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  1. ashbury
    * Plus a top-50 prospect would be required. I forgot to mention that part. / edit - second prize is 200 of me
  2. ashbury
    Picky. Picky. Picky.
  3. ashbury
    I don't think evaluation is the largest purpose of the minor leagues. Develop prospects carefully, and the evaluations take care of themselves in due time. / edit - I'm all for analytics, but I would trade 100 of me for one good coach who knows how to bring first-year guys along.
  4. ashbury
    I don't actually think either analogy is perfectly apt. Unanswered is, COO "of what"? A COO usually reports to a CEO, or directly to a board. Dave St Peter is CEO of the Twins and has overall authority over everything related to the team, with underlings to work out the details of how many ushers to hire and how many hot dogs to order and which players to sign and which players to play. The organization doesn't have a COO - they have various C-level people, and Derek Falvey is CBO, probably the closest thing, the B being for Baseball. The manager might be thought of as "COO of the dugout and clubhouse and on-field activities", a more limited duty. Or, since quality of play is how he's measured, I suggested CQO. Maybe "manager" covers it after all. Nomenclature aside, I think we agree the buck for certain things stops at the manager's desk. I would not be sorry to see someone else tried, but the extended contract probably rules that out as a practical expectation.
  5. ashbury
    Because team doctors believe it's not doing damage?
  6. ashbury
    The Fun With Numbers thread is over yonder.
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  8. ashbury
    And they REALLY won the Pierzynski trade.
  9. ashbury
    And in every congressional district, the voters console themselves, "but OUR guy is one of the sane ones keeping the crazy ones in check."
  10. ashbury
    You're saying these gentlemen are of deficient character?
  11. ashbury
    CQO, then.
  12. ashbury
    Sure, Jeffers has started off well, with a BA of .636 in his first three games. But (wait for it) it's constructed on a BABIP of .700. I predict this gaudy average comes down. If he's still above .600 a month from now I'll be very surprised.
  13. ashbury
    I hate myself.
  14. ashbury
    Agreed. We signed him in order to compete. If we're in contention, we keep him.
  15. ashbury
    Yeah, that's what jumped out at me from the video moreso than any leg kicks or whatever - those glutes. Always thought he was a better chance for success than Florimon, back when that was the debate. And in very small sample size of personal observation, I came to the view that he's a smart situational hitter with sneaky-underrated power. And I still underestimated him.
  16. ashbury
    Burton. Pressley. Tompkin. I'll go with "who are three players who never suited up for the Minnesota Twins, Alex?" / sorry, just a spelling snark. I couldn't help myself - three in rapid succession in one post.
  17. ashbury
    If signing Matt Belisle was the answer to something in 2018, I don't even want to hear the question.
  18. ashbury
    Bottom Line: after Molitor's managing days are over, do not make him GM.
  19. ashbury
    Chicago Manual of Style, versus the Gubmint? Tough to decide which side of the Intellectual Elites versus Pointy Headed Bureaucrats divide to go with.
  20. ashbury
    I think this game's starting to get out of reach. Signing off.
  21. ashbury
    Wild rants usually outnumber the peeves.
  22. ashbury
    A productive out by LoMo. Only need about 7 more of them.
  23. ashbury
    It's marketed for fixing gray but maybe would help:
  24. ashbury
    3. ????? 4. PROFIT!
  25. ashbury
    I figured out the reason Taylor Motter was available to the Twins on the waiver wire back in May: the Mariners belatedly realized they already had one. http://ldywgilfmw17e67w3vjk9exe.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/taylor-motter-ben-gamel-620.jpg (Ben Gamel on the right.)
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