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  1. Mike Sixel
    Agreed. But I still give him a shot.
  2. Mike Sixel
    There seems to be some confusion here...... Understanding does not equal condoning. I don't know how to make this more clear.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Yes, and? Also not sure he's made generations of money yet, regardless of how it compares to your wages.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'd give him the first shot.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Fair. And I would not do it. But I also am not from a poor nation, with an entire family to support, maybe for generations. But fair.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Agreed.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I actually said none of that....but nice straw man. I said it was easy to sit back and pass judgement on someone, when none of us are in the same position. I never said he had the right to do this, nor did I say that he should not be punished, since these are the rules.....never once did I say anything you just typed. OTOH, I do think it is a stupid rule that should go away, but that is a different discussion that has nothing to do with the post you quoted.
  8. Mike Sixel
    It's pretty easy to sit back at your computer and say that people trying to preserve their (and their family's....many from poor countries, oddly coincidentally) future should just not do everything in their power to do so....you aren't at jeopardy of losing millions of dollars. As if Tom Kelly didn't throw away syringes back in the day.....teams know. They only care when players get caught. Thinking otherwise seems naive to me.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Disagree. The team has plenty of money to pay him....this team control thing is something we've all fallen for. Team control is code for "keep paying him less than he's worth." That said, he's not ready, and I'm one of his biggest supporters here...
  10. Mike Sixel
    How bad would he have to be to be cooked? He was bad. Not good. He's not even a good backup, let alone starter.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Agree they are stupid. But they are the rules.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Aybar is not good. This is bad. We just can't have nice things as Minnesota fans
  13. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, but things change when you are in the majors.....so while scouting helps, it isn't fully predictive. Either way, he's the backup this year and we'll know a lot more in 6 months than we do now.
  14. Mike Sixel
    We won't really know much about Garver's defense for a couple of years, unless it is truly atrocious. But in general, unless you have an elite hitter back there, I agree.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I say start the best player, in the best context. Garver can flat out hit minor league pitching. Let's give him a real shot this year.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Which prospects are they protecting? Not opposed, just seems like other positions are bigger needs. That said, if they like him a lot, great.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Yes to all of that. Well, except reading the minds of other players. But yes, scoops and stretches are in there. If we all watched every game, we'd see how infrequently stretches happen, and how most first basemen make the plays most every time. At least that's what I've read on line, I've certainly not watched every game. This is not to disparage Mauer, he is definitely very good on defense. It's just that the gap is much smaller than we think between good and bad defense at first. Mauer is a good player, the question is how long that will last, and what it costs to pay him, and have a roster spot, compared to other options.
  18. Mike Sixel
    It's almost like defensive stats aren't out there to look at.... He's very good, but the delta on runs saved for first basemen is tiny compared to other positions. Tiny.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Spring training stats vs his minor league career and scouting? I hope not.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I am a Garver believer. Free Garver!
  21. Mike Sixel
    Gordon is in the top 100 prospects nationally, yet is constantly discredited on this site. Never got that. As for defense, I was thinking about this in the shower this morning.... you're welcome for the visual....as athletes get bigger and faster, they will cover more of the field, just as basketball players do the court. Defensive deltas will therefore shrink, because the field is effectively smaller. That's my theory
  22. Mike Sixel
    Plus it is possible teams are finally figuring out $/WAR should not be linear....meaning the correction for 1-2 WAR players is real. At least under this CBA.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Morrison didn't......
  24. Mike Sixel
    Or, he starts in AA apparently.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Rooker has to move slowly. Which I think is likely. Joe has to be at least as good as last year, which still saw him as a below median 1B, but not by a lot. I think this is fifty fifty. Joe has to take a huge pay cut. I think this is likely. No right handed DH or first baseman is available that is clearly better. Very likely. Sano can stay at third. Very likely. By my math, that makes it around forty percent.
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