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  1. Mike Sixel
    It is the process rebuilding teams follow. He is a free agent in two years, as stated above, if they are not using that money on Sano, Buxton, Berrios, or other young played, keeping him probably did not matter because they are likely bad. If you never trade your good players, you are closing down one way to get better.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I am now on the trade him side. Bad teams need to trade good players to get younger good players, imo. The Cubs are built on trades and great high picks. The twins seem unwilling to really rebuild.
  3. Mike Sixel
    There are nine spots every day....so either they figure out how to rotate players, or they bench players. So far, they are benching players, so Plouffe and Mauer can play. For a terrible team, that seems like doing the opposite, imo.
  4. Mike Sixel
    So, just bench the young guys you need to learn more about? So you can win, what, this year?
  5. Mike Sixel
    yup, I've changed from being unsure they should trade Dozier to "they need to get some great prospects". I just think they are still 2 years away, and they need to strengthen the pipeline even more.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Mauer isn't a bench player by 2018? Hmmmmm. I will take that bet.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Must have been in part you didn't quote, my bad...... So Polanco shouldn't play 2B at all? Mauer shouldn't sit some so Vargas or Park can play some 1B?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Very cool. I've actually wondered about that occurring, or not.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I don't disagree, but they have guys that have to be on the 40 man next year, those guys will get called up mostly. Do you sit them, or sit the veteran that you have years of data on?
  10. Mike Sixel
    did you read my whole reply? No place did he call for Vielma...... They are probably calling up a Catcher, should he sit, or Suzuki? Why play Escobar or Plouffe in September much if Vargas, Sano, Polanco are all here?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Well, he didn't call for that, did he? He said old veterans don't need to play in September, so the Twins can gather information on the young players that will be called up. If you think playing Santana or Grossman helps this team this year or next year, we won't agree. They have to add both the AAA and AA catcher to the 40 man this off season, why not call one or both up and not play suzuki? I mean, if you are going to argue with someone, argue against what they actually said...
  12. Mike Sixel
    Well, there was a streaming app.....so maybe you could stream it here. Just shows how interested I was. Oh, left off another reason or two: The overt nationalism, I hate nationalism. The IOC is an evil, corrupt, organization. Some of the events, I just can't watch athletic competition that is judged. Seems fixed a lot.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Today's prospect chat: Dougy 2:21 Do you still believe in Buxton? Eric A Longenhagen 2:21 Yes. Diego 2:26 Outside of guys in the pre-season top 100, who are 1 or maybe 2 guys with power bats that could be up soon? Eric A Longenhagen 2:27 So, upper-level power bats who aren't big time prospects? Okay, we can do that... Daniel Palka. 55, maybe 60 raw pull power. Swing will be tough to make work but I think he could be a nice platoon option, maybe yank out 15 HRs that way.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Bragger.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Yup.
  16. Mike Sixel
    It does seem odd that Polanco only played 2B all year....when they have Dozier...and he's out of options...and he seems like a legit hitting prospect that you'd want to keep around.... I would have had him in LF and CF and 3B and 2B. From here, it is hard to see the plan for how Polanco and Dozier co-exist.
  17. Mike Sixel
    It's my understanding that NBC did everything they could to block streaming in the US. But, I could be wrong about that. Would I pay $25 to watch the Olympics live? I doubt it, but it is possible. I'd want to be able to choose to watch any number of live feeds, mostly so I could ignore the fluff and watch the sports.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Got it. I agree.....there aren't many players that have hit as badly that even got this many ABs, because guys that wRC+ a 49 don't usually get more than 100 ABs and they are gone. but, you have to pick some sample......though I don't get why age is so important. Are 23 year olds that hit badly not a good comp? What happens if we expand it to everyone 24 and under? I bet the numbers of failures goes up even more. Frankly, guys that hit this badly rarely get to play in the majors. It's only his defense and his natural talent that is allowing him to have a chance at all. It is also all that really offers much hope.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Wining is the only thing that will fix attendance at this point.
  20. Mike Sixel
    NBC is blaming cord cutting millennials for the ratings.....I mean, sure, millennials are singlehandedly ruining the world.... I am 52....I didn't watch because: it was tape delayed. Sports should not be tape delayed. Nothing "live" should be. ...... ...... lots of space..... The fluff was unwatchable. I want to watch the actual competition. The coverage is undeniably sexist. I just don't care to watch as much tv that I don't care about anymore.
  21. Mike Sixel
    And, you go to more games than you otherwise would because of that? you buy more tickets? how many tickets do you think the Twins sell because mauer is on the team, at this point?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Ya, taking advice from a movie character..... You realize that high strikes are the strikeout pitch, right?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Don't you need a closer look at guys on the border, than guys that are future stars? You "know" the stars will be here, but it's the edge cases where you need more data.... Do people think Mauer is adding butts to seats anymore?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Bah, that's nothing, try standing on the tee box with 100 swing thoughts.... It would be interesting to know what/how they are advising him, and if things have really changed from last year or not....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Park has options, he can sit in AAA until he shows he's good. the issue is Sano, Plouffe, Vargas, Mauer for now. When/if Park shows he's ready, then the oldest prospect ever can be a concern....
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