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  1. Mike Sixel
    Not one person on this thread has suggested the Pohlads should not make a profit. Not one person.
  2. Mike Sixel
    And I think yes.
  3. Mike Sixel
    And the question was "if they are less than 5 games out of the playoffs at the trade deadline, what would you do", not "it's May, what should they do". Those are two very different questions. I really can't believe that people keep typing that they don't care if the team sucks for 2 more years, that the Pohlad's saving money is more important than trying to put a good team on the field. And how do you know they can't be good in the playoffs, if they make them? And how does saving $6MM (about what they'd own Morneau at the deadline) impact their ability to sign a huge extension in three years? Oh, and the team has said all they do is pocket the money if they make extra one year, they run on a cash basis for payroll (which is bizarre in 2013, but it's their business strategy).
  4. Mike Sixel
    Adding players to replace guys on your roster, not to replace guys you let leave. You may also note that Smith was "fired" over philosophical issues, I'm guessing those were about playing to win now...... None of the guys you list were guys they said, "yes, Cuddy is on this roster still, but we are going to ADD a player to the roster", they instead (wisely) let Cuddy go then signed a cheaper guy. But they aren't adding FAs or MLB players to the roster to make the team better. I don't get how the difference between keeping good players, and then spending more money to add more wins is different than letting guys walk and signing cheaper players....are not clearly two different things. they did not go out and ADD more good MLB players around M&M while they were healthy. The chose not to do it, for whatever reason.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I like a post earlier in the thread........ If they had signed a legit FA 2 years ago, and that guy was, you know, good, because our Scouts are so awesome, wouldn't they have been closer this year, and then signing one or two guys would be about filling holes? I mean, if you never acquire talent until you have talent, when do you first acquire talent? I don't want the Pirates/Royals for the next three years, and I don't understand why other fans are willing to sit through that either. But that's the crux, some people are willing for the team to be awful for 4 or 5 years, becase it is better to pocket profits than to spend money to be better, even if better only means I don't have to watch Pelfry and Hernandez pitch.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    This is one reason to build a bullpen out of guys with options.....so as they get tired you can send them down and call up other guys for a few weeks. Use AAA as your bullpen depth. I think the better answer is, send down Hernandez and call up Gibson. Put Worley/Pelfrey on short leashes, and call up whomever is next in line if one of them is not good in 3-4 more starts.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Who is Parmalee the stop-gap for? What 1B is there that is less than 3 years away? I really don't know if there is one (though if you think Sano stays at 3B, I'd think Harrison or Kepler or someone could move to 1B)....
  8. Mike Sixel
    He has, and it led to Santana and Hunter leaving (partly), and would continue to communicate to potential FAs that he never plays for the present. I'd think that would be a negative tie breaker type message to send.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Anything over $7MM or so is too much for this version of Morneau, imo. But, I'm not sure what good not signing him does......as pointed out above, they'll just likely pocket the savings, not reinvest them in the roster. Also as pointed out above, there is not an obvious 1B alternative in the minors for the next 2 years, unless you think Parmalee is that guy. For a team that would actually reinvest the money, I'd say let him hit FA, and offer 2 years, $15MM. For this team, I really have no idea what to recommend......but I see a Cuddeyer/Willingham like move......they let him walk, sign a guy for a lot less, and get same/better production* *note, I doubt the increase in production is as big as that first "trade".....
  10. Mike Sixel
    No reason for Gibson to waste his limited innings in the minors, not with Hernandez being bad at his job. It should start there, and now. Then they should see what Pelfry / Worley do.....but this starting staff is still quite bad. I guess the question is, is it more important for their "big acquisitions" to be up for ego reasons, or to bring up other options who might be better? I'd give those two another 4 or so starts, but at what point can you have a guy with a 7 ERA remain in the rotation?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Yes, but the twins did not do that. Name the big free agents they signed.....name the MLB players they traded big time prospects to get. The issue is not the M&M boys, the issue is the Twins did not build around them well at all.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I'm not yet convinced. They traded two CFers in the offseason, I don't think they had a choice other than Hicks that was realistic. Let's see how fast Sano, Rosario, Gibson, Buxton move up before drawing any conclusions. And, Arcia is here because of an injury, not because they wanted him here at the beginning of the year. So far, he appears to be deserving of being here. I had no problem with him in the minors to start the year, they need to see what Parmalee can/cannot do over some time (which they should have given him last year).
  13. Mike Sixel
    given that there is a salary cap for amatuers, it is 100% not that they are saving money for the draft or international signings.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Except it isn't like the NFL at all.....you are "trading back" 30 picks, and the odds of the guy you want being there are very, very, very tiny.
  15. Mike Sixel
    BTW, thats the opposite of what SF and SEA are doing in teh NFL right now. Becuase their QBs are currently cheap, they are overspending on other positions relative to other teams, because they can afford to right now. When their QBs get more expensive, that will not work. Now, when the majority of the team is really cheap and will be for 5 more years, now is when you CAN afford to sign free agents and still have a reasonable payroll.
  16. Mike Sixel
    And, the Twins will have guys making the league minimum at 3B, SS, 2B, CF, RF, maybe DH, maybe LF, 1-3 starting pitching positions also, plus their bench. Around half the team will be at or near the league minimum. Are you saying that that is NOT the time to spend more on other players, when they can afford to? But, once those other guys start getting expensive, THEN you should go out and overpay for FAs (because most FAs get more than internal signings)?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Um, the FA list next year is worse than last year, from what I've read on line. I have not verified that, but I've seen it stated on ESPN and CBS. So I don't know that there are "many more guys on the market". Oh, and every team will have an extra $25MM in their pocket, I would bet good money salaries go UP next year, a lot, not stay the same....
  18. Mike Sixel
    I missed the part where someone said sign both of them......look, if you are satisifed with the kind of FAs that Ryan signs, great, that's your right. I am not. I think the math is very self evident, this team has the money to spend the next 3-6 years, without it constraining one current player on this roster from being retained, and they choose not to spend the money to even try to be great. Some of you have reached a different conclusion, that risking your team on crappy players, but having money for the future (even though that money is apparently not carried over) is a better way to run a baseball team than spending money and taking the risk that player isn't good (even if you have the money to spend). We are just never going to agree on this.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Averages are pretty useless.....the average temperature in a hospital is normal, but for each patient, that average is meaningless. If that is aimed at me, I've never said they don't know what they are doing, I've said putting college juniors in Elizabethton tells you nothing much about if they are good or not. This opinion is not unique to me, but KLAW and others who have actaully worked in front offices and are now free to be honest because they don't have those aspriations any more have said it online also. I'm using their informed opinion to inform my opinion. As for the great success of they system, if that is true, where are all the 26-30 year old great home grown players on the current roster that are carrying the team to success? Why did the lose so many games the last two years, and have to go outside their system for their entire starting rotation?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Greinke was hurt in a fight, not from throwing the ball. Are we really going to argue that is a baseball injury? If you are afraid of injuries, why sign your own guys to extensions? Taking your arguement to its logical conclusion, you would never sign any player to a multi-year deal, becuase he might get injured and you'd have dead money. That seems unlikely to produce a winning team.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I think Nick just hit the ball out of the park: Ryan would rather fail and have money, than risk spending money and still failing. I could speculate on the cause for this behavior, but that would just be a guess. But the behavior is quite clear. It is better to not spend money and not succeed, than to spend money and maybe not succeed.
  22. Mike Sixel
    What is the risk of not having any good pitchers, because you don't want to risk money? I'd say that risk is much more likely to be a problem, than spending money on good players maybe not working out. Just ask Pittsburgh, or KC, or Houston, or any number of other teams how well only building for the future and never signing players works out. There is another side of the coin that those that are afraid to spend money don't seem to think about.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Need 5 pitchers, and they impact every single game. The delta between 2-3 very good pitchers and none, is bigger than the delta between a very good catcher and a mediocre catcher.
  24. Mike Sixel
    If people don't think coming out is scary, read up on the losers in NY that beat the crap out of guys because they thought were gay after the Knicks game last week.......ya, being gay and out is no big deal at all.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather they push college guys faster, to see if they are any good or not. I'm tired of college guys going to EST and GCL and beating up on HS kids and making the Twins think they are actually good. Buxton will be promoted in june or july, the key is what happens next year, imo. I hope May can learn to throw strikes........
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