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  1. Mike Sixel
    I like the Odo trade, would like it more if they're get some top of the rotation guy (s) too. Not convinced on any others at all.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I'll take that bet. The point is clear. This team has been bad at trading and signing free agents. Coincidentally, that's the only part this FO has control over, since no draft picks or international signings can reasonably be expected to be up yet. But someday they will play for the present. Or sign good free agents. Cruz should be good, but my expectations are pretty low for the rest.
  3. Mike Sixel
    People think Granite is a good hitter? https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=15343&position=OF He put up a 67 wrc+ in his 40 games in MN in 2017. Cave put up a 108 in 108 games. It's not even close on offense.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Recent studies show money is correlated with sustained success. Any team can pop up or down in any year, but few can sustain winning without spending.
  5. Mike Sixel
    The FO and manager chose not to have Astudillo catch. Still boggles the mind. Painfully. I am guessing he starts in AAA, despite good ability. They have good depth, unfortunately it's the top of the pitching staff that is lacking
  6. Mike Sixel
    I think it will be Cave or Austin. But it should be Cave. If it is Austin, someone should ask why he didn't play OF last fall.... Not that this press corps will.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I can't figure out how Granite is on the forty man. If it's him, and not Cave or Reed, I will increase my belief this FO is bad at their jobs.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Not one time in history it was appropriate to trade prospects for MLB players? Or did I not read that right?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Clearly front offices disagree. It's almost impossible to get good prospects in trade right now. If anything, as a group, they are currently over valued, and smart teams should be trading therm for proven players.
  10. Mike Sixel
    didn't you say : Gordon was over-hyped by the fans
  11. Mike Sixel
    Gordon was a top 75 or higher prospect on several lists. I don't think this is about fans......not even a little.
  12. Mike Sixel
    And yet TX, who has no pitching, moved him to RP, and then let him go. I'm sure TX has plenty of data too. Hoping and wishcasting is fine, but let's not pretend that he's likely to become Arrieta. That's super rare.
  13. Mike Sixel
    My main issue is that they aimed low. Again.
  14. Mike Sixel
    This.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I have lost some confidence in Gordon, but to say this is a make or break year is off. He's 22. In AAA. Fangraphs has reasonable confidence in Jeffers staying a catcher. I too hope they are aggressive with both catchers.
  16. Mike Sixel
    They have a plethora of guys in AAA and AA who need a look, because they have one guy under contract past this year. Perez means they will gather less information, all for the upside of a good number five.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Yup, that makes sense. thanks to you and spycake!
  18. Mike Sixel
    why the Marlins won't allow teams to negotiate an extension. that decreases their leverage, and their likely return.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I've been trying to figure out why they'd do this, and can't.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Parker should be replacing the guys behind Pressley......they need 7-8 RPs. IMO, of course.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Buxton is less valuable at 1B, than in CF......the defensive adjustment shows that. You can easily replace Cron/Austin's defense with the other (or Kepler, or Sano or lots of players), but how do you easily replace the defense Buxton supplies? Certainly not with Cron or Austin........
  22. Mike Sixel
    A great set up man, followed by a better catcher, followed by another good RP.....moves aren't in a vacuum. Your question seems to be: should we care they don't add one more good player, if one more good player won't help them win it all. IMO, we should care if they have good players, and are always adding more good players. Maybe in 3 years these guys will matter. In the meantime, the FO decided not to sign FA RPs, and I'm guessing we'll see 3-4 guys throw negative WAR innings, all of which Pressley could have absorbed.
  23. Mike Sixel
    It isn't the money, it's the roster spot, and not gathering information on the four or five guys now behind him. And if four teams were bidding on him, his agent did a bad job getting money.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Given that first base, DH, types barely get paid, and up the middle players get more and aren't out of work as much, I'd hypothesize that teams place more value, and find those players harder too replace.... Which is the point. How hard are they to replace? It's much harder to replace up the middle defenders than first basemen..... Hence, they get an adjustment in the calculation.
  25. Mike Sixel
    They could use a good RP this year, on a team projected to win 82-84 games. When do they play for the present? Take their worst relievers, and replace those innings with Pressley...
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