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  1. Mike Sixel
    This. All the moves look good in a vacuum, but we don't live in a vacuum. In context of the other moves, you end up with 5-10 holes every year, because you refuse to acquire long term help.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Oh boy! a 1 year deal.....they really know how to build for the long term!
  3. Mike Sixel
    Agreed
  4. Mike Sixel
    ESan missing the year was 100% predictable. Were they in on Darvish, because I keep reading how stupid that deal was.....that signing him was a bad idea. They could have called up Astudillo earlier to catch, they didn't. Then when they did, he didn't catch. This isn't just about bad luck. Oh, and lots of people said they should acquire another OF, in case Buxton or Kepler or Rosario wasn't good. They weren't close on Ohtani. They signed a bunch of 1 year deals, and a guy that they knew wouldn't play last year. They did nothing to fix this year, last year (well, maybe Austin, but they just signed his doppleganger).
  5. Mike Sixel
    I'm not a Cron guy......my objection is much more about opportunity cost in acquiring pitching. And, ya, I got the defense wrong!
  6. Mike Sixel
    I'd still rather have SP and RP and a SS or 2B, even a flex 3B/SS/1B (not sure there is one other than Machado)
  7. Mike Sixel
    Touche
  8. Mike Sixel
    I'd 200% much rather that money be spent on RP and SP and MI than a DH only player at this point of the rebuild. Not sure what happened there that I pressed the 2, but it works.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Well played, but do you really think they'd let them work enough for benefits? That would likely double their pay.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Force it how? You want them to decide based on spring training? I hope they aren't making these decisions based on spring training results.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Wow! Congratulations. My mom was adopted, it's a great thing to do.
  12. Mike Sixel
    That's over 2 years ago, but sure, if we want to go back that far, I assume we are giving up on Buxton too. Or Sano. Since they've been hurt in multiple years. It's too early to say signing Darvish was stupid. It's also mind boggling that the some of the same people saying it was stupid praised the Twins for being the 2nd highest biddder.....in that it showed they would try to sign great players. Which, I have my doubts.
  13. Mike Sixel
    This team wasn't winning doodoo last year, trading off guys made sense. I don't know how anyone can disagree with that. That said, I don't have any confidence any of the guys they got will ever help. So far, I've not been impressed with any moves by this FO, other than Castro and the first round draft picks (which, they could have chosen any one of five players first overall and I'd be impressed, so that accomplishment isn't all that).
  14. Mike Sixel
    Do you really think they'll cut him? I mean, they claimed him and signed him for a reason, are they really going to change their mind? And if so, what does that say about their decision in the first place?
  15. Mike Sixel
    Has anyone read, or heard much about, the new history/novel?
  16. Mike Sixel
    got it. I misunderstood your stance. You just don't trust Corbin.
  17. Mike Sixel
    This is the exact kind of player you want on your bench. Good at multiple positions defensively, and adequate on offense. The bad part is when your regulars play like this.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Odd stance. I'd rather they win, and be trading for more help at the deadline, so, like, the literal opposite of what you posted.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Well, I did find it here, so you kind of read it from LaBombo.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I suppose if you want to give up on a player after one injury, sure. I assume you feel the same about Buxton or Reed or Pineda?
  21. Mike Sixel
    He was the best pitcher this year. Lots of years, this type will be the best. It's why you can't wait all the time, because there often won't be the exact one you want in the future.
  22. Mike Sixel
    As I said in Brock's Facebook post, I was a paid staffer on Dole's presidential campaign. The man changed after that, maybe during it, but he has given every moment of his life in service to this nation. I remain disappointed in many of his beliefs, but I admire the man. Somehow we've forgotten you can hold those two beliefs at the same time.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Well, Corbin to the Nats for 6 years and 140MM.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    I've never disagreed that revenue matters or not. Never. Not one time. I've never asked them to spend as much as Boston or NYY or whatever. Never. But TB doesn't win anything because they never trade for MLB talent, or sign FAs. Which is what I'm asking the Twins to do. The Twins spent 125MM or whatever last year. They have less than 50MM committed after 2019. They have plenty of money to bring in long term assets. Only signing players to 1 year deals means you have to fill those holes again and again and again. Signing great players to longer deals means that if Sano and Buxton are good, you have something when Kiriloff joins them, or Lewis. Or, you can never add great players, even when you have tens of millions of dollars of self imposed cap space, until the stars perfectly align and the team is already championships caliber (by never trading prospects or spending big), and they only need 1 more piece. That, of course, rarely happens for any team.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I guess long term contracts aren't dead yet.
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