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  1. ashbury
    But you started this sub-thread with the statement "Strikeout guys struggle to complete more than six innings", which is just not supported by any evidence anyone has presented, in fact quite the opposite. I normally enjoy reading your posts and I kind of hate to seem to hammer on this, but it seemed so fundamental to your position.
  2. ashbury
    I muddled through writing a lengthy response to an earlier post, only to discover after posting that several others had answered more concisely. So I'll summarize my thoughts by saying that sure, once you have a Blackburn under contract, you may as well maximize what you've got. But that doesn't mean shying away from better talent acquisition under some misguided notion that strikeout pitchers don't go deep into games. Because, they do.
  3. ashbury
    Yeah, my bad. I somehow misread what you wrote, to mean that this was the threshold for being happy with him and his princely two-year salary. Snark withdrawn.
  4. ashbury
    Sorry, I missed the reference until you spelled it out, dude.
  5. ashbury
    *sigh* Joe Benson, my adopt-a-prospect for 2013, is no longer a top prospect. C'mon Joe.
  6. ashbury
    Hippie.
  7. ashbury
    Pitchers don't try to strike out batters in the #8 slot. It's called showing him up. Another one of baseball's unwritten rules.
  8. ashbury
    I believe Deduno is not on the 40-man at the moment. Probably that factors into a decision to bring him up. Even if someone goes on the 60-day DL, adding Deduno means someone will have to be dropped when that injured player comes back, and while no future Hall of Famers are at risk of being lost on waiver claims, you still don't make that move lightly. Hendriks or Gibson seem more likely starter candidates to get an early call if needed; Wood (currently injured) or Robertson among relievers.
  9. ashbury
    Up to an age in the mid-twenties, I probably want the Ace-like stuff, in case further progress turns him into an actual ace. Past that point, I think I agree with you.
  10. ashbury
    Good list. I was thinking of Matt Fox as I read, but you wound up mentioning him.
  11. ashbury
    It's working for the team as a whole; they are third in the league in bases on balls at this writing.
  12. ashbury
    Mmmmm. Brains.
  13. ashbury
    The on-again off-again nature of this injury, and the diagnosis that didn't seem to find the risk in giving him 5 at bats last night.
  14. ashbury
    My take as well.
  15. ashbury
    I plan to post updates mostly when there are highlights involving Joe. Today's 1-0 loss to Scranton/WB had him going 0-4 with two strikeouts, lowering his batting average to .171. Not so good. See the ball, hit the ball, and get'em tomorrow, Joe.
  16. ashbury
    You take a risk getting up in the morning, crossing the street, or sticking your face in a fan.
  17. ashbury
    Don't take Mauer's name in vain.
  18. ashbury
    This rough ending to the ninth inning is my fault. I put up a victory avatar prematurely. Won't happen again.
  19. ashbury
    Since Perkins is coming in, I think these are called "holds".
  20. ashbury
    Mauersie!
  21. ashbury
    Aaron Hicks for the game so far: 2 walks, 2 runs, 2 outs to third base. OBP=.500, SLG=.000, OPS=.500. Good game in some respects, but if he gets sent down he may mutter the old Metrodome mantra: Walks Will Haunt.
  22. ashbury
    It's way too easy to chalk this up to his growing up by about 5 years after that cracked rib incident, but that's the direction I'm going with this anyway. Good start to his season.
  23. ashbury
    Yes, that's Asimov's fourth law of robotics.
  24. ashbury
    Wow, Escobar has exactly one game of RF experience in the minors and 1 game of LF in the majors, and they roll the dice with him. Still Plouffe isn't that much more experienced out there. Short handed. Ugh. On the other front: can the bullpen hold this 3 run lead for 3 more innings? Swarzak striking out the side in the 6th is pretty cool.
  25. ashbury
    Or a son of one.
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