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  1. Mike Sixel
    Arraez was at his worst in September when the Twins lost the division.....but you love him and hate CC due to when they hit?
  2. Mike Sixel
    I think we are looking at a player that will put up an average of 3 fWAR per year for the next 5-7 years. What is that worth to everyone? Some years around 4, and some around 2.5. Fangraphs predicted 6/140+, and they've been low on every elite player so far......
  3. Mike Sixel
    At some point you have to trust yourself to draft and develop.......I share your concern on Lewis, and wonder if Lee is a 3B.....but you can't live in fear.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I agree 100%. Though I'd cut Donaldson before he could fly here.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Less than Turner got. That wasn't realistic at all. Just like Darvish a few years ago wasn't realistic.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Signing CC isn't about going all in for this year....he is likely to be elite for 5-7 years......
  7. Mike Sixel
    You are trading the certainty of the present, to give up one average FA in years 11-13......because that's what an average FA will cost then. What's more likely, that CC is great for 5-7 years with some value in the next three, or that one average FA will matter to the Twins in years 11, 12, and 13?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Going full on curmudgeon this year?
  9. Mike Sixel
    There is one FA SP that is an ace. he wants 7/210....... There are zero aces available in trade. I get it, I do. But where are you getting an ace?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Or, sign Swanson and deal one of those guys for pitching (not that I love Dansby, to be clear). Or, put Lewis in LF/CF (when Buck is hurt) and Lee at 3B and Miranda at DH/2B/1B. Lots of options here.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    I'm ok with trading for a bad contract, if they don't plan on playing the player. I just think it unlikely. I wonder what Donaldson would be worth on the open market right now? He wasn't all that good last year. Maybe 8-10MM on a bounce back deal? So, ya, eating 60% sounds about right.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Like what? What is the "right cost"? I assume you mean the second tier of players, in which case we agree......but most of those are gone now too.
  13. Mike Sixel
    That's me!
  14. Mike Sixel
    Oh, they'll sign some players......but they are more likely Lynn level than CC level at this point, IMO.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Sorry, missed that part!
  16. Mike Sixel
    they don't have CC or Urshela, and they are better? They better not be trading the player they pick #5. The team doesn't "save for next year". They run year by year. They've said that publicly, and acted that way. I guess you could just give everyone a raise this year, and a lower contract next year? But no team does that....... Which available pitcher do you think is even Morris?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Donaldson is worse than Miranda.....what would you do with him? Plus, man, he'd be mad he was traded back to MN. Hicks is a glass pistol. The ONLY way you trade for either is if NY is giving you one of their top 3 prospects for nothing in return other than cost savings.
  18. Mike Sixel
    There is merit in this, though I'm not sure Mahle is at a low point. They can have him throw and get checked out. But I get your point.
  19. Mike Sixel
    It was a great trade last year. They had the team, it just fell apart with injuries. Now? Now I'd do the reverse for Mahle (I think they can use an option to keep Gray). They don't have Urshela or CC. We know Buxton won't stay healthy. This team has a very nice floor, but the ceiling is way too low, IMO.
  20. Mike Sixel
    He's a great utility player or decent 3B on a team trying to win it all. If he costs any prospects, and your best case scenario is that Lewis plays SS this year at some point, I don't get why I'm giving up prospects? Why give up prospects for a guy you hope doesn't play half the year?
  21. Mike Sixel
    I agree with nearly all of this, except the last part about owners. Every GM acting the same kind of means the boss has an agenda, IMO. Also, I think the Mahle deal was going for it.....but otherwise, yes. Agreed.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I can't see any SP you want to extend for sure at this point. Gray already has an option, IIRC. The rest have had injury concerns.
  23. Mike Sixel
    the only one I want is Tatis.....but I don't think the Padres need to move him yet. Other than that? Yuck. I'd take back big deals to get better prospects when trading....but not just to get expensive players that aren't actually good that I want to keep.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Not "sometimes". Always when it comes to the elite players. That's why they should stop looking at them.
  25. Mike Sixel
    They don't care about the last 5 years.....they wanted to spread the money out. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/why-are-teams-issuing-extremely-long-contracts/ I agree with the premise of the article here and the one I just linked. There was ZERO chance he signs for less than Turner. Zero. Once he signed, the Twins should have pivoted to Bassit and, well, not sure who else. Xander is a much better deal, and I'd have been good with signing him for what he got. The Twins did this with Darvish.....and passed on every great SP last year. They have one, one, long term FA deal to an elite player in the history of their club. I think we have to realize who they are, and they need to also. The team must be built mostly from within, but when they do sign FAs, they need to aim at the second tier and get the ones they want.
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