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  1. ashbury
    They played 9 innings last night and it was still little league.
  2. ashbury
    Stats are a snare, I agree. I tend to take a shut-down bullpen seriously when I see opposing batters slam their bat in disgust after swinging late on a fastball. That tells you the mix of pitches is so deadly that the batter can't defend against the heater, which is the last thing any batter with an ounce of pride allows himself to get beaten on. A very subjective metric, obviously, but one that the opponent isn't very good at hiding so it seems trustworthy. And I don't think we're there yet, compared to some other teams' pens that have been difference makers in the post-season.
  3. ashbury
    This is an area where IMO regular season and post-season differ greatly. I consider the jury very much still out, and right now I don't see this bullpen as of the shut-down variety at all, not even necessarily playoff caliber. "Pretty decent" won't cut it, a month from now.
  4. ashbury
    I thought they were settling matters with tiebreakers this year? Was this written before or after Kepler (guessing) pulled the hamstring?
  5. ashbury
    It takes a lot of talent to do what he did in the booth for year after year. Congratulations and good luck, Bert!
  6. ashbury
    They've scored more runs than our Twins, but have given up a whole lot more. That plus what looks like situational failures, leading to more losses than the aggregate run differential would suggest. Oh, and at a glance, defensive metrics don't seem to like the Angels very well. (Baseball-reference.com's "Defensive Efficiency" shows the bottom 4 teams in the AL being the last place Red Sox, the last place Royals, the last place Angels and the ... first place Rays? Fun With Numbers!)
  7. ashbury
    Did you mean post-season, or are you really in Wait 'Til Next Year mode?
  8. ashbury
    Make it to the fourth? That puts you in the Optimist camp. I'm hoping he isn't knocked out in the second after walking a tightrope in the first. Guess I'm a little shellshocked by the past few weeks.
  9. ashbury
    It's a organization-wide slump. When your play by play man has to walk back a triple play into a humble 4-6 fielder's choice, it's a bad game for everyone involved.
  10. ashbury
    McKenzie was drafted in 2015. That's still Tyler Jay (Terry Ryan) territory for us to carp about, me included. The jury's still very much out on FalVine, but this pitcher isn't the evidence.
  11. ashbury
    This article scratches the surface, but I'd feel better to think that their hitting philosophy is more situational than depicted here. If the batter has power, grip it and rip it when the count is favorable, then go a bit more with the pitch when it's two strikes. If it's two outs and nobody's on, extra bases are worth gambling for even with two strikes. Et cetera et cetera. And of course if opposing pitches take steps to counteract this basic strategy, take steps yourself, until the next round of changes. If our power hitters from last year are selling out early in the count, then yes I would question the strategy. I haven't researched whether we're getting many dink-and-dunk balls in play early in the count. If instead the low-power hits are coming late in the count, after hittable 2-0 pitches got swung through, then there's the problem.
  12. ashbury
    "The Twins worked aggressively to trade for a starter today, but in the end opted not to take part in an overheated market that offered insufficient value in return for prospect talent, especially considering the players about to re-join the Twins' roster anyway." -- nonexistent quote that represents my prediction for MLBTR's followup report later today
  13. ashbury
    Do we know for sure, yet, which week that is to be?
  14. ashbury
    The list of candidates for days to begin one are dwindling fast.
  15. ashbury
    My nominee for Most Tactful Sentence of the Week goes to MLBTR in their analysis of the Twins' starting pitching needs: "It’s not clear how the organization’s familiarity with Lynn affects their interest."
  16. ashbury
    Get him a nice thank you basket - chocolates, wine, whatever little treats they happen to know he enjoys.
  17. ashbury
    Probably you can get someone's medium quality reliever for Rooker. I don't know how to put together a bigger deal, that doesn't involve players I don't want to part with.
  18. ashbury
    It's somewhat cheating since I didn't view this article until a game is already in the books, but I'll go with 12-16. That goes 32-28, if my California math didn't fail me. Third place.
  19. ashbury
    So far, so good. After today's first game, they are right on track to take the series 3 games to 1.
  20. ashbury
    This seems like hoops you are expecting someone else to jump through - "can" or "cannot" resume playing. I see it more simply as, if they choose to send a message by not playing, they just do.
  21. ashbury
    This extreme conclusion should be your indication that something went wrong in the chain or reasoning leading up to it. No, the players weren't on strike, until certain demands were met. Rather, they sat out a game, to send a message that "everything" is not "ok", to borrow the terminology you used. Message sent, now back to work. Weather permitting.
  22. ashbury
    The game's in Detroit.
  23. ashbury
    This layman scout's eye says he lacks the extra gear you want in a center fielder, and you would be disappointed in the results. Watching him a couple of Fall League seasons ago, I felt surprised he didn't get to a foul fly while playing in RF - I was thinking of him as a CF candidate at that time, and decided at that moment he will be an asset on defense in a corner but not in the middle. Others' mileage may vary of course, and maybe something changed in two years, but usually speed is not a slow-developing tool.
  24. ashbury
    Whatever they do, The Bubblewrap Fiasco Of 2018 should not be repeated, ever. We know now that Buxton can't take a punch, so it would end up being counter-productive. Even though Eduardo Escobar is long gone, some new prankster would surely initiate the tiresome "Pop Buck" game and eventually cause another fistfight in the dugout.
  25. ashbury
    His trade value is probably up. Get some more pitching!
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