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  1. Mike Sixel
    Winning sells tickets, everything else is just side dressing. That's very clear from all the data out there. I don't know if they are planning to sell many tickets. it's actually the previous year's record that most predicts the current year's ticket sales.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Trades, even promotions from within would count for me, if they weren't on the roster the previous year. But yes, there aren't many FAs that are young, and there will be less and less.
  3. Mike Sixel
    there go 2 Twins' wins.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I was thinking another thought on RPs.... it is possible they have some major changes they want to make in what the RPs are doing, and they are going to implement that this year, meaning they need 1-3 months to get the guys "changed" to the new way, whatever that way is. That might be one reason to hold them all back from even having a chance. The risk, of course, is that these guys have achieved what success they have by doing something they way they do it now. But, given the lack of development here the last few years, that would be a risk I'd take if I was the FO. Of course, we have no idea if that's really true, just a theory I have.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Hmmm. You could be right, but I bet we wouldn't have to look hard to find players under 29 added to teams every off season. But, I could be wrong, and you could be right.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I've not argued the team isn't young, I've argued that they concentrated on adding older players with no upside beyond this year. Hope that is clear. In addition, they offered more money to a 30 something DH than any other team. I really think they are trying hard not to stink this year.
  7. Mike Sixel
    which RP got a chance this ST, other than Chargois? Signing the vets pretty much meant that the young guys didn't get a chance, imo. And, maybe NONE of them deserved a chance. That might be the problem here, not one of their AA or AAA RP arms even deserved a chance to make the roster. If so, maybe they should be out there signing guys younger than 36, because if the pipeline is so dry that none of them even deserve a shot, that's not good.
  8. Mike Sixel
    not on the list on ESPN that calculates the age of the roster......
  9. Mike Sixel
    Well, they didn't take flyers on guys with upside, look at those ages. Also, I don't agree, which is cool. I would have had Chargois on the roster. At some point, you have to take some risks. It is clearly a difference in philosophy. I would have traded Dozier and put Polanco in his stead, not sure who my backup INF is, that might have made the roster older, I don't know, but the starters would have been younger. I would have traded ESan, and replaced him with Berrios or Mejia as my plan. I would have tried a flyer on a younger RP than 36 years old. At what point does not bringing up young RPs turn from "it's a stop gap" to "it's not the plan"? I am asking a question, because I think three years into not really doing it, it seems to be a plan that is continuing. I'm not even sure any young RP had a shot, other than Chargois. Did they give any young RP a chance?
  10. Mike Sixel
    I'm kind of interested in the 25 man roster, not the 40 man. Here is who they added: Belisle 36 Breslow (not on the 40 man list....) 36 Gimenez (also not on their 40 man list) 34 Haley 25 Castro 29 So, until the data is updated, it's kind of hard to take it as useful right now. I guess people can keep saying this makes sense for a 103 loss team, but we'll just disagree. As for the age of the inherited players, well, I'm kind of interested in what this FO is doing...not as much the past.
  11. Mike Sixel
    trading Santana and putting Mejia or Berrios in his place as the plan would have made them older? Let me be more clear, the people this FO added are older players, not younger players. I'm not sure how I failed to make that clear, but hopefully now I have. This FO added older players, not younger players. And they tried to sign a 30 something DH, to make it even older.
  12. Mike Sixel
    So, it is like FTE at work? 12 employees working 75% of the time is only 8 FTE? cool!
  13. Mike Sixel
    I was responding to the comments that they didn't get younger, nothing more or less than that. a 103 loss team got older, not younger. The youth on this roster were all inherited. that's all that post was about.
  14. Mike Sixel
    better than on your monitor, or so I'm led to believe.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I can't see the OF thing happening, they have Grossman and Santana on the roster. Who would that additional OF replace? It is certainly possible they are working on a Haley trade, but if so, why announce moves now?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Don't most regulars play around 150-155 games? do other teams bench starters more than that, to keep guys on the bench fresh? I actually don't know, hence the question. I assumed you meant he'd be benched a lot more than that.
  17. Mike Sixel
    You know, meeting expectations is sometimes negative....
  18. Mike Sixel
    actually, according to new research on ESPN (insider required, I think), tearing down to the studs and losing a lot does help.
  19. Mike Sixel
    why do the have to get other guys playing time? Help me out here. I'd say your numbers are about correct.
  20. Mike Sixel
    But, like DanSan, he can play multiple positions. So, um, yay.
  21. Mike Sixel
    if that was their plan, they would have traded Dozier, no? They would have traded ESan, no? I don't see evidence of a tear down and rebuild at all.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Only 47 qualified hitters hit .287 or higher last year. I'd be thrilled if Polanco was in that group, and played decent enough SS.
  23. Mike Sixel
    And do you really want them making cuts/changes after 2 weeks of data? If so, why not just start with those guys?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Let's recall, just 20 or 30 days ago, they DFA'd Park. In some ways, not letting ST change their mind is good... As for not getting younger, Berrios and Chargois and Murphy are off the roster, two of whom were replaced by older players that won't be here in 2 years, maybe 1, maybe only a few months. Here is who they added: Castro, Gimenez, Belisle, Breslow, Haley, Mejia. I don't think Gimenez, Belisle, and Breslow will be on the next good team this team fields. They aren't exactly young. Castro might be, but he's not spring chicken (to be clear, I like the signing, but he will be a backup in 2 years probably). Haley is the annual rule V pick that can't be cut no matter how bad he is, even if there are guys in the minors about as good. We can hope that this time it turns out. Mejia is the one young guy they really added, but his upside is number 4 starter, more likely he is a nice innings eater and a 4/5. So, where is the upside? Where are the risks? Where did they get younger? The fact that they are young has nothing to do with this FO, they inherited a young team. Where did this FO take a risk on a young player with upside?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Somehow I am out of likes for the day. Now, I know that's not possible, since it is only 721 am here.....
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