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  1. Mike Sixel
    prepare to be disappointed. Just look at the maps of House districts, and then how people voted this year, and realize that the nation is more polarized than ever. It's not just Trump, look at the governerships and state houses......I'm telling you, people have been brainwashed for nearly 40 years now about unions, government, public funding of anything, immigrants and others....they literally teach evolution as science! Prepare to be disappointed. LOTS of people are literally typing that cutting meals on wheels makes sense. Lots of people somehow hate Michelle Obama. Lots of people only care about themselves, and have zero empathy. * *you know, I should have literally typed literally more....
  2. Mike Sixel
    Will they? I want 1-2 of them ready in 18. Berrios isn't ready this year, supposedly, despite getting "plenty of run" last year. I truly believe that guys that dominate like him need to be challenged, and to grow at the next level (from A to A+, or whatever) and that sending him to AAA won't help him much at all at this point. He can get AAA hitters out. I could be totally wrong. maybe not pitching in the majors and dominating AAA makes you a better pitcher 2-3 years later....I could be wrong, maybe it isn't true that the more pitches you throw in the minors, the more likely you get less pitches in the majors, because there is a limit to the number of pitches in any body. I admit it. I don't know. But I have a bias, and that bias is to push players to be challenged, and to give the first shot to upside, young, players even while they struggle. Because if those young players don't grow, it won't matter what the 2-3 FAs do.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Now he is saying he and Merkel were wire typed/spied upon. Sigh.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I know people like that also. I don't understand it.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Teams don't worry about service time for number 4/5 types. They do it for elite players. As for depth, we are asking that one SP be young. That still leaves Berrios, Duffey, Haley as backups, plus whatever journeymen you sign to AAA. Every year we read we should worry about depth, and every year the rotation sucks. Mostly because they fill it with bad veterans, so that young players are in AA or AAA for depth...just in case.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Most of us are asking that ONE rotation spot be occupied by a young player. One. Not 2, 3, 4, or 5. One. That seems reasonable on a rebuilding team, that wants to be good in 18 and beyond.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Well, April matters, as does May. Most rosters don't really turn over until May/June/July. I'm worried about a lot of things, not just day 1. Well, worried is the wrong word, I'd go with considering.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Can't. Tell. If. Serious.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Cason Jollette 10:33 Do you think Sano will bounce back? Jeff Sullivan 10:33 I think as he matures, he'll develop a fuller understanding of the strike zone, and his strikeouts will come down even as his contact rate remains bad
  10. Mike Sixel
    Johnny Walker Black 9:43 He is no longer on 40 man roster but what are the chances Byung Ho Park beats out Kennys Vargas for DH position coming out of ST for Minny? If he does, do you think he holds the position all season and how well do you expect him to perform? Jeff Sullivan 9:44 So, I don't have inside Twins intel, but it does seem like Park has hit his way back into the picture. And I consider myself a Park optimist. But the fact that he was dropped like he was suggests that, even if he does win the job, he won't have much in the way of job security. If he struggled in April or May, he'd be out of a job again
  11. Mike Sixel
    sort of validates my thoughts that this still largely about a black man with a funny name, and brainwashing from teh right wing media...
  12. Mike Sixel
    It wasn't an argument for spending on 5 players, but that people are saying "FA contracts turn out badly at the end, never sign a big time FA". His response is quite clear, those back years suck, but if you want the fun of the good years, that's the actual price of the good parts of the deal.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Jbo 9:41 What am I missing in Jason Castro's batted-ball profile that says "I'm a .220 hitter"? Jeff Sullivan 9:41 It's not so much his batted-ball profile as it is his profile of limited batted balls in the first place 9:42 He strikes out almost a third of the time that he hits. Good luck turning that into batting .250
  14. Mike Sixel
    Even if the answer is no.....then they would have an idea of their long term holes.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Fair.
  16. Mike Sixel
    sounds good, where should I fly when?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Well, Vogelsgang has proven for 4 years he's actually not good at all. I'd rather roll the dice on someone that might be good...as an example.
  18. Mike Sixel
    There is so much wrong here..... we are talking about 1 SP spot being given to a non-veteran. One. That's all we are asking for. One. With the backup plans to be the other 4 young guys (or a veteran in AAA, not the majors).
  19. Mike Sixel
    Had a flight of stouts and other "irish" beer last night. I had lamb shank (meh) and my wife had shepherd's pie. So, I guess we started last night.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    love this response, thank you for the respectful disagreement (and agreement!) I hope you are correct, and their talk of veterans and trying to sign even more of them is all part of some kind of placeholder plan....and not a strategy.
  21. Mike Sixel
    you realize the youngest players are 21 or 22....and there are plenty of guys over 30. Of course the average age is around 28. It can't really go LOW. What's the median? He's also been in the league how long?
  22. Mike Sixel
    25 isn't all that young in MLB anymore.
  23. Mike Sixel
    it's my basic struggle with superman or other truly invincible types, really. I prefer my super heroes to have an actual weakness or three, but to still have super powers. frankly, it's why I prefer fantasy. Humanoids can have magic or fight unrealistically, but so can others, and everyone can die...
  24. Mike Sixel
    I didn't say it was a good or bad plan/strategy, I said it was a strategy not a slogan. and yes, I truly want Berrios or Meija to be plan B if May is hurt, or even Duffey to start the year until one of those two is ready. I really want that more than a 40 yo pitcher that hasn't been good for at least 4 years. Yes. I'm not confident one way or the other on either of them, but they are the future. Vogelesgang is neither the present nor the future, I'm confident of that. Yes, I really want 1-3 young guys in the bullpen from the minors. They throw harder than the guys they brought in. They might be part of the future. I want Chargois to be guaranteed a spot on the roster, based on what he did last year, and his potential. 100% yes, I want that. It might not work, but that's the route I would go.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Those don't really happen all that much, with guys signed the previous off season. The number are shockingly low, actually. You think which guys are going to be tradeable, that they signed?
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