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  1. ashbury
    There are questions I'd try to ask him in a relaxed private setting, and then there's the ones that aren't a waste of time in a public forum. Anything that smacks of throwing certain players under the bus, even by omission in talking about others, will be answered in ways that are not useful. "Which players do you most look forward to working with?" would be an example. Ditto for disparagement of his predecessor, and certainly of the present FO top to bottom (or his prior employer for that matter). And he's not going to divulge whatever secret sauce he may feel he has for running a cohesive clubhouse. Still, gotta try to glean something useful from the new guy. How about: Compared to other managers, what do you delegate, and where are you most hands-on? What's the biggest change fans will notice about the team, apart from W/L you hope for? What are your thoughts on batter platooning, and conversely L/R matchups for your pitchers? What's the most important thing you learned as a manager the first time around? I dunno, maybe I'll think of some others.
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  3. ashbury
    The payroll floggings will continue until fanbase morale improves.
  4. ashbury
    Sorry, Rocco. You get to be a young and rising managerial candidate only once. After that you're a retread - somebody else's reject.
  5. ashbury
    And mere days ago we thought this to be mere satire: Word of advice: don't do a Google Image Search on "Derek Shelton Hot" with SafeSearch off.
  6. ashbury
    Came here to say this in response to the headline, but I'll amplify that I could sort of see trading either of Duran or Jax, but disposing of both relievers who were under control for an additional two years told us immediately all that we needed to know. The trade of Varland on top of that indicated that possibly the next window of contention might not be until after 2030 which is Louis's first shot at free agency. Not that Louis Varland by himself is key to anything, but it signals how the FO values contributions during that time frame - trade for guys who may be here in 2031 when the champagne finally flows. (Taj Bradley and James Outmaker would seem to be exceptions to this 2031 timeframe, but presumably there is a plan.) Derek Shelton is no kind of signal. Absent a dead-cat bounce like 2017 was, the Twins are in for a long stretch of thoughts and prayers.
  7. ashbury
    If this is true, wouldn't Shelton himself have a sense of it happening? Why in the world would he sign on for that?
  8. ashbury
    Two HRs, two baserunning challenges - I am so disappointed the last one wasn't overturned too.
  9. ashbury
    #fireshelton
  10. ashbury
    I attended a game at Dodger Stadium when they were going through that. You're not wrong about the vibe among the concession stands. Dunno why they cut corners that way, but apparently they do.
  11. ashbury
    He sure doesn't score runs. Not like some sort of all-time great. Has he ever scored 90? Nor does he drive them in.
  12. ashbury
    If we are talking about protecting John Klein then shouldn't we also be talking about protecting Mike Paredes who was better and pitched more innings at Wichita? No? Then no.
  13. ashbury
    I don't want to see any of their pizazzes.
  14. ashbury
    "What’s that? Ah – The World Series?! Don’t talk about – The World Series?! You kiddin’ me?! The World Series?! I just hope we can win 90 games! Another 90 games!"
  15. ashbury
    Nice jinx there.
  16. ashbury
    No comment from the broadcast crew about Freeman's uber-cazh backhand tag of Bichette? Not sure I ever saw that before.
  17. ashbury
    Pasta-Diving Betts!
  18. ashbury
    I just alluded to two examples of the going rate for acquisition.
  19. ashbury
    Why would they do that? That's what they had. Including one bullpen arm that was still under control for league minimum salary. Replacing Duran will require either high dollar investment or high trade capital, for instance. Replacing Varland might require a good corner outfield prospect and a good starting pitcher prospect. 😄
  20. ashbury
    And they could decide that a 75-win ceiling isn't worth diddly (or squat) and turn some additional present WAR into future WAR via trades, and the floor goes lower instead of higher. Their post-deadline record is small sample and doesn't guarantee anything - nevertheless they played at a 105-loss pace the rest of the way, and that's my starting point for this kind of discussion.
  21. ashbury
    So did the Dodgers and that's why they kept the 17-year old and offered only OutMan.
  22. ashbury
    Opportunity plays a role. No one on the team had even 600 PA (68 major leaguers reached that lofty threshold in 2025), but Larnach led the Twins with 567. Being third in RBIs seems like a black mark, not a gold star, for a guy whose only value is with the bat. In fairness, he did bat leadoff 14% of the time and in the 2-hole another 32%. But even in the 231 PA he batted 3rd or 4th, he racked up only 24 RBIs - at that rate he'd need nearly 1000 tries to accumulate 100 RBI. Teammate Byron Buxton achieved 83 RBIs in fewer PA; that's a bat that would be hard to replace. Jo Adell of the lowly Angels (hardly a run-producing powerhouse franchise) managed 98 RBI in his 573 plate appearances - maybe hitting 37 HR instead of Larnach's 17 had something to do with the discrepancy. There were plenty of players who produced RBIs for the Twins at a similar rate to Larnach. If he were gone, the plate appearances would be spread around and you'd never notice the difference, even as the roster stands now. Cody Freaking Klemens (a player I could hardly be accused of woofing for) would help fill the gap, for instance - Ty France did better too, and he didn't cost what Larnach is about to command in salary. Don't use RBIs as any kind of defense of Larnach's value in 2025. And if as you suggest he's not easy to replace, to say nothing of improving on? That would be a black mark on the FO.
  23. ashbury
    About what? "So, Brent, what's it like hitting from the other side of the plate?"
  24. ashbury
    We are watching an entertaining game.
  25. ashbury
    Entertaining game though. I just didn't check the internet until now.
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