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  1. Mike Sixel
    Free agents go for the money. It isn't about competing for a championship (for guys signing their fist FA deal, not older, older, players). If there is a tie, it probably matters, but not as much as proximity to family or other things.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Ya, typo. I meant 2023....sorry!
  3. Mike Sixel
    Only 2 teams in the AL have less wins....and people think they are in this? I hope the FO isn't thinking that way. There are zero, zero, starting pitchers in AAA that look like legit MLB starters. They have Berrios for 1 year. They have Ober (a back-end starter), and who? They have Buxton for 1 more year. They have no starting SS next year. Before anyone says "look at AA".......unless those guys get multiple starts in MLB this year, they won't be starting on day 1 in MN next year....And even then, they might have 1-2, might, starters (given the odds of any working out). 2023 is the next most likely good year....so go get some top ceiling pitching prospects.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Insane....
  5. Mike Sixel
    Something is off. It is possible something drastic needs to happen, and I've been saying "no" to that. But something is wrong.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I look forward to someone blaming the manager for the walks .... Or computers.
  7. Mike Sixel
    No. Not after the last three years.
  8. Mike Sixel
    From what I've read, he wasn't in SD last year because of control..... That said, if anyone fixes it, he'll be quite good....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Intriguing.....but man, Gore just cannot throw strikes for 2+ years now......Also, are we sure Abrams can play SS? I have no idea....Cool idea that I doubt will ever happen.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I think you added "young people" unnecessarily there.....it is how I do it (mostly)
  11. Mike Sixel
    There were Berrios questions in today's Ben Clemens' Fangraphs chat also.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    mike sixel 3:30 I'd think Buxton isn't signing any kind of deal until he is healthy next year, at which point the Twins probably won't pay him what he wants.....what do you do with Buxton? I know you said you can't trade him for value.....but you also can't sign him long term (as he'll want to be paid like an elite player).... Ben Clemens 3:31 I think I'd just let him play out the string, if he mashes great, and keep trying to convince him to stay If he's the MVP (or something near that) next year, you got your value If not, well, you probably still got as much value as you could have traded him for It's always nice to perpetual-motion-machine it like the Rays, but it's not always possible
  13. Mike Sixel
    We can't disagree with me being out to score points, I see...... All tv viewing is down, sport is down less (IIRC, or it was a few years ago, might be different now, I haven't looked in 2-3 years). And, sports are still signing tv deals that break the previous deal's records.....so so far, they aren't suffering at all. Teams are also being sold for more and more every time one sells, so unless we think billionaires don't know much about business, it is likely not the case that sports are in trouble (yet).
  14. Mike Sixel
    75 a month? Wowsers. I'm not sure they understood what we said when we said we wanted choice........ Also, this falls under beware what you ask for, right? It is a lot less profitable to charge millions of people money, and market to them, and manage all that, than to sell to a handful of cable/satellite companies.... I wonder what the streaming bubble bursting looks like? I read A LOT of people complaining about still watching ads on Peacock, even after paying for the "privilege".
  15. Mike Sixel
    Agreed. The NFL (so far) has been smart to keep most of its games on "free tv"......but yes, IME the experience is the same at most stadiums (the NFL is sooooooo boring in person. I can't believe anyone goes, and that's the sport I watch the most).
  16. Mike Sixel
    So much wrong here. So much......like, so much. Also, kids not going outside? That is partly how they are raised, and what their parents reinforce.....I'd stop blaming the kids for all the world's problems..... Also, ya, the NBA isn't getting killed at all. Neither is the NFL.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I think pace of play is clearly an issue....both the length of games, and the amount of time during the game nothing is happening. Football hides that with lots of replays, and cutting out to other games. Baseball revels in the fact it is slower....which, great if you want that, but I'm guessing most non-fans don't. It is like when a car company asked car fans what they loved, and they said loud engines....but then when they tried to sell those cars, they realized NO ONE ELSE likes loud engines..... Clearly marketing is an issue......and trying to stop celebrations because being happy is disrespectful somehow.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    I clearly spend a TON of time here, and I never watch baseball on tv. So. Damn. Boring.
  19. Mike Sixel
    You want people to know who the players are? Put their damn names on their jerseys. FFS. If you do happen to see a game in a bar, how the heck do you know who anyone is? /rant
  20. Mike Sixel
    I'm fascinated by all the posts saying how valuable he is, but that the Twins wouldn't get value for him......Like, isn't what you'd get back 100% the measure of how valuable he is? In any event, I don't think there is ANY chance they deal him. More likely they deal Gordon as a throw in with another player, who goes onto have real value to a team that will actually play him (like, I don't know, a team whose CF is hurt and the prospect they have up can't hit MLB pitching yet......).
  21. Mike Sixel
    Agreed.... Of them all, Berrios is the one I can see people paying a lot for this year.....
  22. Mike Sixel
    I like Kepler as the backup CF and starting RF..... Yes, he's struggling, but I think he can be a league average CF..... So if they can't sign Buxton, I keep Kepler for sure..... Also, I just don't think Rooker is the answer, but I'd be willing to give him a shot if there are not other options.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure, since I haven't spoken to them, but I'm guessing this is not what the FO was hoping for.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    Which other teams have successfully replicated Tampa's success? I think that's the point some are making....it is hubris to assume the Twins can, when no one else has. Sure, use a lot of what Tampa uses, but to assume you can replicate it when no one else can seems like a bad idea. I mean, why can't every golfer just use the same process as Phil Mickelson and win as much as him? Process alone is not enough to be successful. But then, you know that. At least I think that is what people are trying to say, at least that's how I read what they are saying.
  25. Mike Sixel
    A Nick Gordon sighting. He's alive!* *I have no idea how often he's really playing, I'd just like it more often.....
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