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  1. Mike Sixel
    Also, with the 2nd wild card, muddling along at 81-84 wins has REAL value now.......and with luck, you have a chance to be a playoff team and continue your luck.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Agreed on all of this.
  3. Mike Sixel
    When have they ever gone in to win now, since 1991/2?
  4. Mike Sixel
    More than half the catchers better than Suzuki last year are on a team they were not on when Suzuki signed his extension (if you believe in math telling you who was better). To me, it is a great example of settling, and not going big.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Well then......so much for my shock in reading it.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I don't know, in the last run, they never went all in to win, even though they were fated to be bad by the end of the decade (according to those that believe baseball is cyclical). Where was the ambition to be GREAT during that decade, and not have Becker and Tyner DH? Where was the ambition to close the deal on Cliff Lee? Where was the ambition to turn that group of great players into the BEST team in baseball, not a team that squeaked into the playoffs in the worst division in MLB during that time?
  7. Mike Sixel
    My bad, thanks......
  8. Mike Sixel
    And people think Seth and I don't agree......I agree with this 100%: "The inherent problem with the Twins’ spending isn’t the lack of it. It’s the systemic problem that seems to pervade the organization: complacency. The Twins have a profound lack of ambition in virtually everything they do." and especially this: "don’t get me wrong, signing Hughes or Santana or, hell, even Nolasco isn’t enough to hamstring even a team that pretends they can’t spend money, like the Twins. However, Minnesota stacked these signings on top of one another, reducing their flexibility this year to the point where there isn’t room for more than one of higher-upside" I almost feel like this isn't coming from Seth, but then, he's no more an all in apologist, than I am an all in hater* *we have both been called these things.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    He's 30.....let's hope he's not 31/2 before he debuts. That would be unfortunate.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I don't begrudge them making money. I want them to make money. I want the team to be successful on and off the field. But, when they are competitive, I want them to fill the holes with difference makers, who will likely cost money/prospects.
  11. Mike Sixel
    if you aren't willing to have "dead money" basically, you have to practically admit you will never sign a free agent. Also, that you will never sign your own players to long term deals to keep them past their FA time frame. No team does that and wins. Teams build the core thru draft, trade, development, and fill the holes with free agents. *those are some terrible sentences, I hope my points are clear.
  12. Mike Sixel
    When Tyner is your DH, a hitter. When you are flush with number 3-5 starters, a number 1/2 type. When you have a lot of 1B/DH types, not another DH...... FA should, imo, be about filling a hole or three......with big time, elite, players, occasionally.
  13. Mike Sixel
    A 4th number 4/5 starter? No.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure what that has to do with the point I was making........has TR ever brought in a big time FA or traded top prospects for an elite player to close the gap? Tyner DH'd one of the years they were in contention, IIRC. McPhail brought in FAs to close the holes. But, changing the topic was great for not talking about the topic......will this FO close the holes, unlike they did in the last run, or not? That, to me, will answer the question about the system, because that is what was broken in the last run.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'd think that only writing this article with hindsight would get ripped to shreds.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    I don't see a lot of disrespect on this thread......
  17. Mike Sixel
    I think the Twins' system would work just fine, if they would sign legit FAs to fill the holes once they are contenders (or trade prospects for them). You know, like McPhail did, and Ryan didn't, before. We'll see....we'll see.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Agreed....though I stink at the spelling....
  19. Mike Sixel
    I'm just glad I know how to say his name now.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    $40MM is not a lot in today's world.....which is amazing, really. However, there should be enough money for this team to fill holes with free agents, if they draft and develop enough players.......but if your strategy is to have little spent on FAs, then you have to be better than everyone else at drafting, trading, and developing. Being the same won't work, because they'll spend more money than you.......
  21. Mike Sixel
    Jack Morris received one of the larger FA contracts ever, at the time, correct? I do agree, the core needs to be in place before filling in holes....but you need to fill in holes. McPhail did that, Ryan never has. We'll see if that has changed or not once they are competitive.
  22. Mike Sixel
    6 games is a lot, and this team has traded players when they were in closer contention before. I don't know if I would have done those or not......but I would have been a lot more aggressive in trading off veterans for sure. Perkins, for example.....
  23. Mike Sixel
    I don't see evidence one way or the other right now, frankly. IMO, we need another year or so to see if the FO has what it takes. There have been moves I really like, and moves I really, really hate. Most of this team is NOT built through players brought up thru the system since Ryan came back. It is largely guys that were already here, or FAs. I would have preferred less number 3/5 types FA pitchers, and 1 elite one being signed, but it is possible no elite pitcher would sign here (btw, there is no way you can prove this, no matter what evidence you throw out). So, it is hard to say if that is a failure on the FO's part, or just something that would not happen in the last 3 years. I would have preferred not signing a 30 year old from Korea to be the DH this year, given the players already on the roster. I would have preferred acquiring better RPs going into last year, and this year. But, if they really plan to give the young players a shot right away, I'm also ok with that. Really, I think the main issues I have with the rebuild are: a: I don't think they really ever committed to rebuilding b: They settled for mediocre guys with no upside risk, instead of taking true flyers c: The strategy of playing fly ball pitchers with terrible OF defense makes no sense
  24. Mike Sixel
    Yup, something people seem to forget all the time. Where is that team without Jack Morris (one of the biggest FA contract ever, at the time?)?
  25. Mike Sixel
    But Pelfrey and Correia had a 0% chance of working out......that's the point. If you take the guy with no upside, you get "meh" or worse nearly every time*. If you take the guy with upside, you have a chance at something. *when talking about 1 year filler types....
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