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  1. Mike Sixel
    Only if he clears waivers, he's out of options. Then, when you call him up, and try to send him down later in the year, he can be claimed. It's the issue with trading for guys with no options, that you aren't sure are good or not.
  2. Mike Sixel
    And you ignore the success stories. And, the alternative is? Slegers types like the last five to ten years? Odorizzi types , also not difference makers, and had no shot to be. Darvish got hurt. Sometimes that happens. But he had a shot to be great, and still might be. Ohtani got hurt too. Was that a bad signing? If the goal is to not take risks and be mediocre, the Twins are the poster children.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Are you going to look at the AAA players you'd have to use instead of the free agents, to see which provide more WAR? Or do we only care about $/WAR? Because if you don't sign a FA relief pitcher, you use what they already have in house.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Another team that rebuilt faster than this one....and signed a pitcher before they were "ready" and now, lo and behold, that pitcher is on their roster when they might be ready. Weird how that works.
  5. Mike Sixel
    That may be true, I don't know how he's going to age. But, this team could have used an OF that could DH or let Kepler sub at first occasionally. He might be that guy, he might not. But, imo, you can't shy away from everyone that might get hurt, or might be in decline. At that point, you are just always betting on your AAA or AA players coming in and succeeding right away.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I know cousins isn't playing well enough, but what was the alternative? It's like when people here say FAs aren't worth it, ignoring that you'd have to have some random AAA player play instead. This is supposed to be a SB team, missing only a QB (and OL).....this is a final piece move. Keenum? Ha. Teddy? Maybe. But look at the options...... And firing DeFlipio (sp?) is the right move, imo.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I like the choice.
  8. Mike Sixel
    After sleeping on it, I'd sign Cruz. This is, of course, why you shouldn't be in a hurry to add a tiny upgrade in Cron really in the off season, but they did. Austin can join the very long list of guys this FO has acquired that was here for less than a year.
  9. Mike Sixel
    What makes anyone think Ramos is healthy? If the league thought he was, he'd get big dollars, I'd think. I can't see any way Cron, Austin, and Cruz are all on the roster. So Austin would be one and done.
  10. Mike Sixel
    No one is saying spend 100MM per year on McCutchen, or 50, or 30.....I don't know what number, but no one is saying "whatever it takes". What people are saying is that fans seem to think competing is super important, when every year we see guys, in every sport, sign with bad teams, because money. Money is the magic recruiting dust. And, nearly every FA is in decline, if we never sign one in decline, we never sign one.
  11. Mike Sixel
    The coaches have known it was bad all year, they need to adjust. Like, throw a pass past the sticks maybe? And, the GM has known the OL is bad since he got here. Still not fixed.
  12. Mike Sixel
    My bad, I thought he was going to be 25 next year. Still doesn't say much about their faith in him, imo, to sign a DH and 1B/DH, after trading for a 1B/DH last year.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Heh.......is this about the Vikings, or the Twins infield?
  14. Mike Sixel
    3rd and 1, no short passing options. Fire the OC mid game. Let Kirk call his own plays. Or Thielen or Diggs.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Nice offense. Two great WR and a 35mm QB. I won't be fooled by them early in the year ever again.
  16. Mike Sixel
    So bad. Just a terrible offense.
  17. Mike Sixel
    35mm a year, and you can't get the snap off on time. sigh. This team is not well coached. At all.
  18. Mike Sixel
    He fully believes in building an internal core first and supplement after. One way to do this is to sign players or trade for them with more than 3 years of control. Prospects are around for 6 years. Trading for a guy with 3-4-5 years of control left is not short term thinking, and you know a lot more about how he'll perform in the majors than any prospect.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Team quality is more important than payroll numbers. the earth rotates such that the sun appears to rise in the East.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure how I feel about Cruz. That seems like an all in move, but nothing else does, so I don't know I get it. It also signals the end of the Austin era, and raises questions about Rooker, who is already 25 and would appear not to have much future if you have Cron and Cruz (remember all the excitement they raised at their amazing finagling of money to get Rooker and Enlow?).
  21. Mike Sixel
    All fair, but that's why I want Gibson traded if they aren't trying. Actually do the rebuild. Tear off the band aid completely. And, imo, the reason those three don't finish the deal is that they didn't add any difference makers last year that carried over to this year. But then, I'm starting to repeat myself.....
  22. Mike Sixel
    I'd bet on Seattle, if I was a betting man. And the over.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'm going to put this here..... https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2018/12/10/18133919/baseball-trades-prospect-rankings-top-50-busts
  24. Mike Sixel
    Or regress back to old Gibson (which I don't believe will happen, but is a risk).
  25. Mike Sixel
    Reasonable last question, to which I don't know the answer right now. I'd guess the return is greater now, but I could be wrong. I know if I was a team that was serious about next year, I'd want Gibson all year, to increase my odds. Edit: No, I don't agree this roster has a real shot at anything this year. Not without a legit SP and 2-3 more good RPs being added. I would have also added a legit OF that could DH some. But that seems unlikely given the Cron deal.
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