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  1. Mike Sixel
    you could choose not to have insurance, could doctors and hospitals turn away the uninsured? There is NO first world nation on the planet with a free market HC system, the US is the closest, and the most expensive and produces terrible outcomes. Health care is not an optional thing, that you can just choose not to have. It just isn't. People get sick, they get pregnant, they need vaccinations. Nothing about health care shares the underlying premises that other items in our economy do, that would make it better to have total freedom of choice.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Sano, Rosario, Kepler, Polanco, Arcia, were all on that depleted farm system, right?
  3. Mike Sixel
    And....today is....pfeffernuss day. My grandmother and mother both used to make huge batches of these. I like them. I miss them, sort of.
  4. Mike Sixel
    healthcare is not a free market, and never will be. It isn't like other goods. You don't just choose to not get healthcare, and sellers of services can't turn away non-paying customers morally/ethically/or legally. Every other nation in the world has a more regulated system, and they produce better outcomes at lower costs. It is hard to understand why we can't just see it for what it is.....by looking at how it works here vs the rest of the world. It just isn't and never will be a free market. But going half way like this? Half way is always the least effective and efficient way.
  5. Mike Sixel
    It is hard to see him in that role, but then I have a hard time envisioning him as a good SP, and yet he is......I just think we all under value him.
  6. Mike Sixel
    If those were my choices, I would agree......
  7. Mike Sixel
    I don't think ERA is even close to a good measure of a RP effectiveness. I have no idea if he'd be good in relief or not, other than that SP usually make better RP, and he's been a good, but not great, starting pitcher. I do agree, though, he's under appreciated as a SP in this league. He just gets the job done, not great, but better than most that try.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Here is a list of hitters added to the system since Ryan came back that are on the roster: the 2 catchers, Escobar, Park (assuming he is on the roster) (maybe Buxton, but maybe not at the beginning of the year). Other than Escobar, none of them are league average or really drove the team's success last year. I'm not sure how much the team is better because of Ryan, on the hitting side, just yet......they are better because Dozier, Plouffe (and Escobar) are in their prime, and Sano is elite and Rosario is better than the guys they ran out before. All of those guys but EE were already in the system before the rebuild started. Ryan has definitely made the SP better, but that's a low bar to get over. And, he's almost 100% done it in FA, a path I am told repeatedly is a bad idea to take.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I have never said the Twins aren't better now. I have said I don't think Ryan deserves all the credit for Sano and Gibson, for example, since they were in the system before he came back. it is also early to assume the rebuild has worked. We don't know that. We are all hopeful that they are going to be very good in the next few years, but we don't know that yet. I have posted several times, the real tell on if the team is different is what they do in the next year or two, to close the gap. do they tread water and not add the ONE GUY to make a difference, now that they are supposedly good, or do they not act like they did last time they were good. I have acknowledged about 100000000x that signing three mediocre pitchers to league average deals is a divergence from his previous regime. I have also said I'd rather they acquire one elite player than three mediocre ones. Cleveland looks a lot like the Twins of earlier this decade. They won't/can't spend the money to close their holes. It is a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy on their part, though. At some point, the fans stop coming if you don't really try to win, no matter what the reason might be, in your control or not. Fans don't, and probably shouldn't, care about anything (assuming your team is ethical/moral) other than winning and trying to win.
  10. Mike Sixel
    You can't compare their ERA.......RP are put in positions to succeed way more often than SP (facing 1 batter or 2, only guys with the same handedness, etc). Also, since they only throw 60 innings, they can throw harder, etc. The vast majority of RP are guys that weren't quite good enough as starters, not the other way around.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Thanks for taking the time! I have been moving more and more to the "he'll find a way to succeed in the majors" side lately.
  12. Mike Sixel
    none of whom were even good enough to come up in September for a look see, right? So, when will they be good enough this year? How many bad innings of RP will we get before that? Or maybe they aren't trying to win this year, and it is another development year. I'd be leery of any 3 year deal for a RP. I'd be leery of trading for most any RP. But I think there is a middle ground between the Stauffer experiment and a three year deal for a "proven" closer.
  13. Mike Sixel
    costs are going up because of many reasons, only a tiny handful of which are government related. I do agree government is playing a role, but it is largely driven by drugs and equipment, costs for which are rising much slower in more regulated nations.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    You act like the democrats all agreed on what they wanted, like it is some kind of one brained thing.....trust me, they did not agree. This was as close to what they wanted as they could get. I remain not a fan, frankly. But, Obamacare is not what is driving costs up, or changing what kind of policies are available for purchase. That started a long time ago.
  15. Mike Sixel
    and yet you point out it took the Royals 30 years to do it their way, and how long did it take the Pirates? It isn't like going small always works either....how did that work when Ryan was last year, and he went small for a decade?
  16. Mike Sixel
    So, the "supporters" are nuanced and pragmatic, and those others are just bad, stupid people?
  17. Mike Sixel
    they are 100% the problem in HC. They believe it is like other goods, that you can choose to buy or not. Unfortunately, that just isn't true. Hospitals can't turn the uninsured away. People who are sick shouldn't just say "well, I don't need that <bag of Doritos> today". It isn't the same kind of good as other things at all. We cost more, we get less good outcomes than the entire rest of the world.......that is not a coincidence at all. *this is my personal opinion, and does not reflect the stance of my employer** **I think I'm supposed to type that, or not comment on HC at all...
  18. Mike Sixel
    Given that rates were rising at double digits before Obamacare, and that companies have been making HC "worse" for the insured for about 2 decades now.....I don't think it is Obamacare that is the issue for you.* *this is my personal opinion, and does not reflect the stance of my employer** **I think I'm supposed to type that, or not comment on HC at all...
  19. Mike Sixel
    I don't get the "he's good enough to get 15 - 18 outs, but not good enough to get three outs" argument at all. If you are good enough to be an average starter, you are certainly good enough to be a better than average RP. I like Milone, have no issue with him in the rotation.
  20. Mike Sixel
    that is the key.....if they are really playing for 2017, then yes, the young guys should be in the rotation now. If they are really playing for 2016, well, there is no evidence of that right now, is there?
  21. Mike Sixel
    In an AL with no team like the Dodgers or Cubs.....in a division that could be a toss up....on a team with several great players.....they should do what? Fold? Stand still? Try to win while their owner is alive?
  22. Mike Sixel
    good point, they clearly decided to follow the strategy of mostly sucking, even though they didn't admit it at the time.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Links to both sides, and some interesting analysis of what correlations exist besides just payroll amount. http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20140825/SPORTS/308259994 http://www.hardballtimes.com/money-and-wins/ http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/relationship-between-spending-winning-remains-low/ http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dont-be-fooled-by-baseballs-small-budget-success-stories/ http://www.antolin-davies.com/theses/higgins.pdf
  24. Mike Sixel
    does anyone think he's not ready now? I'd say they are blocking May, maybe Milone or Duffey, depending on what choices are made.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Has it changed from when they were winning, or will they largely tread water again? That's the question I am interested in seeing the answer to soon.....
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