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  1. ashbury
    And not just that. We're looking back at 2006? Imagine having Kubel in the batting order instead of Tyner/Nevin (our bizarro-world DHs). And his pre-injury wheels in the outfield instead of Rondell (slide him to DH where he belonged). I don't think Kubel is the one guy whose absence stopped a WS march, any more than Liriano. But oh my, that makes two coulda-woulda-shouldas.
  2. ashbury
    Let me toss Jason Kubel's name into the mix as well.
  3. ashbury
    Major League Baseball to rename disabled list as 'injured list' ICYMI.
  4. ashbury
    I don't recognize this song.
  5. ashbury
    Do we ever find out the magnitude of the cash considerations in a trade like this one with the Rangers? Probably it's not as high as $750K, but if it is, and thus matches up with the bonus pool space the Orioles sent, it would be an awesome instance of something resembling arbitrage, or at least the brokering of two transaction partners who don't line up well themselves.
  6. ashbury
    You probably want to change "Granite is" to "Granite was." From the article: "It incorporates age, offensive performance, defensive performance, and other characteristics from the past two seasons." I am going to stick my neck out and guess that incorporating 2018 stats into this methodology has dropped Zack's projection a little.
  7. ashbury
    Brian Navarreto sure put a charge in the ball when he hit it over the Southern Green Monster late in the game.
  8. ashbury
    "What was your favorite Xavier Moore moment?" Mine is that one time.
  9. ashbury
    Certainly no apologies are needed, and I could be wrong. I just didn't want someone getting excited over what is possibly a reporting anomaly. Buxton was quoted elsewhere as saying he was paying particular attention to being more selective on the first pitchh, making this statistic especially strange.
  10. ashbury
    Maybe someone will fill in the facts, but I think it was stated (last year?) that Gameday feeds are not with full detail in many cases, so a lot of plate appearances will look like they were of the 1-pitch variety.
  11. ashbury
    Probably. Although, it's unlikely he even gets the chance to bat "all spring" with the big club. A non-roster invitee, even a highly touted one, is usually one of the early cuts, for a variety of reasons. Currently .400 is his OPS, not his BA. So this eventuality isn't especially likely to come to pass anyway. Sincerely, Captain Buzzkilliroff
  12. ashbury
    Socialism? When the gubmint gets involved, I mean beyond the Antitrust Exemption to owners, I'll pay attention to the rest of your argument. This is a capitalistic negotiation between partners in an asymmetric business relationship. Somehow, you've bought the billionaires' story that the millionaires are the bad guys.
  13. ashbury
    Sounds a bit rushed. How about with men on base?
  14. ashbury
    Do you have corresponding growth rates for revenue, operating income, and franchise values?
  15. ashbury
    Unless they can opt for free agency from the start of their careers, whatever number of years they are tied to their team amounts to guaranteed contracts (complete with opt-outs!) in the team's favor. I think it's a fair symmetry to allow players to ask for similar in return, when that time finally comes.
  16. ashbury
    In 2018 across the majors, OPS with RISP was .753, while with bases empty it was only .710. I'm not saying Castro isn't clutch, just that the situation lends itself to higher production ... for at least a couple of reasons I could think of but which aren't a tangent probably worth pursuing in a thread about catchers.
  17. ashbury
    Interesting reaction.
  18. ashbury
    I don't believe anyone is advocating that Astudillo be the one removed from the 40-man roster, and thereby risk being lost, to make room for Marwin. However, once the 40-man is back in balance, Astudillo is one of the choices to be sent to Rochester for the start of the season, because he does have minor league options remaining. (Jake Cave likewise, also Mitch Garver if you really like Astudillo behind the plate.) Because, at that point, you again have to deal with exposing another player to waiver claims, if you try to stash someone at Rochester but they don't have any remaining minor league options - a player has 3 for his career. You might even send someone to Rochester who you like slightly better than a guy you bring north with the big club, because you can try out both if you do it that way, otherwise you are 100% committed to the one guy if you lose the other on waivers. It's an aspect of asset management by the front office. Make sense?
  19. ashbury
    Minor league options matter when cutting down the 40-man list to the 25 active players who are available to play in a given regular season game. The option is exercised but the player stays on the 40-man. If your 40-man is full and you want to add someone, as is our situation here, then someone needs to be either released, or else exposed to waiver claims before they can be assigned outright to the minors, or else traded (presumably for someone not on another team's 40-man).
  20. ashbury
    Churrasco silly question, chugetta silly answer.
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  22. ashbury
    It was a good run. Wait 'til next year.
  23. ashbury
    If Marwin was a serious 4-WAR candidate we wouldn't be having this discussion. For one thing, Houston would have worked out a contract extension.
  24. ashbury
    Darn. My unpaid front office internship using Out Of The Park 19 lets me down in countless little ways.
  25. ashbury
    You didn't work for these guys, then.
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