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  1. Mike Sixel
    They'll have to start using some first round picks on pitching.... Tampa does.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Been trying to get this team to trade for Gray since they didn't draft him....
  3. Mike Sixel
    I take back my earlier post, they need 5 open spots, right? two starting pitchers, a catcher, a first baseman, and a RP.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I guess we will just differ on whether helping Odo get better proves they can do this again or not. And the utter failure of Perez, who they targeted, liked, signed, and tried to fix, is any indication or not. Oh, and how is the Romero work going for this FO? All I said was that the jury was still out, given how little evidence we have at this point......
  5. Mike Sixel
    You realize pitch framing is about getting strikes called strikes too, it is not just about "fooling" someone. And no, those two are not the same as people not on the field signaling onto the field. It isn't even comparable. You can certainly have your opinion on sign stealing by players (which I still don't like, but at least it is the players doing all the work), but that is not the same as people not on the field participating at all.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I don't get this tough decision stuff. How many good players have they lost because they weren't protected? I think fans way over rate this.
  7. Mike Sixel
    They need to leave four spots open for free agents.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Maybe Congress should stop kissing MLBs ass.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    I watch prime more than any other channel.
  10. Mike Sixel
    They also tried with Martin Perez. And several others. They have one starting pitcher on the roster this front office brought in. I'd argue the jury is still out at this point. They have fifty million in space, they better use it. And not try to get cute only. A flyer on the fifth guy? Sure. But a world series team can not take that chance with their number three or four.
  11. Mike Sixel
    there are fan bases considering suing the Astros and MLB for the cheating. It isn't really my opinion, but what you see on line from what national writers are seeing and hearing the team's and fans say. pitch framing is part of the play, and isn't the same thing at all. Not even close.
  12. Mike Sixel
    this would be true of any SP trade target....we just have to hope.
  13. Mike Sixel
    JA 3:12 Hearing a lot of talk about the Twins being big players in free agent pitching. If the top 5-6 sign elsewhere, do you see enough prospect capital for them to pull off two or three substantial trades to put a World Series contending staff? Steve Adams 3:13 I'll be surprised if the Twins don't sign one of those top 5-6 names. But yes, their system is deep and generally regarded to be among the upper third of farm clubs. Problem is, as mentioned before, there are more upside plays than sure things on the trade market. Stevil 3:14 Last offseason we saw Lynn land a deal that seemed like a ridiculous overpay. Time proved it wasn't. Who could you see as the comparative this offseason? Steve Adams 3:14 Kyle Gibson https://www.jotcast.com/chat/chat-with-mlbtrs-steve-adams-11-19-19-6446.html
  14. Mike Sixel
    Sports leagues care what Vegas thinks.....100%. You might not..... Fans don't like fixed sports. They don't like cheating. If fans think that the games aren't fair, they will lose interest. It's one of the reasons these rules exist.
  15. Mike Sixel
    The red Sox win the world series, and brought back the team.... It doesn't always work out. Teams don't always get better, or even stay the same. That out of the way....I predict a decent sized trade of multiple prospects for a pitcher with at least two years of control left. I'd consider sending Buxton and change to Atlanta for a AAA pitcher the FO loves and their AAA third baseman, if they sign a third baseman.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I wanted Taylor Rogers a reliever a year earlier, so no. As for Gaterol, I have no idea what he'll be. It's an intriguing plan, I'm not in love with the constant need to reload the starting veteran pitchers.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    And the first 4 months of next season? And, the other two spots in the rotation besides Berrios and Odorizzi (who is only signed for 1 more year) once Gaterol is up?
  18. Mike Sixel
    clearly I didn't understand it was about left handed pitchers, or just pitchers. Apologies for the misunderstanding. I thought it was about the population of prospects. Top 100 prospects succeed, according to that study, about 36% of the time. That's why you usually see more than 1 included in a trade for a MLB player....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Jeffers was in his first full season of pro ball, I'd guess that was the main reason for who moved first. but you could be right too....
  20. Mike Sixel
    You would not trade Lanarch 1:1 for Boyd? I can't see how the Tigers take less than that.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Which of course does not reflect what I posted....traded are less likely to succeed, compared to players in the same ranking. Your post said 80% of prospects failed.. That includes guys picked in round 40 that never do much. The Twins, no team, is trading for those. That was my point. Your point holds, but your first post included the entire population of prospects, which isn't really relevant for assessing trades. I do agree, in general, that known commodities are more valuable, within context of where a team is on the competitive scale of course.
  22. Mike Sixel
    And yet, we read all the time that bad teams should take fliers on free agents, and trade them at the deadline. Also, do we have any evidence for this claim? I have never seen any study about this, but one might exist. That said, I don't do this to trade Cruz. I might do it to get a great catcher, and then move Garver to 1B or DH to extend his career. He was a very good minor league hitter, which people seem to be forgetting in most of these thread about him. I argued for a couple years Mauer should move off of catcher, who knows how his last few years go if he doesn't get another concussion (which could still happen outside catcher, but is MUCH less likely).
  23. Mike Sixel
    Moderators are very nice volunteers who work to keep the site civil and polite. Most of the time they've reached out to me, I could reflect back from their view, and realize I was not being as respectful of other posters as the site tries to help us all be. Without volunteer moderators, there would be no site at all. Let alone one so polite compare to other sports' sites I have visited.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I don't think they are the 12th best team in the country. I'm ok with others thinking they are.....they've played two good teams, and are 1-1 in those games.
  25. Mike Sixel
    The Astros and Yankees didn't start those years with only 1 veteran under contract. No, I can't find such an example, that's my entire point. A team should never go into a year with 1 starting pitcher under control for more than 1 year, like this FO did last year. And, if they only sign 1 pitcher to a long term deal this year, they'll have, most likely, two openings again next year. It is not a path to sustainable winning. That's my point.
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