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  1. Mike Sixel
    Cthulu cares not for your offerings.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    I don't know that they sign him, though I would not be opposed. They have Lanarch and Rooker and Wade and Kiriloff, and that's just the ones I think about, there are more. At some point, they'll need to rely on the cheaper options those guys offer, so I'm not sure what they are going to do. If the relationship with Buxton is really broken, I expect he's traded after he has a monster season this year (and we all complain he was traded), Kepler moves to CF, Kiriloff or Lanarch in RF, and Eddie or someone else in LF.....
  3. Mike Sixel
    statcast is that better eye...... It's a boring argument, chief and others have decided they don't trust defensive stats, and no one is going to change his mind. I guess it's possible others will read this thread, and change their mind.....so it isn't worthless overall, but no one is changing chief's mind.
  4. Mike Sixel
    JC: Kimbrel would have a team by now if his agent wasn’t trying to convince teams his 2018 & 2016 didn’t exist & price accordingly Keith Law: Agreed. Also, the last time we saw the guy pitch he couldn’t throw a strike, and his manager used a starter to close out the last game.
  5. Mike Sixel
    this is my feeling as well
  6. Mike Sixel
    I still can't decide what's worse, a cat in the house, or a mouse...... But any plan that sends the cat away sounds like a good plan...... That was the point, right?
  7. Mike Sixel
    I don't think anyone is arguing otherwise. Clearly defensive measures will always be behind offensive ones......
  8. Mike Sixel
    Gordon is 22 and played in AAA last year........I'm willing to give him more time to show what he is, or is not, still..... Lewis is the SS by 2021, I'd guess. Polanco or someone else is at 2B at that point. As for why they let Polanco play SS last year, and not Adrianza.....maybe they were actually investing playing time in the future! It is a nice fantasy of mine that bad teams do that......
  9. Mike Sixel
    I don't think "sadly" means what you think it means......
  10. Mike Sixel
    Sometimes covers are better......
  11. Mike Sixel
    In no way am I arguing Fangraphs' stats are perfect, but to say they are bunk and useless and not any good at all? Seems like teams wouldn't be hiring them then....
  12. Mike Sixel
    "Dan Szymborski: It’s not like I haven’t talked with teams about things, I’ve done something that involved me getting paid for nearly half the teams in baseball (and almost as many agencies)"
  13. Mike Sixel
    Well, a lot of the new execs barely have baseball experience........ Whatever, for some people, no amount of evidence will matter, WAR is dumb, etc.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Then why do they keep hiring the people from there? I really think people are looking for accuracy, in models of human based outcomes, that aren't realistic....
  15. Mike Sixel
    thousands of applicants who know stats? They literally hired the guy that "invented" KATOH, among others. I really don't think we need more data than that, to know that FOs disagree strongly that Fangraphs is bunk.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    Well, to properly use them, you need three years. Not sure your point at all.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I hope they stop wasting precious 25 man spots......
  18. Mike Sixel
    You know....surgery is a last resort. The team was ok with how it was handled, and things went worse than people expected. I don't get how this is on the patient at all......Sometimes, stuff happens, and it isn't anyone's fault. The rush to judge is super sad.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Mauer, Morneau Kubel Oliva In some order. Probably Mauer first for me. I guess to me, brain injuries come first.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Given that nearly every original member is now in a front office, I'd guess teams disagree, strongly.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Hard to believe there are many fifteen year olds left, and even harder to believe if there are, they don't already have verbal deals. But, still, great to get something for a guy Seth compares to Buxton.
  22. Mike Sixel
    The players aren't paid by the minor league teams, so the attendance and ticket prices aren't relevant at all to what they are paid. "take your shot" sounds an awful lot like taking a risk, and how is it different? They invest in coaches, camps, equipment, etc....often on salaries that don't actually cover the costs......it's significantly more risky to them than if a billionaire makes 10MM or 50MM or 100MM or more profit every year on their team.
  23. Mike Sixel
    a player risks not having enough money while he toils underpaid (by the owners) in the minors.....The players do a ton of work, starting as teens, to get there. They and their parents spend a ton of money (and risk it) on investing in camps, and equipment, and other things. As an investment in his future earnings.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    Pretty decent idea, whether the NBA does that or not. I know the NFL has a small performance pool also....... I'd like to see teams that don't make the playoffs get more money in revenue sharing if they win more games....so, there is incentive for everyone to win more games.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Concur on all this.
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