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  1. Mike Sixel
    I think the Twins' system would work just fine, if they would sign legit FAs to fill the holes once they are contenders (or trade prospects for them). You know, like McPhail did, and Ryan didn't, before. We'll see....we'll see.
  2. Mike Sixel
    One of my old time relatives "invented" dilly bread and won a betty crocker contest with it, or something like that.....
  3. Mike Sixel
    Who is doing that? People are giving him career advice, some of them....but no one is giving him medical advice.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Agreed....though I stink at the spelling....
  5. Mike Sixel
    I love banana bread.....with extra bananas and chocolate chips.....no nuts.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I'm just glad I know how to say his name now.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    $40MM is not a lot in today's world.....which is amazing, really. However, there should be enough money for this team to fill holes with free agents, if they draft and develop enough players.......but if your strategy is to have little spent on FAs, then you have to be better than everyone else at drafting, trading, and developing. Being the same won't work, because they'll spend more money than you.......
  8. Mike Sixel
    That's actually often the case, right? Athletes hang on too long very often. Addicts keep taking drugs. It is actually very, very, common that people that aren't emotionally attached and close to a situation have a better idea of what is good or bad for someone. That may or may not be the case here, btw, but your statement doesn't hold water at all.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Jack Morris received one of the larger FA contracts ever, at the time, correct? I do agree, the core needs to be in place before filling in holes....but you need to fill in holes. McPhail did that, Ryan never has. We'll see if that has changed or not once they are competitive.
  10. Mike Sixel
    6 games is a lot, and this team has traded players when they were in closer contention before. I don't know if I would have done those or not......but I would have been a lot more aggressive in trading off veterans for sure. Perkins, for example.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    I don't see evidence one way or the other right now, frankly. IMO, we need another year or so to see if the FO has what it takes. There have been moves I really like, and moves I really, really hate. Most of this team is NOT built through players brought up thru the system since Ryan came back. It is largely guys that were already here, or FAs. I would have preferred less number 3/5 types FA pitchers, and 1 elite one being signed, but it is possible no elite pitcher would sign here (btw, there is no way you can prove this, no matter what evidence you throw out). So, it is hard to say if that is a failure on the FO's part, or just something that would not happen in the last 3 years. I would have preferred not signing a 30 year old from Korea to be the DH this year, given the players already on the roster. I would have preferred acquiring better RPs going into last year, and this year. But, if they really plan to give the young players a shot right away, I'm also ok with that. Really, I think the main issues I have with the rebuild are: a: I don't think they really ever committed to rebuilding b: They settled for mediocre guys with no upside risk, instead of taking true flyers c: The strategy of playing fly ball pitchers with terrible OF defense makes no sense
  12. Mike Sixel
    Yup, something people seem to forget all the time. Where is that team without Jack Morris (one of the biggest FA contract ever, at the time?)?
  13. Mike Sixel
    But Pelfrey and Correia had a 0% chance of working out......that's the point. If you take the guy with no upside, you get "meh" or worse nearly every time*. If you take the guy with upside, you have a chance at something. *when talking about 1 year filler types....
  14. Mike Sixel
    You may have seen the offensive MN plate, stating how much someone hates Muslims...... DO NOT read the comments on KARE11, the number of people that agree with the sentiment, and who don't understand freedom of speech, is depressing. Make the people dumb, and they'll believe/vote for anything......
  15. Mike Sixel
    My favorite straw man in the budget discussions. No one is saying FA is more important than drafting and developing well.
  16. Mike Sixel
    You think they will admit that, even if true?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Cruz is no libertarian, he wants to drive the deficit up so he can bomb the life out of the middle east. He's an expansionist, no doubt about it.
  18. Mike Sixel
    so, never sign FAs, is that your argument? I just want to understand.....Are you saying it is better to sign massive deals, that will NOT expire by the time you have to pay Sano and Buxton, that's better, more likely? If they extend Perkins, I'll be shocked, btw.
  19. Mike Sixel
    so I won't read "there wasn't anyone good to sign, it was a terrible class" all off season next year?
  20. Mike Sixel
    showing tonight, so don't come too early......
  21. Mike Sixel
    BTW, next year's FA class, when the Twins supposedly will be competitive, so they should sign FAs? One of, if not the, worst FA classes ever. Built. In. Excuse.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Plus, it's always a moving goalpost for when they will be good, as Hunter or Santana once said, this team always plays for the future, a future which never comes. 2 years ago, I was told 2 years. Last year, I was told 2-3 more years. Now, this (very well written, btw) article says, 2 more years.....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, isn't it? We won't be good, so let's not try to be good, see, we couldn't be good!......... There has never been a time I've come here, when people didn't say "there are all these reasons not to spend money, and the Twins are right not to, and they aren't cheap, even though we just paid millions to increase their revenue for them through taxes"......when do we read "the Twins are contenders, and they should be spending money on legit, big time, players to fill holes"?
  24. Mike Sixel
    I don't listen to sports talk radio at all anymore, and that is one of the reasons why. Plus, there are just so many other, more interesting, things to do.
  25. Mike Sixel
    That doesn't read with much nuance to the rate vs counting aspect........
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