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  1. Mike Sixel
    If the FO plan was a platoon of 1B only types, that's a terrible plan......in this era of 13 man pitching staffs. I'd still like to see Austin get time in RF, to see what he can or cannot do there. I'm guessing it is Cron, with Sano, Garver, Gonzales all getting a few games here and there at 1B. Duda makes no sense at all on this roster, w/o an injury.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Name another industry where the employees aren't free to move inside the 30 companies for 8-10 years, thereby keeping their wages below fair market value for the beginning of their careers? If you want free market, then they need to be free agents from day one, no draft, no team control. Then we'll see what salaries are. Until then, it isn't a free market.
  3. Mike Sixel
    As posted above, this isn't like other capitalism....the teams depend on each other for their survival as a league. And, Congress has exempted them from certain anti competitive laws. And, like utilities, the barriers to entry are huge. It really isn't the same economic system as other businesses at all, so the conclusion that it should follow the same rules falls apart on its face. As for your CBA paragraph, that's a red herring meant to distract from real possibilities. It's a great technique, but not realistic at all. We agree that minor league players are under paid, but then the owners could just start paying them now if they wanted. They don't. That's on them 100%. The union has not set any price constraints on minor league pay.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Off the topic of politics......I think a pitch clock is needed, but they need to force batters to stay in the box too....no one wants to watch a player adjust his gloves between every pitch. Except maybe the glove companies.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I agree!
  6. Mike Sixel
    The NFL just signed a new deal last year, with huge increases. It may be going down, but not as fast as other viewing is. I see no evidence of a correction yet.
  7. Mike Sixel
    We understand your point clearly. We disagree that owners are more deserving of money than players. I don't know why you keep trying to change my mind.
  8. Mike Sixel
    He's a use case for earlier free agency. Someone would give him a chance, imo.
  9. Mike Sixel
    All I want is pay to grow at the same rate as revenue. And I literally never said what you typed. Not once did I say that. Maybe we could talk about what we say, and not what we didn't say?
  10. Mike Sixel
    He's going to be 28..... He should be in Minnesota, hitting like a top ten or better catcher.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I'm 100% on the players' side. They do all the work. They should get rewarded at least as fast as owner's revenue grows. And, all a salary cap does is put more money in rich owner's hands, rather than player's.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Best one so far!
  13. Mike Sixel
    Twins got a steal with Marwin at 2/21MM right? Keith Law 5:23 Yes.....etc.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Each individual win is way more valuable to an 82-84 win team than to a 95 win team. Way more.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I think this is a decent, but not great, addition. Lots of short term, win now, moves on offense, and very little pitching, which seems odd to me.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I too think they think Sano and Buxton will bounce back. I'm sure that is part of their internal projections. Every company on the planet does projections, it's called planning. The disdain on this site for planning is astounding. Not that you have that, but others do.
  17. Mike Sixel
    It was for the low 80s, IIRC. Projections are most likely outcomes, not the only outcomes that a model spits out (or that might happen). But teams and companies should be built on what you think will happen, not hope...
  18. Mike Sixel
    I couldn't disagree more strongly. All that money did was make the owners more money. I'd rather have the draft pick, 100x out of 100x.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff. It makes the floor high, but the ceiling low.......and hard to upgrade some spots easily.
  20. Mike Sixel
    At least we don't have a rule 5 guy they have no intention of using on the roster this year. I'll not lightly forget how badly teh roster was managed last year (especially since everyone knew Hughes was done.....two pitchers they'd never use on the roster).
  21. Mike Sixel
    Most pitchers in all of baseball don't go six innings in a start.... The average last year was 5.2..... It's on the manager and FO to adjust given that reality.
  22. Mike Sixel
    The alternative being to use the next guy in the minors? Who's probably going to provide negative value?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Is it? I wonder what the average pitcher can do in one inning? Say, 80 percent of the time? Especially if they only pitch one or two innings every other day?
  24. Mike Sixel
    I'll wager it is Cron.
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