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  1. ashbury
    Not to be flippant (for once in my life), but: The recent video posted was a little hopeful - there was one very close checked swing on a breaking pitch in the dirt, that maybe in past years would have been a full swing and miss. I don't know whether the clout on the curveball was on a hanging pitch - there's a tendency to say "that was a hanger" if any breaking pitch goes for a base hit, and I'm not more nuanced than that. I presume that some of the HR this spring have been on fastballs, and like Chief I've been bothered in the past by clean misses on pitches down the middle. All in all, the video shown here (and the overall stats) hold out some hope on the multiple fronts where improvements were needed, but it's far from conclusive - the balls that went for base hits could easily have been slightly different and have gone for routine outs - his BABIP is probably out of sight right now. I'm optimistic but not convinced this is more than a blip.
  2. ashbury
    But May or June is when I will start to take whatever he does SERIOUSLY.
  3. ashbury
    We're still talking about weather forecasting, I hope?
  4. ashbury
    Unless there's a recent change, up through the first month of the season it's the previous season's records that determine the waiver claim order. So, yes.
  5. ashbury
    If the Orioles are the only team who would have an interest, then that is that. But if some other team, with a lower waiver claim, also would like a first baseman, then our FO can talk turkey with them.
  6. ashbury
    I'm waiting until May or June, personally.
  7. ashbury
    Concur, on all aspects of your reply. Don't tell the team, but if the major league spring games were free and we had to pay a little to enter the back fields area, I'd choose the latter just about every time. Sitting on the metal stands, and having a few players come over and sit nearby, and noticing that one of them is J.O. Berrios, is way cool too. Well, different stud prospect now, but you see what I mean. They keep to themselves, but are approachable if that's your thing.
  8. ashbury
    If you suddenly found yourself with an extra day there, which would you pick, the minor league or the major league game?
  9. ashbury
    Who goes from the 40-man, to make room?
  10. ashbury
    Are there stats on the number of mid-inning pitching changes? Bringing in a new pitcher to start an inning seems more prevalent than in years past, but that move costs little to nothing in terms of play pace.
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  12. ashbury
    I don't understand what the team is trying to prevent. Tickets printed at home are scanned at the entrance gate just like any other ticket. If it's been duplicated, that gets handled the same way as any anomaly. There's almost no such thing as a general admission ticket at MLB games anymore. So, what is the ill the team thinks it is curing?
  13. ashbury
    Somehow the above link isn't going where I thought you meant. http://videobaseballscout.com
  14. ashbury
    Couldn't agree more. For me, the payoff from a relentless emphasis on positional flexibility is the freedom to assign one roster spot to someone with a bat this good. (We hope that Cruz is still that guy.) A corollary that I mention now and then is that I never again want to invest scarce resources in a stud-hitting catcher. If one develops, great, but don't trade for one, don't pay big FA bucks for one, probably don't sign one you developed to an extension. Catchers need days off defensively, and to have one good enough to DH is a big roster challenge. If, say, Ryan Jeffers's bat develops, don't refrain from having a good DH - you want a DH so good that Jeffers sits on his days off anyway. But I've digressed...
  15. ashbury
    That was my first impression of Willians on TV as well. Also Ben Rortvedt when I first saw him on one of the back fields at Ft Myers a couple of springs ago. I dunno, I see a guy, and that word pops into my head. Most catchers fidget in one way or the other. I'm not sure being "quiet" should be the be-all and end-all. I just know the term. And now this article informs me that maybe it's a little overrated.
  16. ashbury
    Why did you want to do that?
  17. ashbury
    The Homonym Is Over, apparently.
  18. ashbury
    Moderator's Note: Let's please keep discussions on-topic, and not turn focus toward other posters themselves. Imitating others' speech patterns is especially likely to lead to bickering rather than discussion, except in situations where everyone understands it's all in good fun.
  19. ashbury
    This article addresses some questions that had arisen in the past week, such as when Rortvedt was behind the plate in a couple of televised games. I'd like to see further exploration of how this ties in (or trades off) with the many other aspects of a catcher's game. A brief mention was made of dealing with baserunners, but can more be said? Also, not everything goes according to plan - could pitches in the dirt, either by design or simply a wild pitch, be harder to corral? Ditto for unexpectedly high pitches, or way outside? Finally, might anything about the changed stance make a catcher more vulnerable to missing the pitch with his glove when crossed up by the pitcher? Taking one off of the mask is an uncommon occurrence, but anything that slightly increases the odds of that could be very costly in return for the advantages of better framing - we've seen the long-term cost of concussions, and Garver has had a serious one already. The traditional crouch, when done by an agile athlete, would seem to have one big advantage, of offering the most balanced starting point for any of the tasks which the catcher may be called upon to perform. Sticking a leg out may optimize some tasks, but impede others. I have to rely on experts to tell me the pluses and minuses. This article's a great start.
  20. ashbury
    Correction. If she dies in 2020, Mitch McConnell will refuse to bring a nominee to the floor of the Senate for hearings or debate or vote, in deference to allowing the American people to have their voice heard in the November elections.
  21. ashbury
    Healthy leeriness of the cozy relationship the establishment wing of the DNC has developed over the decades with big business is hardly the extreme POV you are describing. If I lived in Iraq I'd be afraid of the power of Big Gubmint. Here in the US, I am more concerned with the power of unelected business interests when not counterbalanced by government power.
  22. ashbury
    That's the spirit! Gosh I miss that place.
  23. ashbury
    Trump is making fun of Beto's hand gestures. Your move, Beto. Tick tock.
  24. ashbury
    I was about to jest, "yeah, he'll never get anywhere with that inside-out swing," but I already used my allotment* of satire at this site today. * Or, is THAT the satire?
  25. ashbury
    That tweak does stand out by a mile.
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