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  1. ashbury
    Feels like an article written two series ago, with W-L records updated while it waited in the queue for publication.
  2. ashbury
    I don't have any more inside-information than anyone else here. When faced with an inexplicable decision, I tend to assume there is information I am missing, rather than complete stupidity. So my answer is "I don't know" but here are the nuances. 1) Granting a request for a release seems extremely unlikely. Terrible precedent to set. "Wait, you mean I could just ask out, like that one guy last year, Sam, Simon Whats-his-name, did?" 2) I wouldn't even want to speculate what kind of off field issue could have happened. 3) Might a trade be in the works? The DFA was announced on a Saturday. Maybe the trade partner doesn't like to conduct business on a weekend, or maybe there are league rules I'm unaware of. This possibility will play out early tomorrow if it is the case. 4) Maybe there won't be another shoe dropped publicly and we'll never know. I'll continue to believe there's more to the story that neither party wants to divulge.
  3. ashbury
    Has to be more to it than that. This franchise has always been about stewardship of resources, and exposing a player needlessly to waivers goes against their very grain. Outman remaining on the 26-man roster is exactly such an example, and he's a much less-valuable case. I'm expecting some other shoe to drop shortly regarding SWR.
  4. ashbury
    Headline: "Red-Hot Pirates." The Pirates were on a 5-8 run when the Twins came to town. There's every chance that our Twins are going to be a Get Well card for a bunch more teams this season.
  5. ashbury
    Now do it in the first inning when the game is still in doubt.
  6. ashbury
    I think the implication was the Twins would almost have to make a market-correct offer to the two players.
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  8. ashbury
    Getcha scorecard right cheer! Ya can't tell the players without a scorecard! A St Paul Saints scorecard, I mean.
  9. ashbury
    I'm willing to try almost anyone as 5th man in the rotation, but a pitcher with that last name would be a bad omen.
  10. ashbury
    They clearly weren't going to run with 19 pitchers. As you say, the norm has become 21 or 22, so it won't be a surprise if they add 1 or 2 more. But it's that size to accommodate the 15-day IL guys that they don't want to 60-day to clear room. Position players get injured too, but you can play a substitute every day for a while if you have to - not so with the bullpen.
  11. ashbury
    I mean, um, yes.
  12. ashbury
    I think that's very true. Fans deserve to believe that the competition they watch on the field is legitimate. They do not want to be told, 1) "gamblers got their hooks into the players," 2) "some of the players were on performance enhancing drugs." If the casual fan goes to the game without prior knowledge, and then finds out that the team that won 15-4 was actually paid 5x more, it's a bummer.
  13. ashbury
    That could be taken two ways. Do you mean you know the answer, or that the answer is Yes?
  14. ashbury
    ?? Right now they have 19 by my count. Until they removed SWR, Garcia, and Topa I think they had 22. They've lacked talent all season but not numbers. The numbers do not count guys on the 60-day IL, but do include the ones on the 15-day. That could be the source of the disconnect.
  15. ashbury
    The headline stated "X or Y" and we all know the answer to that.
  16. ashbury
    Many of which will make the franchise poison to future free agents and draft picks.
  17. ashbury
    Brief as it was, it was still inconsequential.
  18. ashbury
    Just good enough to lose.
  19. ashbury
    I meant it as a hockey metaphor but it could be interpreted however you wish. Game threads aren't Hell but you can see it from here sometimes.
  20. ashbury
    Paving the way for the next line of riff raff to come in!
  21. ashbury
    They're at 38 players on that roster, so they don't need the room at the moment. SWR was DFAed not to free up 40-man room but to free up 26-man room.
  22. ashbury
    I like BREAKING, as long as an admin comes along 24 hours later and removes it.
  23. ashbury
    Uffda. Even if he passes through waivers and maybe makes a rebound with the Twins, this seriously degrades the rearview mirror grade on the Berrios trade. Martin's provided value so far, but you have to trade front-line pitching for potential front-line pitching, and this has proved to be a failure. Other teams will always offer you hitting for your pitching.
  24. ashbury
    You think infernal intervention on behalf of the Dodgers is?
  25. ashbury
    No. Rogers. Aaron Bummer pitches for the Braves this season.
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