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  1. Mike Sixel
    The same Molitor that plays DanSan 40% of the time is the guy you think is worried about defensive consistency?
  2. Mike Sixel
    A: I'm not sure what "technology" the various sites use for tracking the pitch location, but it isn't technology you'd use for automating balls and strikes. It isn't set up to do that, and they haven't invested the money to do that. Drawing conclusions about how ready we are is specious. As Brock points out, it's child's play if we really want to do it. B: I really want to believe in Gibson, but it sure looks the same every year. Sometimes you are what you are. C: I want automated balls and strikes, because I want the players to decide the game, based on playing by the same rules, not giving certain players more or less calls based on reputation (I literally gave up on MLB for awhile after watching Glavine get ridiculous calls for years).
  3. Mike Sixel
    You know, I'm older than some of you, so here goes.....no place am I saying anyone should make the same choices as me..... I decided over the last two years that I'd rather experience the highs and lows, than have a boring life where I was passively ok with everything all the time and didn't take risks. Last year, I got my hopes on on the Vikings before the season even started, and that just escalated when they went 5-0. And you know what? It was fun. Did the downturn end up more frustrating that way? yes. But, I've dabbled in trying to be in the middle space Buddhists talk about, where we don't let the world sway our emotions. I think they've got it wrong for me. I want the highs and lows. I want the excitement and disappointment. I want to feel alive over the next 20 or so years before I die. So, I'm never going to rip the those that jump on and off the bandwagon. Supporting a sports' team is completely irrational in the first place, and people that love a team or hate a team? Good for them if that makes them more happy. All that typed......it can get annoying when people are over the top one way or the other here. But I'm learning to laugh / enjoy it more, rather than get annoyed over it. For me? Go for it. Live life, experience the highs and lows. For others? That's up to them. But on this site, if Brock wants to be "too optimistic", good for him.
  4. Mike Sixel
    On Garver "playing every day".....that won't happen this year, if Castro is healthy, or next year, if Castro is healthy. Keeping him in AAA just to "catch every day" makes no sense given Castro's contract. That said, I'm good with another month or so in AAA, but if he continues to hit, he should be up and in the lineup. Did I miss it, or was Gonsalves not mentioned? Can't recall if he's hurt or what. Putting a bunch of old players in the bullpen, w/o options, makes it really hard to make moves. Why? Because you are scared you might lose a mediocre old guy who isn't part of the future. It was a mistake, given where they are, and it remains a mistake. They have no flexibility.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I don't think we know much of anything, other than his first contract won't be for more than 1 year, and it will be between $5 and $8MM. How long that contract is his only contract, how much that second contract will be for? We know nothing. We do know that if teams follow the spirit of the rules, he'll get around $5MM, and then tiny salaries for 2-3 years.....but we all know that won't happen.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather Duffey be used in the 7th or 8th (or 6th) when the best hitters are up, in high leverage situations, than be saved for a 3 run lead in the 9th. I'd like to see him pitch in like 50-60 games, 2 innings or sometimes 1.
  7. Mike Sixel
    winner!
  8. Mike Sixel
    Love quinoa. seriously. great food. I'll see if I can get the recipe for quinotto that we make posted...
  9. Mike Sixel
    It just shows how bad: these rules are for MLB teams to navigate these rules are for human beings to get their value in compensation w/o arbitrary limits
  10. Mike Sixel
    ya, well, I kinda knew that, my point was maybe promoting him to replace anyone would require at least some AAA playing. But I guess I missed the part where we meant RIGHT NOW. My bad, as I was sort of working...
  11. Mike Sixel
    ahem.....if you want a thread, start a thread. this is a news aggregator....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Twins are losing 5-3. Shockingly, DanSan has no hits. this has been your Mike Sixel update (which isn't as cool as circus boy)
  13. Mike Sixel
    sure you don't just have to go to the bathroom?
  14. Mike Sixel
    What wrong move did he make in the 9th? It's hard to argue with any of his decisions.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Was I right? did DanSan get this?
  16. Mike Sixel
    2-3 months more, I'd guess.
  17. Mike Sixel
    don't worry, DanSan's got this....
  18. Mike Sixel
    Granite could use a little AAA time, imo.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    excellent use of jonron. I just was actually working during Dozier's....
  20. Mike Sixel
    that's not the song I wanted stuck in my head.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    A: I'm tired of "not everyone is Mike Trout" stuff. If he was never a top prospect, he'd be in the minors this year already, because no one hits this badly and plays in the majors. It's stupid to say "its not fair to compare him to Mike Trout", when he has a negative 59 wrc...... B: Ya, if he was a top 20 prospect that was one of two players his team was building around, he'd still get this attention.
  22. Mike Sixel
    You're not missing much, frankly. Patience...
  23. Mike Sixel
    I cringe laughed...
  24. Mike Sixel
    I agree with this. The FO made these choices with April in mind, and they aren't going to change their mind 1 or 2 weeks in, IMO.
  25. Mike Sixel
    KLAW's update this week has Gordon at #44 of those still in the minors, with a possible ETA of 2018.
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