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  1. Mike Sixel
    A big Hall is more fun to visit. It could be so much more than it is, if it was in an actual city and they invested in it......
  2. Mike Sixel
    https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-notes-alex-kirilloff-wore-out-iron-mike-taylor-trammell-is-a-work-of-art/ Notes, with a long one on Kiriloff.
  3. Mike Sixel
    both on 1 year deals, meaning you have those same holes again next year. They aren't betting on success. IMO. Unless we think Gordon is going to be above average in 2020, and Rooker too......which I'm told over and over on this site that we shouldn't expect that from rookies.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Trading Gibson isn't standing pat, it is picking a direction. If they aren't serious about contending this year, why keep Gibson and not get some great minor league talent for him? Or, they can keep him, and get around the 40th pick next year (a pick which has an almost 5% chance of mattering, give or take).
  5. Mike Sixel
    If you are optimistic, you add good players to the roster. You don't stand pat. If you stand pat, and don't add some really good players, it won't matter how good Buxton and Sano are, because there won't be enough other great players on the roster. This middle path is the worst path. IMO
  6. Mike Sixel
    The site is littered with people's specific plans. You want a random poster to lay out a three year plan? I'm sure someone will, maybe. Well, they've been in charge for three years.... How's it going? How long until fans should expect winning at a high level? I said I'd give them three years to improve the major league team. Not one player they've added to the major league roster is signed past this year. So far, not impressed. YMMV, of course, and that's cool with me. But I'm not laying out a three year plan.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Sign players for more than one year deals. Bet on success, not failure. But if every year you fill your holes with one year deals, you have the same holes again. Or, I guess we can be happy with constant failure. That's also an option. Plenty of people have laid out their plans on this very site.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Correct.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Given that Gibson, Reed, Pineda, odorrizi, Castro, Cron, Schoop, and I must be missing someone, are all only here for one more year, yes, they will be in this position again. It's what happens when you have lots of holes and refuse to sign long term deals. That's seven of their 25 man roster..... Five of whom are pitchers.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I don't know why anyone not related to a player cares.
  11. Mike Sixel
    For one year. They have three starters gone after this year. Not trading Gibson is really odd, if they aren't trying hard to win.
  12. Mike Sixel
    It doesn't point to competitiveness in 2020 either, since they will be relying on rookies like Gordon and whomever is replacing Cron, or more stop gaps. If this is the plan, not trading Gibson is really stupid.
  13. Mike Sixel
    ay Liotta as Shoeless Joe: Are you surprised the Twins signed Jonathan Schoop rather than coming to terms with Brian Dozier? Or is the four year age difference and a changing front office enough to move past being the most sentimental franchise in the bigs? 9:37 Jeff Sullivan: Yeah, age is a big part. Maybe the Twins feel like they can help Schoop figure things out more than the Orioles could. Also, perhaps Dozier wasn’t available right now for one year. And furthermore, it can feel a little weird to arrange a reunion just months after an emotional farewell. Some teams prefer to just avoid those situations entirely
  14. Mike Sixel
    It's a roster spot on a guy that doesn't help past this year. Again. This is no way to build a sustainably competitive team.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I think it is worth the risk. I think it helps this team long term not at all. Without huge changes, this isn't a playoff team. So, this just doesn't do anything for me.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I'd move Stewart to relief, and see what happens. I think he'd be quite successful there. Mejia should be the fifth starter, unless they bring in more pitching. Gonsalves and others are AAA depth to start the year.
  17. Mike Sixel
    If Garver is a catcher, I hope he's the main catcher. He can actually hit.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I've suggested moving him to 1B, RF, and DH since last fall. Then they acquired Cron. So I'm guessing he's a catcher.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Then don't sign him. This does not fix anything meaningful. Or sign him, but trade Gibson. Because they aren't doing anything meaningful.
  20. Mike Sixel
    He's on the forty man? It's now full? I am unsure of the plan.
  21. Mike Sixel
    It's for one year. What does this actually help with?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Spending wisely to win 75-80 games does nothing for me as a fan. Nothing. Nothing they've done adds to the long term viability of them winning either. If they are't going to try, trade Gibson for real minor league assets. Not adding any long term assets means you have the same issues next year. Right now, this FO looks like the last FO.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Agreed....but what did they do last year, after Buxton and Sano were good? 1-2 year deals, meh trade. We'll see, but what do you think will happen? And, I'm only reacting to this deal, another 1 year deal that does nothing for the future at all. Nothing.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Pesky alternative minimum tax stopped me from selling more when we bought the house. Now I kind of wish I had just done it. Oh well.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Sano and Buxton were really good in 2016. The FO went out and spent a lot of money, but none of it on big time FAs, no big trades were made, and most of the contracts were 1-2 year deal. So, if they see Buxton and Sano be great this year, what can we expect? Also, another year will be lost.
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