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  1. ashbury
    5. Personal to Chief: Were you born cranky, or did you have to work at it? (Expecting the reply from him to be "yes.")
  2. ashbury
    It might. Pitchers pace themselves differently if they know they're only going three, versus trying to go six-plus. Maybe for instance Santana warms up a little longer, and has command of his breaking pitch. Of course that pace wouldn't be sustainable over a long season. But, as they say, you have all winter to rest up.
  3. ashbury
    Not that anyone asked, but in the past day or so I posted in these Twins Daily threads... Who, besides Robbie Grossman himself, deserves credit for Grossman's improved defensive stats in the outfield, as well as improvement in the eye-test according to yours truly? My general recollection has been less wandering about in search of fly balls. If Jeff Pickler is in charge of coaching the outfielders, kudos to him. Now, about Buxton banging repeatedly into center field walls... On a post-season broadcast, Matt Vasgersian reportedly opined that managers should not be allowed to add check-swings as another call that can be appealed. I agree. When the automated strike zone becomes a reality, the cameras presumably will be able to track the bat head's progress (or lack) across the plate area. Until that day, stopping the game for such appeals is not a good investment of time. Sheesh, Jacque Jones. That's how you treat someone you were close to? To paraphrase another's wisdom, can't we all just get along? If surgery is needed for Sano's aching leg, I'd vote for proceeding ASAP. While caution is medically advisable, it's also likely that his conditioning regimen is suffering at present.
  4. ashbury
    Track is kept of 1-star, 2-star, etc catches by fielders. Is this ever sorted by which pitcher is on the mound? What pitcher has had the most 5-star catches made on his behalf?
  5. ashbury
    One advantage I can think of, for proceeding ASAP, is if the injury interferes with his overall conditioning program right now.
  6. ashbury

    Jacque Jones

    ashbury replied to drjim's topic in Other Baseball

    Can't we all just get along? Sheesh, Jacque.
  7. ashbury
    A fully automated strikezone seems to be in our future, and maybe the motion detection cameras can also be used to determine how far through the strike zone the head of the bat goes through. Until then, I don't think video review of checked swings is a good use of time.
  8. ashbury
    Who on the coaching staff works with outfielders on their routes and so forth?
  9. ashbury
    Why wouldn't this other team keep their Gonsalves-type, and sign Lynn themselves?
  10. ashbury
    He actually just provided a link to something Baseball Prospectus took over maintenance of, several years ago. Which doesn't make it any less useful of course. Credit where credit's due.
  11. ashbury
    So the problem is less the frequency, and more the poor rate of success. Looks like the Twins had more *failed* sacrifices than some teams had *attempts*.
  12. ashbury
    Over half of PA are with the bases empty. About 30% of PA are with two out. There's some overlap there, but with only 1135 PA in a man-on-first-only situation this year, taking away 30% of those leaves you with a much smaller denominator for your purposes. And that doesn't take into account situations unfavorable for bunting such as being ahead or behind by several runs.
  13. ashbury
    One approach to answering that question: Win Probability Added. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2017-win_probability-pitching.shtml For star relievers and starters, it suggests they can be remarkably even, since the manager has more flexibility in choosing those key innings for the relievers than for the starters. I'll leave it to you to sift through the more run-of-the-mill pitchers you are interested in comparing.
  14. ashbury
    http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/499/285/459.jpg
  15. ashbury
    I'd be shocked if Harvey weren't "horribly expensive". The Mets can handle the risk he represents.
  16. ashbury
    Screenshot or it didn't happen.
  17. ashbury
    From this afternoon's Boston Globe daily baseball capsule: "The Yankees built a bullpen Death Star at the trade deadline, a singular force capable of obliterating opposing teams right out of the postseason. On Tuesday night, in their 8-4 wild card victory over the Alderaan Twins, they deployed it," Awwww, the big city boys think our team's cute. And hopeless.
  18. ashbury
    OK, but add this to your game theory: good or even great starting pitchers sometimes start out without full command, and it takes them as long as a couple of innings to start cruising. That's when you want to spring your trap?
  19. ashbury
    If so, they've looked like pretty resilient boys all game.
  20. ashbury
    Looks like I jinxed us by coming home from the store. Fortunately I just remembered a couple of things that should have been on the shopping list. Brb.
  21. ashbury
    Just got home. Did I miss anything?
  22. ashbury
    Do not fear me, Yankee Fan, all I want from you is your tears! Please give them to me or I will take them.
  23. ashbury
    These aren't the strikes you're looking for.
  24. ashbury
    He might surprise you. "The most important Twins game of my lifetime" probably carries more weight to a 6 year old than it did for me at my more-advanced age in 1987. And rightly so.
  25. ashbury
    At #20 I predict they choose ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ , the Puerto Rican prep phenom.
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