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  1. ashbury
    Difference being that Benjamin Button got better looking as he got younger, whereas SD gets uglier as he gets older.
  2. ashbury
    How about the defense? The SSS while I watched him last month left me with questions.
  3. ashbury
    If the choice of pitcher for the 7th inning proves decisive to anything, it will mean the Twins have taken giant strides this season.
  4. ashbury
    Since you'll see your post right here in the thread, as can everyone else, it will serve as your confirmation, until Seth comes around at some point to post a master list of who-has-whom.
  5. ashbury
    Source?
  6. ashbury
    He was signed to sell tickets.* Purely. All else is added after-the-fact. *Not intended as a straight line leading to him working for Mike Clough, Twins Vice President for Ticket Sales & Service
  7. ashbury
    "Or"? We're one pitcher away?
  8. ashbury
    I've been mainly skipping these projection threads, but will offer a thought that Daniel Ortiz may OPS higher in Rochester than Torii does in Minnesota. There would be some dropoff if he faced major leaguers of course, but the defense in RF would be a little more nimble. Of course Ortiz didn't light the world on fire this Spring, so I would have flunked as GM.
  9. ashbury
    The old ones.
  10. ashbury
    He forgot to mention the 20 triples (in 500 AB).
  11. ashbury
    Reason 3: You don't sign a guy to what is widely viewed as a hometown deal, and then trade him. Not lightly, at least, and not because he's at some perceived peak in value.
  12. ashbury
    http://images.neozone.org/2011/06/I-want-to-believe-300x194.jpg
  13. ashbury
    So does Mr Bonnes.
  14. ashbury
    If he reaches the majors, does he think he'll be known more for his bat, or his glove?
  15. ashbury
    (Now that you've dropped "unfathomably stupid" I'll respond.) But where did I say that? I noted he had a poor start. What if it's a close decision and you tell (indirectly) the guys vying for the job that the last start for each will matter. That's not the same thing, is it? Don't you like to give a player a challenge, and give him some negative reinforcement if he comes up short? I have no sources inside the clubhouse but this is one guess. Or even if you don't tell them, if it's close then the last start will matter. But again, I said he had a bad start, and explained some background that might not be apparent from a box score. It didn't deserve being called unfathomably stupid.
  16. ashbury
    Oh.
  17. ashbury
    It's Florida. The drainage ditches get that way, sometimes.
  18. ashbury
    He did not impress in his final spring start. The wind was blowing steadily to right. You could chalk that up to bad luck, or you could view it as him letting the Pirate batters have their way. I choose the latter. I would like a pitcher I can trust when the wind is unfavorable (righty facing lefties in this case). A quick tuneup in Rochester and maybe he smooths out a few rough spots like that with good coaching.
  19. ashbury
    I didn't get that close to any of the players, but I seem to have come home from Ft Myers with some kind of virus myself. Bleh.
  20. ashbury
    Reminds me of diplomatic negotiations that are described as "frank and candid", and wind up with neither side budging.
  21. ashbury
    They entered spring training with 22 pitchers on the 40-man. This reflects a real lack in confidence in any of several players to be a lock to make the 25-man - or conversely a lack of scouting/evaluation decisiveness on guys like the ones you named who appear to be on a bubble. I wouldn't want to completely DFA any of the ones you named, but then I didn't like the 22-man approach in the first place. The recent trend has been to clutter the 40-man with players just good enough that you'll lose them if you DFA them but not good enough to trade for anything of value, even 2-for-1. I keep hoping/expecting a trade to free up the needed space nevertheless.
  22. ashbury
    Hicks was the key to the decision making in CF, with Rosario second in line to control his own destiny. Aaron demonstrated an appalling lack of polish on defense for a player of his age and experience, and failed to distinguish himself at bat this spring, or in winter ball for that matter. He's the most talented of the group under consideration, and the decision was apparently made that the best chance for him to develop into a major leaguer is to spend time in AAA. Rosario was an outside shot at best and didn't do enough to convince. So the starting CF role gets defined by default, with the two guys who have low upside but a track record. Ugh to that, and I wanted more off-season options, but given the options now, I grudgingly concur. On pitching, Milone always seemed the default option due to his handedness, if he put up only decent spring numbers. He's very hittable, but probably the best of a limited set of options. I still would have rolled with May, on the principle of getting our youngsters the experience they need at the major league level, but I can understand this choice. If Big Pelf is disappointed at the decision, I can understand and would think less of him as a competitor if he weren't, but if he's angry, then I'm in turn disappointed in him. Pitch well in the bullpen (though I expect only modest increase in radar gun numbers) and the opportunities to start again will still happen. A trade would also make sense, if some GM is willing to offer a significant prospect who doesn't need 40-man protection, but I don't expect this to materialize. (Maybe a multi-player trade, and I don't mean Duensing as a sweetener. )
  23. ashbury
    You're being kind of a... nah, you're right.
  24. ashbury
    At least Manfred didn't call the internet writer a p-word or anything.
  25. ashbury
    I don't see the appearances by the non-roster guys as anything more than reward for hustling all during camp, or whatever. Walker and Michael in particular are still seasons away from a call-up, unless they go nuts in Chattanooga this year. Peterson's the exception, being disaster insurance at first base. I just viewed it as letting them enjoy a taste, more than a chance for judgement on how well they'd do in one try at the plate. They all could have flinched at a slider for called strike three like the unlucky guy I mentioned at the top of this report, and I'd still have been fine with it.
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