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  1. Mike Sixel
    Great stuff, thanks for writing it.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Fair. I was just checking. I'm not big on signing 32 year olds to 4 year deals.....Signing good 28 year olds to 4-6 year deals? Maybe, but ya, I share your skepticism. Every team will have some 32 year olds, it's the price you pay for having good 30 year olds.
  3. Mike Sixel
    so, basically, never extend any player that doesn't come up by 24?
  4. Mike Sixel
    There is also value in "certainty", if you believe Plouffe is a legit 3B. Knowing you have a 3B is valuable in and of itself, even over the value of having one.
  5. Mike Sixel
    How is it fear? Plouffe isn't old, he's not expensive, he has progressed while in the majors......isn't that the kind of guy to keep around and build around (rather, than say, guys in their 30s that aren't good)? I'd rather Sano stick at 3B, and Plouffe be Zobrist lite.......but I'd be OK with them trying Sano in RF. OK does not mean it is my plan, my preference, nothing more than I'd be ok with them if they tried it.
  6. Mike Sixel
    That would be based on putting Sano out there in the minors and seeing what he can do. Frankly, I have my doubts he can stick at 3B long term, but think it is possible he could in RF. Frankly, I have my doubts about Plouffe maintaining last year, but I think it is 50/50, so I would consider seeing if Sano can play RF, since, I think Plouffe might be a legit 3B. I have zero interest in Sano at DH anytime soon.
  7. Mike Sixel
    If only there was evidence that you could win with great defense, decent hitting, and an elite bullpen.....and if only you could figure out which players might be really good defensively, and you valued that defense the same way (or maybe a discount, because it is harder to measure) you valued offense, and then you signed players based on that.......
  8. Mike Sixel
    Which is how you end up with Bartlett, Kubel, Nunez, et. al. on your bench, instead of actual good MLB players......
  9. Mike Sixel
    Wait, you are complaining about small sample size, then saying 30 PAs this year is more relevant than their careers? I'm confused.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Uh, 7-9MM dollars is 1.5 wins for a guy that age........where do you propose finding a GOOD player to do that role?
  11. Mike Sixel
    I would be ok with Sano in RF, and Plouffe at 3B. But, the Twins have shown no evidence they are even considering it, have they?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Thanks for the clarification, Jack. I find it hard to believe that teams would cut video programs. I am not sure I have enough information to understand how that could be a good idea.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    I'm not worried yet......just a bad tingly feeling in the back of my brain I'm trying to ignore.....because I bought into the HYPE on both. And Ryan indicated he felt Buxton would be up this year......so I got my hopes up. They aren't UP anymore, just kind of there.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Average age is not my favorite thing.....what is the average age of the actual good players? that's more important......but ya, they are youngish.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Sano was a FA, you were not using a draft slot. Not comparable at all. Draft slots are a finite resource....they guy had what odds to be a number 1-2 starter BEFORE surgery? 10%? 20%? Now, he has had surgery on his throwing arm. What are the odds now? Lower, I'd bet. And, they have no 2nd round pick this year. With all the comp picks and whatnot, their next pick will be the equivalent of a late thirdish...... this is the one likely chance to get a MLB player this draft.......
  16. Mike Sixel
    Not if you are rebuilding your team......the young guys should be up, taking their lumps ..... not guys that won't be on the roster next year (once you have a young guy ready). that is, sending down May or Gibson does NOTHING to help 2016 and beyond, it gives you no MLB performance data to make decisions upon. Nothing. When Nolasco comes back, I hope neither May nor Gibson goes down, because that would indicate, to me, a continued unwillingness to commit to the rebuild.
  17. Mike Sixel
    If the odds are 80% likely to get a Santana, and 10% likely to get Lester....who do you take? To take your analogy..... If one time you are rolling a six sided die, and need a 1-3, or a 100 sided die, and need a 1-10....which bet are you taking? It isn't just about upside, but the likelihood of achieving that upside that needs to be taken into account. Oh, and that there are almost no hitters at the lower level in the minors, and lots of pitchers.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    I should have been clear on that, but I was responding to the previous posts, which implied it was intentional.
  19. Mike Sixel
    20% likely a good pitcher won't come back. Add another percent that he's never even pitched in the minors, making it, what, another 10-20% likely that he's not even a MLB pitcher? why take that risk?
  20. Mike Sixel
    I hate the plunking. It's immature. The other team got a hit by bunting.....that's called smart, not rude.
  21. Mike Sixel
    10000000x this.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Giving up millions year after year is a bad proposition when it comes to finance. If he'd have taken the money last year, and put in index funds, he'd already have made enough to make up for the "low ball" offer he got. Putting off that income for another year, is another year where he doesn't make 1 penny. It just doesn't make any financial sense at all to keep not making money. Plus, there is always the risk that he's not fully healthy any time before the next draft, and isn't likely to go any higher next year. He would, from a purely financial perspective, be silly to turn down millions of dollars.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Good for Mr. Vavra.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Aiken is not turning down millions again, just not going to happen. If you take him, you have him. If they had a 2nd round pick, they could try to under slot him....now, not so much. Go get the best hitter, that's what I want.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Too early? This is year three of the situation being unbearable in CF. How is it too early? Schaefer and Robinson are not going to suddenly figure out how to be good MLB players. They have shown that already. They should just punt on defense for how long? How long would be "not too early"?
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