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  1. ashbury
    I guess we have our proof that Nick Blackburn is a great pitcher, then, because the Rays got to him early.
  2. ashbury
    What?
  3. ashbury
    I am disappointed. When I saw the title for this article, I thought I would be reading about Matt Capps.
  4. ashbury
    This is true, but he can't use it as a copout. No one has background in every aspect a GM must be responsible for, and yet the job must be done - the GM must synthesize the information that comes in. This result was bad enough that someone needed to be disciplined at the very least (and I'm no advocate of second-guessing every decision some scout makes), and there's no sign Smith was willing to do that. What's more, even without a scouting background, the big-money teams sniffing around and then choosing not to enter the bidding had to be a red flag for someone in Smith's position. I don't think it's second-guessing on my part to say that a successful signing like Sano was done quite differently than the signing of Nishioka.
  5. ashbury
    Ding ding ding. Was saying that 1+ year ago - if the buck stops at the GM's chair then the apparent lack of due diligence on this deal was reason enough to re-assign Bill Smith, and then leave it to his replacement to decide if further re-assignments, i.e. in the scouting staff, were also called for. I don't recall hearing anything on that latter front, but maybe Ryan preferred not to hold up a particular individual for public scorn.
  6. ashbury
    Yes. Because he's fat.
  7. ashbury
    Nothing in the Midwest League will be proximate to Fort Myers or Elizabethton. Are there any openings in the South Atlantic League? A one-hop flight may be convenient for the occasional rehab stint for a major leaguer though.
  8. ashbury
    > and struckout 27 baters Aaron Bates is back down in Rookie ball?
  9. ashbury
    Sorry, thought my joke was obvious - I was beating the dead horse. No, I'm sure Ryan didn't leave some better deal on the table.
  10. ashbury
    I just wish Terry Ryan had tried a little harder to get more in return.
  11. ashbury
    The problem with such a ceiling is such players are readily available on the waiver wire or as minimum wage free-agents in the offseason. Outfielders lacking power, infielders with a glove but no stick, pitchers possessing only one above-average pitch - unless something else about them stands out, a trade for them is kind of pointless. I hope the Twins see a higher ceiling in Pineda than that.
  12. ashbury
    Yeah, where are the moderators?
  13. ashbury
    I'm no master negotiator, but I would think that an early and time-limited competitive offer (on the low side) to a second tier free agent would be more likely to work well than having to operate under scarcity later on when other options have signed elsewhere.
  14. ashbury
    No. It was so that Gray couldn't gripe about being "undefeated" when he is cut.
  15. ashbury
    No pun intended, I trust.
  16. ashbury
    I'm all for getting a good return, but this sets the bar too high. Span is not considered above average at his position, by most. Should not expect to get the same haul for him.
  17. ashbury
    Point of information, please. A player with an expiring contract who is traded mid-season no longer gains a compensation pick for the team that traded for him, thus reducing the value of these part-season rentals. What is the date that determines whether they were with the team long enough to gain the pick? Opening Day? That date, whatever it is, may turn into a trading deadline even more important than July 31 from now on.
  18. ashbury
    Note that quotes have surfaced indicating other GMs think they're being asked too much for Willingham (and all the useful players Ryan is trying to peddle), so it's unclear who if anyone thinks Josh is king of anything. It's just that the Twins have borne the risk of Josh breaking down for 4 month now, and since any player can get hurt, or decline in ability in their 30s, the worries from before the season may be lower now, making him more valuable than before. Hot a kingly price - just more valuable and worth looking for a high bidder.
  19. ashbury
    I meant to add my usual caveat that the question of risk is totally aside from whether the Twins want to become known as a team that will flip a player one year into his three-year free-agent contract.
  20. ashbury
    I think you can view it in terms of risk. At the time the Twins signed Josh, it was regarded as a good signing but with risk of injury and/or decline from a career peak. With Josh playing full-time and at a high level, the Twins have "paid" the risk some other teams didn't wish to, and now can turn a profit if they want. That profit could be in the form of a different sort of risk when you take on a young player who isn't yet established; if Ryan and his scouts are better than average at assessing all these risks, it can be a self-sustaining model, but it's (*ahem*) risky.
  21. ashbury
    I view Ryan as a man of integrity, therefore lacking evidence to the contrary I assume no such offer was in hand.
  22. ashbury
    "Reasonable", for a "proven" "closer".
  23. ashbury
    Great Scott, game Diamond.
  24. ashbury
    Out-freaking-standing!
  25. ashbury
    I'm not sure who you think is saying the starting pitching either is remotely acceptable, or is unimportant. The Twins are 9th in the AL in run scoring, and closer to the 12th spot than to the 8th. The offense is hardly hopeless and can get better on its own, but at the moment it's not a pennant winning collection. "Decent" starting pitching would have to be well above league average, just to reach .500 with this offense.
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