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  1. ashbury
    ... on a team destined to win only 66, after having won 63 the year before. The dynamics then don't give much guidance on how the roster would be managed when it matters. The very worst case is that a (25-man, 40-man) roster problem, if any, is solvable with money. The Twins have this luxury for the coming several seasons.
  2. ashbury
    Doesn't the example you raised earlier of Blackburn counteract this concern? If you find you have an excess resource, you pick the one performing most poorly, try to trade him, then waive/DFA him and hope someone picks up the contract, and at worst you have waivers and you just demote him to AAA and eat the contract and keep him stashed for an emergency. If the Twins were strapped for cash, it would be different. But how did Nick Blackburn's contract impede anything the past two years, or how would (pick a name, let's say Hughes)'s untradeable contract for 3 years impede the rebuild now?
  3. ashbury
    Bet ya didn't know Zack Greinke ever pitched for the Twins. Or that he ever smiled.
  4. ashbury
    Major leaguer, or catcher on your company softball team?
  5. ashbury
    If it walks like a duck, and kwak's like a duck... / sorry, kinda had to
  6. ashbury
    I failed to notice that #23 was traded for #23 that year. / wait' date=' what?[/size']
  7. ashbury
    This.
  8. ashbury
    I'm no hitting coach but I think part of his problem might be he's choking up too much on the bat.
  9. ashbury
    The fourth of his five career home runs. (So far. But I wouldn't bet much on his getting another shot at making it six.)
  10. ashbury
    "Rodent Soccer - Catch The Fever!" / I mean the rodent is the opponent, and they both try to kick an acorn into the goal
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    Trying to cozy up to one of the moderators with a Dozierzie avatar will do you no good.
  14. ashbury
    Completely a side point, but MLBTR has a series on who is out of options on each team. They've only done half the major league teams so far, but what jumps out at me so far is the correlation between a team being good and having few players out of minor league options. Is this a simple byproduct of their prospects coming up to the majors and being good right away? In a related way, is this a byproduct of not needing to rush youngsters? Is this a conscious and on-going strategy of the front office to trade away or dump most players who will soon cause them to have to juggle their plans? Is the presence of a lot of these guys just the mark of a team having been in the bottom echelon for a while and their roster of upcoming players isn't settled yet? I don't know, but to see the Cardinals (0) and the Tigers (3) with so few makes me look forward to a day when numbers of options isn't an issue for the Twins (8) either. (Exceptions like the Indians (2) and the Pirates (10) need to be taken into account in forming a real theory about this. But then I look at the Cubs(11) and say, nope, I don't want lots of guys with no options, no way no how.)
  15. ashbury
    Even a designated hitter sometimes misses.
  16. ashbury
    Bonus baby?
  17. ashbury
    Embarrassing brain cramp fixed for posterity, above.
  18. ashbury
    I have this information for you, but I'll need the same from you first, as a show of good faith you understand.
  19. ashbury
    Juuuust missed getting that 1st career steal!
  20. ashbury
    Someone may want to inform the gentleman that the strike zone suddenly may look a little different when you decide to swing.
  21. ashbury
    I'm actually more worried that after a few days they will be demanding money from us or they'll send you back here.
  22. ashbury
    A 4-WAR season at age 24 raised hopes that didn't ever quite get fulfilled:
  23. ashbury
    It would be interesting to read a quote about a batter, "right now, he's just looking to crush mediocre fastballs down the middle. In another week, he'll start working on laying off of sliders in the dirt."
  24. ashbury
    The rest of his interview was fine, but the part at the beginning bothered me a little. If Antony is the heir-apparent at GM, this is somewhat negative evidence of his 1) being groomed for the role, and 2) having the fire in his belly that would make him already so eager for a GM position somewhere that he's been thinking in depth about how he'd handle the media and dealing with the manager and so forth. It's admirable to have an organization filled with people who know their roles and do them well, but at the same time a little ambition throughout the organization is desirable, and this snippet just seemed flat to me.
  25. ashbury
    Close enough?
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