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  1. Mike Sixel
    Right. No one noticed his start....
  2. Mike Sixel
    I applaud the effort this front office had made to improve the team. I have no idea what to expect from any of these pitchers, but I am confident we won't see as many terrible starts as recent years. With luck and health, this team should be in the wild card hunt all year.
  3. Mike Sixel
    So much wrong with this post, it hurts the brain.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Teams that tried that last year...... Had worse pitching results. There is a fangraphs article about this.
  5. Mike Sixel
    On topic.... Dozier is really good. I am sure the dodgers regret not offering more for him. He is likely good this year, but age will catch up to him at some point. I would guess he has two good years left after this one, then tails off. I would be good with a two year deal, anything beyond that seems to be too much, given the context of the whole team, and Polanco, Gordon, and Lewis, not to mention others. If Gordon is really good in AAA,I would take the chance of letting Dozier go, if they plan to spend the money on a really good player. But if they don't think they can get such a player, I probably try hard to bring him back. I've been thinking about this more, if Gordon plus others brings back an elite player, I am more inclined to do that than I thought. But that will take him being great in AAA, at which point you have to decide if he's a three WAR player over time.... All in all, good problems to have.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I don't get the Aybar signing. He can't hit or field. I would prefer someone that can do one or both. As for leadership.... They have no rookies, and few second year players. How many "veterans" do they still need? I just hope if kinley is bad, or not trusted, they move on quickly. It's a good roster. Not sure it is great, but it is good.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I'm relatively sure trout is paid for more than OBP. There are many measures of offense that take everything into account. Mauer is decent compared to other first basemen, not in the top half even. Joe was a great player, he's not anymore. I hope the front office puts the best team on the field, and if Mauer is part of that after this year, great. But odds at low, imo.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Morrison is the bridge to the future. Joe is going to have to be at least as good, if not better, than last year to be worth keeping around relative to likely other options, either at DH or first. Morrison outhit Joe last year, look what he got paid
  9. Mike Sixel
    Mauer would be vastly overpaid, compared to other first baseman, at more than around six to eight million. Plus, the team has good replacement in Morrison and maybe Sano, already in the roster. From an in the field perspective, it is hard to see them bringing him back without more hitting. I do like the depth this year a lot. If Rooker moves off of first, I don't love the prospects as much as others. But, first basemen seem findable....
  10. Mike Sixel
    Service time manipulation happens less with pitchers, since they have injury issues more often, and they, generally, lose pitching velocity younger than most think. That said, I doubt he makes the roster out of the gate for many other reasons.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I do think this is a tough decision. But, I think he will be good for three more years, so if they can agree on that length, I do it. Even with the MI depth. Unless they are going to spend that in big time pitching, I don't know where else the money will even go.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Tony left off the part where he's just not good at his job.... How is it tanking? If you are a bad team, and you can't make the playoffs, how is it not just smart business not to sign mediocre players with little upside? If only the local team had realized this, and acted differently..... A floor helps no one. Raising the minimum does. Paying minor league players does. But a floor does nothing.
  13. Mike Sixel
    You don't need a great 2b or superstar CF either. But it sure helps to have great players..... I'm not sure how this is controversial
  14. Mike Sixel
    That money is spent if he is in Minnesota or not. For a million more, they can have guys with options on the roster.. .
  15. Mike Sixel
    Dang, maybe I should not have tossed it when we moved!
  16. Mike Sixel
    Three years of being terrible...I can't imagine I would have liked the timing ever. One year? Sure.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I had a Willie Banks autographed baseball. I was sure it would be worth a ton of money....
  18. Mike Sixel
    What's iTunes?
  19. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff, sir. I doubt most teams expect him to be that good, or he'd have gone for a lot more. Let's hope they are all wrong.
  20. Mike Sixel
    He's a good player, imo, and fans probably don't appreciate him enough yet.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Agreed. Bad teams should play high variable players. I am guessing Japan or Rochester for Vargas. For your sanity, y'all might want to take a deep breath on Rooker. I like him, but he's not a sure thing imo.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Spotify checks all the boxes the Oracle of Omaha would tell us to check.... So probably.
  23. Mike Sixel
    If he is great again, I predict three years at fifteen a year.
  24. Mike Sixel
    They aren't cutting commercials.
  25. Mike Sixel
    No surprise at all. Good luck to him, I hope he goes the jackpot!
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