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Everything posted by ashbury

  1. ashbury
    I was slow to board the Griffin Jax Train, so I'm not making that same mistake with Sands who had a good season. Sands is da bomb, I'm here to tell ya!
  2. ashbury
    Twins win on an inside-out jam-job. I heard it on the radio so it must be so.
  3. ashbury
    Eighth inning, Total System Failure. Wow.
  4. ashbury
    I don't see much mystery as to Canterino's spot on the 40-man. He can go on the 60-day IL to begin the season if they need a spot (or, I suppose, right now if they need the spot urgently), a status that can go as long as they want until season's end, after which he will be DFA'ed/waived and not re-added to the 40. The only tiny intrigue is when do they actually DFA him, to minimize some other team picking him up on those waivers - unless they don't care in which case they simply release him after the DFA. Roster machinations aside, it's a shame for him as well as for the FO and fans who were looking forward to him making it.
  5. ashbury
    Only 7 Twin players in the FalVine Era (spanning 7 seasons not counting the shortened 2020) have played 150 games in a year. Two were last season, It's just not a given.
  6. ashbury
    Came across to me more as RandBalls Stu style of satire. Exaggeration to make a point. Not that satire can't be pedantic, I suppose.
  7. ashbury
    It's not unusual for teams to work out a trade after a Rule-5 pick is made, and now that I think about it I'm not sure why the sound logic you presented here wouldn't apply (in slightly different form to fit circumstances) in the majority of cases. "No," the original team says, "we like him too. Give us someone we like just as well."
  8. ashbury
    Seems the entire writing staff at Sawx Tawk are budding RandBalls Stus.
  9. ashbury
    Yes, it's true, this man had no neck.
  10. ashbury
    Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, uh, your facts, man.
  11. ashbury
    Teammate of Julian.
  12. ashbury
    The lessons I took from Buxton in '23 were If a talented defender isn't up to playing defense, he might be too physically limited to be at his best on offense either; Trying to protect a fragile player from injury by minimizing defense just means the injury will show up swinging the bat or running the bases or whatever; Players want to justify their guaranteed contracts by playing through pain but sometimes shouldn't; Players sometimes try to put off surgery until after the season but sometimes shouldn't.
  13. ashbury
    ... "to a good home"?
  14. ashbury
    He's hitless this spring. I suppose that makes him Vazquez's heir apparent.
  15. ashbury
    I'll try to remember to repost my contribution tomorrow, as well. 😀
  16. ashbury
    Get these guys some ankle support!
  17. ashbury
    We've already got a hit, in just 5 innings? Mid-season form!
  18. ashbury
    To keep tantalizing him with a spot on the big league roster. Our FO has a cruel streak.
  19. ashbury
    Probably add 10 MPH to those old-timey figures. It has to be difficult to throw something super-slow and still keep the same basic pitching motion, otherwise you're back to hitters sitting on what they have a fraction of a second's notice on from your windup and delivery. Also, there are diminishing returns on how much slower an off-speed pitch should be - hitters are pretty talented and if they can detect the slow pitch early enough they can adjust at that last instant. I'm sure the pitcher and his coach could explain many other details I'm not even capable of imagining.
  20. ashbury
    To me the money isn't the defining issue. Paddack has sufficient service time accrued, and Stewart has no remaining minor-league options, so that they can not be stashed at St. Paul at will. Festa can. Unless the FO is willing to commit to removing a player entirely from their roster, the plan you laid out fits with reality. Blame MLB rostering rules, not some kind of penny-pinching motivation.
  21. ashbury
    Ryan pitches tomorrow!
  22. ashbury
    Under appreciated is that a knuckleball specialist has to have something else, same as any pitcher must be more than a one-trick pony. Even the Niekros had enough of a fastball to keep the hitters honest. No hitter likes to swing through an 83-MPH "heater" because he was sitting on a 65-MPH offering.
  23. ashbury
    Wallner leading off against a good lefty. What does he do? HBP! He's known for that, and I guess it's better than meekly making an out, but it still is a missed opportunity for him to show something that will let him be a full time player IMO.
  24. ashbury
    I suppose consistency is the biggest hurdle and the reason it's not more common in the majors. Consistent unpredictability, I mean. A mis-thrown instance goes from Knuckle ball to Batting Practice ball to Home Run ball in a hurry.
  25. ashbury
    Since we're going there, apparently, here is my periodic reminder of the compendium of great but off-color baseball names, by renowned baseball historian Stew Thornley. NSFW, obviously, as well as thoroughly juvenile, and nobody blame me if you click the link after those warnings. https://www.milkeespress.stewthornley.net/allnameteam.html
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