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  1. ashbury
    I'm coming around to this view too. A pitcher who loses his composure like that has no place on my team. Trade Gibby.
  2. ashbury
    If you are able to Edit the post, then yes. Click "More Reply Options" when editing, and you should then see a Delete item you can click to get rid of the traces of the picture.
  3. ashbury
    At least he uses his head.
  4. ashbury
    That, and his negligible WAR. (0.7 currently on FanGraphs, 0.1 on bb-ref.)
  5. ashbury
    Or of course Hipster Kevin Slowey. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7jeoJM6rZK8/Td8SwAERdUI/AAAAAAAAAPU/J6PvJFlMVmE/s320/k5.png
  6. ashbury
    Unlike Pat Dean himself. / spoiler: he is ... (wait for it)... no great shakes. I know, most of you caught that.
  7. ashbury
    Polanco OPSed .739 last year in AA, and then .661 in short duty at AAA. I was a big Polanco backer, and he was getting close, but the evidence wasn't there to do more than let him ripen a bit more in AAA in 2016. Which he has...you can't always rush a 22-year-old.
  8. ashbury
    Also h/t to Tommy Milone.
  9. ashbury
    "I value his offense, and fail to fully account for his terrible range." Says no GM in the majors. Which is why we got him as a free agent rather than by trade.
  10. ashbury
    Joe Nathan pitched 78 games in relief and none as a starter for the Giants in 2003, before the trade. Fire Brian Sabean and Felipe Alou, I guess.
  11. ashbury
    And if ARod wants some batting tips he can turn to Barry Bonds and Ichiro right there in the dugout.
  12. ashbury
    "Oh yeah? I think I'm talking to one right now, lady."
  13. ashbury
    Be glad you didn't ask him for Sex On The Beach. Though, in fairness, he probably would have thrown in the Fuzzy Navel for free.
  14. ashbury
    The arm is half a step above Ben Revere's. I've seen baserunners abuse him because of it - he gets to the ball and doesn't do anything especially wrong and yet a baserunner decides to go for it and winds up not paying a price. Too many of those and it starts to be a problem even if everything else is more or less sound.
  15. ashbury
    Grossman was playing CF at AAA as recently as this past spring. He just doesn't have the arm for it, while his bat doesn't play in a corner position, making him more of a tweener, but his collection of talents could still be interesting to some other team lacking a capable 4th outfielder. He could be the proverbial sweetener in a deal centered around a more valuable guy like Dozier, to get back the prospect we want. The new Brian Duensing. Palka and Walker are more suited to their corner OF positions, if their bats turn out to be solid at the MLB level. Starter or bust, the jury is still out, although some observers seem to already have marked their ballots. Trade away Grossman, the more sure thing, and you could end up with nothing. That's the risk you take, but in the end these are all marginal choices unlikely to cause real regret if you go wrong.
  16. ashbury
    That was in fact the advice a hitting instructor gave to our 8 year old son, who had become afraid of the ball after being hit (square in the back, leaving marks of the stitching ) by a pitched ball. He told him the best way to deal with a pitch right at you is to put the bat on the ball. I had never heard such advice and was skeptical. It probably contains a kernel of truth, but I think most people still are best served to dive back.
  17. ashbury
    With a BABIP of .232 in Ft Myers, maybe he got good marks from the coaching staff for well struck balls that didn't fall in?
  18. ashbury
    And is deemed so valuable that he still is a Mud Hen, despite a starting catcher on the major league squad OPSing under .600.
  19. ashbury
    A good start would be for Reynaldo Rodriguez and Carlos Paulino to have no more plate appearances this season. Give Garver as much time behind the plate as possible, and he and Murphy alternate at DH (since the glove is not what's holding back the latter player).
  20. ashbury
    Sorry in particular to see Mastro go. Seems like a good guy. My first Adopt-A-Prospect lad at TD. Marginal bat when all's said and done, so it had to happen. I enjoyed a catch he made in Pawtucket a few weeks ago. Third out of the inning, and he was enjoying some praise from Walker as he approached their dugout. I was close enough to yell "nice route, Mastro", and he looked up and nodded acknowledgement. The little pleasures. Unlike the published anecdote from 2012 Spring Training, about keeping the 360's in CF to a minimum, he got on his horse and made a bee line for where the ball was headed to the left-CF warning track. Very good route indeed. He has some chops out there.
  21. ashbury
    Mastroianni, per mlbtraderumors.com.
  22. ashbury
    Yay Molitor?
  23. ashbury
    You're giving me goosebumps all over again!
  24. ashbury
    What do you mean, "your people"?
  25. ashbury
    I'm not quite sure what to make out of this.
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