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  1. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, with the potentially word in there, agreed.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Very nice! Congrats.
  3. Mike Sixel
    so the answers we got were pretty much all bad answers, other than Arcia? I mean, there is value in eliminating options, but then you have to do something to fill those holes....
  4. Mike Sixel
    Ellsbury, Ellsbury, Ellsbury....he is CF until Buxton, then LF with Arcia splitting time in RF, DH, 1B.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    Well, I'm assuming Sano comes up, and adds 1-3 wins over Plouffe, for no money. I am assuming Gibson is reasonably effective next year, also at minimum salary. I'd hope Arcia being here all year makes them better. I'd hope that anyone would be better than Hicks was this year. All of that can happen at zero dollars.....if each of those is worth 2 wins, that means they only need to sign 1 legit FA pitcher to get to .500. If you want to sign a guy that will be here for 4-6 years, and who can help Buxton and Hicks and Arcia, sign Ellsbury, that's worth 2-4 wins. Bring up Sano as early as possible, replace Plouffe, that's worth 2-4 wins. Sign a 1b/DH type that isn't awful like Doumit, and that is closer to the median than Morneau, that's 2 wins or more. Gibson isn't awful. Arcia is up all year and plays slightly better than this year. Some random pitcher isn't as bad as Diamond/Hendriks/pelfrey.....it isn't that hard, if you are willing to spend some money. They lose a lot of payroll this year, sign actually good players (funny, the scouts that recommended KC, Worley, and Pelfrey, they are getting a free pass right now from fans), it isn't that hard. Heck, if Buxton can come up, you could have the greatest OF defense ever with him and Ellsbury and Hicks.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Two very, very, very different ways to read this comment.......
  7. Mike Sixel
    Shandy as in beer? Or am I just thinking of something different than others right now, the heat is starting to effect me.
  8. Mike Sixel
    so you are saying ryan lied last year?
  9. Mike Sixel
    btw, I love that drjim is willing to stand up for his opinion against three people. I hope he is taking this in the spriit (we all want the Twins to be good) it is meant. I feel no anger or acrimony in this discussion at all.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Assuming they will be good in 2 years (which I doubt), wouldn't siging a cuban in his prime to play 1B to a long term deal actually help in years 2-4/5? Can they jump start the rebuild some, or does it have to wait? And, who have they signed as complimentary free agents that cost more than a million or two, ever, under Ryan or even Smith? And, to me, RP don't really count.....but for some I am sure they do.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Would love to see May up here!
  12. Mike Sixel
    so if the pitching is bad in 2015 or 2016, would you promote Sano or Buxton? If so, why not in 2014?
  13. Mike Sixel
    PART of the answer, not the whole answer. Your post stated it was the only way we wanted talent added. What the negative nancies want is for Ryan to use all of the channels for adding talent, not just the ones that cut costs. We want a big time FA signed, or maybe two, when there are literally 10x of millions of dollars sitting around, gathering dust.
  14. Mike Sixel
    How many years of Ryan NOT signing FAs, or trading prospects for legit players, do you need before you will say it is part of how he acts? Not what he says, because talk is cheap, but how he acts?
  15. Mike Sixel
    You expect Ryan to come out and say it? We can only go on the information we have available, information that includes the manager saying money is part of the issue.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Name one person here arguing FA is the only answer. Not one person has said that. No one here would.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Gardy explicitly stated it was about money and stuff, not sure how that is randomly mentioned in an article. Numerous national writers have mentioned that money is the hold up. Not sure what more you want?
  18. Mike Sixel
    I thought it was obvious I was comparing McPhail in dome constraints to Ryan in dome constraints, I really need to be more explicit in my posts......of course constraints have changed, not that you could tell from the last two years, as payroll has plummeted.
  19. Mike Sixel
    The Cards and Braves aren't good? Sorry, I thought it was obvious I was talking about the two good teams you mentioned, not the Mariners. My bad, should have been more clear.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, every contract will be more expensive, so spending $20MM won't get what it would have gotten this last year, that's actually my point.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Ya, where is Gibson? Great dream!
  22. Mike Sixel
    Long post deleted, just not worth it.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Because, even though they've consistently drafted late, they've managed to draft and develop pitchers. Oh, and they sometimes sign legit FAs also.....they are better at what they do than the Twins are.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Andy McPhail operated under the same constraints as Ryan, and still managed to hand out some of the largest contracts in MLB at the time.....Ryan quit instead of handling the mess he created with Hunter, Santana, and having to sign Mauer. He somehow made a historically bad SP staff worse this year. $20MM? They are losing more than that in payroll, and getting $25MM more in new revenue. Yay, they are spending less than 40% of what they could, and still make the same profit as this year!
  25. Mike Sixel
    Another year with zero prospects even available for call up......for a team whose entire strategy is built around the minors.....
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