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  1. ashbury
    In the games where he gave up no earned runs he's been fine.
  2. ashbury
    .294 after the game of July 18. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=buxtoby01&t=b&year=2025
  3. ashbury
    Yeah. Smaller feet.
  4. ashbury
    If only this had been foreseen back at the trade deadline, maybe we could have acquired someone.
  5. ashbury
    Good. Anything harmless that annoys the opposing fans is to be desired.
  6. ashbury
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/06/twins-have-exercised-rocco-baldellis-2026-option.html
  7. ashbury
    Um, they already did.
  8. ashbury
    Buxton. If people are ascending to heaven en masse, Byron's a good guy and he deserves to go with them.
  9. ashbury
    Based on 2025 results it could be a working hypothesis.
  10. ashbury
    Player to be named later, in the flurry of deadline trades. Left-handed hitting corner outfielder, natch.
  11. ashbury
    That is the minimum courteous press release when making a change in upper management. Since I don't think any of us has much of an idea how Falvey and Levine shared the decision making duties, or (equivalently) what Falvey delegated to Levine, or what their working relationship was like, we're mostly just speculating. After several years, was Falvey genuinely disappointed with the independent decisions Levine made? Were the major decisions all joint, and they jointly concluded the process wasn't working? Did Falvey need a fall guy in order to preserve his own job? (A little less pointedly, was he instructed by ownership that "something will have to change" given the poor 2024 outcome, and this was the change he genuinely opted for?) Considering the way that they were thought of together in 2016 going forward, these latter options are a sad outcome but not every working relationship lasts forever. Levine's seemingly kept his mouth shut in the meantime. Has anyone here listened to his podcasts, and picked up traces of anything regarding his time with the Twins? He could make waves, but probably believes that would kill any remaining chances in the baseball world. And so we just sit. And speculate.
  12. ashbury
    Yeah, if not for that, he might not be able to take part in that podcast you mentioned. 😄
  13. ashbury
    Getcher nose outta the spreadsheets and watch a game outdoors, whydoncha? 😄
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  15. ashbury
    If Buxton decides to waive his no-trade clause, and actually demands a trade, that's grounds for immediate dismissal of the FO.
  16. ashbury
    Plenty of young coaches etc look to take that next step up. They'll accept the salary they are offered and will go along with the FO's principles concerning development and game play. They will say they're Just Happy To Be Here™, and will teach the young players to Try Real Hard™. They'll be just Good Enough™ for the purposes. And maybe they'll get momentary positive results with a collection of Not Ready For Prime Time™ players.
  17. ashbury
    They probably would accept unlimited knowledge, power and worldly pleasures, or failing that maybe mermaid legs, magic beans, $24 worth of glass beads, or a mess of pottage.
  18. ashbury
    By which you mean you hope he finds himself after a fourth major league organization gives him an opportunity?
  19. ashbury
    Fun fact: "Thomas Hatch" anagrams to "Ha! That Schmo". You could look it up.
  20. ashbury
    Bad luck that we had to face perennial Cy Young candidate (checks box score) Slade Cecconi today.
  21. ashbury
    I would be surprised if there were fewer than two F-bombs included in the actual quote. If someone already mentioned the following, I apologize, but IMO Tom Kelly (perhaps apocryphally) even managed a topper on the spot: "Fine, it's only the 7th game of the World Series."*shrug*
  22. ashbury
    Managers have a finite shelf life. It's not as long as most people expect, despite a few outliers like Lasorda and Sparky Anderson. A different manager might spark different and better results for the Twins. For a while. Lather, rinse, repeat. "Wanted: one red-ass manager, conversant in analytics. Bring own spreadsheet software. Salary commensurate with experience, right-sized downward by ten percent or so."
  23. ashbury
    "Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Gotta have at least a little Bull Durham love here.
  24. ashbury
    Excellent checklist of things to watch for, and then cross off the list one by one as they fail to materialize. 🙃 I'm not ready to invest much thought in this until the FO outlines what the get-well plan is. If they don't reveal it publicly, I'll take it to mean it's too dire to speak out loud, and I'll flush all hopes of 2026 contention. Trading away all the useful bullpen pieces under control for 2026-27 was a pretty good clue.
  25. ashbury
    Any teams that still employ major league scouts probably have.
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