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  1. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, if they go over by this small amount, and lose out on next year just for signing 1 guy? that would be awful use of resources, just awful.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Kepler got the most money any European ever had (has?)......I'm pretty sure that is going big...... As posted above, Polanco and Kepler got real money, not $250K money.
  3. Mike Sixel
    So, rather than make a hard decision, they are punting......ugh.* *assuming they go 6.....if not, yay!
  4. Mike Sixel
    Kris Bryant has put up the 26th most offensive WAR in the majors this year, even after missing some time at the beginning of the year. I have no idea what this post means.....he's been awesome this year.
  5. Mike Sixel
    It seems unlikely all the other teams giving out million dollar bonuses are high on those players, and the Twins are not. I just don't think this is their (Ryan's) style.......
  6. Mike Sixel
    Like the Cubs just did? I wish the Twins would have done this..... "The Cubs have made a splash early in the international market by locking up a lengthy list of players to significant bonuses. MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez first reported the bulk of the signings. Among the players inked, the biggest bonus goes to Yonathan Sierra Estiwal, an outfielder from the Dominican Republic, who’ll get $2.5MM. Another $2MM will go to countryman Aramis Ademan, a shortstop, whose signing was first reported by Ben Badler of Baseball America with Sanchez adding the cash value. Also checking in with seven-figure bonuses were Venezuelan shortstop Yonathan Perlaza ($1.3MM), Panamanian catcher Miguel Amaya ($1.25MM), and Dominican corner infielder Christopher Martinez ($1MM). Sanchez adds that righty Yunior Perez is also going to Chicago for $600K." This is how you end up with Sano, Kepler, Polanco.....going big.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I'm glad Bard is in the bullpen..... Nice month for these guys. Hopefully as they all move up, they can keep it up.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I thought about the Polanco thing, almost added it, wasn't sure. There isn't room for Kepler in CF and Polanco at SS, if Santana is playing both those positions (obviously not the same night......).
  9. Mike Sixel
    Most of the top players (other than maybe a Cuban or two) are already locked in. I don't know if they can go big this year at this point.......so I'm not holding my breath. Also, the Dodgers are buying every Cuban, as far as can be confirmed at this point this year......so good luck with that. Kiley predicts that teams that go over this year or next will be punished in the next CBA, so it is not w/o risk to do so (likely losing a draft pick, would be my guess, assuming there is an Int'l draft). Only 3-4 teams are expected to go all in this year. Next year's crop (where have we heard that before) is supposed to be better.
  10. Mike Sixel
    So much for "near major league ready"........hopefully he figures things out.
  11. Mike Sixel
    What I'd like to see: Santana (pitching version) in the rotation, Pelfrey or Milone to the bullpen. Cut a bullpen arm.Kepler to AAA.Rodgers to the bullpen in AAA, then in MN to replace almost anyone in the MN bullpen. Odds he starts more than a handful of games in MN are super low at this point, and he dominates lefties.1-2 more weeks out of Arcia being good, then in MN, and I don't know who gone.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I liked it because I agreed, not because I like the conclusion all that much.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    Also, the division is better, isn't it, if we are talking where they finish relative to others?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Fair, though I doubt that's why people weren't posting more...... I'm surprised there aren't more guesses over how much DH or 3B time he'll get, for one. Plenty of people are saying to temper our expectations, no prospect should be expected to be good, linking to articles saying that, quoting Ryan saying that.......I don't get why other teams can call up ELITE prospects, and expect them to be good, but the Twins and their fans can't.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Maybe they should be in MN......
  16. Mike Sixel
    From the linked article (last year's rules, not sure if they changed): •All overages are taxed at 100 percent. •Exceed bonus pool by 5 to 10 percent: Team is not allowed to sign a player for more than $500K in the following international signing period. •Exceed by 10 to 15 percent: Team is not allowed to sign a player for more than $300K in the following international signing period. •Exceed by more than 15 percent: Team is not allowed to sign a player for more than $300K in the following two international signing periods.
  17. Mike Sixel
    It was a bad decision. They are repeating it with Rodgers right now.......he should be in the bullpen, in AAA or here. Keeping old, bad, veterans around, and not auditioning young guys (last year) is mind. boggling. given their state of rebuilding (especially last year). Plenty of chafe on the roster last year, no reason to expose him at all. To the poster who said this is all hindsight, nope. Most of the people here said it was a bad idea not to protect him over others who had zero future with this team.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Amen.
  19. Mike Sixel
    It's not the money, they have plenty of money. What else will they do this year, that's the question.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I do love that song
  21. Mike Sixel
    Sure, post stuff blocked on my work computer, make me use my phone.....
  22. Mike Sixel
    Sigh.....why can't we talk about the news, and not posters. I don't know how this can be considered "fast"....he's one of the last elite prospects to get a promotion this year. As for expectations, why can't we expect Bryant, Pederson, Correa type results? Whey should an ELITE prospect come up, and we should expect them to be bad?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Ervin is back, they are going with all pitchers, that or Kepler or sano.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    What took so long?
  25. Mike Sixel
    Big fan. So happy they did not deal him.
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