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  1. ashbury
    Unless b-r.com is mistaken, McFarland earns under a million; he might in line for a raise via arbitration. Minor was a starting pitcher until 2017 and was signed by Texas as a starter again, so he doesn't seem like a strong comp. Did you have some other pitchers in mind instead?
  2. ashbury
    Those were simpler times.
  3. ashbury
    I was assuming this:
  4. ashbury
    Get into first place Trade for Pressly ???? Profit!
  5. ashbury
    If only there was a way for Twins Daily to set up some mechanism for keeping discussions of difficult topics on track and civil. Oh, wait... Moderator's Note: If you see a post that you feel violates TD posting standards, use the Report button. Otherwise, if you simply disagree with a fellow poster's opinion, and don't feel like rebutting it on its substance, move on after reading it. Don't try to police the site yourself. A diversity of opinion is encouraged here, and on a topic like this is to be completely expected. "Fighting" isn't allowed; so far I haven't really seen that in this thread.
  6. ashbury
    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BdGLQ_ft7aQ/UMPR5GEB0pI/AAAAAAAASzQ/Ank_qBwpqSI/s400/b5352.gif Oh no - not another development year.
  7. ashbury
    Only about 20 guys did that this year, so three or four is a pretty high standard for a staff anymore. But I agree that averaging a flat 5 innings per start puts Odo in a different class than the horses that a rotation needs.
  8. ashbury
    Wait. You're not getting credit for this official scoop?!? This is an outrage!
  9. ashbury
    OK, I didn't get the context on first try. But I'm trying to think of someone whom we'd acquire, and then if in the same batting order with Buxton would play CF in preference.
  10. ashbury
    The stats are the stats, and no question Cave had better ones. I think there's reason to question whether it was sustainable. The decision naturally has to be who will do better in 2019, not to whom to give awards in 2018. I am also not a fan of Cave's glove in CF. He accepted fewer chances per inning than Kepler, both when comparing CF and comparing RF (small sample there for Cave), which may indicate range. He also committed more errors in limited duty than I would like. I don't think Kep's a starting-caliber CF either, for that matter, but to me he's the better choice for substitute duty.
  11. ashbury
    What problem does THAT solve? He'll suddenly turn into Josh WIllingham*, never injuring himself again on a tough play? He needs his bat to improve, just for it to play up in CF. It's becoming a stretch to believe the bat would ever play in a corner position. * I liked Josh - he had a bad back and I would have played the same way as he did during his tenure with our Twins
  12. ashbury
    I agree. To acquire a free agent to fill either of these players' best roles, with an actual difference maker in terms of seriously contending, means a long-term financial commitment to an asset destined to decline. Then, if our two young guys prove to be solid after all, you have roster problems, because it won't be easy to trade the free agent you just acquired (auction winner's curse), and yet you probably can't get full value in trade for the young guy. A prospective free agent can see the same dilemma as we can, and will say no thanks unless overwhelmed by the financial package, and maybe not even then. I don't know how to solve this dilemma, except for the FO's talent evaluation team to make a really hard decision in the coming month or so. Commit to Sano or trade him. Commit to Buxton or trade him. Two independent decisions. Moves afterward depend on those decisions. Maybe a blockbuster trade for a young and controllable 3B or CF, in preference to a FA. That would ease the roster management later on - after things shake out, you could more easily make another trade. I wish I had greater confidence in those talent evaluation processes, because the past couple of years has been pretty checkered.
  13. ashbury
    Losing to the Yankees in the wild-card game? I see the similarity.
  14. ashbury
    Apply for a job at Pensacola, and let's see how things shake out next time there's an opening at the top.
  15. ashbury
    This one's a No. Too many PA in 2017.
  16. ashbury
    "A boss says, Go. A leader says, Let's Go." OTOH I don't think 68-year old Connie Mack was out there doing wind sprints with the boys when his 1931 A's won the pennant. (Or maybe he did, and that's why his teams in his 80s did poorly.)
  17. ashbury
    Didn't I say, "semi"? Maybe LENIII got only the other half.
  18. ashbury
    Smith left a couple of years ago, and took a job in minor league ball's HQ. https://www.news-press.com/story/sports/2016/12/01/bill-smith-who-spearheaded-hammond-stadium-leaving-minnesota-twins/94755838/ https://calltothepen.com/2017/05/04/interview-former-minnesota-twins-gm-bill-smith/
  19. ashbury
    Well, if they talk frequently, maybe it's a semi-useful or valid insight.
  20. ashbury
    Guess he was too busy to check the standings all season. I mean, I wouldn't fire a manager just because of the standings. But, blindsided?
  21. ashbury
    He'd have enough years of service that he could refuse the assignment. What if they put him on waivers, though, and someone claimed him?
  22. ashbury
    My amateur opinion is pretty simply that Buxton's batting eye is subtly damaged by the concussions. I am hoping that a winter of rest is the cure. If it's not, and if Buxton-Cave is in any sense a contested battle, then we have a huge hole in the lineup that the front office will find vexing, because my other amateur opinion is that Cave can't sustain the offense he showed in the majors and his defense is less than sufficient for a major league CF. My "If" statement to which you replied reflects a genuine sense of uncertainty what to expect.
  23. ashbury
    If Cave vs Buxton turns out to be a battle, we're already penciled in for an out-of-the-money finish to next season.
  24. ashbury
    The rest of your post focused on Twins players. But what other organizations should the Twins be emulating? Because if you say we're much more conservative, it should be possible to point to several.
  25. ashbury
    Sure they are. That's why they have different words for it, "young" and "old". Let's leave out players with no actual hope - I don't support using them except as stopgaps (*cough*Motter*cough*). Players are always modifying their game, but the bad old veteran has very little room for actual improvement because his physical gifts are eroding, while the bad young player has a chance to work through the cause of the badness and maybe find that one last tweak that lets him be a productive contributor the next year. Also, (Moderator Note:) please leave out the condescending "for you" to the other poster.
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