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  1. Mike Sixel
    While I generally agree with your conclusions, I want to point out something about your posts like this..... You always point to the teams that spent big and failed, never the teams that spent and succeeded. You always point to the teams that traded off their best players and succeeded, and never the ones that failed (Pittsburgh being a good example). I'd like your analysis a lot more if it didn't seem so cherry picked, and, imo, unwilling to acknowledge that what really matters is being right about who you acquire, and a team's ability to develop them. This is the failure of the last GM, and while it is too early to be sure about this FO.....there are very few wins to show for their time here (in terms of long term assets developed). Your plan to re-tool for 2023 relies very heavily on 2-3 of the guys in the minors right now turning out to be good to very good starting pitchers. So far, they've developed zero. I'm not confident.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Sleeping in cars..... stop defending owners. Stop
  3. Mike Sixel
    I'm between casual and serious fandom....and there is zero chance I'd pay to watch MLB if I couldn't get EVERY GAME. No blackouts. No exclusions. EVERY GAME. Even then, probably not (I'm cheap, and checking gamecast is enough for me). I'm not sure how sports succeed long term if people can't watch them and become fans.....but I think people have been typing that forever. Is boxing dead, or just enough people pay for it to last, even if the public largely doesn't care anymore like in the Ali or Tyson days?
  4. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea what Richardson has left....but he's 1000000x better than what they had last year. If the hurt DL come back good, this D is so much better......
  5. Mike Sixel
    I can never decide if I like Catan or not. I mean, we play, especially when our younger son is in town....but I never know how I feel about it.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I believe Hunter gets $20MM the following year also, or is cut, or is signed to a longer term deal. So, ya, good! Great even.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Makes me sad, but I agree......I'd put Gordon out there every day Kepler can't be, and some when he can. I'd even consider putting him in center and Kepler back in right (or Lanarch in right, whatever is best)......when Buxton is back, he's clearly the CF until they deal him. Which won't happen this year, no way. That's what TB would do.....so I would. And, while I don't agree with much of the Sano thoughts here, Kiriloff looks like a legit 1B and I'd deal him also. Also not happy with that idea. Assuming they think AK will be healthy, that is.
  8. Mike Sixel
    The need to sign 1-2 good (not filler) new SP every year is a big part of the problem. It's why I preferred Darvish on a long deal, rather than trying to correctly sign a guy every year or two (plus another guy, plus trade for a guy on a short term deal). It is hard, imo, to do that over and over and be right.....I understand you don't agree on Darvish, no need to re-visit that.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I wish I had confidence they were close to what Tampa is in terms of scouting and development (in fairness, few if any are). I have posted several times I'd "do what Tampa would do"....and agree that if they can't / won't sign Berrios or Buxton, they should deal them. My point was, they clearly thought this year they were contenders (I think), so I'm wondering if they now feel (you have no way of knowing) they were wrong. And if so, how wrong do they think they were? I guess I read you wrong, I thought you were saying blow it up. As for signing BOTH Happ and Shoemaker, that was inexcusable if you think you are a legit WS contender, IMO. So, maybe they didn't really think they were one.... I remain baffled at the Dobnak extension. Utterly. Frankly, looking at the starting pitching, and their willingness to spend on pitching so far, I have my doubts about 2023 at this point.
  10. Mike Sixel
    To be clear, I'm talking about next year not being competitive (as you seem to be saying that, but I could be wrong). Clearly, this year is lost.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Same question to you.....because I don't think you or they went into this year saying blow it up. Why the change, only 60 games later? If they can't cut Shoemaker after 60 games, I'd think they can't change their feeling about the whole org.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Given that Wander needs to be protected, should he be moving up faster than others? I have no idea at all, btw. Hence the question.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I literally said if he's not ready, that's fine.... My point is I can't see how he's safer there. Nothing more or less.
  14. Mike Sixel
    He's playing. I'm not sure I understand how it is safer in St. Paul. That's why I think he can be in Minnesota...... But if he isn't ready, that's fine too. But to pretend it is any less likely he gets hurt in St Paul makes no sense. Plenty of minor league players get hurt....
  15. Mike Sixel
    ? Who is at short past this year?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Do you think he is?
  17. Mike Sixel
    He's a lot better utility option than a certain player everyone here loves (not at catcher, though)......I hope he sticks. I hope they give him every opportunity.
  18. Mike Sixel
    This. There is no reason he's any safer in St. Paul.......he's not going any less full speed.
  19. Mike Sixel
    If our prospects turn out to be perfect, then everything is fine.....is not probably a great basis for a plan, imo.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Pitching geniuses? Hahahahahaha.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Back when they had picture day, and you went on the field to take pictures of players, I asked Lyman if he was going to stay with the Twins. He said he hoped to. Then he was gone. He was very nice to everyone that day.... Sucks. Pretty sure I was an early teen?
  22. Mike Sixel
    Not many players make it to free agency in their prime. Teams control them for a looooooooong time. Might be the thing I hate most about MLB.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I agree, this is the year we need to see results across the org. Not just hitters, pitchers and fielders too. So far, color me not impressed.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Unless two of the starting pitchers in the minors right now are good next year, I don't see how they compete next year. In a year they were supposed to compete, they signed two number 5 pitchers. Imagine not having Pineda, Happ, or Shoemaker....a question mark in Maeda, and Berrios not signed long term....... If two starters don't come up this year and be good for 2 months, I just don't see a path they will be willing to take to get good pitching.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Same. Or trade for one somehow.
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