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  1. Mike Sixel
    Congrats to them both!
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    because we aren't ready for that IMO.....and, I'm not sure Canada has it right. But mostly because we aren't ready. This gets rid of the big issue for a lot of people, most of us really need protection from bankruptcy. People with kids can get insurance, and people can pay the dentist and for a yearly physical out of the HSA. The unintended consequence is that A LOT of people may pass on insurance....OTOH, you might be able to get OK insurance for 1K a year, if the companies don't need to cover costs over 50K or whatever the number is..... I'd certainly have 10-20 insurance companies that manage the Catastrophic insurance, and let anyone compete for the gap insurance (not it's real name....). I'd incentivize the heck out of those 10-20 to figure out how to keep chronic people healthier.....
  3. Mike Sixel
    Will Willians ever catch? I don't get this at all....
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    My medicare for all plan: 1 Everyone gets catastrophic coverage - I don't know, maybe costs over 50K in a year, with anything NOT 100% necessary exempted. I know we'll have to argue over a few things, but no purple pills for men, and not cosmetic surgery for adults unless it is needed as a result of some accident.... 2. Everyone gets an HSA with 1000 per year from the government, that money is invested in teh market, and never goes away until you spend it. You can spend it on HC costs, or HC insurance. 3. Private insurance exists for everything below catastrophic coverage. 4. Employers and employees no longer get tax advantages for insurance to be offered through employers...break the requirement I be employed with a W2 to have affordable insurance. Pay for this by killing medicare and medicaid, with older people still getting regular medicare as a transition (and by reducing subsidies of other kinds, of which I have not laid out here, as I ahven't looked a the budget in years). At one time, this was affordable, but I don't know what the exact numbers are any more.....
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    How old is childhood, because I was about 10 or 12 when I started playing D&D...... If you want younger, I'd go with life or operation. If we are going to 10+ year old: D&D Twixt Stocks and Bonds Stratego Risk (man, I hate unending games with repetitive rounds now) There is/was this golf game that was wet erase that I liked, but google fu is failing me Quinto Acquire I'm sure I'm forgetting something here... edit: Breakthru and Twixt are behind me....and what is left of my D&D collection is around too.... How could I forget: Frogger Pong and all the classic 70s video games
  6. Mike Sixel
    there is an extra not in there.....which should be a "more"....sigh. I think he accepts the QO, and I'd hate to pay him 17MM next year.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree with all of this, but it is very well written! And I understand the feelings well.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I'd not talk about immigration or borders at all....but I would talk about children and mothers and show images, and tell stories.....lots of stories.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Correct. I have no interest in him accepting, and I think he does not likely than not.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I have zero interest in taking the chance he accepts the QO....zero.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Not straight up, but you can sort of do this, like the Twins just did with Hughes. They sold him and a draft pick for money, basically......The Marlins (depending on how you feel about the prospects they got back) did that with Stanton also. So, you could trade existing contracts and minor league players, for minor league players. That essentially frees up money to be spent (or pocketed). That said, the league will likely nix deals that go too far that way.
  12. Mike Sixel
    No. they won't even call some of them up to replace Belisle....how good can they be? Every year people worry about the 40 man, and every year they don't lose anyone that really matters .... Granite is expendable, if you trust Cave and Wade at all. That's an easy one. But me? I promote Rooker to AAA now, and don't worry about the majors until he shows he can do AAA
  13. Mike Sixel
    making Garver look more valuable, imo......given results....but who knows? Not us.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Fair, we just come from a different place on that....but fair.
  15. Mike Sixel
    wow! nicely played.
  16. Mike Sixel
    And he'd never played 2nd before, I think.....I really don't get the plan here.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I found that disappointing, since he doesn't really say anything, imo.
  18. Mike Sixel
    He was great, not sure what that has to do with next year. No one is disparaging his career, we are talking about next year. I'd say he's on the cusp of being in the HoF, and I'd probably vote for him given his peak years. Of 1B with at least 200 ABs this year, he's 29 offensively in the league..... so, yes, I agree, one of the best catchers in MLB history. I'm not sure what that has to do with next year.
  19. Mike Sixel
    the Brewers, the Cubs, the Angels (not likely now), Seattle (not sure they have the players), Atlanta, Philly.....so, ya, the list of playoff teams that could use him is long, actually. And, that doesn't count anyone that thinks they are a playoff team next year. How do people propose getting better if they won't trade guys under control next year? And by better, I mean MUCH better, over the long haul.
  20. Mike Sixel
    without any doubt. No one is claiming Granite, and if they do, does it really matter to the Twins? They have Wade and Cave in AAA/Majors as backups already. I'm not sure I understand their plans at this point.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    this is from fringe five.....where they talk about guys NOT in top 100 lists, having a good week....and how much Carson loves them.....basically he thinks that guys with consistent good track records, but w/o fancy tools, are under valued....
  22. Mike Sixel
    That’s Twins outfield prospect LaMonte Wade hitting a home run at Pawtucket, Rhode Island’s McCoy Stadium this past Monday. Wade has been excellent since earning a promotion to the International League, recording walk and strikeout rates of 18.1% and 13.8%, respectively, in 94 plate appearances while also producing .184 isolated-power figure in a league whose hitters have posted a collective .137 mark. Defensively, he has a tweener profile, something worse than average in center but better than average in an outfield corner. Overall, Nick Markakis is probably a decent comp. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fringe-five-baseballs-most-compelling-fringe-prospects-114/
  23. Mike Sixel
    https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/another-fascinating-thing-about-willians-astudillo/
  24. Mike Sixel
    https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/another-fascinating-thing-about-willians-astudillo/
  25. Mike Sixel
    Bill G 9:33 Hi Jeff. Thanks for doing these chats. Max Kepler was forecast by many to break out this year, that has not happened especially against RHP. What do you see? Thanks! Jeff Sullivan 9:33 We all pretend we can predict breakouts. We cannot predict breakouts. The most we can do is identify breakouts that have quietly already begun 9:34 Like, Blake Snell. He broke out in the second half of 2017. Now he's great! But he was already more or less great 9:35 If it makes you feel better, here are Kepler's expected wOBAs over the years: .291, .302, .323 9:36 He *has* gotten better, in a way the surface numbers are hiding. His walks are up and his strikeouts are down, and that's a plus 9:37 You'd hope that, maybe soon, he can turn on the Benintendi-style power All Cats Are Beautiful 10:03 Would Astudillo best be described as squat, sturdy, rotund, or portly? Jeff Sullivan 10:03 Let's go with squat https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jeff-sullivan-fangraphs-chat-7-6-18/
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