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  1. Mike Sixel
    The teams play the games they are scheduled to play, and the outcomes this year are clear. Arguing over the AL vs NL seems like it misses the point.....the Cubs have better younger players than the Twins. Arrieta turning out this good is luck, Arrieta being acquired as part of a plan to flip assets for higher upside is not. The Twins doubled down on Suzuki, the Cubs trades their FA signings for other stuff. It isn't hard to see the difference in philosophy, really.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I am so in agreement with chief here.....if you aren't trying to get to 2nd as fast as possible, it should be interference. It's in the rules that way. Just play by the rules.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Very entertaining stuff. Thanks,
  4. Mike Sixel
    Rightio, sir (or madam, but I think sir is correct).
  5. Mike Sixel
    I think it is pretty unfair to imply that anyone that questions Mauer's value expects him to be god like to be of value to the team.
  6. Mike Sixel
    That student having a gun, so he could protect himself, that worked out well..... I am willing to concede that guns don't kill people, people do. Are you willing to concede that we should regulate peoples' rights and access to guns? Because I'm not trying to regulate guns, I'm trying to regulate people.
  7. Mike Sixel
    It is true we've pretty much trodden this into the ground, but just today I've seen several posters with under 100 posts.....they may not have had the privilege of this discussion yet.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    It's hard to say how much blame he should or should not get, but from pretty much every account I read (or read, since present and past tense are the same, how odd), he is a terrible, terrible tactical manager.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Isn't that already Polanco?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Best sarcasm ever, or honest post, I can't tell. There was an article in the paper* about Mauer. This thread responds to that article. Are we not now allowed to respond to Mauer articles? *do people still read the paper version?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Getting on base better than the others is an indictment of the others, not a statement about Mauer being good compared to other 1B or DH types. I don't understand why it is wrong to comment on the fact that he's just not all that good the last couple years. And yes, calling these threads silly, or saying people are bashing him, are loaded phrases to stop honest conversations.
  12. Mike Sixel
    ABW will be protected, as stated above, they need to stop protecting bad RP in their 30s when young pitchers are in the system..... There is no need to sign their FAs before the Rule V, is there? On any of them? I just don't see this massive logjam that others do.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I think the top two would be legitimate votes. I can't comment on the bottom ones at all.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Gibson was clearly the best pitcher this year, imo. This thread is about this year, so I'll just leave it at that.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Dozier all the way for me. Look at the XBH and the solid defense at 2B. Not sure who on the roster is even close last year in terms of value.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Mauer is not good compared to other 1B, offensively or defensively. Throwing up your hands and saying "he's signed, he's going to play" is not good leadership* *assuming your primary goal is to win games. If it is to sell tickets to people that think a guy that was born here, but chose to move the moment he could, is somehow a local hero......well, maybe it's good leadership. Depends on your goals.
  17. Mike Sixel
    The difference in philosophy is seen as simply as looking at how the Twins are babying Berrios, and not using all their available assets THIS YEAR while they were in competition for the WC. They just said, like TR did in the past, "next year is more important".
  18. Mike Sixel
    Cubs just agreed to sign a 20 year old Cuban FA for all of $3MM......I see the Twins have continued their "bad luck" at being able to sign international FAs....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Not until July......teams don't trade before July. There are only 25 spots, and only 4-5 for OFers. Every old mediocre player on the roster is one less young, potentially better player not on the roster.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Seems to me, that the US only gets involved in the middle east for the same reason you are saying Putin is...... Look, I trust Putin as far as I can throw the entire nation of Russia, but if they fight ISIS/ISIL for us, I am good with that. It's not like we are winning a lot of friends in most of those countries anyway (no matter who the president is). If Russia wants to spend its resources, and make radicals mad at them, I am ok with that.
  21. Mike Sixel
    If you think Sano can play 3B, getting a top 50 prospect for Plouffe seems fair, if not ideal for next year......
  22. Mike Sixel
    If they do plan on Sano playing the OF......why the didn't he do that in the minors at all? If Torii, Joe, Miguel and Trevor are all back, it is hard to see how they improve the offense, other than Hicks and Buxton and Rosario being better and they all continue their luck from this year in terms of sequencing.
  23. Mike Sixel
    No way you send down Gibson if you don't go out and get 2-3 more starters. Not happening.
  24. Mike Sixel
    That was meant as humor, not a criticism for trying to help. As usual, typing something is not the same as saying something.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Thanks for the update. Love these.
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