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  1. Mike Sixel
    Prospect for prospect trades are more rare than Vikings' super bowl wins....
  2. Mike Sixel
    BP ratings: Lewis....27 Gordon .... 35 Romero.....97
  3. Mike Sixel
    IMO, the issue is also partly that winning has very little to do with revenue any more....so what, exactly, is hte incentive to spend money to win? TV, MLBLAM, radio, revenue sharing, etc.......has there ever been a time where winning mattered so little to revenue? As for the solution, there are SO MANY unintended consequences of any change that you almost have to change the whole compensation system, if you change any of it. I don't see any long term issues to the sport, or most any sport, though. It's all a bunch of talk, and yet tv payments keep going up, and ticket prices keep going up, and teams keep making more money..... for all the talk of the "NFL IS DYING"....Fox sports just agreed to pay $100MM more per year for Thursday night football.......
  4. Mike Sixel
    The difference is that one party wants to not spend money on helping the poor and elderly, and to privatize infrastructure, while lowering taxes....causing deficits to skyrocket. The other wants to help poor and elderly, and spend more on infrastructure, while not lowering taxes as much, causing the deficit to increase, though more slowly than the other plan.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Fangraphs top 100 is out: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-top-100-prospects/ 38. Royce Lewis 77 Nick Gordon 99 Alex Kirilloff
  6. Mike Sixel
    $955 billion President Trump’s tax cuts are already affecting America’s balance sheet: The U.S. Treasury projects that the government will borrow $955 billion this fiscal year, up from the $519 billion it borrowed last year. The cause: lower tax receipts.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Distracted employee 12:59 If you had to wager on one player who is going to sign a 1 year contract this off-season and prove their worth of a long-term contract for next off-season (say, for a 3+ year deal in 2019), who would you pick? Travis Sawchik 12:59 Can I count Pineda's 2019?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Eagles are the anti-zimmer coaches, playing aggressively and not going for FGs and going for it on 4th down....that's one reason they are champions. They play to win. They understand the odds and the situation really well. Big fan of their coaching.
  9. Mike Sixel
    There are still ads appearing over the reply box about half the time on my phone....I realize some of you may see that as a feature....
  10. Mike Sixel
    Why no? That's what free agents are, expensive adds to winning. The alternative is the owner pocketing the money.
  11. Mike Sixel
    We don't agree on what makes sense..... Of course he is likely to get worse. But the alternative is even worse, not spending money and not having a good team. But hey, at least the owners will have more money! If you refuse to use one of the avenues to get better, you needed to be ridicoulosly awesome at the other avenues. Otherwise it is all about money, and not winning. I don't get fans who care about money for owners more than winning.
  12. Mike Sixel
    And then they will be a year older, and if they made good, you'll have to sign them to s long term deal. Why would the team be good doing that, but not signing someone to a long term deal this year?
  13. Mike Sixel
    Can you point to anyone saying do it just to make a splash? If not Darvish, now when they have money, who? Almost all free agents are over thirty, and the good ones get long deals. Those arguing against it largely are saying, basically, never sign a good free agent. The twins need to decide if the first three or four years are worth the cost of the last two or three.
  14. Mike Sixel
    None of which are exciting, are they?
  15. Mike Sixel
    You'd rather they give up part of the future pipeline than money?
  16. Mike Sixel
    So, they are going to go against almost forty years of history, and suddenly care about the deficit when in charge? Good luck.
  17. Mike Sixel
    More federal debt, less help for the poor...etc. but then, for some, it is all about money for themselves, and nothing else matters. No idea if that is you or not.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Ya, but just wait, the next year will be great, and then they'll spend money!
  19. Mike Sixel
    The intro to ESPN'S , KLAWS, write-up on the twins... This system is deep, so don't let the presence of just three Twins on the top-100 fool you. They have two dozen or more players who project to some kind of major league role beyond replacement level or roster filler, including one of the most interesting, upside-filled short-season teams in last year's Elizabethton club.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Sigh. I am an idiot sometimes! I see it now. I hope I would have gotten it faster in person....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Why would Dozier stay if the front office does not add to the roster? It would be out of character after last year. Also, eSan sand Pineda are of the roster after 2019.... How do you plan to fill those spots? People need to look at next year's list of free agents, and so themselves if any are better than Lynn or Cobb.... And they won't be cheaper....
  22. Mike Sixel
    To your question about competing for a wild card.... 1. Progress is not linear 2. Other teams have added players 3. They barely won a spot last year. Imo, getting Darvish, or Lynn or Cobb are moves to increase the odds significantly, this year and for three or four more. Passing on them all, including Arrieta? Imo, Dozier leaves as soon as he can. And the team does not win a WC spot this year, or probably next without a lot of luck.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Based on every other expert disagreeing? How, why?
  24. Mike Sixel
    No chance they give up Buehler for Darvish, imo. If they would, of course the Twins should do that.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Tillman....
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