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  1. ashbury
    Forgotten what a 2-game winning streak feels like? Good, isn't it? I keed, I keed...
  2. ashbury
    Moderator's note: Well played, gentlemen.* * 'Cuz I was just about to have to step in...
  3. ashbury
    Probably we are not far from an extended WPA which does. We now have percentages reflecting the chance of any given fly ball being caught. Take the WPA that would have been added, if that fly ball had been a leadoff homer, apply the percentage chance as a multiplier (subtracted from 100%), and that's the defensive WPA for that play. We Can Rebuild It. We Have The Technology.
  4. ashbury
    I don't feel like Molitor is a bad manager, but I do agree that he seems to be single-minded about making lineup decisions as though it's September in a pennant chase, even when it's April and May, and even when the course of the season by June or July tells us that post-season contention is not possible. Starting Bobby Wilson is evidence of that - even if you disagree with him as to whether Wilson gives the team a better chance to win this particular day's game than Garver or Astudillo, his choice gives a view of Molitor's relative weighting of today versus tomorrow and beyond. With his multi-year contract, you would think he wouldn't need assurance that the W-L record going forward from here won't be held against him as evidence he didn't try. But I think his boss, Levine, needs to tell him in clear terms how he'll be judged for the rest of the season, namely for teaching and for player evaluation, and let Molitor then manage accordingly. I wouldn't have thought this would even need to be debated, but apparently it is. I think I've seen it said that one of Molitor's positive attributes is that he's humble, but maybe the flip side of that is a little bit of insecurity. Odd, if so, for a Hall of Famer, but people are who they are. It's conceivable that a "never good enough" attitude drove him to his success, yet may hold him back here.
  5. ashbury
    I always look skeptically at PCL numbers. OPS in the .800 range two out of three years there, and another above .900, doesn't inspire me too much. Fresno's not at high altitude, but his road numbers the past two seasons look inflated. He won't get the same helium in major league parks. But, perhaps, we have found our next Robbie Grossman anyway. A Houston farmhand who walks a fair bit and plays only corner outfield. I can't wait. Don't mistake these views for outrage. Teams sign minor leaguers all the time. It's no biggie.
  6. ashbury
    I was young once, too.
  7. ashbury
    Sure, the Orioles made a bad play or two. In this game. I commented about those. In this game thread. Sweeping generalizations are for elsewhere. To make a sweeping generalization.
  8. ashbury
    We have a minor league forum area. It might be more your cup of tea.
  9. ashbury
    Hint: check the thread title. This isn't the Season Thread. There are plenty of those elsewhere in these forums, for your convenience.
  10. ashbury
    Was. He's dead to us now.
  11. ashbury
    Winnar winnar, chicken dinnar! (It's just against the Orioles, so I don't want to over do it.)
  12. ashbury
    If it happens, we'll give you full credit for calling it.
  13. ashbury
    Enjoying the game?
  14. ashbury
    You're watching the season. I'm watching the game.
  15. ashbury
    Ladies and gentlemen: Jake Cave, major league center fielder.
  16. ashbury
    I don't not never fail to get confused by more than double negatives.
  17. ashbury
    LoMo and Kep bring us a much needed insurance run.
  18. ashbury
    I've been following Slegers at AAA this season. He tends to run into trouble around that point in the game. I think the big club is just taking it easy with him, for now.
  19. ashbury
    You can tell his parents are ballet dancers, on that catch by Kepler.
  20. ashbury
    Pretty slick catch with his back to home plate, by Dozier.
  21. ashbury
    Polanco's hustle goes for naught.
  22. ashbury
    If that's the plural of Machado, then yes please, I'll take two!
  23. ashbury
    Not tonight.
  24. ashbury
    Tailor-made double play there. Always nice to see one turned smoothly.
  25. ashbury
    I figured by now he would have made Major.
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