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  1. ashbury
    I Scouted Good, But Boy Did They Play Bad Or, if I feel like being less cryptic than referencing an old Jim Bouton book, let me say that losing series to the Jays and then the Yankees doesn't provide much evidence that the scouts made a difference (and I know that isn't what you were even saying). I think it would be very difficult to tell what does help and what does not - which is why this isn't a FO decision that I feel is worth all the verbiage expended.
  2. ashbury
    So, no one's actually objecting to the move, it's just another opportunity for snide remarks and innuendo? "Everyone's moving in this direction but it's uniquely bad if our guys do it."
  3. ashbury
    Article from the past: "Henry Ford says he's done with producing buggy whips, will concentrate on automobile manufacture." Do I have an independent opinion on the value of in person scouting of MLB games? No I do not. But I'm willing to give the benefit of doubt that it's harder than ever these days for an employee to justify their job doing it, by the benefits it brings to the team.
  4. ashbury
    Or, an alternative POV for what happened to the guys still working in major league scouting until a few days ago: "Y'see, what we're trying to do here, we're just trying to get a feel for how people spend their day. So, if you would, would you just walk us through a typical day for you?"
  5. ashbury
    I'm in basic agreement with your POV, though we're all just guessing. That's because the team itself is silent on the matter. I do not understand the team's approach to Public Relations in general. It's been so poor in the past, that now they may be in a pickle, and feel that "anything we say will be taken wrong so let's say nothing." If you give a group of employees their pink slips, you have to count on word getting out. So get ahead of the curve and get your own spin on the subject out there first - pink slips go out (and make sure they are received) just before a press release is put out. "We are reallocating resources," or something like that in this particular case. It's preposterous that they are "eliminating scouting," which is the spin some choose to put on this. But nature abhors a vacuum. (So did my cats.)
  6. ashbury
    I enlisted the aid of ChatGPT. It gave me what it knew.
  7. ashbury
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  8. ashbury
    I'm starting to hate these articles. 😀
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  10. ashbury
    That's another good way to say it. If Kody Freaking Clemens is the difference between a 99-loss team and a 101-loss team, this is not a discussion I even wanted to have in the first place.
  11. ashbury
    It is a lot. That's the crux of the problem. Modern rosters have 13 position players. You have nine spots in the batting order to fill each day. If there are 4 guys worse than Clemens, that's your bench - or if there's 5 then that's your bench plus a starter. Either way, Clemens is getting starters' minutes. It's more beneficial to the team to upgrade the starter, than to worry about exactly who among the scrubeenies is cut. The roster problem is deep, deep, deep, and Kody Clemens has us thinking about the wrong things.
  12. ashbury
    When Clemens is not the big problem.... ... then you do have a big problem. I have no doubt that Kody Clemens could be a contributing player to a World Series winning team - probably as the next to last man on the bench but still seeing enough playing time to count. There are tons of players like that. Kiké Hernández for the Dodgers last year, say. Sometimes they have a career year, otherwise they don't lead the way but they don't kill you either - as long as you don't give them starters' minutes. I think that's the difference in what you and I are saying. You have in mind a nice orderly process: replace the 26th best player with someone better, and many if not most players move down in rank. Now repeat with the new 26th player. For me, if we forget about Clemens being some kind of important bar for measurement, then it doesn't matter if we accidentally replace the 21st best player too soon. The order isn't that important. There's a lot of players needing replacement (or rapid improvement) - if the goal is an actual contender. Clemens is a red herring for discussion.
  13. ashbury
    Here's hoping your post does not age well. 😀
  14. ashbury
    Miracle Max: "Well, it just so happens that your team here only mostly lost. There's a big difference between mostly lost and all lost. Now, mostly lost is almost won. But, all lost...well, with all lost, there's usually only one thing you can do. Go through the roster and look again for expiring contracts."
  15. ashbury
    Which part? The firings, the savings, the spending?
  16. ashbury
    Living in this universe. (Am I playing the game correctly?)
  17. ashbury
    Talent evaluation being one of the team's weaknesses, I hope this proves to be merely an overdue house cleaning.
  18. ashbury
    Great Value Filet Mignon. "Just like the original, only a tiny bit worse."™
  19. ashbury
    This Post Aged Well.™ Oh, and: ™
  20. ashbury
    The Cody Klemens Bar is an interesting metric, but not an especially useful one. The bar we should be setting is the Byron Buxton Bar. Right now the Brewers have 10 batters who have 100+ PA in the second half. Of those, 6 have an OPS above Buxton's .808 second half. It's necessary but not sufficient to discard the sub-replacement level players. Don't just put mediocrities in their place. We need difference makers. IMO we're a long, long way from that in September 2025. But show us differently, Front Office; sorry if that's too much pressure, seeing as you've had only 9 years to prepare for this off-season.
  21. ashbury
    The Yankees are just punking us. "This roster of yours, it's looking pretty good. See us not score any runs tonight? You should totally roll with this same roster in 2026."
  22. ashbury
    "Who are you, you imposter? And what have you done with Simeon Woods Richardson?"
  23. ashbury
    I have a Moto G Stylus and I don't see that behavior today. Is it a recent problem?
  24. ashbury
    Can we sign Anthony DeSclafani? To be the designated middle-innings guy for our opponents?
  25. ashbury
    This guy. It's the hardest part of being a manager.
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