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  1. ashbury
    Twins Daily demands balanced and objective posting from all members. J/K. We bask in the warmth of your well-placed pride.
  2. ashbury
    Who are your picks, to avoid the next Archer and snag the next Verlander?
  3. ashbury
    Oh, Colorado, don't do that to Charlie. I just looked at his home/road splits again. Don't ruin a beer-league legend of a career just for your own selfish gain. A Rockie he shall always remain! / yes yes, he's much better than that
  4. ashbury
    I believe I have never witnessed a triple-play in realtime. As it happens, I was on the phone with my dad at the start of the game, and am only seeing this one in replay, as usual. I wouldn't think too well of myself if I regretted it, however.
  5. ashbury
    I would be concerned if you were a Cubs fan, too.
  6. ashbury
    Indeed. I will PM you the details for a wire transfer.
  7. ashbury
    Cash considerations.
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  9. ashbury
    Front office never had the courage to pull off the necessary transactions to push the team that last step. / ducking....
  10. ashbury
    John Bonnes needs to add an award of some kind, in his periodic State of the Website summaries, for sentences like this.
  11. ashbury
    There was also his stage whisper comment through gritted teeth during the press conference announcing his hiring. "Guys. I need some bullpen help."
  12. ashbury
    Ohhhhh... crudddddd... Just keep your thoughts to yourself until later tonight, please. No spoilers.
  13. ashbury
    "Two truths throughout baseball history. No team ever made any money, and you never have too much pitching." -- Donald Fehr, paraphrased
  14. ashbury
    It felt like a loss, but didn't the Twins win yesterday? How much of a time-zone lag are we dealing with here?
  15. ashbury
    While the thread is "what will it take," I do agree that questions surrounding the nebulous term "makeup" could reduce Stroman's trade value more than analytic tools would suggest. An extreme amount of due-diligence would be expected from my evaluation team, regarding this point. My manager unconsciously shaking his head while pondering how to answer my question might be enough of a veto. A corner outfielder should be the headliner of a trade if at all possible, and Larnach is a logical candidate. Almost certainly an arm has to be offered as well. Problem is that rebuilding teams want high-end pitching prospects, and if another contender is prepared to offer a top-rated arm, it may be necessary to follow suit, and in that case Larnach is almost too much to pair with that. I've been skeptical about loading up with corner position players in the draft as "safer" picks than pitchers, because when it comes time to trade... other teams will reply "we've got somebody of our own who is about that good." Luckily, Toronto might consider themselves a little thin in that department. I might try Larnach, Alcala, and Gordon, if my relationship with Toronto is cordial enough that it can withstand an offer being laughed at, and then try to go from there. I add Celestino instantly, which the tradevalues site then considers an overpay, and maybe ask for a lottery-pick prospect in return as well to rebalance things. Alcala may not be of interest to them, though - then we haggle over better arms and it starts getting painful. Or... that's where Giles comes into the conversation...
  16. ashbury
    We find out, perhaps, who the real Bombas are.
  17. ashbury
    Unless I have a good response lined up to the possible reply, "or, what?", I keep my tone different and more polite to my highers-up than to my direct-reports.
  18. ashbury
    If I'm Rocco Baldelli I still give the LOLLYGAGGERS!!! speech I had been saving up starting around the sixth inning, but I deliver it only to the pitching corps(e). Batters and press alike are barred from the clubhouse for this performance. I also send a politely worded text to my front office. Again.
  19. ashbury
    This article will look brilliant, when and if our front office does go big.
  20. ashbury
    Or, they decide that that IS the price of urgency. Sometimes, I comparison-shop the hell out of a product. Other times, I pay full retail at the most expensive shop that happens to be right around the corner, because I want a bandaid for the knee I just scraped when I unexpectedly tripped during my walk downtown, and the cost of waiting would affect me some other way than the direct cost. I'm not saying to trade Royce Lewis for a bullpen rental arm. But there is such a thing as false economy. I've been a stay the course, conserve the assets, guy for years. This is not the year.
  21. ashbury
    Look at 2018 and 2017 too. You won't be disappointed.
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  23. ashbury
    Concur. When the window is open, as I believe it is, the road is not going to be smooth and even. There will be lumps and bumps, and those are not evidence by themselves of no window.* That said, I don't view this as probably 1987 again, quite yet. More like 1984 - we may look back someday and say that this team wasn't ready yet, but later on was. But, that's not to claim I have a crystal ball. No two rebuilds are alike. You compete, when you might have the horses. We've got equestrians, of some species TBD. Let's go, FalVine, this is the core that's going to win or lose, show us what you've got, while the players do likewise. * Heck of a mixed metaphor, eh?
  24. ashbury
    You already did the leg work here, so let me ask: What are the analogous numbers for low-leverage and other situations? Are they now just not hitting well, period?
  25. ashbury
    Indeed. Jake toed the line just short of insubordination, which I think is just fine in any athlete who lives to compete. Leave me in, Coach, I'm ready to play!
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