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  1. Mike Sixel
    The AL rookies are amazingly bad so far.....there was an article on ESPN or CBS about it this week, and they were struggling to come up with a name, maybe it was Fangraphs* *maybe I need to spend more time paying attn to meetings, and less to websites.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    Love these in person reports. Thanks.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Pulling stuff? I'd probably not do a minivan then. If you really expect to go offroad, and pull a lot of stuff, I agree, and SUV is a better choice. And yes, I find that we did more stuff earlier in our lives because we had the right vehicle. Is the Ford Escape powerful enough, and have enough heigth to go offroad? Like I said, most of my friends have switched to that size, but they have smaller boats.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Hey, I'm going to celebrate this one good game. I just don't want Gardy to keep him in the lineup all the time......they need to see what Parmalee has, they need to get Arcia's feet wet, it would be handy to see if Herrmann can hit or field. It is great to win games, but this year imo, it is more important to win more games NEXT year.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I'm in the mixed feelings crowd also......He is their best trading chip, which is sad, btw. However, he is young enough (especially considering how few pitches they ask him to throw) that he could still be valuable in 2-4 years when, hopefully, this team actually has a chance to win 80+ games again. To me, it would be about the return, obviously. If you could combine Perkins and minor leaguer for a legit SS, you'd have to do that. But I don't think they need any OF, or 2B, or C, or 1B or RP. So, you'd have to get a SS or SP in return, or not do it, imo.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I don't get how Gibson keeps getting that low relative to other pitchers. We are pretty much 100% certain he is a MLB starter, I don't know we know that about Berrios or Meyer for sure yet. I get that they might have a higher upside, but we don't really know their floor. But, that's really a nit, generally the list looks good (both how you ranked them, and that the list has good players on it).
  7. Mike Sixel
    I admit it, I only clicked on this version to get a better look at the picture......
  8. Mike Sixel
    Thanks, appreciate the education. Always good to learn.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Intentionally pick guys they don't think they can sign? Why would a team do that, if that is what you are saying? What is the strategy play? Draft picks are a limited resource.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I agree, CK, that there is great opportunity in MN. And the twins have shown a willingness to re-sign their own to good money. But it is probably hard to pass on the more immediate payout.
  11. Mike Sixel
    That was spending inside the new system, which sets what a team can spend. Not really true free agency. This guy is a true free agent, with no slots/limits applying.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Just like always, we agree......there really is no right or wrong way to be a fan, this is just silly entertainment anyway.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Just like "stat heads"* can be real, passionate Twins fans....... *not sure why people need to put people into boxes.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Terry Ryan was not GM.....nor was he when they signed jack morris to a big deal. I don't think it is in Ryan's philosophy to spend big. He could be right, he could be wrong.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I don't see Terry Ryan's FO being aggressive and outbidding other teams for free agents, whether they be international, MLB, or minor league in nature. I hope to be proven wrong some day.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Except, as the Fangraphs chat reminded us last night, pitchers have a limited number of pitches in their arms, and when they are close to ready, they should be up, using those pitches in the majors, not in the minors. But apparently, the Twins do not agree. They own the team, nothing I can do about it.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    He did not reveal some great national secret...... Whatever happened to "give me liberty, or give me death"? Do people not understand what they are "fighting" for? Supposedly, we are fighting for freedom and democracy, as ideals, not to keep the USA in existence as a shadow of its former self. YMMV, of course...... As for Congress, it is 100% broken, imo. We should seriously reconsider our entire system of governing ourselves. The world is a very different place than 200+ years ago, while what ideals we are tying to live by should not change, how we do that probably should.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I don't think so. I think Ryan has been very clear that we worry about that way more than he does. I think they'll both be up when Ryan thinks they are ready, money being no real factor. I take Ryan at his word on this.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Ha, I was mostly talking "not Harold Reynolds-level" analysis.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    Really? I wonder what they thought when they picked him.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Ya, people are silly about that.....if it was called a "crossover", men would not be so afraid of them.
  22. Mike Sixel
    If doumit could stay hot for another month.....but I don't see the Twins dealing him. The OF should be Arcia, Hicks, Parmalee when Hicks is back, imo. This season should be about finding out what Plouffe and Parmalee are, and getting Hicks/Arcia/Gibson's feet wet at this point.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I have had two 3rd row mini-vans. Given wheel bases, they can be wider (for drywall) than most SUVs. They get better gas mileage, and they drive easier. Why SUV, and not minivan? It really comes down to use.....most of my friends have realized they don't use the big, giant, SUV as much as they thought, and are switching to something more sized like the Ford Escape.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Nice group of OFers for sure. And if Sano can stick at 3B, they are set at two of the four IF spots (I assume Rosario works out). Catcher is iffy, not sure on 1B, though there are several candidates. Mauer is probably the 1B in 120+ games, but he will be winding down by then I'd think. But man, that starting pitching list makes me nervous.......given injuries and bust rates, I'd like about 4-5 more options by then. Hopefully someone surprises us.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I agree with everything Bremer said, and I'm a math/stats guy. If people think there is an appetite for more science in their entertainment, then you probably need to pay more attention to politics and voters. As for the Twitter polls, people love that stuff. It makes them feel part of the action. Kind of like fans saying "we" and living and dying on a team's wins and losses, even though they have no logical connection to the team. It's all about entertainment, for some of us, that includes more stats and "real" analysis. For others, it is just about watching in the moment, and not worrying so much about what is causing things to happen the way they are.
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