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  1. ashbury
    Maybe I scanned too quickly and missed mention, but I'd be interested to know in what ways the new FO has put any kind of stamp on the day-to-day nuts and bolts of developing the young talent they acquire.
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  3. ashbury
    Yes, I can see results, same as you. But the worth of a player comes from the succession of (meaningful) decisions and mechanical actions taken. Those on offense outnumber those on defense. Look, a simple back of the envelope calculation tells you that defense can't outweigh offense from a position player. Offense and defense are basically two sides of the same coin - on offense, you are roughly 1/9 of the team contribution, while on defense you are 1/9 of balls put in play. Up-the-middle positions get more than the share of other defenders, but the pitcher's impact on the game soaks up way too much of the defensive side of this coin.
  4. ashbury
    Even at 4 chances per game, the majority of those plays in CF are routine too. The analogy on offense would be something closer to pitches faced, not PA - a substantial percentage of pitches are also routine - either let them go because they aren't close to strikes or else take a swing - in any case the batter has a huge number more of chances to contribute than the fielder.
  5. ashbury
    I believe it was the quality of the facilities that were at issue, and the Twins shopped around.
  6. ashbury
    The game Out Of the Park Baseball has days of ML service time in its database, although I don't know of a way to do a study along the lines suggested, using their interface. They probably get this data from the same source where they get their scouting data, but that may be proprietary and not widely available online.
  7. ashbury
    Bet those rubes in Beloit wish they'd tried a little harder to maintain a working relationship with the Twins organization back when they had a chance, huh? / Just trying a little single-A trash talk....
  8. ashbury
    The difference being that Motter was not even eligible to be called up on Sept 1, since he had already been released by the organization on August 22.
  9. ashbury
    Jake Cave Lite. Mission accomplished. Have the Twins send my usual consulting fee* to my usual address**. * zero dollars ** /dev/null
  10. ashbury
    Congrats to both squads!
  11. ashbury
    Not much disagreement there. Tactics like the Opener are very much second-order effects. I'd trade that for having a pitching staff with ERAs* all in the 3's or 2's, instead of 4's and 5's and (*gulp*) higher. Just draw straws, and go get 'em. * Or FIPs, if you will
  12. ashbury
    They kind of do, currently. Your 40-man roster is in principle what you have to work with in a season. But league rules have minimum stays, once a player is sent to the minors, so you can't just yoyo the 25-man roster up and down at will. AAA rosters are limited in number as well, and probably their managers tear their hair out with being short-handed, what with someone being sent down in favor of a fresh arm, meaning that that guy can't pitch for a couple of days (or else the majors would have kept him), and with another guy you've been told is coming up to the majors so don't use him tonight or tomorrow either. It can be done, and is, but requires a lot more juggling than is at first apparent, IMO.
  13. ashbury
    Concur. He still has a chance to remake his game, trade something in terms of movement for better command, perhaps disguise his pitches better, and still have a career as a major league starter. He is young enough.
  14. ashbury
    Five-run lead, bases loaded. That has the tying run on-deck.
  15. ashbury
    Wouldn't be Rule 5. Waiver claim after an attempt to designate and assign outright.
  16. ashbury
    Which could go to someone else, probably a reliever, for evaluation purposes instead. Maybe that's not needed. We shall see.
  17. ashbury
    I was thinking more about 40-man space than room on the bench. Probably he won't hurt anything in that regard, but just one less name to worry about.
  18. ashbury
    Make him an offer to coach starting in September, instead of taking a roster spot for the same end-purpose. All game experience needs to go to Garver and Astudillo.
  19. ashbury
    An extra year of control affects the nature of that extension, which in turn has a trickle down effect on other financial decisions made concerning the roster at that time. But, as I said, I'm not inclined to play such transparent games in this situation. / ninja'd - great minds think alike, and fools rarely differ.
  20. ashbury
    Joe's no-trade situation means that you can't plan the way you usually would: go with a passable veteran and then deal with any good news that comes from a prospect beating the door down, making him expendable. He is No-trade in a couple of ways: his contractual status (which could conceivably be negotiated), but also the negative PR.
  21. ashbury
    Unless Stewart was cooked by that point. I wasn't paying close enough attention to demeanor and radar gun numbers to say one way or the other, if that was the rationale to take him out.
  22. ashbury
    Good catch. The box score shows it correctly. Jose Martinez got it in relief.
  23. ashbury
    This was discussed briefly during the Game Thread last night too. It was notable that this time Molitor let Stewart continue until the run scored, as opposed to previous times when he might have gone to the bullpen sooner. I, too, would have liked to go even further than that, and see if Stewart could get that next batter. But, I wasn't watching closely at that point, and maybe he physically was past his limit. The first inning was bad awful terrible. But how about the pair of 1-2-3 innings that came next, and the one after that where the double was followed by a strikeout and a groundout? Nothing there for a prospect to build on? Maybe he's hopeless and maybe he's close. I think the results are still too mixed to decide either way. He had a streak of 8 batters retired, so there's something there. Command, and consistency, are going to tell his tale.
  24. ashbury
    Any player in the majors is on the 40-man roster, so unless he is DFA'ed and passes through waivers he won't be subject to Rule 5. Of course a waiver claim would be less restrictive on the acquiring team than Rule 5 (they could just add him to their 40 but then use his 3 minor league options at will during succeeding seasons), so adding him to the 40 this month was a risk itself unless they 100% plan to keep him there over the winter.
  25. ashbury
    I bring Buxton up. The decision affects not just him but the perceptions of every player in the system, and those on the outside we might someday want to bring in. Good play must be rewarded, otherwise anyone with a choice in the matter will avoid the franchise. One roster decision alone won't cause that, but you don't want to start going that direction with someone high-profile. I find it hard to justify Mauer for 2019. The 25-man roster has never been more restrictive to teams as regards position players, so if he needs diminishing time then it's a problem. If he's on the DL when not playing, that's one thing, since a replacement player can be added. But a "limited role" by a 1B/DH hampers the manager. A lower salary doesn't sway me at all - indeed a low salary to a veteran is a red warning flag as to his value to this or any team, except to a cellar-dweller. There's no pennant handed out for most wins per dollar.
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