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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'm a fan of the Dodgers and Yankees re: RP.....go get a lot of really good ones......Now, the Twins don't have that money, but I'd like 2 RPs that the FO believes in to be added to this roster. Now that they have told Molitor they trust him, he can decide how they are used.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I already posted in this thread it looks like a good non-trade. Other people were posting that all the Twins had to do was "find the next Arrieta" and they'd be good. I was pointing out that was harder than people seem to think.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, that has nothing to do with my post though.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'm arguing that those saying the Twins can win in this window by getting lucky and identifying the "next Arrieta" are fooling themselves. The Twins have tried to go cheap and find diamonds in the rough ever since McPhail left. If they won't spend money and/or trade big time prospects, this isn't happening w/o significant luck.
  5. Mike Sixel
    They've been trying that route for 30 years.....it worked twice. Jack Morris was the highest paid pitcher when the Twins signed him, how'd that work out?
  6. Mike Sixel
    "develop better pitchers" doesn't help next year.
  7. Mike Sixel
    You have to get the playoffs to have any chance of winning them. Better pitching helps with that. If the alternative is Lynn or AA/AAA pitchers that can't strike out hitters, I'd rather have Lynn. Sure, everyone wants an ACE, but it's kind of hard to get those.
  8. Mike Sixel
    why is that the litmus test? shouldn't it be: much better than the other options the Twins have? Otherwise, you are stuck with maybe 3 starters you can trust on the roster, and a bunch of AA/AAA types if you don't sign Darvish or trade for someone better than Berrios....
  9. Mike Sixel
    It's almost like the main point of being 5 inches shorter wasn't even in the post......* *note, I have no idea if that is an exaggeration or not, but it was the actual point.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Clearly the FO looks right here. No disagreements from me. But questioning the Dodgers seems odd, given they are in the WS and have more depth than the Mariana Trench because they didn't trade much.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    What's your realistic suggestion, then? Because they are not winning the Darvish bidding war.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Why is he going to have a hard time bargaining, if the home/away splits are that large?
  13. Mike Sixel
    over 100 days in a row w/o rain this summer.....which was kinda bad, actually.
  14. Mike Sixel
    cool stuff! thanks for doing that.
  15. Mike Sixel
    How does signing a FA pitcher stop them from building the system? Why are those mutually exclusive acts?
  16. Mike Sixel
    I'm with you. I was commenting on Jimmers stance that his results were bad, and I was saying that might have been due to first year back from TJ..... And, I can't see the Twins winning the Darvish or Arrieta sweepstakes. And, I agree, the list of who can help is short.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Way light.
  18. Mike Sixel
    so, pass on anyone the first year back from TJ? That cuts a lot of guys off your list every year.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    mostly myth. The weather here is nicer than MN, until about now. Post season would be a potential issue, but no more so than Denver. though, I'd bet they would build a retractable roof, yes. Also, politically, I don't see how this government puts money into a stadium with all the other stuff going on here.....so unless Phil Knight decides he cares about Portland....
  20. Mike Sixel
    No chance, imo, there are enough businesses here to buy suites, nor do I think the tv market is big enough. Seattle would be bummed for sure, to lose this market, they would want to be compensated. I think Vancouver, BC is actually a good idea. LOTS of money there, LOTS. However, a report came out yesterday that there is a Portland money group working on this..... The stadium would be tough. No one in the city likes going west to the burbs, no one in the far out burbs likes the hippy dippy city. Traffic is awful to the one suburb spot you could do (Hillsboro), and even worse in the city. Supposedly there is a site in the city. It will either be Amazon HQ2 (hahahahaha) or a baseball stadium (hahaha), or condos/apartments/park space. Frankly, this city will have to ban cars in the center part of the city at some point....
  21. Mike Sixel
    They didn't have an English language broadcast for several years also....
  22. Mike Sixel
    this is an off hand comment in a chat, but last year his predictions were decent....(he earlier predicted the Arrieta numbers).... Replacement Level 12:39 If Arrieta is 4/100, what does Darvish get? More years or just more per year? Dave Cameron 12:39 Both 12:40 I'd put Darvish at 7/175.
  23. Mike Sixel
    They literally did not offer salary arbitration to Cliff Lee and 4-6 other good players, and let them all walk. That's when the attendance plummeted, and rightly. Yes, the league ran them the year after the league voted to contract Montreal and MN, and literally had to hire a manager a few weeks before the season, because the FO had fired everyone making money. They also took all the computer equipment and most everything else to Miami, leaving the team with almost no FO, scouts, etc.... It wasn't the fans that betrayed the city/team....
  24. Mike Sixel
    They tried pretty hard to get a veteran DH last year. I expect them to try again. Is there one that can sometimes play 3B, if needed, or RF if needed?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Why would Dozier settle for less than 4 years, 80MM-100MM?
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