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  1. Mike Sixel
    He must really be hurting. Bummer.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Pennies are a huge drain on the economy and in a country where we actually led....we'd have gotten rid of them by now.
  3. Mike Sixel
    It is clearly a rebuild. It appears to be a somewhat slow one, and it appears to be further away than any of us thought. However, imo again, signing pitchers to long term deals, making them not tradable, seems like an odd rebuild strategy. That's just my opinion, of course. I don't think Polanco will be eligible for rookie status next year. I think gunnar has the other names correct for top 100, which as I stated, leaves the farm looking pretty barren for non pitching help (though I do think one of the catchers will be up, out of necessity if not readiness).
  4. Mike Sixel
    The Mauer point is well made. I'm not ranting, I'm merely stating that as a fan, I don't care about anything other than being entertained. If this is a rebuild, then I don't think the FO has done a good job. Keeping Perkins? why? Why would a rebuilding team do that? Not signing more international guys? Other than budget, which they have enough of....why not more guys? They have not signed guys to flip them, like a rebuilding generally does. Trading Span and Revere are about it for doing what a rebuilding team normally does, and so far, those trades have not been good...... How many years should this rebuild take? And no, I don't want to compare it to KC or Pitt taking 30 years. That was abject failure.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Here is a list of people saying he's the savior: Now that that straw man is dead........the Twins are terrible. They seem to have issues with young players not being ready when they come up. They could start pulling guys up, and see if they are ready or not (those that are close) and also to get them a taste of the majors.......or they can just keep being awful, not gather information on their minor league players this year, and go into next year w/o an idea of which guys are ready.........
  6. Mike Sixel
    This is my opinion, I could be wrong: the Braves have dealt every veteran but 1, for picks/players. The Twins kept Perkins and others. The braves have been working hard to acquire more picks, the Twins have not. The braves are rumored to be spending big in the international world, the Twins are literally tied to zero of the top 30 players, and, contrary to belief, tied matters. It is all pretty much done at this point. One team is truly rebuilding, the other is not. I could be wrong, maybe they tried really hard to acquire more picks and tried to trade Plouffe and Perkins and others, and just couldn't. But, it does not appear to me that the Twins are all in on aquiring more youth. As for the minor league system......it's going to look pretty barren next year for hitters other than Gordon.
  7. Mike Sixel
    In a lost season, when you have "too many people on teh 40 man"....you need to bring up young players and see who can hack it. This year is lost. This year should be about next year and the year after. I don't see how anyone can say this is a good idea, in the grand scheme of prepping this team for next year.
  8. Mike Sixel
    So, ya, one team is doing everything it can to add talent.......because that is their strategy. The other is not. Two guys not even in teh top 30........the Twins are flush with RP types....flush.
  9. Mike Sixel
    On the movie analogy......why did you talk about how much money a movie would make, and not how good it was? The goal of a movie is to entertain.....just like sports. There are thousands of good movies with low budgets....just as there have been baseball teams with low budgets that win. IF they are in a rebuild...and if they are spending more money than other teams in rebuilds.....why are they losing more? Doesn't that imply the spending this FO has made was bad spending?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Braves just bought a daft pick, money for their pool. The twins signed a 33 year old. Sigh.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Very exciting. In a lost year, who doesn't want to watch 33 year olds get their shot......I mean, really, why go youth at all?
  12. Mike Sixel
    Like any other product, if the product sucks, and the company is still making money, eventually they make less money. I have no obligation to judge a leader as successful if his product sucks and he is still making money. I don't buy cheap products. I don't generally support companies that put out bad products and sell cheep stuff. Others seem to want to judge the product on some other aspect than wins and losses. Feel free. To me, they are failing, badly. Other companies find a way to put out good products even with low revenues. Again, feel free to continue rooting the way you root. The product is entertainment, and wins to me. They have largely not provided any lately.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Ya, first time canoeing with the spouse.....fun times! Usually the person in front suggests the direction, but the person in back is responsible for the steering.....so, front: accountable, back: responsible. that always works so well in corporate.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Talk about a straw man. People rip Mauer all the time here, and online, and in the stadium and on the radio. I'm not sure what the team can do at this point. Personally, I'd try to buy him off. Failing that, I'd consider just waiving him, and putting Park at 1B. But, no one here is saying you can't rip him. People are questioning what the money has to do with ripping him though. He's bad compared to other 1B, not matter what he's being paid. I don't think the money would be allocated for another star, so I don't think his money matters at all to their success (other than making it impossible to trade him, but then his no trade status does that also).
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'm just kind of resigned to the fact that they'll slow them thru the low minors, and then maybe speed them thru the upper minors. Totally backward, imo, but that seems to be the MO.
  16. Mike Sixel
    The more I think about it, the more I want Arya to tell the faceless that they are just a bunch of punks who take money to kill people, they've lost their way, and she either leaves them, or takes them (how many are there) over. Also, did she completely forget everything she learned about fighting? Ugh.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Also, imo, part of the problems today stem for TR's first tenure. I don't think that is true in Houston. That said, I don't love what Lunhow did at all last year.....too much for too little, imo.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Call him up when you think he's almost ready. Do not worry about service time. Seriously. Mauer's contract is done soonish....no one else other than Sano looks like they need an extension any time soon. Seriously, one thing they don't seem to do in MN is worry about service time (or options, I guess) with guys they think are great.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I'm not holding my breath on that being correct, but I think it would be a fascinating twist. I still expect it to be Snow (soon to be Stark), Dany, and Tyrion that end up being the stars of the war. I think it is time for Arya to admit she's a Stark, and still somehow have power......my one odd theory on her is that she (hinted at by what's his name last night) takes the faceless back to their roots, and leads the final over throw of the masters......but I don't know what's going to happen with her. Maybe she kills Cersei and the Mountain, to tie up loose ends? btw, is Hodor dead, or undead now? Will Jon or Bran have to kill him? That would be both awesome and sad.
  20. Mike Sixel
    As long as Molitor is the manager.....that's probably a good think for Polanco.
  21. Mike Sixel
    If you aren't going to play Polanco nearly every day, with the way everyone else is hitting, send Polanco down, and just keep playing Dozier. This year should be all about next year now......imo.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Lunhow over stepped last year, and Ryan understepped last year. Long term, Lunhow probably cost his team more. Short term, when you had that many wins in the bag, Ryan may have cost his team more. You still didn't answer the question.....how long should it take to be good? Fair, I won't tarnish him with the BS years, as long as no one here gives him credit for any player acquired during those years......he did hand pick BS to succeed him, though, didn't he?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Well, given the number of minority players, and the percent of minority people in the country, yes....in most all sports minorities are under represented in leadership positions. It's a hard nut to crack, people tend to hire people they already have a relationship with, or who someone they know knows. The Twins have made some very modest progress (I think) in this area, but they really need to make more. Not for some PC reason, but because a lot of players come from a place other than white suburbia, and they need to do a better job of relating to them, imo.
  24. Mike Sixel
    how much time, that's always the question, isn't it? He was still involved in the BS led years, and he's been in total charge for 4-5 years now. How long is long enough? Right now, it is hard to even say the process is working, let alone the outcomes are. If they were graduating a player or two a year, that were very good/great....and weren't making the same mistakes over and over (see CF and bullpen), I might have more confidence that they are on a great path. But, it is pretty hard to see that path right now with a lot of confidence. At least it is for me. Admittedly, I never wanted TR back, and that clouds my thoughts on the last few years. That does not, imo, make my conclusions wrong.
  25. Mike Sixel
    For a long time, I've said that while the books are mysoginistic.....the best leaders seem to be the women. I've also said it would truly great if the war ended up being driven and led by the women. Dany is clearly going to get to the end. Cersei is the real power in the Lannister world now. Dorne is now led by women (I guess, and kind of was before) Sansa (hahahahahahahahaha) could lead the North. (i can't believe I just typed that) Asha (Yara) could lead the iron born. Of the major houses, only the Boltons are led by a man right now. (unless you count the Vale, I guess, but could Sansa marry the kid?) Only the religion seems to not be led by women at all right now.
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