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  1. Mike Sixel
    Three inches of snow here. Children have been stuck at school for hours, maybe over night. Five hours to drive nine miles. Unreal.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Correct.
  3. Mike Sixel
    did you read the article? Veterans aren't getting 2nd contracts, for real money or at all, because rookies are cheaper.....there are less veterans getting a bigger piece of the pie.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Of course it goes back in their pockets. The international limits are terrible for the players. Every way you can drive up salaries, drives up all salaries. Every way you restrict what employees can get, owners get more. That's how business works.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Shopify, still like Shopify A LOT. I agree on Facebook, I just got in a few weeks ago. OTOH, wtf do I know? I almost bailed after the election......I still think year 2 of the new administration could be bad for the market....
  6. Mike Sixel
    I generally agree with your conclusion here.....it is hard to say you are good at bringing in talent if you lose this much.... edit:welcome to the site!
  7. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff, thanks!
  8. Mike Sixel
    It simply isn't true that it is throwing darts blindfolded, the first few picks definitely end up having more value as a group....and so on in groupings. There are, of course, outliers either way, but that doesn't mean that teams are randomly picking players, and that most 2nd rounders have as much value as first rounders.
  9. Mike Sixel
    And not all those teams were big market teams...
  10. Mike Sixel
    They refused to over the limits one time. The year they signed Javier, they did nothing else. We just don't agree on the approach. IMO, going over 1 time would have been the right thing to do. Others disagree mostly on ethical reasons. The spent big on more than 1 player 1 time. That was before the limits were put in place.
  11. Mike Sixel
    It is a data point....right now, the Twins have nothing to show for the pick. Here are the 10 players picked after Gordon: Jackson, Alex--bad, change of scenery trade already Nola, Aaron--would be in the Twins rotation right now Freeland, Kyle--projected 3/4 in the majors, pitched in AAA already Hoffman, Jeff---2/3 starter, reached the majors, not great, but upside pitcher Conforto, Michael---should be the starting RF for the Mets already, some hitting issues, but in the majorjs Pentecost, Max---serious injury issues that were mis-diagnosed at first Medeiros, Kodi---bad outcomes, but FIP was good in 15 Turner, Trea--could be an all star CF or SS, in the majors Beede, Tyler=---4th starter, maybe number 3 if things break right, in AA Newcomb, Sean---AA SP, with number 4/3 stuff I'd probably trade Gordon for half of them right now. That's either good, or bad, depending on what you think....but it isn't GREAT, imo. I expected them to pick Gordon, I mildly endorsed it from my computer in MN....and I still think he's a legit starting SS in the majors. I'd still trade him w/o a moment's hesitation for Turner, Nola, Freeland and Hoffman. I'd think about Conforto and probalby do it. I'd consider Beede and Newcomb also. Of course we won't know for years.....but with what we do know, what would others do?
  12. Mike Sixel
    We could just compare Nick Gordon and Trea Turner..... If you won't spend money on international FAs (over the limits) and you won't sign big time FAs in MLB, you need to better than the other teams at drafting and developing players, or your team is going to be bad. If your strategy is to rely mostly on the draft, you should invest in more scouts, more analysis, and more development staff than other teams, or your strategy isn't really rely on the draft, it is to not spend money on your strategy. That, imo, is what happened to this team. They decided to draft and develop as the primary strategy, and they weren't good enough at it to be successful.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I own it in both my money and retirement accounts.....for that last reason mostly.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Heh, I just brought that up in the YUGE thread....
  15. Mike Sixel
    Welcome to the site, but I just don't see there is any chance they get Urias. None.
  16. Mike Sixel
    You mean in addition to the massive income inequality this contributes to? Yes, I'm very serious. There is no reason Warren Buffet should pay a lower tax rate than his administrative assistant, as Mr. Buffet has pointed out over and over.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Why not? Why is one way of earning money taxed differently than another way?
  18. Mike Sixel
    better yet......tax all income the same.....don't "punish" those that work for a living with higher tax rates.....but we digress.
  19. Mike Sixel
    You are correct, Brock. Under a year, it as regular income for determining taxes. Over a year, pay 15%....
  20. Mike Sixel
    what? You better be paying taxes, or you are in trouble......reinvesting doesn't matter at all....
  21. Mike Sixel
    As a rule, I hold until I NEED to money.....as I'm not smart enough to know what the market will do (I mean, I like NVIDIA a lot, long term)......but, we will need some money early next year, so I might lock it in. That said, I have a couple losers that I could sell, and take a tiny tax loss. Unless I love a loser, I usually sell those when I need cash, to keep the tax bill low. We are wondering what the new President and Congress will do to tax rates........and at some point, I'm going to have to start selling winners.....
  22. Mike Sixel
    It's the rule 5 draft, the only interesting thing is that it is something to talk about. The odds on these guys are longer than the icicle hanging from a MN roof w/o insulation....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Well, I am A LOT older than you Brock, and have spent the last 10 years putting every penny I could into the markets and retirement, after getting a late start. It helps that the giant US insurance company I work for that is HQ in MN allows us to buy at a discount, and that the stock is up over 400% in the last 5 years or so.....And, I took the money from the house sale and put it in the market at almost the perfect moment this summer......
  24. Mike Sixel
    Probably cut a year off, yes. Might also get me a new car.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Oh, I'm up a TON, like, I put several tens of thousands in......but it could have been even more.
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