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  1. Mike Sixel
    How does signing players this year, to maybe contend stop them from building for the future? And, GMs are not in charge of the draft....they do trades and free agency. It isn't like if they cut payroll this year, they will use those dollars saved in a future year....
  2. Mike Sixel
    Why not in the bullpen in Minnesota? How is pitching in the minors less stressful?
  3. Mike Sixel
    I agree with Jim, they should be willing to do this, but will not do this. I do not for a moment think they'll sign 3 legit free agents. I do not think they'll deal really good/great prospects for MLB players.
  4. Mike Sixel
    The Tigers have more will to win. Whether that translates to wins is a different story. I would prefer the twins had more will, frankly. They get zero more of my money until I see evidence of that.
  5. Mike Sixel
    The years is really about money though, right? Not wanting to over commit to money in the future.
  6. Mike Sixel
    KLAW was less enamored of the return to Miami, and of course agreed with the general premise that reducing your payroll to essentially zero is impolite to the taxpayers that just built you a stadium, and that they now have zero chance to keep any players they draft and develop, or sign any free agents.
  7. Mike Sixel
    It will be interesting to see if the Twins actually spend 9 million on pitching this winter, period. Ouch.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Probably, they had a lot of guys play out their minds last year. Mostly pitching wise. True, but they are adding one of the best minor league pitchers in the game to their staff next year. But yes, I would think they will be worse. This may also make it more likely that TB blows up what they have. Now they have to compete with Toronto, Bos, NYY....maybe they look in the mirror and deal a couple of guys to reload. Maybe. Heck, their fans deserve that.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, spending money does not guarantee success. If you spend it well, it should increase the likelihood of success though. That's all anyone can do, work to increase the likelihood of the outcome you want.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Plus, why is no on talking about the Jays side? They are spending money and trying to win. That is awesome ownership. Awesome. Wish we had that here. An owner that would go get two starting pitchers and a potential all star SS. Maybe we do, maybe they'll go out and get some good to great players. We'll see. It has never happened in their history, but maybe this year is different.
  11. Mike Sixel
    That's not what Hardballtalk said. They said that if you take out the stadium and impact on other free agents, that it was probably a good trade for Miami. I don't know anything about what they got, frankly. I am going by that one article. And wouldn't it be worth just getting rid of Buerhle? People said here he was worth nothing in return, nothing, because of his age and salary.
  12. Mike Sixel
    What if they Marlins had dealt Buerhle for a good minor leaguer or two? What if they then dealt Johnson for a MLB player or two? What if they then made a third trade, and dealt Reyes for 1-2 MLB players and a prospect? People would be saying they had made three good deals, gotten younger and maybe better, and freed up money to re-sign Stanton and maybe add a FA or two.....but because it is one trade, it somehow bad? People on this board were debating if either pitcher was worth a legit prospect or not, given their salaries....now they get real value in return, and it is a bad idea? From a baseball perspective, putting aside the stadium just being put in (you really should not cut salary in the first few years of a new stadium, it should go up a lot, otherwise why get one?), isn't it a good baseball trade? That said, I'd 100% rather have an owner like the Jays have....one that wants to pay the price to win.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Um, don't be so sanctimonious on PEDs, this organization has had guys suspended, and when TK was told about them being found in the locker room he brushed it under the table, if I recall the story correctly.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Btw, this is what bad teams should do, deal their overpriced veterans for prospects. It's how bad teams eventually get better, not by trying to be "not bad" by signing and keeping mediocre or bad players around, but by dealing them.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Marlins have done this before. If it is so bad for the Marlins, why is it bad for the jays? So, one of the richest people on the planet is spending his money to win. Good for him. If you are going to ask fans to pay a lot of money, and ask tax payers to subsidize your business, you should spend some of your own money too.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I had previously posted I would sign Baker to a two year, incentive laden deal. Btw, fair criticism of my post, but it was not aimed at the posters here, that is the consensus I read or heard elsewhere also, but it did come across wrong. Apologies. I think the Cubs overpaid, but I also believe the only way to sign the better players is to overpay. Baseball owners know this, so if they will not do that, why buy a team? Most every free agent that is likely to be good will be overpaid.
  17. Mike Sixel
    No surprise. And the chorus begins in justification of the twins not signing him. That chorus will be repeated player after player. To sign a legit free agent, you need to overpay.
  18. Mike Sixel
    That is not how it is used, often, in discussing KLaw....Ymmv on the power of words
  19. Mike Sixel
    I would say it is wrong to hate people in general, unless they have committed some horrible act. KLaw has not done that. All of your assumptions about him as a person are based on almost no data, I would guess. The man has opinions and states them, positive and negative. Some people cannot handle that. The thought that he hates any team is silly, imo. He might disagree with how a team does things, but that is not hatred for the team. Hating because of disagreement in opinion is part of our societal problem right now. I am pretty sure KLaw would say that also. it astounds me how personally some fans take hard discussions about their favorite teams.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    And if you never draft pitchers, how does that work out, given that you need 12 at a time? They have one starting pitcher on their roster right now. One. When they deal, they need to get pitching, assuming they do jot sign three free agents that can start.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I won't be worried about Ryan is doing (or not) until good starting pitchers start coming off the market (or an available SS is acquired by someone for what the Twins could have done). Nothing real has happened for any team yet.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Why? other than being conservative with his healthy 19 year old arm, why?
  23. Mike Sixel
    He is 21. What kind of maturity are you looking for? And Garza has been effective.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Why would that be embarrassing?
  25. Mike Sixel
    It was a one liner in a chat....and I love KLaw...
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