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  1. ashbury
    View the first post you want to comment onClick MultiQuoteView the second post you want to comment onClick MultiQuoteLook at the bottom of the screen and click "Reply to 2 quoted post(s)"That last button might be hidden by an ad at the bottom of the screen. Click the X button on the ad to remove it first. Despite documentation somewhere that you can multiquote up to 3, I've never succeeded with more than 2.
  2. ashbury
    Kuddos, or kudos, or whatever, from me as well.
  3. ashbury
    Trenchant analysis. Thanks for taking the time. The world is a tiny bit better for your having done so.
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    He-e-e-ere's Henny Penny!
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  6. ashbury
    I don't make that particular inference. The Twins are acutely aware of the defensive deficiency, surely. The players themselves probably are too. But it could be a big management blunder (clubhouse chemistry, player's confidence, etc) to publicly rub your starting shortstop's nose in it. That cost could be bigger than the cost of an occasional extra baserunner. If and when the Twins decide to move Polanco off of SS, they will likely do it decisively. Not one benchwarmer appearance at a time.
  7. ashbury
    Excellent summary/refresher, particularly for us armchair GMs who want to think like the real ones. Seeing some of the tweeners, who loom as tough roster decisions next autumn, go as part of trades for players who can help now, or (less likely) for players farther away but with higher ceiling, would be outstanding.
  8. ashbury
    Chaim inclined to agree.
  9. ashbury
    "Go make hotdish in Mike Fiers’ oven" is my new go-to when dissing someone. (I *am* going to quibble about using the article 'a' in that sentence.)
  10. ashbury
    The contract's not without risk, but is the going rate when acquiring talent near the top shelf. If the fifth year option gets exercised, he's got his $100M, so I guess he can claim that's the contract he's signing. It appears the FO has a disciplined approach to dealing with the uncertainties of the free agent market. Here's hoping similar discipline pays off in the trade market for a starting pitcher.
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    I'm fine with waiting. Such a declaration looks like one that will stand the test of time. Actually I don't see it as a failure, so much as a gamble. FalVine seem to be saying, "nah, we're good. We have Dobnak and Thorpe and Smeltzer." Which brings to mind this old chestnut: Maybe, having signed recent contract extensions, they don't view the gamble as involving their careers. I've said before, if I were the boss, I'd disagree.
  12. ashbury
    The exit one, presumably.
  13. ashbury
    Don't worry. Someone able to get the Yankees contracted will receive much better offers than yours! / Kudos for a very Twins-like offer, knowing it will not win, however.
  14. ashbury
    Don't know how much it affects your thinking, but I believe that the minimum stay for an optioned pitcher becomes 15 days in 2020.
  15. ashbury
    We got 'em! Rich Bailey and Homer Hill are pitchers I've heard of. I think.
  16. ashbury
    "Effectively wild"?
  17. ashbury
    Welp. Harris signed with Washington, so I guess Harper can rest easy for another day.
  18. ashbury
    Odorizzi and Pineda seem like a couple of other arms worth mentioning in this list.
  19. ashbury
    It's not just cutting the major league roster. We currently have 23 pitchers and 18 position players on the 40-man roster. Pineda is protected due to his suspended status. But if Harris were added, then someone needs to be removed from the 40-man, either by trade or exposure to waiver-claim. Ticketing Stashak for Rochester via an option doesn't do the trick. Harper or Wisler would seem like the only candidates for a DFA in favor of Harris.
  20. ashbury
    Jose Berrios represents insurance that five of our prospects don't suddenly develop into better starters than him.
  21. ashbury
    $3M to gain his undivided attention. $200K per start, for the first 5 starts. $500K per start for the next 4. $750K per start for the next 2. $1M per start for the next 2. $1.5M per start for the next 2. Every start after that is free, Free, FREE! Ha ha ha ha, Sucker! You're going to be feeling pretty dumb when you make start #16, Rich Hill. More like Poorhouse Hill from then on, amirite.
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  23. ashbury
    The article is dated 3 years ago, and mentions Seth Maness. So I don't think "first" applies. However, Maness doesn't seem to have made it all the way back to his former effectiveness, so I would be interested to know some other names to go by. Here is a more recent article: https://www.beckersspine.com/sports-medicine/item/45628-92-of-patients-return-to-play-after-ucl-with-internal-brace-dr-dugas-explains-his-research.html Even after two more years, the only player I see mentioned by name is Maness, with 102 "other" pitchers referenced. Not sure what to make of that.
  24. ashbury
    Hair. You left out hair. Brian Dozier.
  25. ashbury
    We are talking about 2019, as the post I was responding to stated.
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