Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

ashbury

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    42,583

  • 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
    Moderator's note: Some of the posts here have gotten unnecessarily personal toward one another. I'd ask all posters to think about what they can do to turn down the wattage a bit, toward fellow posters, whether singly or as a group.
  2. ashbury
    / I left out the TC logo so there will be no misunderstanding. // My layout skillz suck /// So maybe I'd better spell out the joke: http://twinstrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/How-we-baseball-300x300.jpg
  3. ashbury
    The wording sounds to me like "either compete for a post-season spot, or tank". If the aim was simply to win the most games they can, then the possible failure of a couple of key parts like Sano and Buxton would not affect the decision to improve other parts of the roster. Apparently the prospect of another 78-84 on a $130M payroll is the most revolting development they can conceive of. I don't happen to like tanking, and I think a team that does it gets what it deserves where revenue is concerned. But I realize that others differ.
  4. ashbury
    Just curious why you view this as a negative. It's life. It's a reason why the front office's job isn't as straightforward as we would all hope. And if you respond to this diversity of opinion by withdrawing, your 101st opinion doesn't get registered. Though, I mostly agree, an advisory board of high-revenue customers is mostly eyewash.
  5. ashbury
    Your point isn't completely bad, but let's please keep this thread on the topic that the article laid out, namely the roster choices, and not go off onto a tangent about fellow posters. Also, keep in mind that the voices you are hearing are neither monolithic nor static. Me for instance: I've felt more critical of the moves this season than in years past, and I've been saying so. That doesn't make it "constant bashing". What's more, if I hold my tongue now, and then complain if they get off to a 10-25 start, then I'm being a front runner. Instead, I'm expressing my concerns, and if they're proved wrong I'll acknowledge that. This place is for good conversation. We shouldn't try to squelch it. If you or others feel the need to talk further about the attitudes of fellow posters, please start a new thread.
  6. ashbury
    I prefer sauerkraut on my brats. Oh, and don't call players names.
  7. ashbury
    Except for Nelson Cruz, this off-season has felt more like an expansion draft, 1962 New York Mets style. In effect we've picked up Elio Chacon for middle infield, washed up Gil Hodges at 1B, and Roger Craig for our rotation. Not bad players individually, but 40-120 caliber to supplement our core when all is said and done.
  8. ashbury
    Can't help wondering: Dave St. Peter is OK with this?
  9. ashbury
    We don't know with certainty what becomes of unused payroll. It may get applied to different purposes within the organization to make it stronger. It may go to charity. What we do know with some certainty* is that it doesn't get banked to the next year's payroll, which does align with your main point. * No, I haven't invested further time locating an interview transcript from several years ago.
  10. ashbury
    $1.8M vs $3.2M? Haircut? That's a little off the sides, at most. A beard trim. A couple of wild eyebrow hairs plucked, maybe.
  11. ashbury
    As a former midwesterner raised in Indiana, I feel as though the context of Covington, Kentucky being a Cincinnati suburb is worth knowing. On one hand, it's not the Deep South. On the other, if they re-drew the Mason-Dixon line right down the center stripe of US 40, MD-PA-WV-OH-IN-IL, they wouldn't be far wrong. Further west, I'm not sure, I think the line jogs NNW sharply toward Canada.
  12. ashbury
    I PMed Brock when I saw it before the copy of the article was placed in the Forums area. It's a Saturday, so that's probably why I haven't heard back. You should be able to view the article in the actual Article area of the site. Click on "Articles" near the top of any page, and then click on the article you want. Comments are linked between each article and its Forum counterpart. Kind of a computer kludge, to my way of thinking, but it works. To save you the arduous effort of finding the article, here is a direct link.
  13. ashbury
    You ask a fair question, and a quick bit of web-searching didn't turn up the particular interview I was thinking of. Such articles are sometimes hard to find if you don't remember the exact phrase that would identify it. I was hoping someone else might have spoken up with a link they found, but so far, no luck. Russia, if you are listening, I hope you're able to find the links I am thinking of. Until such a link is found, please amend my previous statement with "I believe" - since I still do.
  14. ashbury
    Any thoughts on Bill Smith's reign as GM, while you're at it? (Hint: don't)
  15. ashbury
    As a point of information, Thad Levine is 47 years old. Terry Ryan was a curmudgeonly 41 when he was elevated to the GM chair in 1994. Most scouts bypass the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople, so we might have a market inefficiency to exploit by doing so.
  16. ashbury
    If this ever became a thing, and front offices knew they were being sized up according to this metric, they would fall all over themselves to bring each and every prospect (and suspect) up to AAA for a demitasse of thin, watery decaf before releasing him.
  17. ashbury
    Minor point, but they moved to the front of the line to grab Curtiss when he was about to be put on waivers for demotion off the 40-man, by giving the Twins a low-minors shortstop.
  18. ashbury
    Although the team has repeatedly said they don't do this, let's explore the "should" aspect of it. Suppose they aim for $130M a year, but this year end up spending only $100M. Do they add $30M to the pot next year and spend $160M? They acquire a couple of expensive guys, and let's say they do well. What happens after that? Suppose the team as a whole does well with this expensive roster, makes the playoffs and even wins a round in the postseason before bowing out. Now the budget needs to go back down to $130M. Talented guys will be disposed of, in one form or another. What kind of PR will that be? I disagree with any excess money being pocketed, for a variety of reasons, but simply carrying over the money has its problems. I'd personally like to see un-used payroll headroom be applied to different ways of making the team strong, such as acquiring prospects. Unfortunately MLB has successively moved to limit the ability to do that, with hard caps on draft spending and likewise punitive policies on international signings past a certain threshold. It's nice to say money should carry over, but the devil's in the details.
  19. ashbury
    Brad Brach's name comes up here now and then, but today MLBTR has an item (via LaVelle) talking up the chances of Brach coming to the Twins. TD's Offseason Handbook pegged him at around $6.5M for a year; MLBTR guessed him requiring 2 years for a little less per year. While he's not the high-end guy that would move the needle, I think he'd be an improvement over whoever is thought to be at the bottom of the current bullpen. His 2018 was up and down, but he finished strong. I assume TD stalwart Brach Beauchamp would be in favor.
  20. ashbury
  21. ashbury
    "The check is in the mail", "something something something", and "52% of revenue".
  22. ashbury
    Your assumption is where this goes wrong at the outset. Team officials have stated on multiple occasions that they do not do their payroll planning this way whatsoever.
  23. ashbury
    Yes, if 2018 Cody Allen is who he is going to be, going forward, nobody wants him. Pretty much any form of analysis will tell you to go with someone younger and with perhaps more upside. His full body of work suggests better, if he can bounce back.
  24. ashbury
    I respect Terry Ryan very much, but that quote came across as someone having trouble keeping up with the sharp increase in payrolls. He sounded like Grandpa at Thanksgiving dinner complaining about "prices these days". I think he felt he was making competitive offers, but they were actually just enough light to not be in the running. Just my guess, of course.
  25. ashbury
    His OPS-against was .809, on a pretty routine .303 BABIP. Magill doesn't even need to regress. Curtiss's AAA OPS was just above .600. Even accounting for the difference in opponent level (I tend to add .100 just as a rule of thumb), and a slightly favorable BABIP, that's a better season.
×
×
  • Create New...