Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

ashbury

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    42,586

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    473

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by ashbury

  1. ashbury
    I don't remember him being so fidgety before the windup. But I can't lay hands quickly on video of anything except with men on base, where that might end up called a balk.
  2. ashbury
    We really miss Buxton. Kep would have had that. (I don't have confidence any of our other RF substitutes would have.)
  3. ashbury
    Marwin?!?!?
  4. ashbury
    A very welcome first inning by Kyle, and exactly what was needed.
  5. ashbury
    Rare photo of Chief in middle school, back in the day: http://images7.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED139/5603133e4054e.jpeg i have a feeling this isn't what Van was asking for.
  6. ashbury
    These teams are playing 5-dimensional chess while we're just playing tiddlywinks. Using AAA as your pitching shuttle is sooooo 2017. Now you just work out a wink-and-nod arrangement with a team in the other league, and DFA the guy when you're done and it's the other team's turn to round out their bullpen.
  7. ashbury
    Yeah, when there's a platoon disadvantage. / ducking...
  8. ashbury
    "Called Pistol Pete long before Pete Marinovich" I was thinking Maravich, the basketballer. The footballer was Todd, right? / picky picky picky
  9. ashbury
    Looks like Romero had a decent seventh inning (a four-pitch walk followed by a double play), then walked the first two guys in the eighth, on 3-2 pitches both times. Bleich then completely failed to do the job, saddling Fernando with the first two runs. Could have gone differently for Romero with a better pitch here and there, but Oh Those Bases On Balls. They will haunt.
  10. ashbury
    Concur completely on the first sentence, disagree strongly with the second. There is no "on/off" switch or "yes/no" dashboard light with regard to injury. It's all shades of gray, until maybe something goes snap. Players are told to report injury, then they get a thousand subtle lessons to not bother the staff with minor things you can play through. "God heals and the doctor takes the fees." -- Benjamin Franklin, baseball coach And yes, sometimes this approach hurts the team, and the player himself. The problem with the analysis, and calling the mindset toxic, is the voluminous missing data. How many times do pitchers take the approach Dyson took, with what started off as an owie, and it works out great? We just hear about the cases where it doesn't work out great, and then start to look around for malfeasance on somebody's part. The pitcher himself is often ill-positioned to make the judgement, and the team trainer then would have to go on general principles if given the vague information. As a boss of mine used to ask me, "what would you do with that information, if you had it?" So, the pitcher keeps it to himself, until necessary. As an analogy, how many times have we heard about a pitcher having great stuff while warming up and then getting rocked after entering the game - or once in a while a pitcher pitches a gem and we hear later that while warming up he wasn't even sure he could go? The pitcher is nearly as much in the dark as anyone. Absent further information, I've got this one in the Bad Luck All Around pigeonhole.
  11. ashbury
    St Looie showed remarkable patience, and was rewarded.
  12. ashbury
    He looked great last Friday. So he arrives with the coveted Ashbury Seal Of Approval. Quality Assured.
  13. ashbury
    They cut Addison Reed. So they've shown a willingness to ignore sunk costs, if that is what you are getting at. If they are pretty certain they aren't going to pick up the 2020 option year, it becomes a question of whether he's blocking someone on the 25-man or on the 40-, and as soon as the answer becomes yes, I think he could be let go. But, for the very short term, I expect they will try to see whether he can contribute in the pen - a reliever who comes out and gives up runs in the first inning of work like today won't be of use, so max effort, or begone. A secondary issue, which none of us can guess until an overt move is made, would be whether he becomes a distraction in the clubhouse, in a role he didn't want.
  14. ashbury
    How did you enjoy his sixth inning and his ninth inning, during which the Twins scored all their runs and he scored two himself plus an RBI?
  15. ashbury
  16. ashbury
    Good info.
  17. ashbury
    Small samples can't contain much meaning. But whatever little meaning I can see there doesn't tilt toward acquiring him, was the point I was driving at.
  18. ashbury
    'Yay.'
  19. ashbury
    The Infielder's Lament: "Jenny, Jenny, how can I turn two?"
  20. ashbury
    What's the phrase? "Cancel the press conference"?
  21. ashbury
  22. ashbury
    Moderator's note: It's shaping up a a bad game. This does not mean the site's posting standards are suspended. Express yourself without taking the low road - vulgarity, overly personal attacks, etc.
  23. ashbury
    Reeeeeeeally disappointing.
  24. ashbury
    Unless you're comparing Berrios video to some base case, it's just a pretty picture. Which doesn't reduce the enjoyment.
  25. ashbury
    How many air-miles did Berrios log, in the 24 hours before he laid that egg last night? We now have the additional information that Dyson was pitching through some biceps pain while still with SF, and hadn't told anybody. That sort of thing happens all the time, only it got magnified because of a trade. I think we could lay the canard about arriving mid-game to rest. It had nothing to do with anything.
×
×
  • Create New...