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  1. Mike Sixel
    I think we actually agree, they should sign 2 pitchers this year, and deal for one. We agree Gibson is likely to be good. We agree Hendricks could he good, and should be given time. Diamond is a number 3. But Wimmers is at least 2 away. I do not think Hermsann is likely to be successful (more accurately, I think it highly unlikely both of the above are successful). I do jot think anyone else is less than 3 years away from being a starter, if they even work out. We likely agree more than disagree.
  2. Mike Sixel
    So if they punt on the next two years, and sell almost no tickets, how exactly will they have money to sign players to fill holes? And I'm curious, who are the pitchers in the minors that will be really good MLB pitchers in 2-3 years?
  3. Mike Sixel
    I actually am pretty good at reading, but I appreciate your advice. They have no pitching in the minors either. And trading all their players away for more guys that are 3+ years away, that is hardly a guarantee on the future. I agree with the above, there is no either or, you can roll the die on doing both. But if that die comes up a 1, then you have to be willing to trade veterans (like they did not the last two years) at some point. But there is no reason to punt for 2-3 years, not while you are paying Mauer this much money.
  4. Mike Sixel
    What payoff? They have no pitchers, none.
  5. Mike Sixel
    There are 30 teams with multiple holes and the tv contract is adding 20 million next year. What would you expect the 35th best player to get? You all know contract values are going up, right?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Ridiculous. They cannot remove these 8 , can they? They just hamstrung themselves, or am I misunderstanding how this works? And if I am right, can anyone justify this?
  7. Mike Sixel
    Hardballtalk had him as the 35th best free agent this year. If people do not want a guy like him, what are you expecting?
  8. Mike Sixel
    If you have 1 starting pitcher, 1, you need to spend money.....should I point out how the Phillies got better before your examples? There are anecdotes both ways, the question is, which way is more likely to produce a winning team given the position they are in now? And cost cutting does not help them long term, because they do not reinvest those savings later.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Oh, and in the mean time, the owners will get richer off the taxpayers.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I guess I should give up also, since no one will answer how they will ever have pitching if they will not sign free agents.....look, I cannot name a team other than Philly or new York or the dodgers or Marlins that have tried this. That does not imply it cannot work. Your path is virtually certain to condemn them to being awful for at least two more years, and even then, they still will not sign free agents. So it seems they are stuck
  11. Mike Sixel
    And how will they have pitching in2015 if they do not sign free agents then? What are the odds they have hitters as good as morneau and Willingham and span? Or that Mauer is still great?
  12. Mike Sixel
    That is two of the top 20 starting pitchers gone....no need to panic yet.
  13. Mike Sixel
    When have they spent to fill that one hole? According to Hunter and Santana, and many fans, never. What good does not spending money this year do? Will they then spend that savings in a year or two? Of course not, " because spending on free agents is no way to build a team" apparently. Take out Mauer, is the payroll really that much more than the dome?
  14. Mike Sixel
    It is a straw man to say that money does not guarantee success. No one on the crikkets side is claiming that. What people are saying is that money increases your margin of error, and increases the likelihood of signing better players. No one is saying guarantee. No one. Does anyone doubt this team would probably be better if they spent 50 million more next year? Probably, not guaranteed.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Just because something works or not does not mean it was a good strategy or not. If so, life would be predictably boring.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Well, they claim one reason they did not deal him last year was that they did not want to trade a guy right after signing him. Would now be different?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Smith gets too much blame.for the failings of the minor league system from before his time. Was he perfect, no. But this is an organizational failing, not on one person.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Yes,but I am hard pressed to think of when he got it....what player has he signed to get the team over the hump?
  19. Mike Sixel
    They have plenty of money, whether they choose to use it on players or profit is the question yet to be answered.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I agree with the TD owners. There was no use in keeping the thread open. I have no idea what value in making the world better or more interesting continuing to pile on thrylos would serve. At no point have I ever felt the TD owners have ever protected anyone and their ability to make themselves look good or bad....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Some good reading on Fangraphs also. Remember, on Fangrpahs, the guy writing his top player list by position is only for players he has personally seen, so no comments on Sano for example. He has some interesting stuff on Twins' players.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Worst pitching staff EVAR if they don't go get three guys not currently on the roster....and people want to trade their few assets for hitting? How would you go fix the pitching, if you deal Span for a SS? And at that price, he's only worth having if they are winning games.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Terry Ryan has repeated, over and over, that he has never once been denied money when he asked for it, so yes, he is complicit in any decision not to spend to win, and to restrain the budget. I also disagree 100% the Twins would still be terrible if Johnson, Buerhle, and Reyes were healthy all year. That's a lot more wins.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I would think that if good guys lead to better teams, you would see that in their production...otherwise, how is the team better with them there?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Good for their fans. The Yankees are aging, Boston is down.....good time to strike.
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