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  1. ashbury
    So far in the majors, Julien has been given a paltry 18 plate appearances. Those 18 have been, ahem, unrewarding. But that hasn't been his track record in the minors.
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    Buxton, strike 3 looking? Reputedly the players-only meeting was at least partly about two-strike strategery. Look at close ones and flail at ones far outside wouldn't have been my advice, but what do I know.
  4. ashbury
    Either that or he needs a remedial quantity of breath freshener, stat!
  5. ashbury
    What do you get when you cross Bambi and a ghost?
  6. ashbury
    Jacques Cousteau must be spinning in his watery, watery grave. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Water. Water who? Water you waiting for? Open the door!
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  8. ashbury
    https://www.almanac.com/fact/what-do-sea-monsters-eatr-fish-and-puzzle Ughhhhh. Ugggggh. Ughghghghgh. I'd be careful about calling for expulsion, except to request a moderator to expel that joke.
  9. ashbury
    Whatever they sea?
  10. ashbury
    Ladies and gentlemen, Christian Vazquez, memo-getter!
  11. ashbury
    Memo to Twins batters:
  12. ashbury
    You blew it by not asking anything about his name. I bet he never gets tired of that line of questioning.
  13. ashbury
    It's faintly possible this dialog could be carried out both cordially and better at this point through use of the TD site's Personal Messaging system. (Oh dear. Person D just butted in.)
  14. ashbury
    The "not good" hawt taek could come from a pitcher every second game he plays, who mutters to himself, "great, an extra baserunner I didn't deserve."
  15. ashbury
    Errors have been a decreasingly useful stat since the early 20th century. MLB has of late taken pains to regularize the calling of errors by Official Scorers, generally in the direction of calling things base hits that look like errors to most of us, to the point that I don't find it (or its close relative, Fielding Percentage) a useful stat at all. I do see that, in roughly similar innings so far this year, Julien has about 20% fewer total chances than Polanco per 9 innings. Perhaps that reflects an unequal number of balls hit their respective way, or reflects a significant difference in range, or just reflects scorers' decisions on plays not made that take Julien off the hook by calling them base hits. I don't know. There are other measures of defense than this simple "range factor", and all of them have flaws. The eye test for most of us seems to be consistent with the range factor for the year, and that is where I choose to stop thinking on this topic. If the range factor is close to meaningful, then every couple of games, Polanco would make a play that turns into an out that Julien could not.
  16. ashbury
    I don't know. I mean I didn't. At least until now. Thanks, I guess. This site is kind of a chore sometimes.
  17. ashbury
    The worst trade in Twins history!™ is whatever trade our idiot FO made most recently. Ask just about anyone here. You're welcome. You picked a good one, though. I mean, a worthy one. A series of trades anyway.
  18. ashbury
    "Oops, I wasn't supposed to say that part out loud, was I? ... Oops, and now I said that last thing out loud too about not saying things out loud. Quick, someone, are my vocal cords in operation right this minute too?"
  19. ashbury
    Please tell me you were having a bit of fun with your response. Please also tell me you're giving me a million dollars..
  20. ashbury
    All righty then. You just saved me some time constructing a counter-argument or two.
  21. ashbury
    If you remember the phrase "necessary and sufficient condition" from anywhere in your education, I am treating success against Oakland as necessary, nothing more.
  22. ashbury
    Just as long as the lessons they learn are the right ones. I don't want to find out that the tactics that work for them against lesser opponents magically stop working when they face the better teams, and especially if they make it into the post-season.
  23. ashbury
    How quickly they forget Joey Gallo. I hope to forget Joey the minute after he is traded.
  24. ashbury
    Sure, always, but that isn't the choice we'd prefer to be offered against a cellar dweller. There's no doubleheader scheduled today in Oakland. I'll take one nice easy laugher for the good guys, TYVM.
  25. ashbury
    Usually context-neutral tells you what you need to know, but if by "situational wins" you mean the WPA/LI column in b-r.com then look at the next column over, Clutch. Gallo ranks among the bottom of the team. This matches the "eye test" that a lot of us here have been seeing with him. I don't remember ever finding as much discrepancy between OPS and its relative stat WAR (WAA actually), versus the situational WPA. WPA has its flaws but usually it tracks with WAA. Gallo has for the most part come up small when the situation is big. That's been a trend in his career stats, which I never looked at until now that he's on the Twins, but it's even more pronounced this season. I dislike questioning clutch ability in most cases and I don't think he lacks heart, but pitchers seem to be able to manipulate his production and the numbers in Gallo's case just aren't good.
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