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  1. Mike Sixel
    It was less than Turner got. Of course it wasn't realistic at all he'd take less.
  2. Mike Sixel
    More than not having a great players at all? You want great players, you pay. Or somehow develop a bunch at the same time.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea what you are arguing. We both thought they had money to be aggressive the last two years. You said it. You also said they can next year. I'm really confused how we disagree.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I can't think of one good reason not to match it. If you can afford ten 285, you can afford that.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Why is it dumb to pay players? I don't get this. Where should the money go?
  6. Mike Sixel
    That's largely not really a thing. Few players are signed and traded in the same year. Very few.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Right, this is definitely a "ride" not "destination" season. I'm good with that.
  8. Mike Sixel
    They had a payroll of 135 million last year. They have money. ONLY tampa has succeeded at being Tampa. You never talk about Pitt or Cincy or any of the teams that FAIL at that strategy. I've also been very clear now that they've shown they aren't going to seriously compete this coming year, they should deal Gray and Mahle and Kepler. Maybe Polanco. Blow it up and start over. Because playing the middle strategy of not being bad doesn't usually work. You literally said the last two years they SHOULD sign a legit big time player, because they had the money and they had cheap, controllable, players. You just posted you think they should next year. I'm a little confused at this point what your point is. Mine is simple....if you won't play in the deep end, and you expect to have a payroll around 135 MM and you are filled with cheap, pre-arb players, you should be aggressive in the next tier of FAs. Like the second best FA catcher, for example. Which was a good move.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Syndergaard to the Dodgers....rumor has it. So, that's off the table. Also, y'all need an editor. Bassitt was signed a loooooong time ago.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, no way they take an extension mid-year unless it is a TON of money. Also, people here yelled all summer that trading for an injured Mahle was a mistake, now everyone wants to extend him? I'd be good with a Gray extension at this point, like 5 years at 20MM per.....that's what it will likely take.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Archer and Bundy aren't on this roster. If you can get Swanson for 5 years and 90 million, he'd already be signed in ATL or elsewhere. Even 7 years 126.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I don't care about how those other GMs are doing.....And I don't expect 95 wins every year. I'm not sure where anyone said that in this thread. As constructed, do you see this coming year as a legit contender? Even a favorite for the weakest division in sports? I'm not sure I do. And, they lose their two best SPs after this year (or first and third best). I was a major defender of them the last couple years, but they've lost me the last two FA periods. It is clear they won't play in the deep end, and they haven't been aggressive in the next tier of FAs. They haven't won anything as the team becomes more and more their players. They have one elite player and he's not likely to play more than 100 games.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Neither is here past this year. Those are the players you trade in a youth movement. It is one plan or the other....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Thanks, I don't see them signing Rodon to a 6-7 year deal. They passed on EVERY great pitcher last year, despite it being the best FA class ever. And, for less money than Rodon will take..... Eovaldi? Is that really going to make them a great team with no SS? Which OF do you want? I'm not sure any of them are better than their existing options at this point.
  15. Mike Sixel
    If they want to give the youth movement a go, they need to be trading Gray, Mahle, and Kepler. None of them will be here when the youth take this team to greatness.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Like what team? What do you want them to do to be a legit playoff team in the next 2-4 years?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Why is SD paying most of Tatis' contract? Why would you want him if he's not good enough to carry the team (which is your argument for not signing CC)? I'm not sure I understand any of your post. Also, ballplayers pay pro-rated taxes based on where their games are played, so only about 60% (as he'll have to play SD and LAD) of his money is taxed at CA rates. But I doubt that matters much to him. Name a player they Twins should extend like ATL did, please. I'd bet the VAST majority of fans wanted CC signed at that price. VAST. They want winning, exciting, players.
  18. Mike Sixel
    You don't have to pay to get into that bar either......and the selection is likely a lot better and cheaper. And the parking is less. And it is closer to your house.
  19. Mike Sixel
    If the FO thought paying CC less than Turner got was going to work, I have no interest in them being the FO.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Ya, 41 and partly sunny now. I'm out for a bit....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Lots of people said they'd judge the FO after this year.......At what point do results with THEIR players matter? The core of this team is still Buxton, Polanco, Kepler and a bunch of question marks (and Arraez) for position players.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Start the game earlier during the week....lower prices......other than that, what? Why would a casual fan go to a MLB game? Especially for a team they can't even watch on tv and learn about? They are going to have to offer all kinds of special deals, making pre-sales even harder! Because whose going to buy tickets early in the year if they think the team will offer discounts later? I don't envy the sales department right now.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Twins won't even promote guys as aggressively as the Braves when they lose 4-6 OFers.... Not one player on this roster deserves the kind of deals the Braves hand out. Arraez has bad knees. Ryan is a pitcher. That's it among the young players, isn't it? I mean, Jeffers, Gordon, all the pitchers, Larnach, Kiriloff? None of them should get an extension at this point. Lewis hasn't been able to walk / run for two years now.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Pretty sure you missed his point by the distance from the earth to the sun.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I mean, if they lose Gray and Mahle, and sign two of those guys, they are close to running in place, aren't they?
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