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  1. Mike Sixel
    Isn't signing Bailey signing a pitcher just to sign a pitcher? Not one person has argued sign someone just to sign someone. Why do people keep throwing up straw men? What track record is there in Minnesota, in three plus years, at this point? I mean, it could all work out, which is pretty much the OPs argument.... Or it might not, which doesn't seem acknowledged.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Fangraphs estimates this is a five WAR gain. Wow.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Surprised and pleased.
  4. Mike Sixel
    10th in the final poll. I would never have predicted that.....never. Nice job everyone. 11th in the too early poll for next year on CBS. wowsers.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Yes. Yes they have.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Sigh. We are talking about multiple years here, right? So, I don't know, Houston when they first got good? I really try hard to have a conversation with you in good faith......Boston did. So did the Cubs. Just not last year, because they already had good / great pitching.
  7. Mike Sixel
    If we judge them based on other team's actions, I assume you would condemn them for not dealing for starting pitching at the last deadline, like the successful teams have?
  8. Mike Sixel
    It's been four years, and they've not added one long term pitching starter to the rotation. You can view that as good, or bad. Up to you. This isn't about one year, never has been. If the other teams are moving backward, what better time to move forward?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Probably monetarily, but he may get to play for a better team now......
  10. Mike Sixel
    As you know, each individual decision can be correct, while the whole can be wrong. The team needs pitching, and it failed to get good pitching. It's like a team in the NFL drafting a QB in every round, because that was the best player available at every pick. Individually you could justify each decision, but not the collection of decisions. You can also have a situation where the deck is stacked against you. It's their job to make it so that players want to come here, whether the deck is stacked against them or not. This off season 4. At some point, if they can't convince any expensive FA to come here, they've failed at fixing the deck to be more in their favor.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Longoria? The other team would have to pay Minnesota, and send prospects. He's done.
  12. Mike Sixel
    It's their job to fix this. If they can't sign one expensive free agent in four years, if their largest deal is for Jason Castro, then they aren't succeeding at party of their job. Note, I said part....
  13. Mike Sixel
    I've been clear for three years, add good long term pitching. They've failed for three years now. Darvish, Corbin, one of six or seven players this year. Stroman and Gallen last trade deadline. Want more names?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Not a fan of the end result at all. But if they won't trade for a guy, and won't sign an expensive player, he's better than nothing. Hopefully. It's also likely he's terrible again.
  15. Mike Sixel
    How about signing one big time FA. Not all in. One. One big time FA. Or, even making one big time trade? one. Not trading the whole farm. Almost no one is arguing that. Really. We don't care what the FO says about adding impact players or not. We care if they actually do add impact players. In a year where they had budget room, and it was the best FA pitching class in decades, and, coincidentally, they needed to add pitching. As for the WS, I want them to be favored in the playoffs because they have a better team. If they lose, sometimes that happens. But I have little interest in winning 90+ games and then getting dominated in the first round of the playoffs as everyone would predict given the rosters. Beating up on the worst division in baseball brings me very little at this point. I understand others disagree, but I don't really find it all that interesting to beat up on two -three of the worst teams in the game.
  16. Mike Sixel
    What they did for him? They've under paid him relative to what he's given them, because they can. This post is mind boggling.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Love this post
  18. Mike Sixel
    I admit to being pleasantly surprised at this news. Cool.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I think that's fair....but the options are dwindling at this point.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Disagreeing it is a failure is different than saying what for 9 months to decide.....those are two very different things. Frankly, I'm disappointed this is on the front page. Make an argument that it isn't a failure, sure. But say that we should use post hoc logic to judge decisions? That's not a good take at all.
  21. Mike Sixel
    that's in the article....and it's the only one announced so far. Which, as has been said, is unusual.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Help me understand, are we not to judge the off season until after the season? If so, that's no way to judge decisions. You can make bad decisions, and things can still work out.....doesn't mean you should repeat those decisions. Seriously, if you drive drunk and don't get hurt, it wasn't a successful decision. So, help me understand. 1. Are you arguing you can only judge things post hoc (which is awful logic)?
  23. Mike Sixel
    People realize the 1960s are fifty years in the past, right? This team has claimed to be in on Cubans all the time, and not signed any in decades.
  24. Mike Sixel
    The moderators deserve a ton of credit for the tone of the site.
  25. Mike Sixel
    The top three could really be in any order, and I wouldn't argue. I prefer Berrios, partly because they have Lewis in the minors....along with lots of corner OFers. But, the contracts Polanco and Kepler signed really up their value......
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