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  1. Mike Sixel
    That is an odd quote. The best athletes in the world learn from coaches every day.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Low bar.....I wish they had aimed much higher.
  3. Mike Sixel
    He takes a AAA roster spot, and seems unlikely to want to be in AAA all year, being a long term veteran. He's not part of any medium term roster, and most likely not short term either. Every inning he pitches is one less that someone part of the future does.
  4. Mike Sixel
    It's not a free market though.... There are barriers to entry, there is the draft, team control, the fact that teams do better if there aren't less competitors,or all bad competition, etc. There is no such thing as a truly free market anywhere on the planet, in any industry, frankly. And the thought that unfettered capitalism is somehow morally correct seems unlikely, just as pure communism is unlikely superior.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Right? Salaries sky rocket.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Cave can play defense some. Cron? I think that's part of it for me. But offense? No idea if either will repeat their performance
  7. Mike Sixel
    The current owners who inherited their money did not build the league either. Speaking of good fortune they did not create... ... This isn't building widgets, it's entertainment. No one is paying this much money to watch high school players. There are less than one thousand qualified players on the planet, supply and demand would indicate that makes them early under paid.
  8. Mike Sixel
    If the FO plan was a platoon of 1B only types, that's a terrible plan......in this era of 13 man pitching staffs. I'd still like to see Austin get time in RF, to see what he can or cannot do there. I'm guessing it is Cron, with Sano, Garver, Gonzales all getting a few games here and there at 1B. Duda makes no sense at all on this roster, w/o an injury.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Name another industry where the employees aren't free to move inside the 30 companies for 8-10 years, thereby keeping their wages below fair market value for the beginning of their careers? If you want free market, then they need to be free agents from day one, no draft, no team control. Then we'll see what salaries are. Until then, it isn't a free market.
  10. Mike Sixel
    As posted above, this isn't like other capitalism....the teams depend on each other for their survival as a league. And, Congress has exempted them from certain anti competitive laws. And, like utilities, the barriers to entry are huge. It really isn't the same economic system as other businesses at all, so the conclusion that it should follow the same rules falls apart on its face. As for your CBA paragraph, that's a red herring meant to distract from real possibilities. It's a great technique, but not realistic at all. We agree that minor league players are under paid, but then the owners could just start paying them now if they wanted. They don't. That's on them 100%. The union has not set any price constraints on minor league pay.
  11. Mike Sixel
    That truly avoided the point....why do people need to do something that pays them enough money to live, in a world where robots will do most of the work? There are lots of ways to occupy your time that don't involve working for someone else 50 hours a week.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Off the topic of politics......I think a pitch clock is needed, but they need to force batters to stay in the box too....no one wants to watch a player adjust his gloves between every pitch. Except maybe the glove companies.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I agree!
  14. Mike Sixel
    The NFL just signed a new deal last year, with huge increases. It may be going down, but not as fast as other viewing is. I see no evidence of a correction yet.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Why do people need to work to eat or have medicine, in the world we live in now, or soon will, where robots do more and more work? Why is work a necessary thing? I don't actually know if it is, or isn't, but why do we assumee it is? Why can't people who work for themselves get healthcare as good, or cheap, as those that work for others?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Because batting average is only one measure, and ignores walks, power, and defense. And steals. I posted a quote from a national writer earlier. Let's just agree to disagree....
  17. Mike Sixel
    We understand your point clearly. We disagree that owners are more deserving of money than players. I don't know why you keep trying to change my mind.
  18. Mike Sixel
    And another 2019 free agent is off the table, in St Louis. What are the odds there is a great, or very good, player available at the position they need next year, when maybe they'll sign one to a long term deal? Waiting for the perfect moment to do anything rarely works.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    They get to spread out the money over more years..... It's like the first years don't matter that he's under paid.... Or that the team gets more flexibility in terms of payroll in the early years.
  20. Mike Sixel
    He's a use case for earlier free agency. Someone would give him a chance, imo.
  21. Mike Sixel
    All I want is pay to grow at the same rate as revenue. And I literally never said what you typed. Not once did I say that. Maybe we could talk about what we say, and not what we didn't say?
  22. Mike Sixel
    He's going to be 28..... He should be in Minnesota, hitting like a top ten or better catcher.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'm 100% on the players' side. They do all the work. They should get rewarded at least as fast as owner's revenue grows. And, all a salary cap does is put more money in rich owner's hands, rather than player's.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Plenty of money..... For some teams. Remember when people here said no one would get a ten year deal? No one would get thirty million a year?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Hick$ 2:21 Did I leave money out there or was the deal a steal in this market Tim Dierkes 2:21 The Yankees essentially gave Hicks a six-year, $64MM deal covering his age 30-35 seasons. Conservatively, let's say he will provide 12 WAR from 2020-25. To pay $5.3MM/WAR is dirt cheap. The Padres just paid Machado at least $9.5MM/WAR. The Dodgers paid A.J. Pollock about $8MM/WAR. The Phillies paid McCutchen over $7MM/WAR. This extension is like getting a 30-40% discount even over the new, discounted free agent prices. Hicks basically gave the Yankees his 33-35 seasons for free.
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