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  1. ashbury
    This can't be German because they capitalize their Nouns. Is Breslow the verb and Craig the adverb? Or the other way around?
  2. ashbury
    Just to spell it out: he's been on the 40-man for two years, so one minor-league option remains. My copy of the Out Of The Park game already had confirmed this for me.
  3. ashbury
    Not many teams are gonna have 40-man room to help us clear ours all in one swell foop.
  4. ashbury
    Mod note: seeing that not much new is being posted by this point in time, regarding the pros and cons of the original thread topic, I am closing it. The exchanges were getting overly personal and testy. Anyone feeling shortchanged on the lack of additional opportunity for discussion, feel free to PM me for additional insights.
  5. ashbury
    My take on his defense is that he is lacking at SS in only one area: his arm is just shy of good enough. At second base I would consider him an asset. I really wish it were possible to trade Dozier instead; I think we'd get more in return and the resulting roster would be stronger for the long run than what we'd get by trading Polanco.
  6. ashbury
    He's a very astute analyst.
  7. ashbury
    I wouldn't be keen on that contract for my Twins, but it might be a reasonable deal for the Angels. He's been the Better Upton Brother, and at least it's not a laughable contract like Pujols's. The Angels have more wiggle room for dealing with dead money, if it eventually comes to that. And the "just for fun" through-age-29 comparison that b-r.com offers has names like Yaz, Reggie, and Beltre to consider (although his best comp of Ruben Sierra gives one pause). Justin might have enough staying power to make the contract OK for a team able to take the risk.
  8. ashbury
    Early season being such a sorting-out time, good and bad teams alike, any wins in the bank toward an eventual run toward contention are all to the good.
  9. ashbury
    They might have over-performed on the Runs-Against side, versus the OPS against them. That might be a couple dozen runs, or something like a couple of wins (on top of the Pythag estimate already mentioned). Probably it has more to do with a view that a large jump upward for a team can be followed by a bit of a reversion. I assume this ranking is intended as the here-and-now, and doesn't assume the FO will fix some obvious problems on the pitching side. So, no offense taken where none intended.
  10. ashbury
    If you mean next April, I say "yes", but it's only based on playing Out Of The Park, so my logical fallacy of Appeal To Authority might not be on a very good authority.
  11. ashbury
    I tend to discount the effect of infectious energy too. Maybe it comes and goes, and we can only see after the fact when his team goes 83-79 versus 59-103 versus 85-77. And strictly result-merchanting, it's not clear from Logan Forsythe's World Series numbers that he dragged the team down, versus what might have been expected from Dozier replacing him. A lot of other targets on that team to point fingers at, ahead of him.
  12. ashbury
    Not during the off-season, though. Which is where the dilemma comes in, for a few of these guys, as they take up a spot that could be used to protect someone else in December.
  13. ashbury
    I am so hopeful that, via trades and DFA, the 40-man will be cleansed of the current clutter, my wish would be to protect all the guys listed on the bubble. Trading some of the bubble candidates, if you can identify more than one team that might be inclined to draft them, would be another choice, but probably hard. If you change your mind and really really want another Buddy Bo after the rule-5 dust settles, you can always go get one, the way we got Buddy. 28-year old Chase Huchingson had a nice year for York in the Atlantic League, for instance...
  14. ashbury
    I was told to go see if the other team wanted a new player.
  15. ashbury
    The only first-base coach who routinely gives the "get down, slide" signal to batter-runners.
  16. ashbury
    If your pitching staff is so deep that you want your 9th best pitcher on the mound for essentially as many innings as your best, then probably any pitching rotation will succeed. Or if it's so bad that they're virtually interchangeable, then any plan will still come in last place.
  17. ashbury
    "Mike Scioscia's pregnant wife." -- old Tommy Lasorda quip (but then all Lasorda quips are old by now)
  18. ashbury
    Ell oh ell. You can't make this stuff up. Well, you can, and we did, and then it proves to be true.
  19. ashbury
    Burned? He's 28. I'm just grateful if he still has one and league rules allow it to be exercised. What would the team save the option for, his old age?
  20. ashbury
    DonJr's senior thesis in college began, "You have two cows...."
  21. ashbury
    You don't need an Econ degree or MBA to do that. In fact a degree is of no help at all in doing that (unless you find a very specialized program! ). It's why he was able to survive as long as he did, swimming in very deep waters with very big fish.
  22. ashbury
    What's the minimum you would take in return for him? He can be non-tendered, if you feel he is simply in the way.
  23. ashbury
    He doesn't actually have any philosophy rooted in principle, given how he views how his daughter "earned" her candy through old-fashioned hard work. He just wants to kvetch.
  24. ashbury
    Looking forward to Darvish's audition for the big job in Minneapolis, tonight.
  25. ashbury
    Given that May has minor league options remaining, this is a non-problem. He's more than good enough to deserve a 40-man spot, even in preference to a few prospects who now need to be added, and even if a top veteran starter is signed. As for the 25-man aspect five months from now, from either the team's standpoint or May's: the team can stash him in Rochester if he doesn't make his case during the Spring, and the pitcher knows it's up to himself to make that case after a career-threatening injury. May has demonstrated that kind of maturity in interviews at least. So, non-problem: you hang onto him and continue to invest in him, but you don't count on him nor plan around him. If by chance the 40-man becomes an issue, it's not a Trevor May issue. The de-cluttering needs to continue anyway.
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