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  1. ashbury
    Good one, thanks. My google search turned up the Wikipedia page first, and MLB's page second. Dumb of me to choose so very unwisely (cue the Indiana Jones gif). Also the MLB page seems to not mention the ability to put the guy back on the 40-man within the 10 days, definitely reducing my comfort level here. Pitchforks and torches at the ready! I haven't edited a Wiki page in a long time, but maybe today's the day. http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/designate-for-assignment
  2. ashbury
    Exactly. I was just about to type this. Thanks for saving me the wear and tear. I step away for an hour and all hell breaks loose. DFA'ed is not Waived. I don't know what the plan is, but until I read that he was actually claimed on waivers, I'm not pushing any panic buttons. For all I know, FalVine are just using the rule to give them 41 they can protect serially. Melo can't play while he is DFA'ed. Maybe that fits in with a perceived need for 10 days of rest, and suits the roster needs of the team better than the short DL. Small correction (if I am indeed correct): the 7 day part refers only to putting on waivers - since the waiver process itself takes 3 days. Otherwise, it's just DFA for 10 days at most.
  3. ashbury
    I love my wife. Since I don't have affairs, I can leave it at that.
  4. ashbury

    Turley

    ashbury replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    Surely you don't think that's what I'm doing. If you do, feel free to look (in vain) for a similar assessment of mine on J. O. Berrios after his first three starts in the majors, or even the fourth when he really stunk it up. No, I'm not nearly the fundamental scout to make assessments. What I'm doing is piggybacking off of the scouts who are considered to be qualified, namely those of the Yankees, of the Giants, and of Sox of both the Red and White variety. The Yankees stuck with him from age 18 to 24 without ever deciding the time was right to bring him to the big club. The other three signed him and tried to make something of him for a year or so, each. But in a certain sense, yeah, 3 games seems about right. Anybody can have jitters in their first game. A second game might not go any better (as a software developer, I learned early about the Second System Syndrome, which might have a parallel to trying to correct what was wrong in one's second game). But if Version 3.0 of Nik Turley's Twins game log is bad too, then yes, I'll trust my eyes, which told me that his breaking pitch had bite to it and the radar gun on the baseball was intriguingly high, but the ball never seemed to go where the catcher was set up. I don't think it's a stretch to infer that he has teased team after team with his stuff, but by now has demonstrated that (no doubt not for lack of trying) he can't harness it with the necessary consistency.
  5. ashbury
    From yesterday's game thread, a closeup of the graph for that first inning: http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/flatline.jpg
  6. ashbury

    Turley

    ashbury replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    Moderator's note: That's enough of the critiquing of fellow posters, from both sides. Stick to the topic.
  7. ashbury

    Turley

    ashbury replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    No, he doesn't. He has the stuff. But he lacks the command. If you're going to take a flyer on a guy from Indy ball, sure, take the guy with that profile, instead of the reverse. At age 27 he's probably not going to learn something that improves his stuff. Maybe you can teach him something that improves his command. But it's not likely, and based on what we saw of him in the majors I can't fathom how it looked to evaluators as though he could succeed, when he was apparently getting AA batters out on pitches that won't get major leaguers to go fishing.
  8. ashbury
    Ben got a single and a double in four plate appearances, scoring a third-inning run, in Cedar Rapids' 4-0 victory over the Bandit City River Quads on June 22. As noted above, his June numbers are very good, currently at a .341 BA forming the basis of a very healthy .925 OPS. His season batting average continues to rise.
  9. ashbury
    Nits are the eggs and/or babies of lice. Being very small, it takes great attention to fine detail to remove them. http://www.theloop.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nitpick.jpg
  10. ashbury
    Winner winner pb&j sammies dinner just doesn't have the same ring for me.
  11. ashbury
    No chicken dinnah tonight.
  12. ashbury
    I'm going to address just this aspect for the moment. The moderators do take a hard line with posts that contain profanity, including visuals. However, when the profanity is revealed only by clicking a link, it's often sufficient to simply mark the post as such. I have gone back and done this in the post you are referring to.
  13. ashbury
    Some few show themselves ready for the Show in AA. I think it requires direct observation of why the player is succeeding. But I am skeptical of 27 year olds feasting against young opponents.
  14. ashbury
    "The record for the longest streak [of appearances without a decision] to start a career, since 1913, appears to be 62 games by Michael Tonkin of the Twins. He had 62 games with no wins, losses or saves before he won an extra-innings game in 2016." -- SABR digest June 21.
  15. ashbury
    Dick and Bert are in on the Gimenez proposition bet now.
  16. ashbury
    Apropos of nothing at all: http://static.hgmsites.net/images/cache/2016-aston-martin-v8-vantage-2-door-coupe-s-angular-front-exterior-view_100575180_210x135.jpg
  17. ashbury
    I sort of doubt that explanation. No other team even gave him a chance to demonstrate his ability to withstand major league pressure. I think they just got tired of hoping his command would ever match his stuff. Minor leaguers will give you free outs, making it hard to trust the numbers when the pitcher has a lot of experience. It is mystifying what the Twins talent evaluators thought they saw. Here's hoping FalVine are using this year to evaluate the evaluators.
  18. ashbury
    Maybe something more like this. http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/flatline.jpg
  19. ashbury
    'I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had nothing but tickets for Nik Turley starts.'
  20. ashbury
    Or a sports book doing that kind of proposition bet.
  21. ashbury
    Do we still have votes for stretching Buddy out as a starter?
  22. ashbury
    His fastball is above 90 and he's got a nice curve/slider (whatever it is). Trouble is he can't put them where he intends, much of the time, so then he has to come in with a get-me-over pitch, and they tee off. I am assuming the AA batters were putting themselves in the hole by swinging at pitches the major leaguers lay off.
  23. ashbury
    Sac bunt by the Sox with two on and none out. It was asked in a recent game and I have to ask again: why would an opponent give this bullpen an out?
  24. ashbury
    Yo grampa is so ugly when he tried to join an ugly contest they said, "Sorry, no professionals."
  25. ashbury
    I was thinking 2 or 3 on the dial. You had it at 11.
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