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  1. Mike Sixel
    I love that they were able to sign this guy.......
  2. Mike Sixel
    Comparing the situation, not the talent. You are sort of making my point, it just isn't likely he's ever more than a spot starter, not with the guys in MN, plus Berrios, plus Gonsalves, plus Hu, plus Stewart, plus, plus, plus.......
  3. Mike Sixel
    And, the Cardinals would have him in the pen this year, and starting next year. I don't get why the Twins can't follow that path. I'd think Berrios is your #5 next year......
  4. Mike Sixel
    Congrats on the call up. What a great read, which I somehow missed.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    Ya, lots of those countries past us because they nationalized, and planned at the national level, and we did the typical half way stuff we always do. The US hasn't been passed because more nations decided to spend less on education, and privatized it, and had no national plan........
  6. Mike Sixel
    That split thing is interesting, thanks. The last 8 innings.....compared to the last 1.5 years.....not sure I'm convinced.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    What is Duensing's role, if someone else is the LOOGY?
  8. Mike Sixel
    Yup, but isn't that true of most minor league starters that become RP?
  9. Mike Sixel
    How does making him a RP this year stop him from later being a starter, like the Cardinals do? And, why would Rogers be a pure Loogy? If Rogers starts more than a handful of games the next 2-3 years, how many guys would have had to get hurt and/or fail? I'd think he would want to be a MLB player full time, not bounce between AAA and the majors the next 3 years......but maybe not.
  10. Mike Sixel
    That doesn't change millennia of history, and the lessons of putting more and more money and power in fewer and fewer peoples' hands, and what happens to every single country in the history of this planet......does it?
  11. Mike Sixel
    I have long proposed this: You are born. You get a RHA created, Retirement, Health Account. You get basic insurance that ONLY covers when costs go over 10K per year. You get 5K into your RHA every year from birth to 18. That can be invested in safe, less safe, risky assets, your parent's choice until you are 16, then yours. That money may be withdrawn by your parents to pay for any health insurance or health costs. Once you turn 18, you can use that money for any health care costs you want (or leave it there). You may begin withdrawing cash after you turn 50 or so. You can add to it anytime you want, after tax, that money is like a Roth IRA is today. It may be means tested, such that if your parents have $xxx millions or more, you get nothing, other than the account being opened for you. Something like that, the details can be adjusted. This would probably still require some Medicaid, but it could be all gap insurance or something........not sure. This isn't 100% thought out, but frankly, with robots taking our jobs, owning companies is the way to go. Let's just give everyone that right from birth. Maybe it starts with 10K at birth, and then less every year after that.......
  12. Mike Sixel
    1. More players get market money, and are not limited as much. 2. More players get to pick where they go. 3. It isn't punishment, if part of the purpose is to help bad teams get better faster........ You seem to only be looking at the team side, and not the player side. And, if you don't let the bad teams to have some advantages, it doesn't work very well. If you only set a pool, and everyone can play, you are once again keeping wages down. Like I said, the details are debatable, but I'd like to see more players get market money, and teams to be able to really go for the guys they love, and for more players to choose where they go. Those would be my top priorities, along with giving bad teams an advantage in signing more/better players. I forgot to add, if a bottom 10 teams signs 3 players in any 1 year, they can only sign 1 the next year. That way teams are less incented to tank multiple years.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I'd guess if they really thought those low price guys were doing to be this good, they'd have offered them more, and had deals in place early, to make sure they didn't lose them. Clearly, the real key is scouting, but let's not pretend that they think the $250K guys are as likely to work out as the $1MM guys......
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'd make some bold changes. 1. the worst 5-10 teams get $10MM to sign any 3 players they want, international or US.They have a 3 week window to do this. Each team gets the same money. You can trade money to someone else in this pool, if you are in it. 2. Any player not signed goes to the next pool period. The next 10 teams get 2 weeks to sign guys, but the max is $1MM per player. Each team has a pool of $2MM. They can sign up to 3.You can trade money to someone else in this pool, if you are in it. 3. Any player not signed goes into a draft, of the teams not in the playoffs. The order is best team to worst team, rewarding those teams that did well. These players can make up to $1MM, but take the chance on not going to a team they want to go to. 4. Any player not signed goes into a draft. This is like a regular draft. Players can sign for up to 750K. Clearly, the details are not 100% certain, but something like that. Lots of players get market money, and to choose their team......that's a big step forward. I'd say International guys have to be 18, just like US guys, to be in this. How to manage the international stuff is the trickiest part, imo.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Rogers and Duffey can be in MN as RP, and still maybe be starters someday, works for other organizations......works well for them, actually. I'd prefer Rogers up, as a LOOGY who can also get out right handers. I'd like Achter up. Duensing isn't the LOOGY now, with O'Rourke up? I am interested to see how this works out.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    Here is a list of RP the Twins have developed in the last few years:
  17. Mike Sixel
    IMO, Rogers should be here as a RP, probably better than just a LOOGY. No surprise, but I'll reference the Cardinals and their approach to developing pitchers........I am just glad they are doing something here, and not sitting back.
  18. Mike Sixel
    IMO, we are a generation or 2 from another revolution, and the Koch brothers and their friends will have brought it upon themselves with their greed. At some point, there will be enough poor, desperate, under - educated people that they'll just start shooting the wealthy. It's pretty much how history works, isn't it?
  19. Mike Sixel
    I don't get it........ And, putting Rogers in the bullpen now doesn't mean he doesn't start later (see, you know, the Cardinals, the team that just keeps winning).
  20. Mike Sixel
    I'd prefer a change of some kind to both drafts....... some combo of spending pools and draft picks . And, yes, one of the main purposes of the draft is to keep wages down.
  21. Mike Sixel
    This. I understand the move, I just don't believe it is a high value move.
  22. Mike Sixel
    As much as I don't need the government to do everything......if they aren't in education, that's a problem, imo. You can see that in places like England, where they've created a dual class in education. Having watched what big companies have done throughout history, when they aren't restrained somehow, well, I'm not interested in a completely free market anymore, like I used to be.
  23. Mike Sixel
    and that's a good thing for the employees?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Not a fan of PR for Sano at all.......
  25. Mike Sixel
    20 innings on the year, negative WAR still.....and, he had negative WAR last year. Taylor Rogers should have been brought up to be the LOOGY, but at least they are trying something different. Rotation: Santana Hughes Gibson Milone May (Pelfrey, Berrios, Rogers in reserve) Bullpen: Perkins Pelfrey Rogers LOOGY (and probably good enough against righties) Fien Achter Unsure, but they've drafted a ton of RP from colleges, you'd think 1 would be ready by now
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