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  1. ashbury
    Don't forget subpar performance and resultant demotions to the minors for extended periods.
  2. ashbury
    Has he learned to hit left-handed pitchers any better than when he was here? No he has not. This past season Manuel Margot did better against lefties than Luis did - almost exactly the same BA plus a little more pop - and Margot wasn't actually good. The Twins already have too many players who need to improve against LHP. Arraez isn't a good fit for the current roster, leaving us too vulnerable to the other manager's strategies.
  3. ashbury
    In unrelated news, I do not recommend visiting Kansas City when Riverbrian is in town.
  4. ashbury
    So... a market inefficiency for our team to exploit!!!1! 😀
  5. ashbury
    I hope you invested the $5.151M that b-r.com says you earned in your career, wisely, and are ready to step up to the next level!
  6. ashbury
    One of my favorite stadiums - the family-friendly energy in the concourse is infectious for me even though I'm well past the child-rearing stage of life. See this ballpark again while you can.
  7. ashbury
    Depends on whether you are Small Hall or Large Hall for the Cooperstown HoF. Depends on whether you think a local HoF should be as selective as the national one. Depends on whether you favor guys who proved their stardom via longevity, or by shining exceedingly brightly. Depends on whether you think there is one particular path to the HoF or that all kinds can coexist. Depends on whether stats should decide things or whether it's the person who is inducted. Answering these questions (and there are others - this isn't an exhaustive set) will help explain why there can be differences of opinion. Broadly, I'm a Large Hall guy, and when it comes to a particular team I'm even more expansive; let's celebrate our sport's and team's heritage rather than constantly denigrating really good players as "not good enough," and I would love there to be an additional tier called "Inner Circle." I tend to lean toward the guys who starred even if briefly (thus I look first at Wins Above Average on b-r.com, rather than Wins Above Replacement). I'm okay with including players that other people favor, at least to a certain extent. And finally I am very inclined to give extra "points" to a player for things not quite captured in the stats, even on the flimsy grounds that a guy was famous (in a good way of course) because it's a hall of FAME. People who disagree with me on these points aren't going to find agreement with me on the players I pick either. That's fine, otherwise it would be a boring world to have everyone in lockstep. So with that said, kudos to the Twins for choosing Corey, and congratulations to him! His career was a bit on the short side, but he excelled while here.
  8. ashbury
    He's managing AA Wichita for the Twins this year.
  9. ashbury
    While I don't fully subscribe to your assertion, I meant the latter anyway. Some deeper-pocketed team, that values prospects less than we have to, will raise whatever bet Falvey puts on the table.
  10. ashbury
    Um, yes? That was my point in providing the links. I think this is where I came into the discussion.
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  12. ashbury
    Yes. Luckily for you and me, sarcasm is also still allowed.
  13. ashbury
    Pretty sure this is not what "analytics" is saying. Pretty sure.
  14. ashbury
    It's very hard for a right-handed batter to rise far in the minors without being at least playable versus righties. The reverse is not true for left handed batters.
  15. ashbury
    Does Christian have any aunts who are unattached? Asking for a friend. A very weird friend.
  16. ashbury
    As should be the case, if the Padres are hinting that they would part with him. The Twins aren't going to win a bidding war using any conceivable prospect capital, and Vazquez is nowhere near enough of an inducement. I'm giving this Twins-specific trade rumor little attention.
  17. ashbury
    The Slower Than Expletive Relay™, to be precise.
  18. ashbury
    It’s the most pivotal point in team history.
  19. ashbury
    Clickbait Headline Baits for Clicks: Bait #3 Will Blow Your Mind
  20. ashbury
    Help! We're entering the Second Base Zone.
  21. ashbury
    Yes, it drove me nuts watching Correa being forced to play right tackle while Santana took the point guard slot.
  22. ashbury
    Or if you read Rex Morgan in the funny papers this morning: "my novel", one word of which has yet to be written.
  23. ashbury
    Only without so many of those pesky words. 😀 But seriously, thanks.
  24. ashbury
    I might try for ju-jitsu - a pair of related moves that aren't directly very aggressive but have synergy together. I'd look into trading Paddack plus some minimal prospect capital for a good fielder at SS who has an adequate but subpar bat and a low salary, i.e. a backup who's better than waiver wire fodder. At the same time I'd look at trading Castro to someone else for a capable but probably not stellar relief pitcher at a low salary plus some minimal prospect capital coming back to us. The combined aim would be to have a slightly different mix of skills at the utility infield position (Willi is no great shakes at SS while his bat is overrated anyplace else), and in effect redeploy Paddack into some other relief arm at lower cost, since that could turn out to be his best use anyway. It gets out from under the two not-terribly significant salaries that seem to be such an issue, at perhaps a slight downgrade at the two positions, but we have minor-league candidates for both roles who might be better and would surpass the two incumbents soon anyway. For decent return at the major league level, we might have to take a net loss on the prospects going out versus coming back, but nothing remotely like a top-ten prospect leaving unless something similar comes back. I don't think you could trade Paddack for pitching, nor Castro for infield help, directly. But the desire to trade both of them creates opportunity, without the need to orchestrate an actual 3-team trade yet with the same end result.
  25. ashbury
    Garcia would be a fantastic co-owner, but he'd probably flip his stake in the team inside of a week and for a slight net loss.
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