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  1. ashbury
    Every other aspect of his game seems to draw questions (this baserunning adventure being just the latest), but if the Hit tool is sound, the player probably will find a place in the lineup.
  2. ashbury
    KIRILLOFF!!!!
  3. ashbury
    Terrible baserunning decision by Julien, or terrible coaching at first? Yes.
  4. ashbury
    Ohhhhh! Thank you White Sox defense!
  5. ashbury
    Must be the trade deadline version of "he's in the best shape of his life" in spring training.
  6. ashbury
    Snarpunky! The theme for tonight's thread!
  7. ashbury
    Stills can be used for cooking more than just corn likker.
  8. ashbury
    Nice if it works out like that. I don't claim to understand how a draft pick (and agent) sees things. If an agreement is reached before the draft on a dollar figure, sure - that's surely how a lot of the mid-round picks did it, for draft certainty on both sides. But say it's perceived as an N-player draft with a big dropoff in talent at player number N+1. Why would any of those top N players agree before the draft to under-slot with team N? Each player has their sights set on the very highest slots, and will be at least a little disappointed that they are the one that drops to N. I would think the pre-draft conversation will go, "I'll be glad if your team drafts me and I'll sign for slot, but truly I expect I'll be gone by the time it's your pick." They won't say, "well, if I drop to number N, I guess I'm not as good as I thought. I'll take less, and be grateful." Are they really thinking team N is going to draft player N+1 in this scenario (such as this year, where there wasn't even a consensus on who would be #6.) , just to save money so they can spend it on an even lesser high-school prospect (who isn't good enough apparently for anyone to draft high enough to entice them with what amounts to second-round money in the first place)?
  9. ashbury
    Mrs Ash and I see now that we should have been more specific when we asked the realtor to find us a rustic home. Or perhaps we failed to proofread carefully, and typed in "rusty."
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  11. ashbury
    Tim was actually one of the easier "regression candidates" to spot in advance, with small sample size of 143 PA and a monstrous .522 BABIP. And then his .125 BABIP in the majors was as ludicrously low as his AAA figure had been high. It's hard to imagine a 1.062 OPS meaning a guy was cooked at the plate, but it was right there. You can trust AAA numbers if you look at enough of them.
  12. ashbury
    Good snark has a point. What's yours on this one?
  13. ashbury
    A few guys have pitched complete-game wins this season. if the lead was 3 or less, award them Saves for the ninth, too? A closer would have gotten that if brought in.
  14. ashbury
    To my surprise, MLB addresses this in their glossary, which I now have bookmarked for future reference. I think this is the second time this week something was right there (the discussion of how Jax didn't get the win when he was nominally the pitcher of record when the team took the lead for good) to settle a question. Kudos to them. https://www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/mutual-option Anyway, both sides must agree. Including a mutual option in a long-term contract strikes me as similar to middle-school BFFs who lose track of each other after they go away to college.
  15. ashbury
    Clickbait, trolling. To-may-to, to-mah-to.
  16. ashbury
    The Twins traded away incumbent starter Pierzynski before Mauer played his first major league game on Opening Day 2004. Mauer played in A+ and AA in 2003. The standard being proposed now is that minor league numbers are all well and good but you have to prove it first in AAA and then in the Show. He was handed the job.* Because the scouts knew what they were seeing was real. Mauer is a terrible example to give. * And promptly got injured, but that's beside the point here. For once.
  17. ashbury
    Give him a few more days. 10th would be about high enough to suit me at present.
  18. ashbury
    When the good lord says it's time, he will send us a sign and... oh look there's the AT&T truck!
  19. ashbury
    Ask your doctor or pharmacist if Julien at second base is right for you.
  20. ashbury
    18 hours without Internet and Chez Ashbury be like:
  21. ashbury
    Polanco doesn't have a thousand-yard stare, though. Nor a look of shock/terror. Just focused. He looks as though he will catch even the slightest clue if it's to his favor.
  22. ashbury
    No disagreement, and it's part of what makes the Error a useless official stat. But you would be fired on the first such call.
  23. ashbury
    Mrs Ash knocked out the internet connection while vacuuming. We're at the library for the moment for a bit of bandwidth, but no MLB.tv viewing. Mrs Ash's interpretation of events is that maybe I should do the vacuuming from now on.
  24. ashbury
    Polanco's is bad in its own special way.
  25. ashbury
    I think every scorer in the majors calls that a hit. Regrettable, IMO, but the league has strived for consistency and "ordinary effort" (graded by league level, for the minors) plays a huge role in the decision making.
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