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  1. ashbury
    Kubel's knee was all too human. That's why it blew out.
  2. ashbury
    Based on glowing reports from his previous manager, attitude would be about the last thing I'd worry about with Fernando Rodney. He's a team player. And I don't see how someone accustomed to the pressures of being a long-time closer would have trouble with the pressures of switching roles, unless he was being asked to pinch hit or something.
  3. ashbury
    Constructing a competent starting rotation is hard. A good one can turn into a bad one in a matter of a few weeks. I'm reluctant to part with a good starter. And I say this as someone who was slow to come to the belief that Gibson finally is one; I don't overstate his value, but trading him would open up a hole that would be filled by question marks rather than sure things.
  4. ashbury
    A lengthy and thought-filled response at your link. There's an old saying, "all politics is local," which surely has an analogy for baseball marketing: the city-by-city approach to looking at the question probably has to be done, to make sense of the situation. It's not for the Saints to solve the other cities' problems, but it seems that you do recognize that success can't be in a vacuum.
  5. ashbury
    Is attendance at other parks in the league a concern for the Saints? Is there something the Saints can do to help the weaker franchises, if the health of the league as a whole becomes at risk?
  6. ashbury
    You might enjoy Deadpool 2.
  7. ashbury
    During these last four games the log shows 61% GB. That is up from earlier in the season, when it had been 56%. Not sure the difference is significant. Last year at Chattanooga it was about 47% grounders. Game logs for 2018 are here for anyone to peruse.
  8. ashbury
    Looks like a nice 4-game stretch, but I was concerned when the WHIP number was posted; the fancy ERA under 2 seems aided by timely outs (or untimely hitting by opponents). But I checked, and BA on balls in play during these 4 games is high, almost .400. These two aspects of "luck" may have cancelled each other out. Encouragingly, two of those games were against opponents who had cuffed him around in the two bad starts preceding these. I'm back to, "nice 4-game stretch."
  9. ashbury
    Well that was, um, different. Thanks, I guess. Also; Your find >>> my find (Also, much more NSFW - fair warning to those about to look there)
  10. ashbury
    tl;dnr
  11. ashbury
    Just about the only possible reaction. At least, it wasn't a rickroll.
  12. ashbury
    Looking to kill a few minutes? Have a look at this peculiar project a ten-year old some knucklehead enterprising person took the time to construct via a series of posts in 2011-12. http://burncardburn.com Follow it through to the end, and in total there's about five pages of images and videos of captioned baseball cards, defaced baseball cards, intentionally damaged baseball cards, burnt baseball cards, and, ..., well, more captioned and defaced and damaged and burnt baseball cards. PS: hope you like mustaches. Contact the owner of that site, not me, if you want your ten minutes back. Personally, it spoke to my inner ten-year old youthful knucklehead soul. http://burncardburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/87-topps-jay-howell.jpg
  13. ashbury
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V_hCqO6UQs "Sorry."
  14. ashbury
    I love Ben like I love my own sons. In fact, as I may have mentioned, I adopted him. Still, I believe he is far from ready yet, and 2020 is a very optimistic ETA for him, despite our crying need at catcher. Also, while his high-A stats are good, I'm going to be predictable and mention a .393 BABIP - if that's not everyone's cup of tea, so be it, but it's a reason I temper my enthusiasm for the moment at least. (If you want a little validation, I also didn't panic last year while his stats looked bad but were built on a BABIP ludicrously below .200.)
  15. ashbury
    I want this headline: "LaMarre-Out, Cave-In".
  16. ashbury
    See. I told you it would happen.
  17. ashbury
    My point was more about the human side of the game. That's why I like to go to the SABR conference. Nice to be forced to get away from the non-stop analytic mindset that I usually gravitate toward on the internet.
  18. ashbury
    Attending a nice panel discussion at SABR this morning, including 1979 Pirates champions John Candelaria and Grant Jackson. They reminded the audience that the team started out 12-18, and were in fourth place at the all star break. Their recollection was that there was still a long way to go, and they just continued to play the games one at a time. While the odds are against our 2018 Twins, it wouldn't be unprecedented to go all the way. The panel reminds me that the players have to just shut out all the noise that we fans listen to.
  19. ashbury
    Not much, apparently.
  20. ashbury
    Yes. There would be more relievers, not less, because starters would go fewer innings, to avoid facing the lineup a third time (or perhaps even a second!) You could end up with a four man pitching rotation, with only two or three innings to recover from. Larger bullpens could then be an outcome. Long games are what put a premium on being able to pitch a long time without relief.
  21. ashbury
    I'll have to check the exact math later but it looks like Jeffers BABIP actually went up yesterday. Unreal.
  22. ashbury
    * Plus a top-50 prospect would be required. I forgot to mention that part. / edit - second prize is 200 of me
  23. ashbury
    I don't think evaluation is the largest purpose of the minor leagues. Develop prospects carefully, and the evaluations take care of themselves in due time. / edit - I'm all for analytics, but I would trade 100 of me for one good coach who knows how to bring first-year guys along.
  24. ashbury
    I don't actually think either analogy is perfectly apt. Unanswered is, COO "of what"? A COO usually reports to a CEO, or directly to a board. Dave St Peter is CEO of the Twins and has overall authority over everything related to the team, with underlings to work out the details of how many ushers to hire and how many hot dogs to order and which players to sign and which players to play. The organization doesn't have a COO - they have various C-level people, and Derek Falvey is CBO, probably the closest thing, the B being for Baseball. The manager might be thought of as "COO of the dugout and clubhouse and on-field activities", a more limited duty. Or, since quality of play is how he's measured, I suggested CQO. Maybe "manager" covers it after all. Nomenclature aside, I think we agree the buck for certain things stops at the manager's desk. I would not be sorry to see someone else tried, but the extended contract probably rules that out as a practical expectation.
  25. ashbury
    Because team doctors believe it's not doing damage?
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