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  1. Mike Sixel
    I love how Carole and nick liked my post as I completely changed it......
  2. Mike Sixel
    Kepler put up 2.6 WAR last year, and people aren't sure he should be playing, but they love the Cron signing. My head hurts.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather just sign some FA RPs. So, probably nothing. but, if the FO thinks Cano can play 2B for a few more years and be a top DH after that (or 1B), then I wouldn't kill them for dealing for him. Gordon, Gonsalves, Austin, Kepler should do it, I'd think.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Overwhelmingly is not completely. Nor am I saying they have to sign the top FA.....how about not the cheap, 1 year types? How about aiming somewhat higher than that? Houston, Boston, NYY.....they are not totally home grown. Or the Cubs. Or likely playoff team Philly. It's fine if you all want to wait on prospects, but then trade off every veteran. Because this minor league system isn't close to producing MLB help right now. The odds of a prospect working out are even lower than a FA working out, aren't they? Like, 1 in how many tens or hundreds? I keep loving how people are ripping the Darvish deal, while at the same time praising the FO for being 2nd highest bidders. Clearly the FO disagrees, or they weren't really trying for Davish.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Many of us predicted Santana would be a non factor. That wasn't all that hard to see. Not one FA move was a needle mover. None was for more than 2 years. So while they were fine, none were truly meaningful, even if they had worked out. Do you really think either Lewis or Kiriiloff will be here in the next year? That seems, I'm going to say, unlikely.
  6. Mike Sixel
    JJ: If MLB expands, those 2 cities should be: ________ Keith Law: If MLB expands, they should put part of the expansion fees into building stadiums in the new markets. Portland, OR, and Austin have long been the two best answers to that question, but I’d bet neither electorate would support public funding for a stadium.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Unfortunately they did not go get Paxton.
  8. Mike Sixel
    so, punt on having another great pitcher for how many more years? Which guy is coming that you have lots of confidence in? Because most of the ranking sites love their hitting a lot more than pitching. houston traded for 2. The yankees are about to sign another FA after trading for one. boston? trades and FAs. the Angels signed the best international one available. Philly? FA and early picks. Twins have decided not to use high picks on a SP with this FO so far, do you think that will change? If so, why would you think that? Most of the rest of the league doesn't have great starters, that's why they cost so much in money or trade.
  9. Mike Sixel
    how do you plan to get great pitching, if you won't trade top prospects, or sign guys to long term deals?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Other than you could get actual MLB value out of him more likely, as opposed to continuing to hope. I don't know what I'd do in this particular case, but this team, and other teams, try so hard to make starters out of guys that will never be that, they lose out on a lot of good RPs, imo. Oh, and those players lose out on money, since they have failed careers.
  11. Mike Sixel
    you'd rather have 6 years of an unknown commodity, than 3 of one of the best pitchers on the planet? And, others won't sign SP to long term deals, where, exactly, do people expect to find great pitchers?
  12. Mike Sixel
    If they tender Grossman, I will seriously question why they have their jobs. He does one thing well, and it isn't all that valuable. And, it is cancelled out by how terrible he is in the field. It would make no sense at all to keep him around.
  13. Mike Sixel
    From a news post today.... Today looks like a big day in the drive for major league baseball in our town, as the Portland Diamond Project is set to announce that it's secured land rights for a stadium site--rumored to be the Port of Portland's Terminal Two along NW Front Avenue, a mile or so downriver from the Fremont Bridge. Nice setting, underused expanse, but it's a mile or more away from MAX. Maybe the Frog Ferry could have a stop there
  14. Mike Sixel
    Yup. Pretty easy decisions. Thanks Seth
  15. Mike Sixel
    According to one of the fangraphs writers, some teams don't think you don't need a left handed starter at all. Advanced teams
  16. Mike Sixel
    He was not a good starter in the minors. He's finally succeeding, and people want to change that. I don't agree.
  17. Mike Sixel
    my thought on Astudillo.......give him a shot to prove us right or wrong. That is what other teams seem to do, trust results and see if they stick.
  18. Mike Sixel
    If you need a LHP starter for some reason, you have Mejia.....I wouldn't move Rogers in a million years. He's doing what he should be.
  19. Mike Sixel
    That's not how it works........plays in the OF are MUCH more difficult than plays at 1B. The data is clear, there just isn't much difference between ok defense at 1B, and great defense at first, but there are huge discrepancies in the OF.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Your argument seemed to be they'd still have holes, this year.....which is true. If he's great for years to come, they should be able to fill those holes. If not, then it doesn't matter if they sign him or not, if they still have that many holes 2-3 years from now, this team will be bad. So maybe I didn't read your post correctly. They can afford as many players as they want, it depends on how much profit they want to make. Atlanta made 100 million last year, with a similar payroll and tv deal......so there is money to be spent if they want to. Would it be a massive percent paid to one player? Yes. Does that mean they can't find ways to make it work? Imo, no. But, I understand the counter argument, especially based on what they are likely to do, vs what they could do.
  21. Mike Sixel
    no one, I don't think, is arguing to move him there full time......but to have him in a rotation of Sano, Austin, Garver, Astudillo, Kepler, and now Cron.....because sometimes you want people to rest....and because sometimes you want others in the OF so he can "rest". Plus, he's 25.....why do people think this is his offense going forward? Sometimes you might want to pinch hit, and he might move to 1B. But, imo, now that Cron is here, it's very likely that he's the full time 1B, and this is moot.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I hope they are making decsions based on the future, not past.......this team isn't winning squat if Buxton isn't great and playing. Cron and Cave combined can't produce what a great Buxton can. And, if Buxton is bad, those two can't produce enough to make up for it....not for a playoff team.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Well, he's going to be great for years....not just 1-2. I don't understand this argument at all. And, they'd have money to spend still. Just not a ton. That said, he's not coming here, because they'd never offer him what other teams will. Which is certainly defendable.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I like how people believe in Cron, but have decided a much younger Kepler is a finished product offensively.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    the median start in the majors last year was 5.1 innings......starters don't go long anymore. They just don't.
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