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  1. ashbury
    ESPB Oops. LOL. I'm leaving it, unless and until requested.
  2. ashbury
    ... until they are DFA, off of the 40-man, and assigned outright.
  3. ashbury
    In other news, we have had 15 multi-HR games so far this season.
  4. ashbury
    They had opponents?
  5. ashbury
    So you pay him. I saw someone speculate that he might like to manage. If so, it gets complicated. But if there are parts of the manager's job that he'd rather not do, offer to pay him like a manager but let him do the pitching coach duties that he loves. You don't do that with every coach, but if the FO continues to believe he's a difference maker, then just do it, until he isn't anymore.
  6. ashbury
    I never thought much about the contracts coaches sign, but I wonder whether the Twins added a "Non-Disclosure" clause to Johnson's, pertaining not just to what he learns with the Twins (standard) but what he brought in (not standard?). My quick search turns up TrackMan as marketed primarily as a golf diagnosis tool. Intellectual property law can be complicated but if I were the Twins I would at minimum ask Johnson to not say one further word on how he adapted this tool to baseball use. The information that he's identified 46 data points is already too much (unless it's intentional obfuscation, in which case, kudos!), but let the other teams figure out the rest on their own.
  7. ashbury
    Last time we were there, we used only 2.
  8. ashbury
    Probably that counts as "didn't know".
  9. ashbury
    Maybe the medical diagnosis will turn out to be Forgot-Howtopitchitis but I'd want to rule out an undisclosed ailment before giving up on him.
  10. ashbury
    Rochester's runs-against average is a full run worse than the league average, so I don't think you can gloss over the troubles quite as easily as that. But it does suggest caution with interpreting batters' numbers, for instance Randy Cesar's .859 OPS needs to be scaled back quite steeply if you want to extrapolate to what he might do if called up. Gordon's start looks good, but only Raley's record stands out to me, early in this season.
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  12. ashbury
    Mine was a little late - I forgot to turn on the oven - but in case Blake's wasn't enough to fill ya, here ya go.
  13. ashbury
    Just going by heights and weights Malone seems like he has a good build, 6'3" 205 lbs. Thompson seems kind of skinny, and Manoah looks already pretty heavy. But opting for the high school guy is always the riskier choice, as we've seen. So, while I prefer a pitcher, none of these seems ideal. The two shortstops seem fine, with Stott being a little tall for the position at 6'3", but certainly there have been good ones at that height. The younger one isn't enough better to justify the age-risk, to my mind. Busch's lack of a good defensive reputation means his bat needs to be off the charts, and I'm not sure that's really the book on him. Langeliers is intriguing at catcher. While we have a few good guys in the pipeline, I'm not sure it's ever a problem to have too many. But I've expounded at length on why I would resist ever again taking a catcher with a first round pick, and I'll leave it at that. Misner doesn't seem like he excels in any particular area, nor does he have a particular weakness. I don't see a compelling choice among these, but I guess I'd take the SS Stott, or the pitcher Manoah.
  14. ashbury
    Instead of saying "There always is," maybe I could have been more whimsical, and opened it up to the group to suggest what the explanation will be, assuming one eventually comes out. Plenty of scope for lighthearted fun, guessing how the noose arrived on campus, how it was found, why the teachers found it amusing, why one of them thought the photo worth sharing, why it was shared with apparently an understanding not to distribute it widely. I'm not saying there's "no excuse", because the story is still fresh and those in the know aren't yet talking. But I'm sorry, I can't think of any answers to the above slate of questions that will be benign. So my closing words were instead on the arch side. Sorry to ruffle feathers.
  15. ashbury
    Check back next Friday. RandBall's Stu may be doing a feature article on you.
  16. ashbury
    Odorizzi seems to have serious deception going on. Greiner looked at strike three pretty close to the heart of the plate - that isn't easy to pull off.
  17. ashbury
    Let it never change.
  18. ashbury
    POLANc..... oh. Never mind Thanks for the fake home run call, Bremer.
  19. ashbury
    KEPLER !!!!
  20. ashbury
    The official scorer ruled it a Passed Ball, because that ball went waaaaaay passed the outfield fence.
  21. ashbury
    GARVER !!!!
  22. ashbury
    Mom owned a chain of discotheques back in the day. That might be the difference in our perceptions.
  23. ashbury
    Apparently you missed the excitement of my lengthy treatise on a pitcher's 10-year WAR total, if that one drew your attention. Careful, don't overload 'North with the rock science so early in the game.
  24. ashbury
    Double play the hard way. Walk works out for the Tigers - I don't think Kepler breaks for home if the force isn't in effect.
  25. ashbury
    Maybe the Star Tribune website has a game thread. Try them.
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