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  1. ashbury
    Whether his view is insightful or not, I don't think it was a very smart line of discussion to take in a public way, on various levels. Throwing anyone under the bus seems to violate Public Relations 101. Don't name names. Don't use terms like mercenary. Don't burn bridges. Just say roster construction is not an exact science, and move on. I know our GM is considered a whiz kid but he's 47 - I expected better sense than that. And it's not even a useful angle, because 1-year/expiring contracts are a necessary part of most plans anyway; the 2018 Red Sox had a few and it didn't visibly hurt them - and as you pointed out, we just acquired one.
  2. ashbury
    His defense is said to be poor, so if he was on my roster he'd be my fulltime DH. He might flourish in that role. And he might be a small upgrade to the righty DH-types we have now who cost about $5M. His contract is for only the one more year (I thought it was for longer), so I don't imagine LA is utterly desperate to dispose of him. That limits the kind of prospect they would package with him. He's probably worth $10M as a DH, so you'd be paying an additional $10M for a prospect who is only decent. It's a good thought but I'm not seeing the fit.
  3. ashbury
    Thad Levine had an extended interview with Aaron Gleeman. Probably what you're seeing is in reference to quotations like these excerpts: No GM is going to spell things out regarding clubhouse chemistry, particularly as pertains to individuals, but these words come as close as possible to laying it out.
  4. ashbury
    Not necessarily. She might have had an affair with an athlete. Try telling him that, next time you see him.
  5. ashbury
    I'll take a crack at that last one. The game is over when you make your 27th out as a team (24 if you're winning, other numbers in certain cases). So, not making an out at your turn can be thought of as the single most important skill in the game. OBP is basically the mirror image of making outs.
  6. ashbury
    After responding in the Burnout thread, I thought maybe it would be better to spin it off into its own thread, which more easily could be removed later on if we decide that's needed. That was my snap reaction too. A few specifics: Degree of engagement seems a key criterion. All-time posting frequencies can be seen in the Moderator CP, but I'd like to see a ranked list of the top, say, 20 posters in posting frequency these past 12 months. Brock, can you easily come up with that?DocBauer seems to embrace TD principles. Unknown is how he deals with stress, perhaps because he doesn't cause any. But learning to deal with ******** who call you a ************ when you infract them is a skill that can be taught. Mentored, even. Spycake's another.
  7. ashbury
    These things are (at least in part) subject to the collective bargaining agreement, and so you answered your own question with that last observation.
  8. ashbury
    True. But worst-case is not why you build a roster.
  9. ashbury
    "Compete" is one of those fuzzy terms. It looks to me that the FO isn't planning on tanking, nor risking tanking by committing to kids who aren't ready. I didn't wordsmith much there, but on re-reading I see hedged phrases like "very competitive", "serious contention", and "rolls of the dice" in what I said. That serves to somewhat define the muddled middle ground I view the FO as occupying this off-season.
  10. ashbury
    I saw all I care to see of Gordon in one game in Pawtucket. Let him prove his glove and bat, both, at AAA before handing him anything.
  11. ashbury
    That doesn't seem plausible. It seems to me instead that their plan for the future doesn't involve being very competitive in 2019. That disappoints me greatly, as I was hoping to take a step forward toward serious contention this coming year while not mortgaging the future. The rebuild (never termed as such by the team) began in earnest after the 2012 season; it's been a long time, with 2017 being mostly a dead-cat bounce. As I stated probably a month ago, I was one of those who wouldn't be filing an off-season plan - the reason being that I could not construct one that I was confident in moving the needle for 2019. But I was hoping our front office, armed with better analytics than the back-of-the-envelope ones I can muster, would see a way. Apparently they reached the same conclusion I did. To repeat, disappointing. Schoop's an OK signing. The "plan" for contention in 2019 seems to be that several rolls of the dice might coincide.
  12. ashbury
    Thank you Luis and José. You worked hard and brought us baseball to watch. It's a good legacy to leave.
  13. ashbury
    We now have 19 batters and only 21 pitchers on the roster. I found it so strange the past year or two running with 24 or 25 arms and barely enough bats for just the 25-man roster.
  14. ashbury
    Said... no baseball player... ever.
  15. ashbury
    Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat incarnation after incarnation of St Paul Saints. -- Ervin Santayana
  16. ashbury
    He was a decent player at Brookline High School but would get chewed up by the pros in Japan.
  17. ashbury
    From 1894-1899, Charles Comiskey's team WAS the St. Paul Saints. He moved them to Chicago in 1900.
  18. ashbury
    If you're going to use analytics such as defensive measures, then I guess I would take issue with calling him a replacement level player, another analytics term. He's above that, but below average, earning a below-average salary. If he were replacement level, they would, you know, replace him, with someone earning MLB minimum instead of above that. As you go on to note, there is a place in the majors for someone "blah" like that. Grossman by contrast was in a similar boat performance-wise but at an even higher price point around MLB average, and out he goes.
  19. ashbury
    Willians Astudillo can provide some intel depth as well.
  20. ashbury
    I was trying to correct the record on what was said. Not what they should have said.
  21. ashbury
    I thought the promise was that they could sign their good homegrown players when those players became eligible to leave.
  22. ashbury
    We were grateful to be in a position to do it. I guess I was trying to say it's not quite as impossible as the discussion was making it sound; it helped that she is naturally born frugal and subsisted a lot on ramen. But, we were grateful nonetheless, and recognized we were giving her a leg up that other families might not....
  23. ashbury
    Our daughter interned for Harry Reid one summer. We're not rich but were able to subsidize her summer. That lumps us in with some of the elitists being talked about here I guess - I'm the son of a subsistence-farm girl and a SoCal citrus picker, LOL. We had some of the same qualms expressed here, about the system in place, but when push came to shove we gave our girl the support we felt she had earned. As a data point, she is very unlikely to end up in politics. Non-profits has been more her thing, although she's on a track to do for-profit consulting for a few years. Her book has a few more chapters to write.
  24. ashbury
    I'm glad that our FO isn't choosing Tyler Austin as the hill they want to die on, but that Lance Lynn signing is looking worse by the month. Austin plus a low-minors fifth-starter type pitcher is looking like merely salary relief for the remainder of Lynn's 2018 salary, and since payroll savings don't carry over to future seasons there's no net benefit except two dispensable players.
  25. ashbury
    I think you missed a spot. Can you go back outside for the rest of the game?
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