or maybe pitching, heck, I'd argue they need 1 more OFer while they wait on Buxton.
  22. Mike Sixel
    why does signing a FA preclude the team from fixing it's minor league issues? How are the two correlated at all?
  23. Mike Sixel
    If this is his strategy, why did he sign Willingham?
  24. Mike Sixel
    But you can't find starting picthing outside the top 5 picks......can we kill that one yet?
  25. Mike Sixel
    I share your doubts.......but it's why I would deal them.
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