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  1. ashbury
    I guess I'm going to harp on this, because in his post-game interview (posted at TD in the day's Minor League wrapup, strangely) Stewart talked a bit about an at-bat that I believe was the Iglesias one I was thinking of. He was talking about his sinker and that he was confident in that pitch against that hitter. I agree that you should go with what you think will work, and definitely not get beat on another pitch. Still, you have to set up that out pitch. He spoke of planning to go over some things with Garver, of what they could have done better, without resorting to 20/20 hindsight, and that at bat apparently is on his list. Great. My suggestion remains, earlier in the count, mix in a fastball up and out of the zone, just to give the batter more to think about than the sinker. And if he continues to foul off that sinker, eventually try for a high borderline strike even with misgivings; the count on that plate appearance never reached 3 balls, I believe. You can't throw major leaguers the same thing again and again. He seems like he is so close to being able to control the strike zone.
  2. ashbury
    Sounds like fun. Wish I was in the neighborhood.
  3. ashbury
    Concur. The runner going to third was deliberately trying to wreak havoc with what (as far as he might know) could be a tag 'im out throw 'im out DP, by putting on the brakes like that. Probably there wasn't time for that, and perhaps even a force at second instead (trying for a different DP) would have been risky. But his diversionary tactic worked out far better than even he probably imagined - a complete brain cramp by our glove-first third baseman! In fairness, it wasn't the glove that failed Ehire.
  4. ashbury
    My bonehead-simple remedy, mentioned in the game thread, would be to add a rising four-seamer to his arsenal. The way batters were lunging at the low pitches to spoil them, it seemed to me they had no respect for the heater upstairs. Is that something he's not capable of, even judiciously used? Maybe it can't be his out pitch, but can set the out pitch up.
  5. ashbury
    The runner going to third had basically stopped in his tracks before he had passed Adrianza. / edit - ninja'd, and by actual evidence, to boot
  6. ashbury
    I thought his control was OK. Concur.
  7. ashbury
    Being on the 40-man now does this. The only way he can be Rule-5 eligible again is if he passes through waivers, a much less demanding way for another team to take him.
  8. ashbury
    "I went to read a roster move story on TD, and a Game Thread broke out."
  9. ashbury
    My takeaway is that other teams have prospects giving great performances too, and more numerously in some cases. I don't think our prospects are so remarkably young for their league levels, overall, as to explain it all away. Many "average age" numbers below AAA are inflated by the career minor leaguers necessary to flesh out full rosters for the benefit of genuine prospects.
  10. ashbury
    Does that speak to the pitcher's craftiness, or to the manager not putting him in when a run would matter?
  11. ashbury
    Also, Kohl probably envies those who are wrathful.
  12. ashbury
    Some pitchers' sole purpose in life on earth is to be shown up by their manager.
  13. ashbury
    Looks like he's going to have to settle for Envy as his cardinal sin for this game.
  14. ashbury
    It's been a good couple of innings but let's wait and see. Innings eating is more than that.
  15. ashbury
    I'm partial to the structure of home runs.
  16. ashbury
    What's your plan for that 5th chance? A home run every time?
  17. ashbury
    No doubt we'll soon see Rochester trading away veterans like Andy WIlkins and Ryne Harper to the likes of Toledo and Indianapolis, for prospects, before the next trading deadline.
  18. ashbury
    It is amazing what baseball-reference.com will tell you if you ask it courteously.
  19. ashbury
    Eleven five-year olds would be too much for me, to say nothing of 21. I'm not ruthless enough. An average one weighs 40-50 pounds so 11 of them total about 500. Unless I cold-cock several of them within the first few seconds, they will swarm and overwhelm me. My mistake would be to try, "doesn't anyone want to pet this puppy?" And then down I go, Gulliver-style. I have nothing to add to Tom's fine baseball answers.
  20. ashbury
    The balls Rosario hits worst are the ones right down the middle? That's our Eddie!
  21. ashbury
    There's no reason to cast aspersions on another member like that. But yes, MLB's site has Gonsalves on the 40-man. http://m.twins.mlb.com/roster/40-man Looks as if ESPN's list is in error, missing lots of names and consisting basically of the 25-man plus a couple of guys in transition to/from AAA - I didn't inspect closely.
  22. ashbury
    It's a question of room on the 40-man (for either pickup) versus room all season on the 25-man. To me that's a pretty big gap, especially considering that only one bottom feeder out of all 29 other teams needs to find a way to make room on their 40. Again, if he's taken, it may not be a big loss to us. I was just responding to the notion that since he wasn't drafted last winter, no one would claim him now.
  23. ashbury
    Since I pointed to July 22 as a date where buy/sell decisions might start to get serious as opposed to contingency planning, note that last year the Twins record after the game on that date was 49-47. Garcia was acquired two days later. I'm not bothered by different FO responses to different scenarios. We're probably using "die is cast" in different senses. Until late July, I look at it as only contingency planning. There's no hard and fast date - it's until the paperwork for a first trade is signed.
  24. ashbury
    That was my reaction. I simply have no way of guessing whether ESan's remark crosses a line or not. The same words could have a different impact, depending on a dozen individual factors in that particular clubhouse. I'm not there, regardless of whether I'm qualified to judge or not. This is one of a manager's primary jobs, to gauge this and a thousand other things that get said or done over the course of a season, and take decisive steps, or subtle steps, in the rare case he deems it necessary - or, more likely, do nothing. Molitor, Glynn, etc, have seen it all by now. As a fan, I'll merely note this instance, and remember it if some kind of fallout occurs in a week or two. It probably falls in the large category of "do nothing".
  25. ashbury
    Note that it's much easier for another team to take him via waivers than to take him via Rule-5. The fact he wasn't drafted last off-season doesn't mean there is zero interest by some other teams. The FO will need to be very sure, if they were to take this step. Hopefully, a minor trade, or a bigger trade with him as a component or even sweetener, could be done in preference.
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