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  1. ashbury
    I checked a more definitive source: Out Of The Park Baseball 19.
  2. ashbury
    8,000 what? Pitches?
  3. ashbury
    Would a video montage of him laying off breaking pitches in the dirt for the next 3 weeks help change your opinion? Here's hoping that it's possible to compile such a video, at AAA season's end. Which is my way of saying... we have a few more weeks to decide on Nick's question.
  4. ashbury
    Are you sure? Unless the Twins messed up the paperwork when they sent Byron to the minors on rehab assignments in 2015 and 2017, I count only 2016 and 2018 as exercised minor league options. That would still leave one, as Diehard says above. But I'm no expert on the arcana of these rules - it's all black magic, I tell ya!
  5. ashbury
    Oh, and Old Hoss Radbourn scoffs at your amazement. https://twitter.com/OldHossRadbourn
  6. ashbury
    Make that 24. You're falling into the trap of thinking he's pitching to win.
  7. ashbury
    One of the decisions a TD moderator has to make is which forum a given article belongs in. After seeing this one's title, I had to stop and think - major league forum, or minor? After reading Nick's article, I'm no more certain than when I began. / I'm kidding - I think
  8. ashbury
    Oh, I suppose. But the Gibson saga has been painful to go through. Now that Gibby seems to have "arrived", maybe it was worth it, but it sure required a lot of losses along the way to get here. We can't afford that in every part of the building cycle. If I knew in advance that this would be Kohl's career arc too, I might be inclined to allow some other bottom-feeder franchise to "win" his services.
  9. ashbury
    Didn't seem to help that batter.
  10. ashbury
    I was on the verge of a mother-in-law joke in the same vein.
  11. ashbury
    He's old enough he should be ready, but I'd like to see a bit more success in high-leverage situations at AAA, before making him a priority for the majors. He didn't do well in a couple of recent first-inning "opener" stints, where he faces the other team's best batters right away. His last two outings have been better, but mid-innings or when you're behind are less pressure. That's my concern with him for now.
  12. ashbury
    That's been the formula since probably the days of Babe Ruth, if not earlier. You would always prefer the latter over the former, taken literally. I assume you mean, though, that you'd give up some of the speed and defense, in return for power, and I agree, and the amount that teams would give up is probably greater than in recent memory. (Or, they'd give up more resources, than ever before, to get that complete package.) I'm assuming also that Ben's arm hasn't exactly gotten better, with age. That factors in just a bit too. His defense is just a smidgen less than his range would otherwise suggest. Hm, he's 30 - how's his range?
  13. ashbury
    That only matters if he turns out to need all three, in which case it doesn't matter.
  14. ashbury
    I've already got your belated birthday card for last year picked out. If someday they each sire quadruplets born on 9/29 I'm gonna declare a pattern's emerged.
  15. ashbury
    It stands out a mile once it's pointed out. I never would have picked up on it. Outstanding contribution! This is why I pay Chief the monthly membership fee to belong to this site.
  16. ashbury
    Not in the box scores, exactly, but ex-Twin Ben Revere was cut loose by the Angels organization after accomplishing not very much, in the PCL exclusively this season, at age 30. MLBTR positions him as a possible acquisition for a contender, but it would have to be a pretty specialized roster vacancy IMO.
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  18. ashbury
    The old age of youth, and the youth of old age. Looks like you think young. Grab a Pepsi, kid.
  19. ashbury
    I wonder if Nick Gordon gets the Kohl Stewart Treatment next season. Along around August 2019: "Kid... you're ready. No, we said you're ready. Time to show us what you've learned by now. We got decisions to make."
  20. ashbury
    Not really. I'm just harping on the most recent play at third in my short memory. Ehire will never make that mistake again. I hope. I mean, he must have forgotten how many outs there were, or who was forced. How many outs did he think he would record by throwing to first, versus merely getting the lead runner? It's not something that should dog him forever. But I'm not ready to let it go yet.
  21. ashbury
    This uncertainty has prompted me to dash off a quick email to MLB's address provided on that page. I'm certain this burning issue of an out of date web page will capture their attention immediately, and I'll be sure to report back with their abject apology or whatever response I get.
  22. ashbury
    You injure something, you nurse it along, it's some amount better, then you tweak it again. Lather rinse repeat. I don't know if it necessarily is something that even had an "exact" start, as far as having an effect on him goes. It could have been progressive, or something fluctuating. Athletes deal with this a lot - no press releases are usually issued. Treat LoMo's good weeks as evidence, lacking other info. (Not that many to look at. )
  23. ashbury
    If focus at third is the issue then maybe Ehire isn't your man either.
  24. ashbury
    But but but... the site I linked stated plainly, "The eligibility rules to play in the AFL are simple."
  25. ashbury
    So it's probably thumbs down from him also on the manager's chair in Chattanooga, or an ownership stake in Elizabethton?
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