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  1. ashbury
    ERod: In play, no out! / edit - An out, how disappointing.
  2. ashbury
    Stay tuned, but for now, I'm just relaying what I heard. Some people (my doctor is one) are very reluctant to just come out and say what they wish to be called.
  3. ashbury
    Watch for the upcoming TD headline, "The Twins May Have Waited Too Long on Emmanuel Jenkins Rodriguez"
  4. ashbury
    Biggest news: Derek Shelton (and the interviewer) called the rookie "Emma". Guess that's definitive!
  5. ashbury
    Get over to the Trademark Office and register this before Twins Daily steals it from you for their corporate logo.
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  7. ashbury
    Clearly. It's just math.
  8. ashbury
    I don't know whether the Twins or Buxton have said anything definitive, but TD published an article just a little while back, authored by someone with medical background, that I feel (maybe unwisely) willing to take as nearly gospel. Don't be put off by the tongue-in-cheek title, it's not Satire. Oh, and that article takes a deep-dive into what an impingement is because that is exactly the word used on Buxton's official page at mlb.com - so that at least is not an outsider's guess.
  9. ashbury
    As forensic evidence?
  10. ashbury
    13 pitches to dispatch 2 batters doesn't inspire confidence, though.
  11. ashbury
    The answer would be "what part of the word b-e-n-c-h are you not understanding?" 😁
  12. ashbury
    Well, Mississippi State isn't, anyway.
  13. ashbury
    As Expected.
  14. ashbury
    I won't be listening to the broadcast. Someone, please, post what the announcer says the first name of our #9 hitter is, particularly if they offer a short version of Emmanuel.
  15. ashbury
    If they were to devote the rest of the season to systematic anti-platooning, to really "find out what we've got," I'd be a little bit impressed. Right-handers in particular need to be able to hit righties at least tolerably, or they basically have no career.
  16. ashbury
    Right-handed starting pitcher. No excuse I can think of, not to.
  17. ashbury
    When he pops up with a twisted ankle at second base you are getting the blame for the jinx. 😄
  18. ashbury
    I don't know why it's necessary to exaggerate the consensus in this way. I stuck my neck out for a 61-101 season, on the guess that injuries would cause the various components of the team to fall in on themselves. We did get the injuries, Lopez and Buxton and Jeffers and others, but players like Clemens exceeded my expectations and they managed to keep their heads above water for longer than I expected. But I was a definite outlier in my projection. Few if any were guessing 100 losses, and folks here were kind and tolerant of my guess. Furthermore my 101-loss forecast wasn't "if they're lucky" - indeed it was based on an expectation of bad luck. The team was a game above .500 in late July, and the final two months or so are going to leave them well below that mark. Worst record across the league across a certain span - the missing pieces to the roster have them on the 101-loss pace at last (and I take no pleasure in that), but they put too many wins in the bank in the first four months. I see no reason not to call it a collapse.
  19. ashbury
    This is a satire article, but since your comment seems 100% serious let me point out that his sudden emergence as a .300 hitter just happens to coincide with a season batting average of .465 when he puts the ball in play. No Twin has done anything close to this for their career - Rod Carew managed .366 as a Twin, Shane Mack and Kirby Puckett and Joe Mauer achieved .348, .342, and .341 respectively as Twins, and those represent the cream of the crop. It's magical thinking to believe that Jackson has, at age 30, suddenly transformed into a player with that particular skill set. And what's going to happen when the magical pixie dust wears off? Jackson's 33% strikeout rate this season (by far a career best!) is going to do him in. There is zero reason to expect a batting average around .300 - or even close to it. 72 plate appearances have tricked statistical thinkers before and will do so again.
  20. ashbury
    Zebby's ERA (and underlying OPS-against) is way worse in the first inning than in any other in 2026. That's not an obvious recommendation for a bullpen arm either.
  21. ashbury
    I rarely enjoy attempts to mind-read other humans, and this one in particular makes no sense, unless you want to go further and posit that Larnach intends self-harm toward his next contract.
  22. ashbury
    "When Healthy." The two words that have to preface any discussion of Buxton. Platooning guys on a lefty-righty basis is something a manager can handle. Healthy-injured is no way to platoon. I don't know what could convince me to offer Buxton another guaranteed contract. And the CBA protects veterans to a degree that I wouldn't be able to do it in good conscience - much as I love Buxton's contributions ... "When Healthy."
  23. ashbury
    I still want to see an explanation for that one. Roster management, at least on the fringes, has been an issue for several seasons. With the awkward timing of Falvey's departure, I was willing to give Zoll the benefit of the doubt, even on matters like the OutMan. But this slapstick comedy involving Jackson is entirely a self-own by the GM and I just don't understand it. Jackson in AAA, ready on a moment's notice if an injury occurs to a catcher, and we could have any of the other 40-man guys up for a look-see these final weeks. I. Just. Don't. Understand.
  24. ashbury
    Now that the Twins have (tacitly) waved the white flag on the season, I would like to see a stop to platooning. No, I would go even farther if I had any say: Anti-Platoon! Go to every length possible to find out which batters are at least "playable" when the opposing manager brings in a reliever of the same hand. Of course I want our batters to pulverize the opposition when handedness is favorable, but they'll get the most chances to do that if they can survive the unfavorable matchups. If the batters named in this article can redeem themselves this way during the final few weeks, it would perhaps mean something.
  25. ashbury
    Turns out 78 losses was the magic number for the FO to say it's over. Your sports book will be paying out, for those of you who placed that bet.
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