Mike Sixel
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Lunhow has made a lot of mistakes, you listed my three least favorite moves of his. They, imo, diverted from plan last year when they competed earlier than they thought......... Putting aside what another GM does..... How do you feel about a 2 man bench? How do you feel about the bullpen being the top priority this offseason, and then this is done? How do you feel about losing their 3rd catcher to make room for a corner OF that didn't want to play? How do you feel about the 40 man roster having almost no positional players, so if Buxton couldn't hit, your next best option as Mastro or Rosario, and then playing Arcia and Sano both in the field? How do you feel about them admitting they didn't have a plan for winning Park? I could go on and on, if I went back to last year.....that's all happened this year, and it is only April.
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That is certainly the other side of the coin.......and it is certainly possible. But we've never made technology that can take over thinking jobs before...... This isn't something I'm imagining off the top of my head, plenty of research exists on this idea. I do agree, the transitions always stink. But, we never plan for those either. Just like we refuse to plan for sending a lot of work outside the US (and the long term effect that has on wages).
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The should be embarrassed by this move, completely and utterly embarrassed. Odds any reporter in this town actually confronts them on this? Zero.
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No, they don't. The entire SP staff is veterans. Perkins, Fien, Jepsen, Abad are not young. Their 3B, SS, 2B, 1B, and C are veterans. The only part that is young or inexperienced is the OF and the DH, and the DH is 29.
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I gotta say, it won't matter as long as Ryan and Molitor are in charge, imo. Molitor appears to be completely over matched as a field manager. While that is only part of his job, it is the only part we can really judge. Last night? Not using Meyer? On a team that is apparently desperate for pitching? The GM left this team with 2 bench players. I don't know how often that has ever happened.......and, he owns the 40 man, he is the one that has populated it with pitchers (then refused to use the young pitchers). If you wan't jettison the old pitchers, and your hitters are a HUGE series of question marks, why is the 40 man made up of this ratio?
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Game Thread: Twins v Indidans, 4/25 @ 7:10pm CT
Mike Sixel replied to Riverbrian's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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Ryan needs to go. This is a clincher for me.
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I am hopeful there is a master plan that we mere fans cannot understand
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I agree, and that seems a bit risky.......but I agree.
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Let's not forget cashiers. And, potentially, delivery people if drone delivery happens.
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five position players in the minors on the 40 man, and now three have been sent down "recently"........so only ABW and Vargas can come up, unless there is a DL situation, is that correct?
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They need a bench........
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Just out of curiosity.....do they not want Kepler in CF because he might actually be good, and then the roster crunch would be even worse?
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Game Thread: Twins v Indidans, 4/25 @ 7:10pm CT
Mike Sixel replied to Riverbrian's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Hey look, it is Arcia, Santana, Sano........ -
Other than playing a MLB game with a 2 man bench, sure......what could go wrong?
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Well, in true saber metrics form, I'm not saying it WILL happen, but I think it is highly likely, and we should be planning for such an eventuality. And, we are supposedly less than 5-7 years from trucks self driving, so I'm not sure why farming won't be similar. heck, I'll give you the farmers.......if you give me the miners, many of the firefighters, much of the military, a huge swath of lawyers and accountants, IT people, call center people, what is left of people inside banks, under writers, much of the teachers......taxi drivers, waitstaff (ipads are already starting to take their place) at less expensive places, on and on and on. I think a lot of people will want to work, I think there won't be as much work.
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Nah, Mastro isn't on the 40 man, is he?
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I love your user name, btw. Seriously.
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So, um, about that last shoe to drop.......Murphy asked for his release yesterday? Has to be Mastro, coming up, right?
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Wow. You think he wasn't confident? This has to be why the last shoe has not fallen. What will they do with the bench now? Mastro?
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Trust me, I wish more people were on mute on large calls......you know the ones if you've worked in such an environment.....
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Game Thread: Twins v Indidans, 4/25 @ 7:10pm CT
Mike Sixel replied to Riverbrian's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
btw, I'm out of likes....so consider this a preemptive "like" of all your awesome posts to come. I have great confidence in all of you. Or something like that..... -
good thing I'm on mute on this conference call, I don't think the IT leader speaking right now would have appreciated the timing of that laugh.
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LoL. I'll be at a going away party tonight, so I won't feel bad about not liking posts I don't read......let them all know I love all their posts equally, like they were my children. Or something like that....
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out of likes, chief, sorry.......
