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  1. Mike Sixel
    Joe, not sure your business background, but I'd guess the Pohlad's like most look for a return on capital invested. The new $25MM came way after they committed to any capital investment of the team or the stadium. No way they factored that into their decisions. The ticket prices, concessions, somewhat local tv/radio are driven by investments the TWins make. National TV? That's driven by big market teams spending money and generating interest in the game. This is found money....like, someone just handed them a bag of money for owning a team....they literally could run like the Marlins and get this money. It's the nature of the oligarchy they participate in. As for the company the Twins run......they have fixed costs for marketing and sales....their only real variable cost is payroll. Now that MLB has put a cap on draft pick money and internationl FA money, the only real variable cost is MLB payroll. As they add $25MM in new revenue, if is isn't used on players, what would it be used on? They aren't going into a new line of business....they aren't adding a new distribution channel....they aren't adding a new anything, other than players. So, ya, this is found money. Money that has no use other than players (unless they want to put more into the stadium, but if they do that, I'd wonder about their strategy.....I doubt improvements to the stadium would return as much as would improvements to the product at this point).
  2. Mike Sixel
    Not sure how you move faster than Baxendale, unless you think he's Garza......which I don't. Glad Stewart is signed. I hope he starts next year in CR. I don't know if I care what his role is this year, since he's a HS kid. College pitchers starting below CR always seems odd to me, not sure what you learn.
  3. Mike Sixel
    60-100 games at catcher, 60-100 games at 1B, 20-40 games at DH.....that's his future, isn't it? And, who in the minors looks to be a 1B that will hit better than Mauer? And, as he ages, his knees will like catching less and less, and while you may not love his bat at 1B, you still want him in the lineup over most other choices. I'm not sure how this is even controversial.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Hendriks numbers are better than some of the guys at the MLB level right now, and he's a lot younger......but I guess he's not a proven veteran.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Great interview, I hope he gets another shot.
  6. Mike Sixel
    40 replies and 600 views so far, unreal!
  7. Mike Sixel
    so many threads where this could go, but I choose here: Dave Cameron: Don’t think Morneau has any value, so no real conundrum there. They should move Willingham. Well, they should have moved him over the winter, really.
  8. Mike Sixel
    You really think we don't know this is a business? They get $25MM more for free next year. Not one penny of capital was invested to get that. You think the payroll is going up, or down?
  9. Mike Sixel
    I hope you are right, but I'll believe Ryan will be like McPhail and add legit talent when they are close the first time he does it.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    No, he holds 3B until Sano, then moves to the primary 1B until one comes up, is acquired, splitting time with mauer at 1B. No need to deal him at all, unless you have a 1B to play that is as good as him (which they don't).
  11. Mike Sixel
    fair enough.....I still prefer Plouffe at 1B the majority of the time, until/less there is a better option. And, 1B might become Mauer's best position, as his knees get older, and he still might be better than their other options.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Benson was an example, but your points all hold..... but I'm talking trades from the other side, the side McPhail did in FA.....trying to get legit, proven MLB players when you are "this close" to get yourself over the hump. Ryan has done a ton of the other way, but other than Kielty (who is like Benson, imo), I can't think of one he did.
  13. Mike Sixel
    disagree, his OBP is so good, and his BA is so good, that lower power is offset.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Not to mention people are already predicting 2014 will be bad too......
  15. Mike Sixel
    So since they replaced their last GM over philosophical differences.....right? They spent money under one, then replaced him with another, and that second one did not spend money his first time around, and has not the second time around. I don't know how anyone can look at history and expect things to change in terms of spending..... Look, this is all speculation on both sides, but the best predictor of how someone will behave in the future is to look at over a decade of their behavior and extrapolate from there......
  16. Mike Sixel
    Agree with boone....give Mauer more time at 1B.....and DH.....though don't stop him from being a catcher....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Agree with Stringer......Mauer catch for 60, 1B for 60, DH for 30 or so....Plouffe 1B for 100, DH for 50 or so.....assuming Sano is your 3B.* *all numbers rough, this is not a definitive plan.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff, thanks for posting it. I'd promote him at some point....so that next year he is repeating AAA for the first half of the year. The walks thing is huge, huge.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I don't know, but so far, he's once again one of the best hitters on the planet.
  20. Mike Sixel
    28 replies before someone said the word......
  21. Mike Sixel
    Bowden thinks the Twins should deal Willingham and Burton to the Giants for an A ball pitcher and something else.....
  22. Mike Sixel
    I don't think it is a conspiracy theory to think that the Pohlads would prefer a GM that is in alignment with their goals. That's what owners and leaders of companies do, hire others that agree with their philosophy and that will carry it out. I think that's what they meant by philosophical disagreement with Smith, and then replacing him with Ryan. That's not some grand conspiracy theory, that's just how business runs. *edited for typos and speeling issues....
  23. Mike Sixel
    I agree with greengoblinrulz......the time to look to the future is now. Although, I'd keep pitching Deduno and maybe, maybe Walters. It is Pelfrey that should go, imo.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Only fire works, you know, otherwise it keeps coming back.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    They also get $25MM in reveune next year, just for existing. No excuse for that not to be 100% spent on payroll......$25MM for free, no cost involved in getting it. They didn't sign a player to real money because Terry Ryan is the GM and does not believe in big FA signings. That's pretty much the only conclusion you can draw from his time as GM. *edit....or he's not allowed to....but since they brought him back because he is aligned to the owners plans (their words, around philosophy), I'd guess he agrees
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