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  1. ashbury
    The baby boomer cohort who voted so lopsidedly in favor of Trump was voting for Clean Gene in 1968 and McGovern in 1972. They were going to change the world too. Chief could probably regale you with stories about how the young'uns deserted the Whig Party after 1856. Plus ça change...
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    I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that one of those needs will be "pitching". And if we're not in contention that year, someone else will have such a need.
  3. ashbury
    Come to a chapter meeting sometime, if you're in the vicinity. Cigars are banned from the venue, though you could probably smuggle whiskey if that's really your thing on a Saturday morning, but you'll likely hear more stories and laughter than you seem to be expecting. And obviously the chapter's name is meant with reverence.
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    It's what made The Room such a compelling drama.
  5. ashbury
    Women as a group were said to be 60%+ for Jones. I don't even want to do the math to compute what that probably implies for my white-skinned brothers there.
  6. ashbury
    Depends on what you believe SABR thinking to be.
  7. ashbury
    Remember, folks, you heard it here first!
  8. ashbury
    McConnell probably inoculated his party by his repeated statements that the People of Alabama Would Decide. 2018 voters in the middle probably will hear claims from both sides and conclude "meh".
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    I forgot about the idea (perhaps necessity) of a buyout, and frankly it reduces my interest in going for that. It amounts to guaranteeing him $14M, in the hope of a $20M kind of 2019 season from him and another in 2020 at the incremental cost of the option, and that's just enough more risk to tip me away. The actual deal suits me better in that case. Though, now, I'm wavering just before I click Post...
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    That sounds low for an option year. Maybe the shine is off of Pineda after several mediocre years leading up to his surgery, but he used to be viewed as a front-of-the-rotation starter. So the deal as it is currently constructed amounts to $10M guaranteed money to the pitcher, in hopes of a $20M kind of season from him in 2019. That is not a long term contribution to our window of contention, but is better than a "stop-gap" and amounts to a Jack Morris kind of deal (different circumstances of course), where the long range plan is to have someone at that same caliber to step in, in 2020 and beyond. But I agree, this deal shoulders most of the risk on the player's behalf, and I would have liked a team option for 2020 at, say $14M or so. If he pans out, the team wins, and even from his perspective he still collects $24M, with the ability to go for another big payday after that. If he doesn't pan out, the parties part company on good terms. Oh well. As stated above, the player wasn't open to that.
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    Quad Cities, near the end of that video clip? I love that ballpark!
  12. ashbury
    Speaking of smug-faced Yankees fans, I have to say that BoSox fans have gone absolutely ballistic over the news that Stanton "snubbed" them by not including them in the list of acceptable trade destinations. Now, I have had nothing but fine experiences while at Fenway Park, a place with a wonderful atmosphere and knowledgeable fans in the stands. But the broader fanbase has become overly "entitled" in terms of thinking their team should just peruse the list of best players and reach out to take one at will. Back to the topic. I hate the Yankee machine too.
  13. ashbury
    Bumping this one just to offer kudos for the foresight - are you our mole in the Front Office? Actual discussion of Pineda now belongs in the Article about his signing: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/28173-article-twins-sign-rhp-michael-pineda
  14. ashbury
    Please continue the discussion in the TD Article: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/28173-article-twins-sign-rhp-michael-pineda/
  15. ashbury
    Mod note: TD has an article on the subject of Michael Pineda now - please continue the discussion of that player there. http://twinsdaily.com/topic/28173-article-twins-sign-rhp-michael-pineda/
  16. ashbury
    Mod note: TD has an article on the subject of Michael Pineda now - please continue the discussion of that player there. http://twinsdaily.com/topic/28173-article-twins-sign-rhp-michael-pineda/
  17. ashbury
    So we pay $10M for the chance at a front line type of pitcher for 2019. In a vacuum that is a deal worth having. It raises more questions than it answers about the front office's view of the window of contention, though. I'll summarize as: So... what about 2018? So... what about 2020 and beyond?I guess those will be answered in the fullness of time.
  18. ashbury
    Question asked. Answer received.
  19. ashbury
    I'll be interested to see what kind of financial terms make sense for a pitcher who can't be ready much before mid-season and maybe not until 2019. A team option for 2020 would be highly desirable. Different kind of pitcher entirely, but will we suffer through another Mike Pelfrey scenario? Or maybe Pineda achieves his tantalizing youthful performance. I guess we'll find out up close.
  20. ashbury
    Comparing a contract for a player who has bargaining power versus that of a player still under team control is not very relevant to anything. Bryan Shaw would be the fourth shortest pitcher on the roster, were we to have signed him. That's about equally relevant.
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    One of the intangibles that scouts supposedly used to look for, in addition to all the tools and so forth, is the "good face". Ben Rortvedt IMO (not that I have the faintest clue what they actually look for) has the good face - he looks mature above his age. Personally I think it's likely a worthless observation, but I still like this photo (borrowed from his Adopt-A-Prospect page) which was a pretty typical look you'd find from him.
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    http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/bd/bd3a5d38cbbb5ef5c39c15c63810fb8970bedddf2122976517b75fb9725a7a2f.jpg
  24. ashbury
    April 23 - onto the 10-day DL May 9 - reinstated May 30 - onto the 10-day DL June 27 - to GCL for rehab July 1 - to FSL for rehab July 26 - returned to Boston After he returned to Pawtucket, he performed as in the past. Who knows what the evaluators were seeing, during that last month of supposed rehab that dragged on and on. So, ten games of low leverage innings, ending in failure like this due to physical issues combined with some unspoken dissatisfaction, makes sense if you're keeping a 22-year old like DIaz, who's understood to be not ready. I don't see the same excuse when it's a 25-year old starter whose limited upside is pretty well demonstrated already. And I still have seen no answer to what the Twins gained from all the monkeying around during the draft, to end up with this outcome, instead of just drafting Haley in the first place. What a waste of a 40-man spot. We might have used it to keep Stuart Turner, for instance - which arguably would have been better for his development, playing at AA or AAA, instead of rotting on Cincy's bench for a year. Or we should have just traded Turner (or similar) to Boston for Haley, and at least been able to option him. $50K isn't much, but the Haleys of the world don't cost much in trade either, and the inability to option someone is a large hidden cost.
  25. ashbury
    I do not make that proposed trade for Cole instantly. I ask them for a medium-grade SS prospect in addition, and then failing that I ask for some International Free Agent cap money. I don't want them thinking I'm some barracuda by accepting their offer too fast - they might wake up and back out of it, saying "hey, waitaminnit."
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