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  1. ashbury
    Agreed. 2014 was supposed to be a year of figuring some things out. For some reason, time was invested in figuring out whether Santana could be a good CF. So now in 2015 we have Escobar versus Santana questions. I continue to see Escobar as a utility player (with a ceiling of "very good") on a contending team, and a starter only on a cellar-dweller.
  2. ashbury
    Bud Black too? I think it's not all that rare. What is rare is a guy Molitor's age getting his first big-league managing job, regardless of experience. It just doesn't happen. I'd like to ask someone like Terry Ryan off the record for his thoughts about this. / and then I'd come here on TD and post them.
  3. ashbury
    Ryan is currently listed as executive advisor to the Astros. I doubt there is any chance he would be looking for a random pitching coach position in the majors. It can't hurt to "gauge his interest" I suppose, but I wouldn't invest effort doing so. If I were TR and I wanted to go this route, and I bumped into Nolan at the winter meetings, I might say something leading and specific, phrased as a joke, and see if he perked up at all. Anything else could be almost an insult. He was previously CEO. "Seriously, Terry? But if you're interested, I probably could find a spot for you as a bullpen coach for the 'Stros."
  4. ashbury
    Since I don't see Danny Santana in your Final Roster, I assume he's an inadvertent omission from your list of AAA moves? Also, adding Vargas at DH to the Final Roster, and counting the bench, I see 15 position players going along with 13 pitchers. Am I misunderstanding, or do 3 of these need to be dealt with somehow? (I recognize Escobar is in limbo in your plans, but if Santana replaces him at SS then there is still the same numbers problem.)
  5. ashbury
    Ashburyjohn: What would you like to have seen from this dialogue?
  6. ashbury
    Except when the process is kept fair, and the front runner wins because whatever qualities that caused him to be the front runner end up being why he is picked. I agree the decision maker needs to be on guard to keep the process fair.
  7. ashbury
    His quote might be the most tepid, of those offered.
  8. ashbury
    It was actually a UFO abduction. I don't know how the shoulder thing keeps coming up; I fully expect to see it in his scouting reports for the rest of his career.
  9. ashbury
    "The Chicago Cubs will announce the hiring of former Tampa Bay Rays skipper Joe Maddon as the 54th manager in franchise history on Monday, the team announced in a release." I wish they had announced that this announcement was coming, first.
  10. ashbury
    The video game has that list explicitly and at hand, and it can be a bit silly. But don't you think most teams have such a list implicitly, in the sense of "I'd rather give up this guy than that guy, if trying to swing a deal"? To an outsider like me it doesn't seem so crazy, thinking in terms of such a list, as a way of making sense of how trades happen. "If I pick up the phone first, I might end up having to offer a better player than if I wait for the phone to ring" still seems like a way to think of things, and a list reflects that. It's fine if that list has great numbers of players ranked equivalently, instead of with decimal point gradations.
  11. ashbury
    ... when facing him and that one other guy, apparently.
  12. ashbury
    It seems Rosario is impressing everyone who sees him in person in Arizona this fall.
  13. ashbury
    It would bother me if my team based its lineup planning too much around how to man the DH position. I'd rather either the DH position be manned by some stud for whom the answer is to just write his name in every day, or else the DH position be just about the last consideration when all the other roster roles have been filled. When juggling the DH is a high priority, it means your roster is filled with slow bad defenders.
  14. ashbury
    I thought it was Rogers's forearm, not the shoulder, that got dinged up earlier this month.
  15. ashbury
    Like I said, "d'oh".
  16. ashbury
    I've never done a journalistic interview, and when I saw my question come up to lead off I kind of gave myself a dopeslap, because it was clear it wouldn't accomplish what I hoped. I should have taken the time to craft the question in a way that a) he might still answer, and b ) would prove more informative. My draft was too wordy, so I can see why it was cut down. With hindsight, I'd have tried something like this: Fans hear lots of financial numbers. Forbes Magazine has published estimates putting the Twins revenue most recently around $220M. Club officials mention a 50-52%-of-revenue target for payroll. ESPN places the Twins 2012-4 major league payroll ranging $75-95M. The math doesn't work out, using these numbers. Can you clarify which (maybe all?) of these are misconceptions so that fans can understand better? Basically offering to outline his PR for him.
  17. ashbury
    We're wasting him as a reliever.
  18. ashbury
    You have too much free time. But, I LOLed. Would LOL again.
  19. ashbury
    Build around, like you would for a Sano or a Buxton? No, probably not. But Dozier's defense at second base has been above average, and the batting ability he brings (you left out his power) does not grow on trees in that combination. Were we to trade him to fill some other hole, replacing him becomes a pressing task.
  20. ashbury
    Byron Buxton legs out an intentional walk. (Just kidding, he's on his way to third, demonstrating how to score from first base on a short double if I recall correctly. Guy's fast. Photo courtesy Ash Jr.)
  21. ashbury
    What they lack in manpower they make up in stanchions.
  22. ashbury
    Most donuts cost more than a dollar these days, not sure which way you're saying the smart money bets.
  23. ashbury
    Vavra? Why?
  24. ashbury
    That's the thing I like about the AFL. You call up and ask what time the game is, they ask what time can you be there.
  25. ashbury
    Byron and Eddie on deck, about to start the game against the Peoria Javelinas, October 10.
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