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  1. Mike Sixel
    Why not? He is old and bad and hurt. There are three reasons. I'd they sign him, they are less likely to sign someone else. There are four. Need more?
  2. Mike Sixel
    Ya, because signing him as a FA sounds like a great idea, when you are trying to gather legit SP....
  3. Mike Sixel
    As your options shrink, your return usually shrinks. It's simple economics.....so ya, this is another bump in the offseason.
  4. Mike Sixel
    They know with certainty they have no second baseman, no shortstop, and are missing 4 starting pitchers. All resources should go there. Why waste resources replacing a guy that might be good when you know with certainty you have other holes to fill?
  5. Mike Sixel
    For every fan that pays to see Mauer, how many more would go if this team was great without Mauer....this is not about hard core fans like on this site at all....this is about casual fans. I am certain that in a city this size that if the Twins were great, they would sell out every game.....clearly many of you disagree....and I am now bored of this part of the topic.
  6. Mike Sixel
    This is the same group that ran off Hardy.....give the man another year. Go fix other spots where you KNOW you have a problem.
  7. Mike Sixel
    He should, under the assumption they do not acquire 3 legit other starters, and plan to compete. If they do acquire 3 legit starters, I do not know who number 5 is
  8. Mike Sixel
    Pitching....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Such cheerful and hopeful news this week...
  10. Mike Sixel
    So people think 6 million is too much now, but think in 2 or 3 years, when salaries will he much higher, that the team should then sign guys to fill holes is confusing to me....or are people saying that if there are holes then they should not also sign free agents then?
  11. Mike Sixel
    I disagree the market is already set too high. They can sign a 12 million guy, a 6million guy, and deal Span and a prospect for a legit prospect, and stay in their self imposed, too low, budget.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Garza for Young was a bad trade on some people's paper.....but you ate right, the mistake was dealing both in the same year. What we do not know is who really was making what decisions that first year....and how much Gardy influenced them. Young is an RBI tease, the kind of guy old school writers love because of offensive counting stats...
  13. Mike Sixel
    I have never praised or supported him. But your post seemed to imply we should have assumed he was cheating. Maybe I just misread your post.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Only 1 more year? Where is the pitching in the minors in 2 years? If he isn't willing to sign players this year...why would we expect him to next year? If he shies away from the market, just imagine how bad he is going to view next year, when each team gets an additional $20-25MM and prices go up even more.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    Heck, for $4MM, they might even be willing to move him to the pen, where he belongs, and can then flip him at the deadline again, assuming they cannot sign enough good starters....and aren't good.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, let's see. There are still pitchers out there, and OFers to be traded....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Correct, I think if they win 90+ games, without Mauer, they will make more money than if they lose 90+ games with Mauer. I am about 95% certain I am correct on that. But again, I was quite clear, they would not get that benefit of the doubt unless they used the freed up money to sign 2 legit starting pitchers (or SS or 2B or whatever). If they pocket it, not good. I made that very clear in my post. Fans will forgive losing Mauer if they win, but they are less and less likely to forgive them for being the worst team in the majors with Mauer. As for everyone posting this will never happen, and it is an east coast writer being a whatever, sure....but that's a boring post, imo. Much more interesting is discussing what you would or would not require if it were possible.
  18. Mike Sixel
    So we should assume anyone that has a good year is cheating, and not praise them, is that your argument?
  19. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather they start fresh, but it would not surprise me. It probably would not make me super thrilled, though. I'd like the last guy to be someone from another team's minor league system. Diamond, Gibson, FA, FA, traded for guy....that's what I'd like (in no particular order). And, I'd want both FA signings to be, you know, good.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Wait how long, and for how many good pitchers to be signed? What does this mean, in your mind?
  21. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, Ryan never said three legit starting pitchers, that would be what I would do...because winning is my top priority as a fan. And, frankly, they have the money to spend if they really want to.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Well, that is a self-imposed budget limitation. There is no reason they can't sign a $6MM guy, a $12MM guy, and deal Span or Willingham for a decent prospect (packaging one of them with a decent MN prospect). They have $38MM in margin improvement next year, some of that could be spent this year, easily. I actually think that is the optimistic scenario, which makes me kind of sad. But, as I posted months ago, what team has ever signed 3 legit starting pitchers in one year (not three that turned out that way, but paid that up front)?
  23. Mike Sixel
    1 year deal for $6MM is risky? What would not be risky? And, they have $25MM more in income coming next year, cost free. And Morneau's deal ends after this year. They have plenty of money if only they want to spend it. We'll see over the next few weeks....
  24. Mike Sixel
    The Twins have plenty of money, they just choose to allocate it differently than the Cubs. There is plenty of money for this payroll to be higher, they have chosen (based on last year) not to spend it on the MLB club salaries.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I am one of the harshest critics of non-performance in my workplace, and have no issue pointing out here and other places in life where people are just flat out filled with stupid ideas, but there are polite ways to talk to people, and impolite ways. YMMV, of course.
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