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  1. Mike Sixel
    They will protect Kepler, if for no other reason than great trade bait. There are plenty of guys ahead of him they could unprotect and it would not matter.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Love the game theory post.....not sure i agree with your conclusion, but it is a good post.
  3. Mike Sixel
    It is interesting how few trades are happening. Personally, I think teams are now over valuing cheap prospects. There is great value in the present, the known, and I bbelieve that MLB teams are putting too much stock in an unknown future. A team like Pittsburgh should be dealing .....not their two stud pitchers, but other prospects, IMO.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I don't know....did they wait until Nathan and Perkins were out of options? At some point, you need to get years of value from a player.....and then trade him just before he loses value....
  5. Mike Sixel
    Cool analysis, thanks.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I'd give him all of next year to be a starter. If not, then I'd probably go to high leverage reliever.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I've already paid the money, that's the point of "sunk cost". The money is already gone, the question is....how do I best use that money? do I pay Justin to play here, or do I pay Justin to play someplace else and get a minor league player in return. Either way, the money is spent. Sunk cost, it's a concept even senior executives in huge companies struggle with. Decades of business school training still hasn't fixed their understanding well enough.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Not sure John, but if people think signing a 31 year old is a bad idea, that would suggest starting earlier would be better..... I doubt anyone has given up on him, but it is a bummer he has not progressed as much as we all thought he might this year. He clearly has some very good to great stuff, I remain hopeful.
  9. Mike Sixel
    If healthy, I would push for AAA next year. I have no idea what the twins will do.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Pay Justin, and get nothing at the end of hte year (other than his services in a lost year), or pay Justin's salary, and get a lottery ticket prospect. For a team looking at 85-90+ losses, for a third year in a row, I'm not sure how that's even two choices....
  11. Mike Sixel
    Love this post.
  12. Mike Sixel
    If we knew this is why it happened, it would really bum me out about the future of this team....but we will likely never know why it happens the way it happens, however that is.
  13. Mike Sixel
    So, he's the Ben Revere of infielders, hitting wise? Is that how I should read this?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Great post.....interesting that you say the FA class is worse, as a lot of people said it was better, and that's why Ryan waited (among other reasons). I tend to agree, they will have 7 or so MLB/AAAA arms in house, they have May and Meyer they need to get up here soon.....not to mention other names that they might think will take a leap. That leads me to believe they will not sign pitchers to long term deals that might block those players. That leads me to believe they won't sign a good FA, because good FAs get long term deals (like it or not, they do). That means, I think your list is reasonable, with maybe a guy like they signed this year thrown in. That seems like a logical argument, conclusion, based on available information.
  15. Mike Sixel
    agreed with drjim....aggressive, but not impossible.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Well,if you want to sell tickets next year, you might want to call him up. I do not care about the many. They are rolling in money.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Cynical, silly negative.....blah, blah, balh. How about we discuss the topic, and not each other with labels?
  18. Mike Sixel
    mhfesq....hope you are right, but we all thought there was no way the starting pitching could be worse this year than last....nice 3rd post, btw.
  19. Mike Sixel
    If they do sign guys, I hope they are more Cubs like in their success at then turning them into good prospects.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    How'd that work out? Worst starting staff in baseball. Not sure how we can predict a worse case scenario than that, can we?
  21. Mike Sixel
    The Twins are pretty close to median in terms of runs allowed.....they aren't even close to median in runs scored. They are much closer to the leader in runs allowed than runs scored. I don't think people realize just how bad the offense is this year. Even adding 1 good starter would really help this team. More importantly, they can't have the Hicks / Floriman / Morneau /Plouffe / Doumit tandem in the lineup every day and expect to score runs.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure about it......I think one of Deduno/Albers will collapse, and there will be a spot for a FA. Whether they sign one we like or not, hard to say with certainty, but the past does not lead me to believe the future will be better, especially if they think May / Meyer are close, because they "won't want to block them" with long term deals for others.
  23. Mike Sixel
    This is pretty much what the board predicted.....not sure they are "better than expected". Gardy isn't going anywhere, these are the Twins afterall.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Not sure your point puck....,I am not happy he is likely a 5 or worse, but it is what it is. No one is minimizing how bad the staff is. That was not the question.
  25. Mike Sixel
    That wasn't aimed at you, Dave....
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