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  1. ashbury
    Then I'm sure he will fetch a fine return in trade. Rocco, implore your bosses to pull the trigger now on whatever best offer is on the table.
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  3. ashbury
    Don't hate the player, hate the game scout who recommended him.
  4. ashbury
    As one who rebutted, I'm sorry you felt it got personal. That wasn't my intent.
  5. ashbury
    It's a stylistic turn to state such an assumption as fact. That opinion piece in the NY paper provided no new information regarding Correa.
  6. ashbury
    Balancing against that is I want a player that other teams may "really like". In the trade market, up-the-middle talent rules. Note that the sheen is off our trade acquisition Austin Martin now that it looks questionable he will stick at SS or CF. I don't believe in totally building by trade, so picking "a player they really like" can be a sound strategy. Just so long as they don't sour on their shiny new corner bat and then find he has zero trade value at all.
  7. ashbury
    Best Player Available, of course, but I'm tired of corner players whose bats can't miss, except they do miss and turn out to be just average (or less). Up the middle is more valuable if they turn out to be just average too. Or of course pitching if the front office isn't scared off by the negatives of each candidate. I don't want a catcher with a top pick. I really don't know whom I'd pick if one of the consensus top five or so doesn't unexpectedly fall to me. The argument made here for Neto looks good. Corner bat remains the "safe" pick so as to not be accused of a "reach".
  8. ashbury
    If Bundy can continue the good results of his last two starts, it will be someone else who steps aside for Winder. Who? Dunno. Maybe a 6-man rotation for a while until something intervenes.
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    Approves:
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    We can still blame Rocco for the 2-run offensive output, though, right?
  11. ashbury
    If Pagan is melted down, can we sell him on the commodities market and recoup anything?
  12. ashbury
    What is this word "trust"? And how does it relate to this bullpen?
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. ashbury
    "... to a loving home."
  22. ashbury
    .... something something, bats.
  23. ashbury
    Something stronger than a Like button is needed. Truth.
  24. ashbury
    Is one of the "Duran"s in that reliever table supposed to be Jax?
  25. 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.
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