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  1. Mike Sixel
    I agree......and I share your disappointment, but mine is mild.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I've decided over the years to just assume movies and books are different, and to not judge if they are close to each other in canon. I enjoy more things than I used to, because I don't put my expectations on them. To be clear, this is about judging things like this, not from one movie to another in a series. That said, I'd have liked more analysis also. But that's not the show, so I'll just enjoy it for what it is. Not saying my approach is right or not, it's just how I've changed over the years.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Finished season 2 of Jack Ryan. Generally entertaining tv, if a bit more rambo than the early novels were......which isn't a surprise.
  4. Mike Sixel
    the post said figure out who is good, and trade the rest.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    why is anyone trading for a pitcher that no one thinks will be impact? That part of this argument never makes sense to me....
  6. Mike Sixel
    35-50% is a nearly 50% increase in odds....that would be massive. Massive.
  7. Mike Sixel
    It has pretty much been the philosophy of this FO not to draft pitching early.......
  8. Mike Sixel
    I think a couple AAA minor league deals for veterans will come......and nothing else. I know a lot of people think they can just trade for pitchers at the deadline, but they passed on that opportunity last deadline. And, not many great starters are actually dealt every deadline. 2-4 at most. I'm not sure it is a slam dunk they'll do so if they need to. Right now they are set up for 90-94 wins, I'd think. 95 is the tough spot for the O/U for me. If Buxton is healthy and the young pitchers don't implode, I like the over. If Berrios or Odo gets hurt, or if the young guys aren't good, I like the under....... The starting pitching is high variance right now....
  9. 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.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Fangraphs estimates this is a five WAR gain. Wow.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Surprised and pleased.
  12. 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.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Yes. Yes they have.
  14. 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.
  15. 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?
  16. 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?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Probably monetarily, but he may get to play for a better team now......
  18. 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.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Longoria? The other team would have to pay Minnesota, and send prospects. He's done.
  20. 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....
  21. 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?
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Love this post
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