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  1. Mike Sixel
    I am boggled at the conservatism in the replies here and Dozier.....you can't just stand still while everyone else moves, and expect to win. That said, no if you are the Twins, but only because they have Sano.
  2. Mike Sixel
    It won't be "little more" money then....he'll have multiple years of being in the top half of the league 2B......the money goes up every year. don't forget, you are no longer buying out that first year, so the AAV goes way up.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I agree with the front loading part for sure......if you could smooth out the numbers, he'll be a bargain at the end of the deal, even is he's league average.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Uh, players play into their 30s, and are "part of the future" then....
  5. Mike Sixel
    Fascinating extreme views!
  6. Mike Sixel
    That same offer isn't going to work next year, if he's this good next year. The money will have already gone up for everyone, and he'll now have two years of 2-4 WAR per season under his belt. You'd have to get the yearly average closer to 12-15MM per year if you wait a year, I'd guess.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    I'd sign him to that deal right now. The end of that deal will look cheap, imo, given how fast salaries are rising right now. I think I'd also take that deal if I was him, because it buys out some risk on his end, however, I could see him asking for about $2-3MM per year more, to average closer to $10MM per year.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Then you need to be willing to pay more than $100 MM in FA, or just hope your prospects work out.....or get unbelievably lucky in signing someone that does work out for less....what's the track record on the last two?
  9. Mike Sixel
    And trading Vargas, we are sure, is a bad idea? Agreed, it does. So does signing a FA, so does keeping a prospect.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    I do agree, they are sitting on money, and I'd rather they just sign a player or two......but I don't agree that precludes trades of prospects.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Well, it's a good thing they didn't deal Hicks the last two years......I just don't agree that prospects work out enough to never deal them....
  12. Mike Sixel
    That's not what you said, though, Brock.......if you want to argue they should not deal for pitching because they have 2 guys close, that's a very different argument than they shouldn't be trading prospects for proven MLB players. I'm not holding my breath on them adding a guy even as good as Gibson right now.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Which prospect for which pitcher? If you have "one of the best farm systems EVAR!", that is your surplus to deal from. Would you trade Kepler for a real MLB pitcher (not that I think that gets it done)? let's not forget, most prospects don't have good, long term, MLB careers. You are trading a possible MLB player for an actual MLB player.
  14. Mike Sixel
    It simply isn't "overpaying" if that is what the market is. If that's the price to play, that's the price to play. You can choose to sit out the market, and be a bad team until your farm delivers talent.....that's a choice. Not a choice I'd make, but others here (and I'd argue TR) are willing to make that choice.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Doesn't really matter anymore, that's the past. Let's see who the new coach is, and what they team does.....then judge the process. In this case, past is probably not prologue, since there is a new coach.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Ah, I rea the earlier comments wrong then. Thanks for the update.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Interesting hire, if true. Completely not their normal mo. I have no idea if he can coach or not. I do find out odd they have no on that has run a staff before. I would have expected them to hire a bullpen coach that had that to fill in the gaps. Maybe Glynn it's going to help with that.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Yikes.....that's 50%. I'd think that the league has a higher percent than that....which is of course why they should sign run preventers right now.
  19. Mike Sixel
    i'd say Meyer is more MLB ready, last year, then Rosario is right now....that wasn't obvious in my statement? Which do you think is more MLB ready, Meyer last year, or Rosario right now? that was clearly the post, wasn't it?
  20. Mike Sixel
    I'd be ok with him in LF to start, if they think he's close. I have no issue with him learning here, I fondly recall the Twins youngsters learning in the mid-80s......
  21. Mike Sixel
    I think it is interesting that he is close, but Meyer was not last year.....which would you rather have, Meyer last year, or Rosario right now?
  22. Mike Sixel
    That run differential is a lot different, thanks for the reminder.....it is a stat that does bother me some though, because of the outliers. What I really want to know is: how many times did they score 5 or more runs in a game last year (or whatever the number is that gets you in the 60-70% chance you win a game).
  23. Mike Sixel
    Well, this is exactly what happened each of the last 4 years.....so unless substantive changes are made, not sure why we'd expect something different next year. The have no MLB average LF or CF even on the 40 man roster......hard to feel they'll definitely be better at this point. I do think they will be, but I didn't really find any of your arguments compelling. It's pretty easy to cherry pick stats for pitchers. The bullpen is fungible, except for some reason the Twins don't treat it that way much. Someone else already pointed out the fallacy in your catcher expectations, and your Dozier expectations (and I agree with them on that). Until they have a LF and CF and RP, and a 5th starter, it's pretty hard to argue that they must be better, given that's what they've been for 4 years now. At least it is for me.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I was a bit surprised by that......but if he thinks Eddie is a year away, and Byron is a year away, then there is a logjam (just not at the MLB level, unfortunately).
  25. Mike Sixel
    Here is what KLAW said about him today: JG (MN) Any rise in Eddie Rosario's stock after the AFL? Better chance he plays in MN or gets traded? Klaw (1:21 PM) No rise - hard for a player to really change his stock in the AFL unless he was hurt beforehand (e.g., Tyrell Jenkins, who looked as good as ever and is clearly healthy again). I think he gets traded because of their CF logjam. Can really hit and run.
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