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  1. ashbury
    Turning SS from an offensive liability to an offensive asset, by signing Carlos Correa, would be going all-in. I'm not prepared to use that term on a good but no longer elite corner bat.
  2. ashbury
    Exactly. The off-season isn't over, but the Twins saw the lockout staring them in the face, and they so far have spent like they're Pittsburgh. Someday MLB will create a trophy for the most wins per dollar, or the best performance by a mid-tier market. Until then, we go for the Commissioner's Trophy as World Series champ, and nothing less.
  3. ashbury
    Q How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? A: Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. Terry Ryan never called his 2013 rebuild a rebuild either. Didn't change the situation. You could tell what it was by the moves - the Clete Thomas Era said it all. I'd be more enamored of the vaunted pitching pipeline that is supposed to be our salvation, if the national prospect rankers out there had our guys higher on their lists. They don't have their knives out for our Twins, and they see both teams when they scout one of our guys - what they seem to be saying is, yeah, maybe, on most of our arms. And our list of guys contains a lot of 24-25 year olds who still are only knocking at the door. Our guys look like they could pitch in the majors, but maybe not stand out. We need to hit big, on more than just a couple, if this strategy is going to pan out. If not, where are our championships actually going to come from?
  4. ashbury
    Best statement of the dilemma I've seen in a while.
  5. ashbury
    Who do you propose hires this person?
  6. ashbury
    Wait... unless... we got this guy: In that case, I am intrigued by the outside-the-box thinking.
  7. ashbury
    Chances are this is a faulty assumption. Revenue isn't simply a switch you flip to 'On'.
  8. ashbury
    "Acquire Jake Cave's backup." Another checklist item marked Complete.
  9. ashbury
    Six years is not concerning to me. He still hasn't reached his 23rd birthday. If you ever run a team, I suggest not signing* 16 year olds from the Dominican Republic, unless you are sure they will be future Hall of Famers who will reach the majors at age 21 or 22 hitting like a veteran. * Okay, "trading for."
  10. ashbury
    Saved the best for last in this list! As Casey Stengel or Yogi Berra or Mark Twain said, you can sum up baseball in one word: "you never know".
  11. ashbury
    Just pushing back a little on that line of thinking. Might have been a little too mocking in the pursuit of humor.
  12. ashbury
    The most recent successful World Series run the Twins had, Greg Gagne was our SS. Let's bring him back.
  13. ashbury
    Grade: D. Buxton contract being the only positive to bring it up from an F.. They are apparently "betting on themselves" in the sense of relying on a pipeline of pitching prospects, but one that can't seem to stay healthy for even a minor league season.
  14. ashbury
    I seem to remember Donaldson injuring himself more on the basepaths than playing defense but that may be selective based on Opening Day.
  15. ashbury
    Carefully. Very, exceedingly, carefully.
  16. ashbury
    That Ayala/Conger video is great! NOW I know how to be a big league catcher!
  17. ashbury
    The problem is our organization can't seem to keep the young cinnamon rolls from getting injured.
  18. ashbury
    I am content with the 40-man catching situation, with two young'uns still having minor league options so that you can stash a (hopefully) good replacement at AAA in case of injury, and/or go with the hot bat between those two at any given moment in the long season. Barring major injury, we're set for 2022-23. I like having an unfair advantage over the opposing team at as many spots in the lineup as possible, and I think there's a good argument that we have that at catcher - particularly on days when the other team plays their backup. Someone would have to knock me over with blue chip starting pitching, to interest me in a trade. The FO needs to continue seeding higher-end catching prospects at the lower levels of the farm system. The 40-man is good but we're thin at the higher minor league levels - neither Hamilton nor Banuelos inspires me - and it's best to build from within. Two years of potential stability on the big club should not be wasted. Cardenas and Winkel are potentially a good start. I wanna see two more.
  19. ashbury
    ??? Does not the word "steroid" ring a bell? For example Erickson's 1996 ERA was 5.02 - but the league as a whole was 4.99, so he was basically average that season, even before taking into account that relievers generally have lower ERA than starters (4.67 vs 5.17 respectively). This year's AL inflated ERA was 4.32, for reference. Starting in 2000 he was bad, sure. He showed seven years of stick-to-itiveness which I find difficult to fathom but give him great credit for.
  20. ashbury
    Hosmer is by now established as a well-below average player at a defensive position where you like to have flexibility; he hurts the team each inning he plays. And you'd be stuck with him for 4 years. If you take him off the Padres hands, you might as well just cut him, eating $60M of total salary, You'd better be getting back an absolute stud of a prospect, maybe two, for your $60M. I'm not convinced a team really will let go of a prized top-tier prospect just for money. A couple of second-tier guys, yes. The salary floor is a factor, and I like the creative thinking, but some of the guys being discussed are pretty extreme.
  21. ashbury
    Just when I was thinking, nope, no Spring Training for me this time around either, not even if the greedy owners open things back up in time, a photo like this melts my cold, cold heart.
  22. ashbury
    Oof. I just got done looking at this idea posed in another thread, and when you get down to actual names it looks scary. Is there a definitive list of who is available in the Rule 5? Or, if you have some specific players to propose then it could be worth discussing. But guys with good gloves who spent their 2021 hitting .220 at high-A could be a disaster in the majors in 2022.
  23. ashbury
    No further drying up will occur during the lockout.
  24. ashbury
    Hurrah! Let the game continue to find ways to celebrate its distinguished players.
  25. ashbury
    It's the teams' collective responsibility to do what's best for the fans, and for the long-term health of the game. Each player has just one life to live. The franchise lives on for generations, if run successfully. When the game is healthy and a player retires, the baseball world gives him a hearty handshake and its thanks - maybe even a HoF nod eventually . When the game is healthy and an owner "retires", he (or his heirs) gets significant capital gains. So, who has the real incentive and responsibility? Propaganda equating the two sides is deceptive and pernicious, and comes mainly from the ownership side. There's a lockout on, and gee whiz, look at which side of the line the majority of PR people stand.
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