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  1. ashbury
    What's the over/under on runs scored? Until the Boston series, I might have put it at 0.5.
  2. ashbury
    Pretty slow paced game, considering it's not been a total slugfest up to this point. Hammel seems, uh, deliberate.
  3. ashbury
    Arcia's strategy worked to get Doumit to second, as well.
  4. ashbury
    <crickets>
  5. ashbury
    Casilla does his old buddy Carroll a solid for the first hit, then the Orioles' rookie RF lets one get by for a double. Oops.
  6. ashbury
    Always takes a bit of luck to pitch to Adam Jones. Got away unscathed that time.
  7. ashbury
    His left side? That includes the rotator cuff, the UCL, the hamstring, the ACL, the pinkie toe... . Maybe it all went bad all at once.
  8. ashbury
    Wood's had a setback, to whatever extent that factors into the thinking.
  9. ashbury
    Not to side-track the original topic, but a shout-out to Radke is well-deserved. He didn't get the notoriety of a bloody sock, but his decision to leave it all out there on the diamond, knowing he was going to retire anyway, is the kind of heroism that is damned fun to root for.
  10. ashbury
    I went from happy for them from just reading your note, to empathizing with their fears as I read the article. Hopefully medical science has this under control, but it sounds like it will be touch and go for some time yet.
  11. ashbury
    The difference might be that Hicks's minor league numbers didn't suggest he could step right into the majors and immediately be league-average, while Arcia put up better numbers (and/or at tougher levels) at similar ages.
  12. ashbury
    When Anibal was on the market I looked at how the best 28-year-olds in 2007 looked 5 years later, and "highly likely" looks highly like an overestimate to me. As for 3-5 years, I don't know if everyone is advocating that - my view is "hold your horses for now, look again in 1-2 years".
  13. ashbury
    North and South Carolina. The date starts with a romantic dinner of "cleaning out the refrigerator of all the leftovers", followed by the theater spectacle of packing the suitcases, and getting to bed for an early flight time. After that, it should get better.
  14. ashbury
    I've got a date with my wife tonight. It should last approximately two weeks, so my presence here on this site will be sparse-to-none during that time.
  15. ashbury
    With sufficient financial gain, the other ways we each roll become a great deal easier.
  16. ashbury
    Who do you like at #4?
  17. ashbury
    If the Twins continue to hang around .500 I may not stop saying "it's early" until mid-September.
  18. ashbury
    And in regard to the other comments following this, he did not quite say the same thing as "a core of excellent young position players".
  19. ashbury
    Sounds like you have outgrown TD and should move up to a higher league, my brother.
  20. ashbury
    Not a good discussion tactic, my brother. Maybe you can find someone who said this, but not many here. When you take on large future risk, it needs to be for a significant reward in the present. Turning a 75-win team into an 80-win team, or even 80 into 85, doesn't IMO justify that much risk in later seasons. In an offseason or two, when it looks like the team is a solid starter away from trying for a World Series crown, then it makes more sense - and maybe they get creative in a way like Rocket Pig suggested above.
  21. ashbury
    When a guy's on a steep learning curve, it's acceptable to throw out the first part of the record if that helps determine whether he should stay or not. That means battling SSS, so the eyeball test has to factor in, as others have said. In the case of Hicks, the record just jumps out at me that the first three weeks should be thrown out for current evaluation; the first two weeks he was getting himself out, and the third week he was collecting walks at an unsustainable rate because no one was throwing him strikes after the first pitch. I wouldn't set a seasonal benchmark, .500 or whatever, by a certain date. Instead, if he looks like he's at least above replacement, keep him. We can live with below average stats from a CFer with growth potential, in a rebuilding year. By contrast, this approach works the opposite way with Florimon, unless the last two games in Boston are the start of a better trend.
  22. ashbury
    In any case, Mauer would be good in Fenway or, as the saying goes, Yellowstone.
  23. ashbury
    Kidding aside, I am not sure Gardy is sold on Mastro's defense in CF, either. Like his hitting, he's good enough in the field for short term usage, but he's got some flaws, with not always the best routes to the ball, and is just not a plus on defense. He is... a fourth outfielder, and a valuable one. Between him and Wilkin, who has good hitting stats in very small usage, I'm not sure who to send down if they want to keep both Arcia and Hicks up. They really need a legitimate CF backup and Mastro (for all his limitations) is the only one who qualifies. I could see pulling the trigger on a Hammer trade to solve this, if Ryan has a good one lined up for the asking. Clete can be the emergency callup if something bad happens after that.
  24. ashbury
    Hicks. Duh.
  25. ashbury
    I liked it too. My comment about meds was serious in exactly whatever degree Bark's was serious about getting off them.
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