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  1. Mike Sixel
    My plan was to add an OF that can also DH. Which I meant to add above, but I thought it was implied from my previous posts in this thread.... And, Garver is my nearly full time 1B, and Astudillo is my backup catcher. mostly. Some flexibility there. And, if Sano isn't great, all this is moot anyway, so he's DH some to rest him.
  2. Mike Sixel
    they have an off season budget, are they going over it, and keeping Cron around until they cut him later? That seems unlikely to me. Not how I imagine anyone running a business.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Depends.....if I think I can spend the money better on adding RP and SP, I probably roll the dice and play Austin, Kepler, Sano, Astudillo, Garver at 1B/DH when they aren't playing other positions.......it isn't as easy as choosing between those players, you also have to consider that there are only 25 roster spots, some players have options, and there are budget constraints. Would you rather have Eovaldi or Corbin, or the next best pitcher that you can get for $5MM less than one of those two?
  4. Mike Sixel
    Austin, Kepler, Garver, Sano, Astudillo.....that's what I've said all off season.
  5. Mike Sixel
    They have about 30-40MM in money available, give or take. $5MM is somewhere between 12 and 17 percent of their entire FA budget. Give or take. And, they should have cut Grossman anyway, and added $4MM to their FA budget, that's a 10-15% increase in budget.
  6. Mike Sixel
    You don't think that $5MM is now spent, and coming off what they would spend on other FAs or trades? I do. so, it's not just not signing another 1bDH, it's not spending that $5MM someplace else too.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I need a lot more stats than that, plus playing time, plus positional options to make any comment. Oh, and age, and if there are options left.....lots more data.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Rosario, Buxton, Cave, Kepler, Austin, Cron are all VERY likely to be on this team in April. It seems hard to believe they'll add another OF. I would have preferred another OF, since I have doubts about EVERY single name there.......you seem to think they will still add another OF. If not 5, who from the above is not on the roster? And, how do you have all those players, and Austidillo and Gaver and Castro on the roster at the same time?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Or, they could spend $5MM more on their preferred SP.......
  10. Mike Sixel
    So, 5 OF and two 1B/DH only players are on your roster? That seems unlikely. Odds Cron outhits Austidillo, and outplays him at catcher, 1B, 2B, OF?
  11. Mike Sixel
    While I am not sure I am in love with the move, I would have preferred another OF, and for Austin, Kepler, new OF, Cave, Sano to all play in the field and DH. Now they have two DH/1B only players on the roster. Which, imo, doesn't make much sense for a "meh" team to do.......so, as I think about it more, I like it less. This is not the Brewers bringing in more OF (that can play LF, RF, DH, even 1B in a pinch)......it's much less flexible than that. I would bet that Cron outhits Austin, if pressed, so there's that. Maybe Austin is gone. But, I'm not sure that 4.5MM difference is worth it, to a team that watches every penny.
  12. Mike Sixel
    They have a player that many say will be better next year. And, maybe they want to open room for their hybrid player to play 1B sometimes too. Also, maybe they'll spend the money they save. Oh, and they won 90 games last year........in the hardest division in the sport. They must be doing something right.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    This is my major question.....they clearly could use that money on better RP, or to acquire a better SP. Or maybe a SS or 2B. But they used it on a 1B/DH, who might not be better than their current options by much, if at all. But, I still endorse it, unless it somehow stops them from doing other stuff.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Grossman is terrible at MLB. His OBP does nothing, given it is all walks and singles, and he can't play defense. There is no reason for him to be on this roster. The math is clear, adding OBP players only works if you add lots of them.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    Austin gets a "pass" because he's on the roster, and you can only add so many players. Preferably some that move the needle quite a bit......
  16. Mike Sixel
    seems unlikely they are aggressive with Rooker now.........so maybe he's not the best pick ever....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Also this.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    I'm ok with this move, assuming they, you know, add more players.......he put up 2 WAR last year. That's probably a good number to expect again, and this team isn't swimming in players. Is it sexy and needle moving? Meh. Are they probably better? ya, a bit.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I'd make him a RP
  20. Mike Sixel
    This is so obvious it's hard to understand why this is controversial.
  21. Mike Sixel
    The risk is keeping good players off the 25 man roster for a year. Contending teams probably shouldn't hamstring their manager that way.
  22. Mike Sixel
    how about both? I don't think anyone, here or anywhere, has said don't improve drafting and developing players. No one. Not one person. I don't even know why we are having this conversation, of course they can't afford Tyler Jay and Kohl Stewart type outcomes any more. That's pretty much assumed, and has nothing to do with signing FAs or trading for players (either direction, acquiring minor or major league talent). If we want, we can start a thread about improving drafting.....and developing....and coaching.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I was talking about MN.......of course you need to develop players, but you also need to sign FAs and make trades for long term assets, not just rentals, and not just 1 year deals.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I would if I was years from contending. Why not? At one point, he was a "lock" to be "at least a late inning RP". This is exactly the kind of risk a rebuilding team should take, imo.
  25. Mike Sixel
    it is certainly possible they are bad bets.....but how has relying on the farm system worked out? Worse results, I'd argue. It's kind of like when you read how RPs are a bad FA investment, w/o anyone ever contemplating how bad those results would be with the next AAA pitcher coming up and taking innings.....If we care more about efficiency than effectiveness, it's hard to see them ever going in on a legit FA signing that changes the team in any meaningful way, without major luck.
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