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  1. ashbury
    In addition to the other replies, I'd like to point out this simply wasn't said. Something can be a factor, without it being a red flag.
  2. ashbury
    In the big leagues he's going to have to pitch at Target Field in April. Why not give him some experience with that general type of thing this year at AAA? The purpose isn't for him to put up the gaudiest minor league numbers, it's to develop into the best big leaguer he can be. If his numbers take a hit in the first half, it still may be for the best.
  3. ashbury
    Moderator's note: Guys. Let's not be condescending, one toward another.
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  5. ashbury
    Sanchez may not yet have had his physical (since he had not been at anyone's spring training camp), thus not yet added to the 40-man.
  6. ashbury
    "Don't try anything, kid. I've got you covered."
  7. ashbury
    You are overlooking the obvious solution. Arm the file clerks and admins in the school district office.
  8. ashbury
    You know what would be cool is if... Oh. You spotted that too.
  9. ashbury
    Probably not. Appropriate =/= utmost in every case.
  10. ashbury
    Moderator's note: Enough.
  11. ashbury
    He's one of those uncommon players who has played full-time at each level followed by a promotion each time. And weak second-half or not, his season stats in 2017 were his best yet. The same logic they used in prior years would suggest AAA. What good will another hot start at AA do him, anyway? Observers, both professional and just us fans, would still say, wait, we don't know if he will fade. I would just bump him to Rochester and see how he does. If the questions are more about his glove, he won't learn more in AA than AAA on that aspect of his game. And he's so young, a bad 2018 at AAA still wouldn't mean very much for his long-term chances.
  12. ashbury
    Tigers? I haven't seen all his videos, but the one that was brought to our attention in another thread had him in a Mariner's jersey (I didn't recognize the meaning of any of his other attire). His brother Dee just signed a big contract with the M's. It's hard to find something sinister about idolizing one's big brother. This seems like a tangent worth dropping, in a thread about a player's ranking.
  13. ashbury
    There's no hidden agenda. I responded to what I was seeing. Since it's not a thread about stats, I'll bow out of the tangent.
  14. ashbury
    "Balls [put] In Play" isn't only a portion of the performance?
  15. ashbury
    This response seems like splitting hairs. Sure, it's just a computation. But using it, such as to say "the number for this guy doesn't look sustainable," does imply some assumption about the meaning it delivers.
  16. ashbury
    What else would you expect a team to say after a trade, though?
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  18. ashbury
    I think we got another Vern Bickford. Remember "Spahn and Sain, then pray for rain"? Bickford was the overlooked guy in that rotation, coming off a bad year still in his 20s.
  19. ashbury
    I have the feeling that the reports coming out on that signing must be in conflict in some way. Unlike some other sports, a major league contract is by its nature guaranteed. And an MLB deal must result in a 40-man spot. The solution to this conundrum may indeed be that Sanchez gets added and someone gets removed. But Odorizzi's signing was immediately connected to Pineda going to the 60-day DL. Why wouldn't Odorizzi need a day or two, as well? (Perhaps now that pitchers and catchers have reported, he's already passed his physical.) Maybe Pineda is incorrectly linked and it's Sanchez who was added. In any case, I think some small detail has been miscommunicated by the beat journalists. Which... isn't the end of the world, I just want to understand.
  20. ashbury
    Too bad you didn't ask for a six-year deal at a fixed price on that seat, with an opt-out after year 2. Oh wait, they don't do those.
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  22. ashbury
    What do we do in retaliation, meddle back? Oh wait, we already did that some time ago.
  23. ashbury
    The team has used some very high draft picks for position players even when the team's perceived need has been pitching. The argument in favor of this has been better certainty. If that's your strategy, at some point you have to turn some of the hitting pipeline* into pitching. This is a good use. * Of course Palacios wasn't acquired via the draft. But Royce Lewis makes Palacios expendable, or at least that is the most direct line I want to try to draw.
  24. ashbury
    Still under team control this year and next. Just won his arbitration case, earning $6+M this season.
  25. ashbury
    There is a TD article up now, if you would like to continue discussion there ... http://twinsdaily.com/topic/28648-article-twins-acquire-jake-odorizzi-from-rays-for-jermaine-palacios
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