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  1. Mike Sixel
    Wouldn't other teams know those also? I mean, I get your overall point.....sometimes you should deal prospects for proven MLB players, and on that we agree....but I doubt Gonsavles' weaknesses are a surprise to anyone.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I don't hate or love the Cave deal right now.....but I'm not sure how it's all that helpful. They have Wade, who likely could do about what Cave is doing, I think. And, they don't have Gil right now...... If you looked at the trade now, and someone said you could trade Cave for Gil right now, you'd do that trade every time. that might not be a good trade either, but you'd do it. I like the Austin acquisition. I don't know if he's good or not, but he can crush a ball when he hits it. I'd have him at 1B every day Mauer isn't, to get him rep after rep. Drake? Uh, hmmmm. I have my doubts, but he's been fine here.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I was more dismayed by May's outing than Gonsalves'.......
  4. Mike Sixel
    I think that's fair, and I spend about 40% of my time in that space...and about 50% in let them die if they want, and 10% in a state of confusion on this topic....
  5. Mike Sixel
    disappointing HR there.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    comparing anyone to one of the 5-10 best ever, in history, is a rather high bar.....but fair, maybe AJ was just really, really, really good.
  7. Mike Sixel
    fair.....but that's the question here.....is there a line some would not cross at all? Like, I think if someone admits doing something like that, and wants death, I would allow the state to do that......so for me, as much as I hate what the state does with its power at times.....there are times it makes sense to give the state ultimate power (or, in some ways, the criminal gets to chose death....so maybe it isn't the state that has the power there either).
  8. Mike Sixel
    true, but maybe I'm thinking most people under estimate AJ.....but I could be wrong....maybe people realize how great he was.
  9. Mike Sixel
    AJ put up the 48th most WAR of any catcher ever.....I'm not sure people look at that trade correctly. Lopsided? Yes. But.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    Or, the thoughtful will say that someone that raped, say, 20 children, doesn't need anything more.......or are you saying we should keep someone alive for 40+ years in jail, even if they did that? Or, maybe you really think everyone that disagrees with you is ignorant.
  11. Mike Sixel
    IMO, neither yet. He's a 4th round pick with good, not great, stuff.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Add or no....but eligible for rule 5 next year, I believe: Nick Gordon - yes LaMonte Wade - yes Luke Bard - No Jake Reed - No Luis Arriaz - yes Jaylin Davis - yes Zander Weil - probably yes, but I'd roll the die Tyler Jay - no Lewin Diaz - no I think that's the list of guys even worth discussing (well, Diaz isn't worth discussing, but he was a big signing) hmmmm.....looks like the roster page has not been updated, so it's missing De Jong and probably others that were traded for. Kind of makes the roster page not all that useful, I guess. I'd have De Jong up here as a RP right now, see what that does to his stuff.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Then trade for one of the Dodger's two AA catchers.......but I don't think Grandal is back with them. They have other options. Why would anyone think a catcher is getting that long a deal? No way, imo, that happens.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I just posted two studies showing a massive difference between picks 6-10 and 15-20.....so, I am not with you and Brock. And again, that doesn't count the extra money they can play with. I just want Garver, Austin, and Sano to play a lot. And for Gonsalves to be better than I expect. And maybe for Wade to come up.
  15. Mike Sixel
    compared to what? How else would you do this? BTW, put in Polanco and Sano, take out Escobar......
  16. Mike Sixel
    It can happen, sure. I doubt there is much correlation between "winning Sept" after being really bad, and success the next year though. So I'm not worried about that. I am interested in seeing young players get opportunities, like, I don't know, maybe Wade and not Grossman, for example. At least on the pitching side we are going to see some young players, so that's good. Finishing 10th vs 20th has a huge impact on the draft, btw. The WAR delta is more than 1 WAR per year between those positions, and that doesn't count the money difference. The odds of a complete bust go up by 30% between those two spots. You are twice as likely to get a superior player..... https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/the-net-value-of-draft-picks/ https://www.fangraphs.com/community/success-rate-of-mlb-first-round-draft-picks-by-slot/
  17. Mike Sixel
    Well, I'm assuming they would trade him in this scenario, not just DFA/cut him..... If not catcher, where is all the money going next year?
  18. Mike Sixel
    I want Garver and grandal, personally.
  19. Mike Sixel
    No less than listing only twins' problems, without looking at any other team, I'd guess. How else would one measure this impact?
  20. Mike Sixel
    You don't like grandal better than Castro? I do. They have a ton of money, they should use it to win at least one bidding war.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Is anyone saying buy a team? I'm not sure what that line means. They have a few openings, they should try to close at least a couple externally.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I've posted the link before, the twins were not even league median in WAR lost to injury. That was some time ago, so it may be worse now, but half way thru the year, more than half the teams had lost more projected WAR.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'd probably try to sign a better C than what they have.....it is an area where there are FAs, and they don't have one they love signed for more than 1 more year.....but I'm not sure that changes the numbers/makeup of the 40 man at all, as someone is gone in that scenario. I agree with your list of "won't includes".
  24. Mike Sixel
    Paul Molitor on charity work..... https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-notes-older-and-wiser-clay-buchholz-is-excelling-in-arizona/
  25. Mike Sixel
    Good move. Forbath wasn't good, he was ok. I'm good with trying to get better.
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