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  1. ashbury
    There's a school of thought in aeronautical engineering that if your wing design isn't developing enough lift then get a bigger jet engine and the wing will be just fine.
  2. ashbury
    That's nothing. I can saw a post in half, and put it back together in reverse order.
  3. ashbury
    It's better than a two-year contract, as well. Even a positive is taken as evidence for the opposite. Not that I disagree, of course. Cruz would be acceptable as the second-best signing of the off-season.
  4. ashbury
    Nelson Cruz is under control for two years. That's a start.
  5. ashbury
    I'd be interested to know the methodology of such studies. For instance if the same conclusion applies to high-school draftees, college draftees, and international signings. Also, how to separate talent from promotion speed - since a guy brought up to the majors at age 21 might be, you know, just really good in the first place - that seems the hard part, to me.
  6. ashbury
    Doesn't tick the "younger" checkbox, though.
  7. ashbury
    I don't buy this. If you wait too long, he could wind up having a Hall of Fame career before you even get a chance to offer him the benefit of your wisdom.
  8. ashbury
    There aren't. If there were, their teams wouldn't have let them go. Young talent is the coin of the realm.
  9. ashbury
    I hope they don't replace Robbie Grossman at all. Robbie had no useful role on the team.
  10. ashbury
    Fixed.
  11. ashbury
    This doesn't bother me. He can cook his own goose if he wants. It's a waste of money and an eyesore and a temporary bad image for the country. That's all, though. It can be undone if the voters speak their minds. I'd have been more bothered by a legislative agreement that included it. And I agree, an executive order will be tied up in the courts for months anyway. There won't be much to tear down in January 2021, when hopefully a new executive order negates the old one.
  12. ashbury
    You'll go in planning to consume about 25% of your pitching staff every fifth day, not taking into account the times you'll judge after an inning or so that one of these three "just doesn't have it today" and another guy will need to come in? I think this plan works better when you have a rotation otherwise populated with 6+ inning guys. With 7 pitchers thus slated for tightly orchestrated use, it leaves 6 to cover relief in the other four games (assuming a 13-man staff), and not all of those guys will be everyday-use guys, or long-men for when one of the starters does badly. The stacking plan needs for everything to go perfectly, which it never does.
  13. ashbury
    Like FDR had no disputes with Congress.
  14. ashbury
    A big-time catcher is a rich team's luxury. Acquiring one consumes resources that could have been applied to someone who plays 150+ games a year or starts 32.
  15. ashbury
    Your being unaware of executive orders is the root cause of trouble? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_11246 I don't know how the numbering system works but LBJ issued #11246.
  16. ashbury
    Because the contract would be two years shorter and if he's still productive then that part of the contract is less risky than the entire one now. But that's the flaw in the other poster's argument. what if the first two years are when something bad happens. We may believe that risk is small, due to factors such as his current age. But it's not zero. If some other team can get the Twins to shoulder the risk now, and then take him off their hands when that initial risk has played out without harm, then it's a win for that other team versus just signing him to the same contract in the first place. Balancing that would be whatever benefit the Twins get from those two years. And, IF the front office believes that these next two years aren't likely to be competitive anyway, then the deal becomes Heads I Lose, Tails You Win - or maybe breakeven at best. I wouldn't go into a contract with a high end talent with that kind of scenario planning as the primary motivation. Do it for the purpose of making your team better now and for several seasons to come.
  17. ashbury
    Any guesses who'll be taking his talents to South Beach?
  18. ashbury
    Moderator's note: Guys, the mods don't patrol here minute by minute. Please think before posting "herp derp herp derp" and similar. I don't want to close a thread down.
  19. ashbury
    If an opinion's misguided on a par with denying the color of the sky, a good rebuttal should be easy to write. Consider doing that, instead of implying that people ought to keep their thoughts to themselves. If the disagreement is more nuanced, then a good rebuttal is even more worth writing, as it may contribute to a worthwhile discussion. PS: the sky outside my window is currently rather gray, in contrast to the "blue" I keep reading about. Moderator's note: OK, I guess I've talked myself into realizing that what I'm really asking is to not threadjack this article with a tangent about positivity, negativity, sarcasm...
  20. ashbury
    Rodney was around for most of the season. Trevor's ERA was 4.50 when Rodney got traded; he had had 3 consecutive bad games, so apparently Rodney wan't able to nip that in the bud while he was still there. Teams have coaches, for the purposes you described. Veteran leadership on the roster is useful but a bit overrated.
  21. ashbury
    Corporate-speak like he engaged in suggests to me that he can't say what he's actually thinking.
  22. ashbury
    Of all the ways I anticipated this sentence being completed - such as "make a run at winning the division" - a reference to "flexibility moving forward" didn't rank very high. I'm not asking him to make a brash prediction that he'll be hung for later. But with all the qualifiers he stated... this is deflating. I'm not interested in the front office's flexibility. He's not the star of the show. I watch the games in hopes of competitive baseball. He begins his reply with a focus on "this... group" of players but then pivots back to the FO. If he's not willing to characterize the year as rebuilding, but his aspirations aren't on winning... then, uh, what? "Sights set on Cleveland" as an afterthought later on didn't do it for me. He's not very inspiring. "Twins Baseball: come for the young prospects, stay for the flexibility moving forward!"
  23. ashbury
    Not sure I follow. There's usually 3 other PA for him in the game. When the results of those look good enough over a period of time, decrease the bunting if that seems right. Meanwhile, embrace the likely .350+ OBP on the bunt attempts if he gets truly good at it (the discussion is moot if he can't), and enjoy the cautiously drawn-in infield when he swings away. Also, bunting can be a fluid tactical choice within a given PA. I don't see how his psyche is scarred for life, by playing to one of his strengths. That's why you have coaches, to keep guys focused. Unwritten rules, and implications that someone isn't being manly enough, are for the birds - the other team wants you to limit your own options, if you buy into their bantering rhetoric. I don't think anyone is advocating bunting in situations when the baserunner situation isn't favorable. And I was kidding the other day when I suggested gunning for DiMaggio's hitting streak by bunting exclusively, BTW.
  24. ashbury
    There is this button labeled MultiQuote. You should give it a spin.
  25. ashbury
    Not in the same session, I presume, but cross-training is crucial, yes. / gawd we need some game threads
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