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  1. ashbury
    *shrug* We'll see what backhanded comments Paul makes, if and when Niko is promoted.
  2. ashbury
    With the bat, perhaps, but what about the glove? Seems to me his defense continues to be far too inconsistent for someone like Molitor to put up with. He'll make a difficult play, and then on an easier one, mess it up. I'm dealing with small sample size in my observations, but it seems to me he finds a different way to mess up each time (misjudge, wide throw, overthrow, etc), so it's not just one correctable thing either. / edit - with regard to the fast start in Rochester, I looked at b-r.com and I don't see a line for him in 2017 at all. His line is on Fangraphs. Guess I need to file a bug report.
  3. ashbury
    Oh, sure, pieces can be moved about. Much better now than the corner-DH-clogged days not so long ago with Willingham and Doumit as important players. I was just reacting, maybe too specifically, to what I believed to be the question of replacing DanSan's role. Agreed, virtually anyone good can take a roster spot, and then the manager must work out the details, given that reasonable positional flexibility is present.
  4. ashbury
    Considering Palka and Granite for the same outfield role strikes me as about the same as considering ByungHo Park and Engelb Vielma for one infield opening.
  5. ashbury
    Not to mention that he's on the DL. [Edit: OK, I got ninja'd. ] Strained oblique, which he claims will not keep him sidelined long. Still, if we're talking about moves to make RIGHT NOW!!!1! then he's not a candidate.
  6. ashbury
    Be careful what you wish for. Goodrum is on about the same level as Santana as regards reliability of the glove at present, which is to say, bad. Maybe he can clean things up, but he needs to do that at Rochester.
  7. ashbury
    Came here to see this. Leaving, satisfied.
  8. ashbury
    What's your recommendation for a good defensive metric to base year-end awards on?
  9. ashbury
    I'm getting ads for Minnesota Twins paraphernalia. How do they know?
  10. ashbury
    Get him up to the majors pronto, and let Castro start framing him up to the 85-90% range.
  11. ashbury
    You'll forgive me if I continue to forget about him.
  12. ashbury
    Giving reps at SS to the guy with the higher upside but who still has questions about whether he can stick at short, plus adding positional flexibility for the other guy? Just a guess. Vielma was playing 2B in Florida the week I was there, too. As with Polanco, fulltime duty at 2B at one minor league stop doesn't close the door on shortstop. If it were me, I'd give him (some more) time at 3B too. / edit - I took a look, and the guy who played 3B last night, Ryan Walker, has been mostly a second baseman in his career. Maybe the new regime is emphasizing positional flexibility a little more?
  13. ashbury
    Would Gene Larkin have made that play?
  14. ashbury
    Fortunately, it also floated. http://ndigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Ali-boxing-ndigo-chicago.jpg
  15. ashbury
    Ho boy, bad baserunning instincts by Grossman there. He who hesitates... makes it to third anyway on a bad throw.
  16. ashbury
    I like it when the foam has good body like that.
  17. ashbury
    Uh oh, do they have Me on back-order as well?
  18. ashbury
    Why is it called a Foul line, if it's a Fair ball when it hits it?
  19. ashbury
    Congratulations, Old TImer.
  20. ashbury
    Depends on how you define the term. In normal parlance, no, not even in the first inning.
  21. ashbury
    Why didn't Buxton catch that one? Down to Rochester with him!
  22. ashbury
    HOW in the WORLD did Buxton CATCH that? It tailed away at the last second. He lunged and I thought no way!
  23. ashbury
    Did you by chance have any strong reactions to it?
  24. ashbury
    I, for one, would not, nor would I call him "Fred" or "Gertrude", since his birth certificate is listed as "Willie Howard Mays".
  25. ashbury
    The eye test has me leaning toward #2, although admittedly that is also SSS.
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