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  1. Mike Sixel
    that's in the article....and it's the only one announced so far. Which, as has been said, is unusual.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Help me understand, are we not to judge the off season until after the season? If so, that's no way to judge decisions. You can make bad decisions, and things can still work out.....doesn't mean you should repeat those decisions. Seriously, if you drive drunk and don't get hurt, it wasn't a successful decision. So, help me understand. 1. Are you arguing you can only judge things post hoc (which is awful logic)?
  3. Mike Sixel
    People realize the 1960s are fifty years in the past, right? This team has claimed to be in on Cubans all the time, and not signed any in decades.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Geek stats by people that never played. Sigh. The best teams are run by those people you insult. Do people really think that measuring things is bad, wrong, evil?
  5. Mike Sixel
    The moderators deserve a ton of credit for the tone of the site.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Attendance tends to lag a year behind whatever the trend is for winning or losing....so this year should be higher.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I find the fact that people are making fun of him sad. But yes, I too laughed uncomfortably......sigh at me.
  8. Mike Sixel
    The top three could really be in any order, and I wouldn't argue. I prefer Berrios, partly because they have Lewis in the minors....along with lots of corner OFers. But, the contracts Polanco and Kepler signed really up their value......
  9. Mike Sixel
    Hmmmm.....Lewis and two near MLB prospects? That seems like one of the most rational trade proposals this site has ever seen. It depends on what the As think of Thorpe, I'd guess.
  10. Mike Sixel
    If they stop running on 2nd and long, and let Cousins play.....I think they have a shot. But if they keep up with this 1974 offense, they will eventually lose to good teams that run better schemes. The OL and the scheme are the weaknesses on this team.... There is a long Twitter thread about what outliers the Vikes are on 2nd and long, and how bad it is for the O.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Mid market teams with multiple very good OF prospects cannot afford to extend a good corner OF. And, Rogers is a RP, at most you go 2 years on a guy like that. Cruz and Rosario and Odo are likely not on this payroll in 2021 and beyond......there is more than enough money to extend Berrios (if he will sign) and Buxton and Sano.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I think I see the problem! We were talking past each other a bit here..... When I responded to your post about $/WAR, I thought you were arguing they couldn't afford Donaldson. That appears not to be the case. What you are saying is that he specifically isn't the FA you'd sign. On that, I'm unsure how I fell one way or the other. I would have preferred pitching any of the last three off seasons, but we aren't getting that. It appears, after three years of needing starting pitching, that the team won't pay for the top end of the market. The question is, then, do I want them to spend that money on other top line players? I would have preferred a Machado (26 years old) but that was never going to happen. That leaves us with this specific choice, now that the only other good FA hitters are outfielders, which this team doesn't need. I would have preferred the less expensive Moustakis if this was the plan, but they didn't do that either. In looking at next year's FA class.......well, I haven't don that much yet. But, from everything you read, it pales compared to this year. So I'm not sure saving that money does much good. To Chief's point, it is easy to say after the fact that random pitchers are better, but who is left for this year that is going to be better than 1 WAR with any level of certainty? I'm mostly indifferent on Donaldson. It would not have been my play at all, but the ship of my plan has sailed for the third straight year. At this point, the question is, now what?
  13. Mike Sixel
    Most posters are saying sign one expensive free agent. Are you suggesting they cannot?
  14. Mike Sixel
    They've said Chalmers has the ability, but there is a lot of downside risk and probability. Iirc
  15. Mike Sixel
    It doesn't need explaining. No one is saying otherwise.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Has anyone argued otherwise? You yourself said that this year they should sign a legit free agent. This is the one that is left. I'm not sure it's sign him, but that about trading for expensive pitching instead.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Given that he hasn't signed, I doubt either team is offering close to the $100MM he's asking for. I have no idea what will happen here.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    No, it's not. Everyone knew they would try to add pitching. It's not even close to the same thing. I do agree with the last part though. I don't think they should lay out their plans in any kind of detail.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Then why does he keep typing it? Of course the other parts matter, but if that's not his point, he should stop typing it over and over.
  20. Mike Sixel
    One of the reasons he left is that ESPN+ was not available in Canada for some reason.....but I'm guessing mostly he's leaving a sinking ship. Good luck to him! If you like reading about sports, the Athletic is the best source I've ever seen. Ever. Now if they would upgrade their chat software......
  21. Mike Sixel
    The players do not make too much money. Either they get it, or the owners.
  22. Mike Sixel
    It is the job of the FO to fix that. And, I'm guessing if they bid the most more often, they'll get someone to come....
  23. Mike Sixel
    I would not have signed Donaldson if they paid that much for a pitcher
  24. Mike Sixel
    Not all five, one of the five. Or the money goes to the owners. Players or owners. I'd rather they add players.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Is Jason Castro the biggest free agent deal for this FO? In four off seasons?
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