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  1. ashbury
    For those wondering whatever became of Vidal Bruján, he has popped up unexpectedly with the Mets.
  2. ashbury
    I'm tired of all the negativity. What was your favorite Vidal Bruján moment as a Twin?
  3. ashbury
    This is not the kind of discussion I was hoping for in Year 10 of the Falvey Era, parsing whether 60 or 70 wins is where to set the bar.
  4. ashbury
    In a mirror when on the mound, perhaps. 😁 About the level of signing I expected - someone no contending team was willing to outbid for. It's nice to welcome back an ex-Twin but my expectations are so modest I almost didn't bother to post except that the first reply in the thread suggested something.
  5. ashbury
    My managers back before I retired could point to my weekly reports as good evidence the limit can be zero.
  6. ashbury
    In addition, I feel as if it's an opportunity cost issue, since it's clearly not directly a money issue. Does Zoll's analytics team have nothing better to do than respond to weekly requests along the lines of "find me the best middle infielder you can at minimal prospect-capital cost." Personally I'd rather they work on some promising angle on identifying the right 14-year olds in the Dominican.
  7. ashbury
    Ever heard of Luis Guerrero? That's who the Sawx traded to Tampa two months ago to acquire Gray. Luis pitched a little bit for Portland. / edit - I just wandered over to TD's sister site Talk Sox, and from it I gleaned the information that they are apparently stocking up on marginal catching prospects, kind of like how the Twins are cornering the market on AAAA infielders; I don't see the level of outrage there yet, but it's early. I'm just hoping for a "what was your favorite Tristan Gray moment for the Sox?" comment - never mind, I started one myself. Anyway the trade was precipitated by the Sox needing a roster spot for a FA signing, so one can infer they got something in return for the guy they were going to DFA .
  8. ashbury
    Finally, the off-season master plan becomes clear: there isn't one beyond status quo. But we're witnessing a master class in player fungibility. Well, master class, cautionary tale - tomayto, tomahto. And as has already been mentioned, with Caratini still waiting for the ink to dry on his new contract, we'll now need another roster opening, after we all assumed DFAing Gasper was the corresponding move for that. Gray having minor league options doesn't actually address the roster crunch. And then they'll need to make room for a FA reliever. There's going to be one, right? Right? One?
  9. ashbury
    Watch him develop into the DH that his minor league numbers suggested.
  10. ashbury
    This thinking, expressed by others, seemed tinged with the experience we saw with Randy Dobnak and his guaranteed contract. The difference, though, was that by the time the Twins decided to remove him from the 40-man, his performance was consistently terrible, due to the chronic finger injury. There were tons of other relievers on the waiver wire before and after the Twins passed him through it, and there was no reason for another team to claim him at even a small amount higher salary in preference to a minimum-wage alternative. The catcher Jackson, by contrast, could have value to a team seeking a particular skill, namely defense even if he reverts to being a black hole at the plate. A small salary like his wouldn't be a deterrent in such a case. Yes, he might indeed clear waivers, but Dobnak isn't the model for anything. As you say, timing will be the key. Working the trade market might be even more key.
  11. ashbury
    Now that Indiana has won the Super Bowl I hope the Vikings can get moving with their off-season plans.
  12. ashbury
    My favorite thing was Cignetti being interviewed after the game and, in response to a question about that 4th down touchdown, he didn't give typical coach-speak about trusting his stud player or whatever, he gave us X's and O's. This guy is an accountant in deep cover posing as a football coach.
  13. ashbury
    And Miami shows heart right away. They figured something out about Indiana's defense at halftime. Actually, shortly before.
  14. ashbury
    I took a look at the Dominican Summer League for 2015, and spotted these significant future major leaguers among the league leaders, then looked up their signing bonuses: Keibert Ruiz: Dodgers, $140,000 William Contreras: Atlanta, $10,000 Johan Duran: Arizona, $65,000 There were additional future major leaguers, either ones who have already washed out or who have bounced around (including two who eventually found their way to the Twins, Diego Castillo and Vidal Brujan). My interim assessment is that there certainly were some gems to be found, but it involved a whale of a lot of sifting to find them among the dozens and dozens signed that year, and that the bonus outlay doesn't strike me as highly correlated to success. My scanning wasn't systematic and I could have missed something important. Someone could redo it, perhaps some other methodology, and reach a very different conclusion. I also don't know where to get a complete list of 2015 international signings to see how those investments went - maybe those players didn't go to the DSL.
  15. ashbury
    I could practically adopt you as one of my sons.
  16. ashbury
    I would feel sorry for the Bears today except they happened to be facing my all-time second favorite* team: "whoever is playing against the Bears." 😁 * okay, tied with "whoever is playing against the Packers."
  17. ashbury
    These quotes sure sound a lot like Royce Lewis back in the day. Confidence is good. 2025 went exactly as he and the team hoped. Maybe Culpepper will be one of those lucky players who never encounters adversity. We can hope, for his sake and for the Twins' sake.
  18. ashbury
    If it was a prize fight the ref would have stopped it some time ago.
  19. ashbury
    Full-strength, full-size, but you have to bring your own time machine.
  20. ashbury

    Pressly

    ashbury replied to mnfireman's topic in Other Baseball

    He used the word "bittersweet" in his announcement. That's the word for this MN fan as well. Lousy trade. I liked the concept well enough when it happened, or at least cautiously optimistic, but I'm enough of an admitted second guesser to point fingers and say the team blew it on prospect evaluation and/or development. Good luck with the next phase, Ryan.
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  22. ashbury
    Just saw this, had to share.
  23. ashbury
    A player who is slow afoot and provides almost no defensive value needs to be THE best hitter if he wants to be assured of a roster spot. Otherwise someone better takes his job. He's been pretty mediocre at the plate for someone in his actual role, he's no longer young with upside and his salary is no longer low. That is what makes him a trade candidate. Not that I expect much of a trade return. It's an indictment of how poor the Twins' 2025 offense was, that Larnach's numbers would rank among their leaders. He drove in fewer runners than Brooks Lee. Brooks Lee. I think the Twins have numbed you to what a defensively challenged LF should be producing at the plate. This is a catcher thread so I'm not going to get into a back-and-forth on Larnach here.
  24. ashbury
    Zero or infinity, whatever way you define a betting line. He's not on the forty-man so doesn't need to be Designated For anything and is already qualified to be Assigned to one of their minor league teams at the conclusion of Spring Training, assuming they still have room for him then. Anyway, Bad Hitters 'R' Us™, that is our 1B pipeline. Maybe one of the guys listed hasn't yet proved to be officially Bad - let's pin our hopes on him for 2030.
  25. ashbury
    Merlo's signing seems to be confirmed, among others.
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