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  1. ashbury
    Approves:
  2. ashbury
    We can still blame Rocco for the 2-run offensive output, though, right?
  3. ashbury
    If Pagan is melted down, can we sell him on the commodities market and recoup anything?
  4. ashbury
    What is this word "trust"? And how does it relate to this bullpen?
  5. ashbury
    The MLB salary for coaches is a combination of supply-demand, and that few coaches have a secret sauce that the next guy can't replicate or improve on.
  6. ashbury
    This has been as Jekyll-and-Hyde as any Twins squad I can remember. I'm enjoying the good Doctor while he is gracing us with his presence. I fear the Fiend's return, though.
  7. ashbury
    Incentives-laden contract would be my preference, as he hasn't exactly been an iron man the past few years, but as others have said, there isn't actually any rush - unless Sonny was willing to sign a very team-friendly deal.
  8. ashbury
    I do not know NCAA's rules regarding having players commit to colleges. But the following source (out of date by a couple of years perhaps) gives some guidance: https://teamfactsrecruiting.com/ncaa-baseball-national-letter-of-intent/ It suggests that the deadline for HS seniors signing letters of intent is August 1. Given that LSU just lost its pitching coach, time apparently was of the essence. Schools they compete against would be throwing up maximum FUD until a coach was selected. I don't know if it's important to the Twins to be able to attract college coaching talent. But holding Wes Johnson to his 2022 contract probably would close the door to ever getting another one.
  9. ashbury
    Also, even if the contract wording were iron-clad, and even if they are angry at some level, the Twins likely invoke enlightened self-interest to decide that continuing to employ someone who doesn't want to be there anymore isn't good for anybody.
  10. ashbury
    Meanwhile Contreras made a difficult zig-zaggy play in center to prevent trouble, that I believe Buxton would have made look pretty routine; it's not solely the speed but also the nearly unerring bead he gets on the ball right away. We miss having the full suite of services he offers this team.
  11. ashbury
    The college season calendar is sufficiently different than the pros', that I wonder if (at least at the big time college programs) your principle would mean never leaving one, for the other.
  12. ashbury
    I don't think I've seen this mentioned yet but recruiting season in the college ranks may have a lot to do with the timing.
  13. ashbury
    "... to a loving home."
  14. ashbury
    .... something something, bats.
  15. ashbury
    Something stronger than a Like button is needed. Truth.
  16. ashbury
    Is one of the "Duran"s in that reliever table supposed to be Jax?
  17. ashbury
    No reason in the world they can't both. Their cases are equally good in their different ways. They also have equivalent cases to probably a dozen other good pitchers in the AL, and there might be another dozen with stronger cases, and/or get a sentimental All Star nod (Martin Perez's would be his first for instance). Difficult to say.
  18. ashbury
    That was my thought too, when I read the article. The article didn't make a case why Philly would be looking to move a veteran starting pitcher. They have used a recent 17-6 run to claw back into the fringes of the post-season picture. And they have a good rotation but not great and I can't see them wanting to weaken it, nor is it clear to me (I am not versed in their system) that they have any SP prospects whatsoever knocking on the door and currently being wasted. So I looked at their season stats and their players and then checked MLBTR, and the first relevant article I found states that they would be looking for relief help in return. Gibson for Pagan and Duffey? Yeah, don't think so either. We don't match up in the slightest.
  19. ashbury
    A. Pena and D. Pena are both from Venezuela, which I suppose has islands. Their listed locales are 450 miles apart, though they could be "distant" cousins.
  20. ashbury
    The offense got 3 base hits, and posters are analyzing how the manager screwed up this game by failing to thread some imaginary needle. /edit - lol, serves me right for not reading the thread all the way through this time - jmlease1 said the same. I have no way of quantifying this, but my impression is emerging that this team's batters are adept at hitting "mistake" pitches, which is of course true to a degree for all batters who've reached the majors, but have tilted their approach at the plate so much to exploiting this that they are helpless when the pitcher gives them a series of offerings that demonstrate command and good control. Thus, the feast-or-famine, depending on whether the opposing pitcher is "on" that night. And the string of post-season failures, where they meet the teams with pitchers much less likely to have "off" nights. Then again, we see certain of our hitters swing through center-cut fastballs repeatedly. So my theory is still in a formative stage. But there is a qualitative difference between our squad and the better teams, regardless of the overall averages seen on the stat pages that say ours is an above-average hitting team.
  21. ashbury
    Did as badly, you mean to say?
  22. ashbury
    Don't people advocate to trade prospects for established veterans, because a lot of prospects wash out? We may think there are sure things, but there really aren't. There are only better and worser wagers.
  23. ashbury
    That does require a 40-man move. Godoy goes in return for whatever trade package? Or just DFA I suppose. Either way, no likelihood of keeping 4 catchers on the roster, in this scenario. So, "what was your favorite José Godoy moment?"
  24. ashbury
    I am filled with rage that others are not taking the past span of games as calmly as I am!
  25. ashbury
    Check out game 4 of the 1954 or 1955 World Series. Al Lopez and Casey Stengel. I tell ya.
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