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  1. ashbury
    Designating someone a one-inning guy means high leverage innings when you do put him in; no bullpen has a one-inning mopup guy. So then, how comfortable would you be bringing Liriano in for the eighth inning with a one-run lead? There's also the question of getting him to accept a one-inning high leverage role. Just because Perkins did, doesn't mean Liriano would; two very different people. If someone doesn't embrace the role, he's not likely to succeed. I'm fine with putting Francisco in the pen, if it's to find himself again, during low-leverage situations.
  2. ashbury
    If he's valuable for his defense and also has a potent enough stick to want to give him late-game chances, doesn't that paint him as a candidate to be a starter?
  3. ashbury
    Don't be all butt-hurt.
  4. ashbury
    Small sample size and all that... but Towles is off to the slowest start of the three. Butera is the one, ironically, who has promising looking AAA stats, due in large part to a home run. It will be interesting which one they bring up. Towles looked good in Ft Myers.
  5. ashbury
    Counting turnstile clicks is not the same as revenue. TV/radio money in the upper midwest is a lot lower than in many of the markets that are in the majors, and average ticket price is higher elsewhere as well. The Twins aren't "small market", but their spending on salaries is right around the middle of the pack, and that's about where it belongs.
  6. ashbury

    Delmon

    ashbury replied to Shane Wahl's topic in Other Baseball

    Mastroianni had a quote during Spring, contrasting the Twins camp to Toronto's, saying that if he made a play like that for Toronto he would get reamed (his word) for it, while Gardy told him quietly in the dugout "let's keep the 360's to a minimum, OK?" Wonder if Gardy was that circumspect with Delmon, though.
  7. ashbury
    No criticism intended, really, but the thrust of this article is something we all knew at the end of the 2011 season: if Mauer and Morneau don't contribute in-line with their established careers then the 2012 team has no shot at even being a .500 team. To actually contend, the pitching needs to magically improve as well. The team record at this early juncture coincides pretty well with these two simple observations.
  8. ashbury
    Mauer's GIDP doesn't worry me. If we can get someone on in the 9th, Clete will end it with another HR.
  9. ashbury
    He had a career year last year. That's all.
  10. ashbury
    The Game Changer!
  11. ashbury
    [h=2]Who do you want to see replace Baker? [/h] Terry Ryan. It's his job.
  12. ashbury
    Then Gardy should do great if he's sent down there too.
  13. ashbury
    I've long felt the same argument applies to your batters, too. Hustle guys like Punto make their mark every now and then during the season, and then when you insert them in the post-season can you be at all surprised if they collect an ofer?
  14. ashbury
    I'll hold my 20/20 hindsight for after the game.
  15. ashbury
    I don't take many cabs but this seems like the profile of most of the bank tellers I encounter lately.
  16. ashbury
    Used to seem that way all the time with Scott Erickson, too. Lights-out first inning would too often translate into the showers by the fifth. Other games he'd struggle in the early innings then cruise into the eighth or ninth. Go figure.
  17. ashbury
    A team's made an offer? Who do we get?
  18. ashbury
    Very tough story for anyone to read who can correctly process this snippet: The doctors had emerged from the operating room with an update. Reese had only a 50-50 chance to live.
  19. ashbury
    You had me at "big fat".
  20. ashbury
    I'm hoping Doumit's defense is as good as the team braintrust is apparently counting on him to be, and that his offense is strong with a full season of wear and tear.
  21. ashbury
    > or made a concerted effort to improve his discipline I am a big fat loser. http://www.twinsdaily.com/images/smilies/smile.png (If Parker can silently update his posting to make my reply look incomprehensible in retrospect, so can I, except for the silent part I guess.)
  22. ashbury
    I liked the signing of JWill, but I think we have to get used to him not scoring very often from second on a single.
  23. ashbury
    I have the impression that Mastro is down there to learn to play second, it being sold to him as his best route to the majors.
  24. ashbury
    I think that's the signal we're reading, and is appropriate use for a young three-tool player.
  25. ashbury
    Every chance he was given, yes. But one of the chances he was not given by age 25 was "AAA". Have to wonder why. Defense sounds a likely culprit. Having a DH-only profile really limits roster flexibility for many teams, such as 2012 Minnesota with the lingering health questions. I do like the move in terms of Rochester alone, and there is also nothing wrong with having a guy in the organization with serious home run power, in case he's able to translate it to the higher levels. If he does defy what I think to be the odds (from looking only at minor league stats) it could be a good pickup, for a solid five year major league career for instance, and in the meantime the investment is low.
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