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  1. Mike Sixel
    that last sentence! They sold a draft pick to cut payroll next year.....in a year they can't possibly spend what they spent this year. Sigh.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I made stupid, offensive, jokes as an early teen.....I just did it verbally, not online. Adolescents will continue to do that. It is part of boundary testing, even if it isn't the same kind of jokes we made, offenses will continue forever (as long as we are free from control). It's part of life. That does not excuse the words, but I think we need to really remember that our brains and personalities are barely formed (and are forming) as teens.... So, yes, the words are wrong. For many (some?) the words are real and stay real. But, I'd guess that the words become less real over time for many (most?) people. It isn't easy as a peer to stand up to those kinds of words either, but the more it is done ,the more people learn the meanings are bad.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I know I'd move more starters in the minors to the bullpen faster than this org has......Taylor Rodgers being an obvious recent example. That's an area I'd have liked to see explored more earlier this year. IF the manager would, you know, let them pitch. And, imo, Cave should have been up sooner too, but they finally got that one right (not that he's great, but he's better than Grossman, if you include defense, and maybe even just offense). Trevor May should be here, in MN, as a RP right now. One of the new prospects they got could be a RP in a year or two, but he's much further away as a starter, from what I read.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Correct amundo.
  5. Mike Sixel
    given my opinion of all those players, except Dozier.....it might not bad for this year.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    I'm not even sure they could if they tried, short of signing Harper or Machado.
  7. Mike Sixel
    being forced to apologize is a big deal? compared to what?
  8. Mike Sixel
    https://deadspin.com/the-value-of-public-shaming-1827965127 Interesting take....and it starts with acknowledging that teenage boys do this A LOT.....but that we shouldn't just let them either....
  9. Mike Sixel
    what positive light is there, in giving a standing ovation in this instance?
  10. Mike Sixel
    I agree with that first sentence in teh last paragraph. But, the ONLY thing I didn't want was fence straddling, though.
  11. Mike Sixel
    My side? I said pick a side, either trade for more MLB talent, or trade off impending FAs. My only "side" was not to sit in the middle.
  12. Mike Sixel
    That part was about the board as a whole...I should have been more clear. They didn't turn anything around. They played Baltimore and Kansas City..... Baltimore is historically bad. I really think people are ignoring that, when looking at the recent record.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Mlb put one new guy at eleven, and one at fifteen, with the others all in the top thirty. It made the system better. Did it give them a future mlb player? We don't know yet, but it increased the odds.
  14. Mike Sixel
    As for the trend .... They played a historically bad team four games, and a team on a sixty win pace six....I think context it's important here.
  15. Mike Sixel
    They blew it up? They traded an impending free agent, who until this year was a utility infielder. Who, if Sano had been good, would have been a utility infielder again when Polanco returned. They traded a relief pitcher, who is good, but not awesome. Coming into the year, they spent the most money they ever have. They plugged the holes they had with free agents. They were certainly in win now mode. The anger is so strong, I am defending the front office..... Think about that....
  16. Mike Sixel
    I'd argue they haven't won since the trade because they were playing a far superior team....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Disagree. They spent the most they ever have, supplementing a playoff team. In no way did they do anything other than try to win this last off season. The players failed.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I want Joe to retire, because I want his brain to be less likely to be hurt again. Failing that, a one year deal for less than ten million a year would be ok with me, but not great. If he is their primary first baseman, you start out in a hole compared to other teams. Unfortunately, as Chief and others point out, finding free agents isn't as easy as people seem to think. So, me guess is that he is back.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Fascinating. Fangraphs clearly likes Jeffers more. Four more in the top thirty is great.
  20. Mike Sixel
    first year T-ball, my youngest fielded a ball hit to third, from RF....while the other players stood around.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    I agree they are in a gray area, which is why I said either trade players off, or add MLB players, but don't stand pat. And, yes, we are all siblings here! the clubhouse? Hard to say really. I think, once the shock wears off, that players understand this is part of the sports world.....but I could be wrong.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, 100%.
  23. Mike Sixel
    why? Escobar has no starting position with Sano back.....and Pressley is a RP. Sure, I wouldn't be surprised if he is traded, but I don't see how trading those two players is punting this season like others do.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I haven't read anyone say Gordon is ready, or as good right now, that he can be plugged in. And, there is zero reason they can't sign him in the off season, if they offer the most or near most money, if he really likes MN.......they have more money to play with next year than they can possibly spend. As for not extending him before, I'm not sure when you'd extend a utility infielder for a number he would take. You'd have to get awfully lucky to guess he'd hit this well, imo. That said, it is frustrating to have them sell off a player, but if Sano hits when he comes back, he won't play much this year anyway (unless they bench their DH or something).
  25. Mike Sixel
    ? CLE already traded Mejia.....unless they have another one.
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