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
    Ell Oh Ell. Ever been at a game in Yankee Stadium? After every strikeout by a visiting player, there is an annoying whistling sound that I was told is sponsored by some local company, using a familiar cadence from their ads. Downright bush league. So they've monetized their strikeouts, but take umbrage at another team's choice? Priceless.
  2. ashbury
    OK, well, you're going from "don't follow the herd" to "don't get a starter", and this is a thread about getting a starter. You can save time and just say that.
  3. ashbury

    May

    ashbury replied to jctwins's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    Normally I don't hold much stock with trying to psychoanalyze*. But I think there is scope for improvement with Trevor May. The other day, after a strikeout for out #2, he suddenly looked like a man on a mission. He was Lurch. Boom boom boom, he struck out the next guy too. Then... he came out for the next inning and was back to his usual ways. The body language for a moment there was what you want to see out of a reliever, but it evaporated. Like a lot of top relievers, Dirty Craig Kimbrel has that moxie. When he's on the mound, he's The Man. Now, when it's the other team's guy, he's exactly the type that you want your first batter to scorch a liner back at him right through the wickets, and then the next batter launch one 500 feet, just to wipe the smug look off his face. And late in a career, when the results are declining but he keeps the same act, it can come across as pathetic. But... there's something about channeling the mindset correctly and having it pay off a few percent in performance, and it shows in the body language. I keep wanting to see that from May. I want to see Lurch. And if it doesn't work, and he pitches his way out of a job, like it seems like he's on his way to doing? At least, then, you didn't cheat yourself, Lurch. I guess that's it. Like a batter who gets rung up on a weak half-swing, I feel like Trevor May is cheating himself by being in-between. I don't even know what it means when I say that. I just see the body language. And I don't remembering thinking this way about any other pitcher. * Who am I kidding, I love to do it. But I don't take even my own thoughts seriously in this vein.
  4. ashbury
    Yep, stuff happens with young guys. Stubbornness on both sides, in the moment, moreso than an actual grudge, would be my guess. Glad if nothing serious happened. Something for coaches of both teams to talk about with their players next day.
  5. ashbury
    "Chance favors the prepared mind." -- Louis Pasteur "How can you think and hit at the same time? But fielding, that's another story." -- Not Yogi Berra, But Should Be
  6. ashbury
    Twins Daily demands balanced and objective posting from all members. J/K. We bask in the warmth of your well-placed pride.
  7. ashbury
    Who are your picks, to avoid the next Archer and snag the next Verlander?
  8. ashbury
    Oh, Colorado, don't do that to Charlie. I just looked at his home/road splits again. Don't ruin a beer-league legend of a career just for your own selfish gain. A Rockie he shall always remain! / yes yes, he's much better than that
  9. ashbury
    I believe I have never witnessed a triple-play in realtime. As it happens, I was on the phone with my dad at the start of the game, and am only seeing this one in replay, as usual. I wouldn't think too well of myself if I regretted it, however.
  10. ashbury
    I would be concerned if you were a Cubs fan, too.
  11. ashbury
    Indeed. I will PM you the details for a wire transfer.
  12. ashbury
    I don't know if you can make hard and fast rules like that. I agree you don't win with inferior talent. It comes down to how big a gap you see between your top guy and the next one or two, how much you trust your talent evaluators, and how differently the other team sees your guys so that maybe they are overpaying. You could be better off keeping your #2 guy in the depth chart, and getting a stud at a different position in return for your #1 because the other team likes him even more. You just have to be, you know, right in all your evaluations, and that's super hard. I don't think our depth at SS (or CF where Lewis might land) is so outstanding, either. We have a potential glut coming at corner-defense positions, so that is more of what motivates away from trading Lewis, in my book. If we ever have a glut of SS knocking at the door in the majors it's looking like it will play out in terms of 2B instead, so that's a secondary place to look at trading - trade the top guy you think is most likely to land at 2B, and with Lewis's fallback spot looking like CF, that also motivates against picking him as the trade bait. So I'm basically in agreement with you, but it's a lot more nuanced than a rule.
  13. ashbury
    Cash considerations.
  14. ashbury
    And longer even than you realize.
  15. ashbury
  16. ashbury
    You young whippersnapper, I've got socks older than you, hell some of the holes in my socks are older than you, and you're probably right.
  17. ashbury
  18. ashbury
    Hey glunn, I have an edit to suggest in the site's comment policy.
  19. ashbury
  20. ashbury
    Chicken Dinner, New York Style!
  21. ashbury
    It just can't be easy. Written in the unwritten rule book somewhere.
  22. ashbury
    You're fair. Random, but fair.
  23. ashbury
    And Booger's last?
  24. ashbury
    I thought it was a documentary.
  25. ashbury
×
×
  • Create New...