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  1. ashbury
    Not good enough to invest further resources on. Not bad enough to sell off as spare parts. But don't worry. They "inquired" on any number of players. And pundits deemed them "good fits" for some others. Some serious tire-kicking must have occurred, too. Ladies and gentlemen, here is the poster franchise for sustainable, championship-caliber team-building, your 2023 Minnesota Twins! "The goal here is straight-forward and measurable," Falvey said on Monday. "It's to build a sustainable, championship-caliber team, an organization that Twins fans will be proud of." -- Derek Falvey, November 2016 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/11/07/new-twins-front-office-hits-the-ground-running/93452688/
  2. ashbury
    Sell.
  3. ashbury
    Donaldson could be out for the rest of the year. 60 days for certain, as he's on that IL. Farmer's a placeholder on a contending team. Rendon is underperforming by a lot, a below average player over the last three years as a whole, and his whopping contract is locked in for 3 years still to go. The Yankees can afford anything they want - do they want this, though? I don't see this trade happening on the part of either of the other teams.
  4. ashbury
    The Twins have their own analytics team, but we can play along at home. Florio has a below-average OPS-against this season, with a BABIP that suggests either his "luck" will improve, or batters are tattooing the ball for high-percentage opportunities. Lopez has an even worse OPS-against, and a BABIP suggesting he's actually been a bit fortunate, at that. Of course one partial year's numbers on any reliever qualify as Small Sample Size, so who knows what our FO's analysis ultimately was. It's a "challenge trade," involving two players with similar roles. A low-stakes challenge, but still, one that can be directly compared from this point forward. I don't rule out that Lopez could have requested a trade.
  5. ashbury
    Yep. If there aren't two teams with even this minimal level of interest, to play one off the other, just cut him and move on. Time spent negotiating a trade for rather low return probably could be more productively used in other ways.
  6. ashbury
    FalVine: "Hold our beers."
  7. ashbury
    This loss is on the Twins pitching staff.
  8. ashbury
    Yes, but not baserunning.
  9. ashbury
    Quite possibly not. He can be DFA'ed to open a roster spot, assuming the FO sees it that way. In that case, they are on the hook for his remaining salary anyway. And so, it is no cost to them to instead offer to cover his salary if there are multiple candidate teams who would sign him for major league minimum after he's a free agent. So any possible trade value IMO will come from this approach, via a very, very minor bidding war while he can still be traded.
  10. ashbury
    Long shot. Very long. Wil Myers in 2013 had a similar candidacy and won, but in a year with weak competition. So, not impossible. A couple of other rookies would need to take a nose dive. And our guy mustn't do that. It all can happen. Two months to go. I'm not pulling out the ironic "so you're telling me there's a chance" meme at this point. It's better than one in a million.
  11. ashbury
    See earlier guidance regarding dysentery.
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  13. ashbury
    Moran faced 3 batters and the Mariners proceeded to score 9 runs. No team can come back from that from a reliever.
  14. ashbury
    Tonight's game should impress on the FO that they don't have the horses in the bullpen for a serious post-season run. Fortunately that is one of the most correctable flaws at any deadline.
  15. ashbury
    You're right about Moran's pitching line - I forgot he gave up the RBI double, thinking he walked the bases loaded. I would have respected Pagan's outing for inducing outs and giving up just the one additional run. Is the point of the disagreement that it has to be "on" just one person? The inning of crushed dreams was to me a joint effort.
  16. ashbury
    What a lousy outcome. That homer in the bottom of the ninth would have meant something if Ortega had put up a zero.
  17. ashbury
    Without Moran's contribution we still maintain the lead. Without Pagan's contribution we still maintain the lead. Bases loaded with no outs but a 4 run lead should not be an automatic tie game.
  18. ashbury
    I don't absolve Moran. But the lead was lost by Pagan.
  19. ashbury
    Warming up now, how exciting!
  20. ashbury
    It's hard to weigh one versus the other tonight. Mariners gained 6 bases against Moran (first guy reached third, etc.). 10 bases were gained on Pagan's watch. So there's that. Both pitchers were culpable. And now we have Ortega to consider.
  21. ashbury
    Emilio wants me to convey his thanks for the jinx you placed on him tonight.
  22. ashbury
    Four runs scored. Moran faced three batters. Plenty of glory to share.
  23. ashbury
    Not for the top of the eighth in this game, just speaking for myself.
  24. ashbury
    Moran ugh. Pagan ugh.
  25. ashbury
    It's like they don't even try!
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