Mike Sixel
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The money isn't crazy. There are like twenty humans on the planet that are Ace pitchers. They should be paid well, given the revenue they help produce.
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What's your better plan? He's not signing a two year deal. Who is the better pitcher, that is available that this team can sign?
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And which free agent that they can afford will be the best over there next three or four, in your mind?
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How will signing a guy past 2 years hinder keeping the core? Odo will be gone, Cruz will be gone. Rosario will likely be gone, if not in 21, then in 22. Of the core, only Buxton, Sano, and Berrios will need signing in the next two-three years (you aren't extending a catcher that can't be a free agent until he's 31 any time soon).
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How well does signing bad free agents work, or only relying on the draft? Great teams acquire players using all the different channels. Philly wasn't drafting well. Rather than wait for that to be fixed, they spent money. The alternative is the money goes to the owners. I don't get the downside here, from a fan's perspective. Clearly their contract to Harper (which paid for itself in increased ticket sales) and Realmuto did not stop them from being able to sign Wheeler, so they didn't cost them financial flexibility. What should the Phillies have done? Punted on last year and this year, and not tried to get better?
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I really thought Pineda would get three years, and more money.... From someone else. A pleasant surprise that he's back.
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Correct. In other words, Eddie is a nice player, but not overly valuable in the trade market... Pham is a much better hitter, much.
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I've never said they should always operate at a minimum profit. Not one time. I've said they should occasionally go all in. You yourself said you would also like them to do so... But you don't expect it. Which is also what I've said.
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What I've said is they shouldn't buy tickets if the team is bad, but that it is up them. They should be disappointed with the team if they are good, and cut the budget, and consider not giving the team money. I've said that at times, not always, not every year, they should be willing to bump the payroll and potentially make less profit to win more games, potentially. I'll never tell another fan how to be a fan, that's up to them. But I don't get why a fan wouldn't want the team to go all in occasionally..... Again, asking workers who aren't billionaires to give up wages is very different than asking owners to take less profit. And, I'm a fan asking owners to do this, not an owner asking employees to do something. And, in the NFL, there are instances of players taking less money so other players can be signed.... So it does actually happen. But that's a decision an individual gets to make, just as the owner can decide to make more or less profit. I've never once said the owners shouldn't make money. ..
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This shows what the market would value Rosario... I love this trade for the Padres.
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Passan: Twins to Sign Catcher Alex Avila
Mike Sixel replied to Tom Froemming's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Nice backup signing. And thankfully they saved money. -
I agree we will see another move, I'm hoping for a really good pitcher still....
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In any other year, they don't need four starters. It's a good move, but they need another. Unless people think the minors are three deep in starters....
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Why do players sign in California?
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Development takes time.... Which is fine if your hitters aren't ready....
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So, three guys that are no longer on the roster?
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It's going to be hard to find an elite pitcher in trade. When other teams have done it, they've usually acquired them as minor league players, and helped them become elite. The Twins don't have time for that in 2020........ Pretty much scratch off any playoff team, and any team that wants to be a playoff team (Angels, Reds, AZ, White Sox, among others) in the next year or two..... Who does that leave to trade with, and what great pitcher do they have that the Twins can feel confident about pitching well in 2020?
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No one has ever said that it guaranteed anything. That is a straw man. How well do teams that avoid big contacts do in the playoffs?
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Morosi: Twins Showing Interest in Yohsitomo Tsutsugo
Mike Sixel replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Concur. and you should post more...... -
I'm asking billionaire owners to make less profit.....not (likely underpaid) workers to give up wages that they need to pay their bills. I'm not sure how those two things are comparable at all. Not even a little. And, again, I'm a fan....I'm speaking for what I want as a fan. Not an owner. Not an employee. Not a player. A fan. As for Disney, if they stopped investing in good movies, and put out bad movies, I'd stop watching them. Since the TWins have failed at drafting and developing or trading for starting pitchers, and since they are in contention, I'm asking them to sign some FA pitchers, a stance you agree with. If they won't pay what other teams pay, then the product probably won't be good. This isn't the movie business, or food business....there are only a few hundred human beings that can play baseball at an elite level. If you want an elite team, you have to have some of those elite players.
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Well, we all know it has plenty of value. Can you show me US based professional team that has gone bankrupt, or sold for less than a huge profit? Like, in the NFL, NBA, or MLB? I hope you aren't trying to argue this team has not gone up in value.
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I'm all in on extended netting. Goof for them.
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Players aren't billionaires who literally don't need income from baseball for their families to be set for generations for one thing. Players do the actual work for another. And, I don't get what I'm not communicating well here....... They can choose to run their business however they want. But as a fan, I don't care if they make money. I care if they win and entertain. I've said it over and over, it's their business. They can run it however they want. But as a fan, I want winning more than profits. I don't understand how any fan would feel differently. And, what I want is not the same as what I expect......
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Ford isn't in the baseball business. I was pretty clear, they probably do well in making profit, which is their right. They aren't doing so well in the winning business. I guess Ford could build cars that weren't as good, and try to make more money...... I'm not any more/less biased than other fans. I'd rather the team win more, than make more money. If a fan cares more that the owners make the money they "should", that's cool with me. But I have no rooting interest in the owners making money or not, but I do in winning and entertainment. I've been pretty clear, it is their right to choose to make more or less profit......I guess I don't understand why a fan would care how much that profit is, over caring how much the team wins....but I'm ok if there are fans that do. It's not like they are losing money....it's not like if they started not making enough profit year over year they couldn't find a buyer and make large profits.....all I'm saying is that as a fan, I'd rather they win more, and make less money. Are people Ford fans, like they are Twins' fans? Do they keep buying bad Fords, because they are fans? Do Ford buyers care if Ford makes money, or if they make good cars? Because I'm not an owner, I'm a fan. It would be irrational for me to care more about the owners making money than winning games, but then, all fandom is irrational.
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Correct....way too early to judge this off season.
