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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'd move Stewart to relief, and see what happens. I think he'd be quite successful there. Mejia should be the fifth starter, unless they bring in more pitching. Gonsalves and others are AAA depth to start the year.
  2. Mike Sixel
    If Garver is a catcher, I hope he's the main catcher. He can actually hit.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I've suggested moving him to 1B, RF, and DH since last fall. Then they acquired Cron. So I'm guessing he's a catcher.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Then don't sign him. This does not fix anything meaningful. Or sign him, but trade Gibson. Because they aren't doing anything meaningful.
  5. Mike Sixel
    He's on the forty man? It's now full? I am unsure of the plan.
  6. Mike Sixel
    It's for one year. What does this actually help with?
  7. Mike Sixel
    Spending wisely to win 75-80 games does nothing for me as a fan. Nothing. Nothing they've done adds to the long term viability of them winning either. If they are't going to try, trade Gibson for real minor league assets. Not adding any long term assets means you have the same issues next year. Right now, this FO looks like the last FO.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Agreed....but what did they do last year, after Buxton and Sano were good? 1-2 year deals, meh trade. We'll see, but what do you think will happen? And, I'm only reacting to this deal, another 1 year deal that does nothing for the future at all. Nothing.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Pesky alternative minimum tax stopped me from selling more when we bought the house. Now I kind of wish I had just done it. Oh well.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Sano and Buxton were really good in 2016. The FO went out and spent a lot of money, but none of it on big time FAs, no big trades were made, and most of the contracts were 1-2 year deal. So, if they see Buxton and Sano be great this year, what can we expect? Also, another year will be lost.
  11. Mike Sixel
    This. All the moves look good in a vacuum, but we don't live in a vacuum. In context of the other moves, you end up with 5-10 holes every year, because you refuse to acquire long term help.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Oh boy! a 1 year deal.....they really know how to build for the long term!
  13. Mike Sixel
    Agreed
  14. Mike Sixel
    ESan missing the year was 100% predictable. Were they in on Darvish, because I keep reading how stupid that deal was.....that signing him was a bad idea. They could have called up Astudillo earlier to catch, they didn't. Then when they did, he didn't catch. This isn't just about bad luck. Oh, and lots of people said they should acquire another OF, in case Buxton or Kepler or Rosario wasn't good. They weren't close on Ohtani. They signed a bunch of 1 year deals, and a guy that they knew wouldn't play last year. They did nothing to fix this year, last year (well, maybe Austin, but they just signed his doppleganger).
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'm not a Cron guy......my objection is much more about opportunity cost in acquiring pitching. And, ya, I got the defense wrong!
  16. Mike Sixel
    I'd still rather have SP and RP and a SS or 2B, even a flex 3B/SS/1B (not sure there is one other than Machado)
  17. Mike Sixel
    I'd 200% much rather that money be spent on RP and SP and MI than a DH only player at this point of the rebuild. Not sure what happened there that I pressed the 2, but it works.
  18. Mike Sixel
    This team wasn't winning doodoo last year, trading off guys made sense. I don't know how anyone can disagree with that. That said, I don't have any confidence any of the guys they got will ever help. So far, I've not been impressed with any moves by this FO, other than Castro and the first round draft picks (which, they could have chosen any one of five players first overall and I'd be impressed, so that accomplishment isn't all that).
  19. Mike Sixel
    This is the exact kind of player you want on your bench. Good at multiple positions defensively, and adequate on offense. The bad part is when your regulars play like this.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Odd stance. I'd rather they win, and be trading for more help at the deadline, so, like, the literal opposite of what you posted.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I've never disagreed that revenue matters or not. Never. Not one time. I've never asked them to spend as much as Boston or NYY or whatever. Never. But TB doesn't win anything because they never trade for MLB talent, or sign FAs. Which is what I'm asking the Twins to do. The Twins spent 125MM or whatever last year. They have less than 50MM committed after 2019. They have plenty of money to bring in long term assets. Only signing players to 1 year deals means you have to fill those holes again and again and again. Signing great players to longer deals means that if Sano and Buxton are good, you have something when Kiriloff joins them, or Lewis. Or, you can never add great players, even when you have tens of millions of dollars of self imposed cap space, until the stars perfectly align and the team is already championships caliber (by never trading prospects or spending big), and they only need 1 more piece. That, of course, rarely happens for any team.
  22. Mike Sixel
    If it is a series of 1 year deals again, I can't wait for Portland to get a team.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Couldn't blame him for going
  24. Mike Sixel
    Nope. It says at least try to add some great players. No place does it say sell the whole future. As opposed to posters who want all the stars to assign before adding expensive players from outside.
  25. Mike Sixel
    No one is saying sell the whole farm, or go all in. No one. But there are aggressive moves that can be made. Rather than wait another year or three.
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