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  1. Mike Sixel
    Not at all. Maybe displeased is a better word? I accept that the Twins can't spend like drunken sailors, but it still disappoints me when they didn't in the past.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Duran has nothing to do with Gore though, right? And, there is a huge grading difference between the two at every ranking site.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Shop IFY! Keep buying it people (this is not a recommendation, just what I do.....)
  4. Mike Sixel
    Well, the delta between the two OFers and the two pitchers is a rounding error. Nice rankings! Would love to have Gore right now....you'd probably still have Gaterol if you had Gore. Oh well. Let's hope they are right, and Lewis can fix things.
  5. Mike Sixel
    No issue, it's not always easy to parse what is said....but most of the time, there are not hidden meanings in my posts. They are usually quite literal. But you are right, what AP did was worse, for me anyway.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Those were the rules, which he knew. He also had sex with at least one under age girl. So, ya, no.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I didn't say any such thing. Not even close. I said I wouldn't be rooting for Marwin.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Nope. Trust me, I did not root for AP to run well, and I won't root for Marwin. I'll root for the Twins, but not him. Those two things are possible.
  9. Mike Sixel
    One can accept the apology, but not root for him. Those two things are independent. I ask no further punishment, but I'm also not obligated to cheer for him.
  10. Mike Sixel
    You think their goal is a number, or a percent of revenue? I have no idea.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I've been pretty hard on their spending over the years.....but I"m not sure I agree here. They must be bumping up close to what they want to spend......I don't love this trade, but I understand how it can open up flexibility at the deadline (while still being win now).
  12. Mike Sixel
    Dan has several long threads on this. He's right about all of them (in terms of incentives).
  13. Mike Sixel
    this thread isn't about the whole off season, though. It's about a specific question........
  14. Mike Sixel
    this seems quite high to me. Though, Fangraphs has him 8th.....so what do I know?
  15. Mike Sixel
    I couldn't disagree more. We are talking about tens of millions of dollars here, and roster spots.....no way you can say a team can't see medicals. No way.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I won't root for him, just as I didn't root for AP. I hope he strikes out every AB and gets sent to the minors. Like all of them.
  17. Mike Sixel
    That, to me, means you can't keep passing on pitchers until your third or later pick every year......unless you are somehow just better at this than everyone else (which they might be, but so far, we have no evidence one way or the other).
  18. Mike Sixel
    ? The playoff teams were largely decided by the all star break. No way it keeps the season in doubt until the last game or two, not for all but 2-3 teams. Not even a little. It actually discentents any team that thinks it is a around a 500 team from adding expensive talent (the new system) because they might make the playoffs with a bit of luck. Any proposal from the owners has the goal of decreasing the number of teams bidding for players, to drive down wages.
  19. Mike Sixel
    People say this every year, and it just isn't true. They won't lose a ton of guys in the rule 5.
  20. Mike Sixel
    then how do you get pitching? Clearly it is harder to sign or trade for than we think......And no, pitching is not a total crapshoot.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I 100% guarantee that every team will need at least one more starting pitcher than is currently on their roster. 100%.
  22. Mike Sixel
    As for the draft changes above, that dooms the worst teams to not getting the best players. No way is that a good idea for the long term good of the most number of teams. I also have a LONG article someplace about how to convert the draft into a more fair process for the teams and the players, involving allowing certain teams to bid on the best players, but not other teams. It kind of combines a draft and an auction. If even 1 person says they want to see it, I'll find it.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I have a rather long proposal on a computer someplace that lays out my plan for, essentially, two seasons. The regular season winner is really the best team anyway.......assuming you mean best team during the season. Then there is a second season, with a playoff, that every team makes. Obviously, the best teams from the long season get byes and other advantages...... But pretending that the current process identifies the BEST team is silly. What is best? Best over the whole year? Best in the playoffs (which, we all know, even the best team doesn't win every time, thankfully)? Most healthy at the end of the year? Deepest at the end of the year, so they can overcome injuries? Nothing about the playoffs identifies the BEST team in baseball.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Zero chance of relegation given that TV is the major source of revenue. Zero chance.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Going for the oldest staff ever?
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