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  1. Mike Sixel
    Trading them both brings back $10MM to spend on other FAs that might / probably have more value......imo.
  2. Mike Sixel
    If only our current generations were as willing to sacrifice their own wealth as the generations fighting world war 1 and 2.......but we aren't.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Thank you JB......this isn't about money, this is about a lot of things. Money matters, but it is not the only thing.
  4. Mike Sixel
    No one is bidding $200MM dollars.
  5. Mike Sixel
    No....you can only play the schedule you are dealt, and they won what they won based on that schedule. The issue, as pointed out, is that Ryan is NOT McPhail, and refused to add the missing piece to get over the top. Oh, and McPhail did it while constrained by dome revenues.......
  6. Mike Sixel
    If the Twins want to emulate the Braves, Cards, or As, they'd deal Dozier this offseason. I don't see it happening, though. I don't see a trade like last year's deals happening. Perkins would also be dealt, if you followed the A's. Now, I'd do the opposite, I'd trade for David Price.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    If I could break teh rules, I'd deal both of them, just to dump salary. Then I'd sign other guys that might be better. Neither of these is good enough to help in 2015 and beyond.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I think you have cause and effect backward.....bad teams use a lot of FA pitching because they have sucked at drafting pitchers, so they use FA to fill in the gaping holes. They aren't bad because they use FA, they use FA because they are bad....... I'm not sure I get the conclustion that they should therefore not sign FA.....should they just go with Hendriks, Albers, Worley, Gibson, and Deduno, and not care?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Ya, the Kill things could go downhill fast.....I was very hopeful when he was hired, but a lot of what you see on the field makes you scratch your head. Two weeks in a row with no sense of urgency in games you are losing is inexcusable. And that is on the coaching. I want the NDSU coach, if you are going to go with a coach not already in D1.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Lots of research in the business world shows that if all you try to do is take best practices, you can't win long term.....because everyone else is doing that. You need to do things differently. I do think they can learn from the teams mentioned here, but their success is largely driven by end to end thinking....it isn't just about acquiring players, but how you use them on the field also. I hope the Twins somehow get off their high horse, that they have this "one right way, the Twins way", and start showing they are changing/improving/evolving.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Low risk, high reward decision. I approve.
  12. Mike Sixel
    No sense of urgency at the end of the game, again. These guys can't coach, IMO.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Uh, insurance companies can only make 15% a year from now on......the costs are not going up because of insurance companies, you might want to look at what is driving costs.
  14. Mike Sixel
    the issue isn't the total payroll.....but that only $49MM was spent on 24+ players....
  15. Mike Sixel
    As opposed to the awful results we are getting now, because of the current HC laws?
  16. Mike Sixel
    UR, I'd guess a Christian can believe in anything they want......but I'm not sure how your question really answers any of the questions raised by the OP. One of the reasons I left the church, however, is that I saw most Christians acted in a way that I felt was 180 degrees off of what your savior suggested.......and I think the OP is asking some good questions. If your savior says something is how you should be, how much can a Christian ignore that, and still really be a Christian? It's a philosophical question, really....
  17. Mike Sixel
    do you have evidence of this, or just believe it? Because in HC, the evidence is clear, it isn't working like you think it is.
  18. Mike Sixel
    You risk losing him now, or you risk losing him when he is out of options.......I'd like to keep him, and worry about the future in 3 years.
  19. Mike Sixel
    There will be an excuse of some kind forever, at some point, you need to make the change.
  20. Mike Sixel
    btw, how is a "shortcut" evil/bad/wrong, exactly? A shortcut gets you to your destination faster.......how is that bad? Still waiting for someone to explain how signing a legit FA this year is a bad idea......
  21. Mike Sixel
    One of my favorite playes, but is should be clear he is a shell of his former self. I hope he gets a ring this year, though. That would be cool.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I am not sure what I am allowed to say on line, since I work for the US's largest health insurance company...... but in general, I agree with your premise. We are the most expensive country, and have mediocre to bad outcomes......and yet there is a huge majority that want to keep the status quo. There should be change, but as long as we worship at the alter of free markets, like they are infallible, nothing will substantially change.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I've been thinking, the Twins are the US car manufacturers of the 1970s..... this new thinking of small cars, nobody wants that no one will buy a japanese car, they are bad and will never improve we've won doing what we did before, why change now ......for those that have studied business, you probably recognize a lot of what is going on with the Twins right now as things that 3rd generation private companies go through, that large prevously successful companies go through, a lot of things you studied in school and have experienced at work that indicate possible problems in the future.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    the issue is, if you are going to ignore big time or even mediocre free agents, and you wont' trade prospects for proven players, you have to BETTER than the other teams at drafting. You have to win the draft, year after year. Otherwise, you end up with at least three years of 95 loss teams. Ryan does get a ton of credit for what he did before. Certainly some dont' give him any credit.....some don't give Gardy credit, some used to rip on Kriby for hitting into too many double plays. Not sure what any of that has to to do with acknowledging that part of the issue is that this team has not drafted and developed enough good players. Whatever the reason, it is true. And, that isn't all on Smith. That's all my post was about, this isn't all Smith's fault, like some people keep posting.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I never said it was all Ryan's fault, never, not once. Smith made bad trades, teh scouts didn't draft well, the minor league coaches didn't teach well. What I want is for people not to blame Smith, and leave Ryan blame free. Perhaps I should just give up on that.
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