Mike Sixel

Super annoying. I just want a good conversation. This practice hurts that.

I know you want new writers, but if you want blogs to get more traffic, start using blogs for more of your own stuff. Seth's prospect posts should be blogs. Also, I hear the technology isn't super modern.

I don't see how trading a declining, expensive player, indicates anything about Tampa's direction with any certainty.

One high pick, not every high pick.

How right was he in previous years, exactly? They were decimated by lack of OL last year. He finally used real money and a higher pick on the OL, and it worked. just like some of us have been saying.....

Longoria isn't that good, and costs a lot. I'm not sure this is them throwing in the towel yet....it just makes sense to do. That said, I think someone ponies up for Archer and they do throw in the towel on this year.

I agree.... Oddball Herrera 1:11 Re: Kemp, since a team would probably be paying next to nothing for him, you really think that a team like the Twins wouldn't at least bring him to spring training to see if he can work out as a DH? We're talking about a spot currently occupied by Robbie Grossman... Dave Cameron 1:12 Grossman is better than Kemp.

a: he actually goes to games, but that wasn't hte point I was responding to.... b: this is: KLaw is figuring out the hard way that the more he makes projections, the more wrong he is you seriously think he's just figuring this out? You think this bothers him at all, relative to how hard it is?

That's what I said up a few pages. Most money, lots of years.

Agreed on the players htey lose.....not agreed on keeping a guy on the 25 man for too long.....let's hope they learned from last year.

This is such a bad take it is ridiculous. He's always admitted the work is hard, and he'll get a lot wrong .

What big fish will they get, if they don't want to pay market rates?

by spoiling? Or by only really liking something, and not loving it? Sorry, was hoping to have a conversation. I can delete it.

Jake Jackson 3:53 Are the cubs in on a trade for Matt Kemp? Steve Adams 3:53 I don't think the Cubs are actively trying to downgrade their roster.

Michael (no, not me.....) 3:36 Twins management continue to say they are pursuing Darvish. How realistic is it to think that he would sign with them? Steve Adams 3:37 They have the money, the need and an abnormal lack of competition for top starters. I wrote about how it's a good fit at length six weeks ago, and I think most of that argument still holds (maybe even more so now that we know the Royals are for sure going for a rebuild): https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/twins-brewers-enter-offseason-i... https://www.jotcast.com/chat/chat-with-mlbtrs-steve-adams-12-19-17-2850.html CoryM 3:43 Do you have a favorite team or do you look at things more neutral now? Steve Adams 3:45 I still follow and cheer for the Twins. I get why some journalists say they give up their fandom, so to speak, when they get into the industry. But I'm hardly in a traditional media position, and I don't really think pulling for a certain team has ever influenced me to write anything one way or the other. If the Twins do something I find to be stupid, I don't have much of an issue saying it makes little sense to me. I treat them like I would any other club and don't place extra focus on Minnesota while working for MLBTR or anything. Marcus 3:45 If arrieta does not get resigned by Chicago , where do you think he realistically goes? Same goes for Wade davis. Thanks! Steve Adams 3:47 Twins or Brewers make sense as alternate landing spots for Arrieta to me. Phillies if they want to keep getting aggressive. Davis... Rockies, Cardinals, Twins, Dodgers (at a certain price point), Phils all make varying degrees of sense. Red Sox if they miss out on JDM and pivot to strengthen the pitching staff rather than bolster the lineup. Speculative, but I can see it.

interesting. thanks. I figured that bonus was part of his major league salary for the year, but maybe not.

They seem to do about 5-8 tastings a year.... https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/12/103-of-the-best-christmaswinter-beers-blind-tasted.html As for the song that started this, I have come to grips with the fact that these songs are part of the time of year, and that I should try harder to embrace them....

Paste magazine (on line) has a review of the best Xmas beers they recently published......you should be able to find quite a few in Chicago.

You joke, right? The loses contact with 2nd base on a steal for a milisecond rule is absurd.

Kiley is back with Fangraphs. Eric is not leaving....so there will be even more prospect coverage there.

Not sure the taxes work that way, but even if they do, I can't see the Twins or anyone giving out a signing bonus like that.

I liked it......with some changes I would have loved it. The jedi parts were sooooo good. The other parts were tacked on, but they could have been good.

I don't want to watch that play again. Awful. And it led to this rule. we miss you....

I think I know what the issue is for me. SPOILERS! First, I don't think that every part of every story has to move the main plot..... Second, I hate when characters don't communicate. It isn't realistic. People OVER share, they don't keep secrets from each other. It's one of the things that annoys me about The Magicians tv show..... I don't think the Poe or Finn stories are good enough. Leia and Han had intersting stories, and were interesting characters. Finn should be the most interesting non-Jedi character in this arc. A former storm trooper who decides the first order is evil. But, I felt like his story was tacked onto the story here. The one good point of his story was showing that eternal war between light and dark is bad for everyone, except arms dealers. Unless he is integral to the story next movie, it would have been better for him to die. A non-jedi hero for the galaxy...even the non-jedi can stand up to the first order! Why did the new leader hide the plan from Poe? Stupid. If she had not done that, they might have succeeded. I feel stuff like this is done as plot device, but is 180 degrees off from how people would act in the real world. Plus Poe doesn't do anything in this whole movie, other than the first battle scene. He lacks the depth of Han, imo. I think the movie needed more for the non-Jedi characters to do. Just once I want the bad guys to be really good at fighting. Like Darth Maul. But, Rey and Ben were outnumbered two to one and barely got a scratch. The scene was well done, but it lacked any sense of tension that the darth maul scenes had. Also, the music was lacking, for the first time in a Star Wars movie, none of the music moved me.

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/eric-longenhagen-prospects-chat-12-19/ Jordan from Dakota 12:04 Have you seen much of the Twins Akil Baddoo? Everything about him screams big time riser in 2018. Eric A Longenhagen 12:05 Big physical tools, not the most graceful ballplayer but it's working so far. I've been a fan for a while and would argue he's already broken out. dusty 12:08 How do you rank the upsides of the Twins prospect shortstops ( Lewis, Gordon, and Wander Javier) Thanks . Eric A Longenhagen 12:08 Lewis, but I don't think he stays at short tom 12:35 brusdar graterol thoughts? Eric A Longenhagen 12:37 Special arm. 97-100 in short bursts, 93-98 during starts without much movement, average cutter/slider in the upper-80s. Generates the velo pretty easily, an impressive physical specimen and athlete. Has had a surgery already.