Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

ashbury

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    42,578

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    473

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by ashbury

  1. ashbury
    Or... preferring, to.
  2. ashbury
    Unless Parker types really really fast, his post crossed in the mail with mine. Rather than remove it, let me just highlight the above sentence, and ask that we all move on.
  3. ashbury
    Moderator's note: OK, I contributed to some of this bickering too, in fun - and Parker injected the (in hindsight) red-meat tangent about hitting at the end of his original post which was mainly about a nice piece of defense - but now it's really crossing a line. Please, let's put this discussion about SSS aside. And keep posts respectful toward one another.
  4. ashbury
    OK, so how many of you already beat me to posting it on their facebook page too?
  5. ashbury
    9/11 Changed Everything.
  6. ashbury
    http://cdn.bluegrasstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/deliv01-W5401.jpg Dueling SSS.
  7. ashbury
    Gah. The full sequence in that clip is galling. Three guys had a chance to get him out; Polanco by not keeping the tag on him, Buxton with the throw, Murphy so far in front of the plate (I know the rules forbid blocking it) and not getting the tag down far enough soon enough. Gah.
  8. ashbury
    When we play in Anaheim.
  9. ashbury
    I think the main constraint is that when you send a guy down, you can't recall him for a certain number of days. Ten, maybe? Not every pitcher has minor league options remaining, either. If you factor in injuries as well, it means you need a very lengthy list of MLB ready pitchers on the 40-man, and the additional padding will be even more Albers types than we have now. (If you had someone better, you wouldn't be in this pickle in the first place.) The GM will find the roster-juggling a very great challenge, and you'll have even more innings in which pitchers are overmatched by major league hitters. I am all for outside the box thinking. Good luck to the GM who attempts this one, though.
  10. ashbury
    Or, he's a damaged player, who bounced back to have his career year in 2015 and will not reach even that level of averageness again. I'm no doctor, but his good-Gibby bad-Gibby track record suggests to me he has lingering intermittent finger numbness, post-TJ surgery, even after all this time (or more acute again through further wear and tear). Or pick a different theory, but the good-Gibby bad-Gibby pattern has me no longer ready to count on him whatsoever, and I doubt you could get anything decent in trade so I really don't know what to do with him except keep him in the mix as a fifth starter candidate. The entire 2017 plan for the rotation laid out in this thread frustrates the heck out of me, with the state that our pitching options have come down to. May and Santana, and pray for mañana. I really hope the new PBO and GM have some magic up their sleeves that will make the present discussion so moot that we'll all be laughing six months from now. Yep. I'm down to hoping for magic.
  11. ashbury
    Bad game. I may need to depart soon to take part in something more pleasant, such as filing down my own teeth.
  12. ashbury
    Sorry if I was being a bit of an ash about it.
  13. ashbury
    And please don't hector Santiago while he's pitching, while we're at it.
  14. ashbury
    Even with his 2B-only time at Rochester this season, Polanco has far more innings at SS than 2B in his minor league career.
  15. ashbury
    Turns out, the secret was price. I had been paying too little, and mistakenly thought it was just an aversion.
  16. ashbury
    What, your life?
  17. ashbury
    I recently discovered, to my pleasant surprise, that I finally can again.
  18. ashbury
    "I don't always get piss-eyed drunk, but when I do, it's over this election."
  19. ashbury
    The word is Bidet, spelled just like it's pronounced, and I have no idea why you think Brian would want one.
  20. ashbury
    My three grown children totally surprised me on my birthday a couple years ago, by coming up from their individual distant starting points, and we "ran into them" at a certain turn on a familiar trail at Tahoe, which my usually-non-hiking wife (she's more of a distance bicyclist) talked me into going with her as a birthday outing for the two of us. I totally did not catch on what was going on, even as one of the kids got delayed and my wife started stalling about when we would leave the house.
  21. ashbury
    Even when I spell the manager's name correctly, it turns into a Mauer thread.
  22. ashbury
    Agreed. Molitor's bat speed has shown a precipitous decline ever since he turned fifty.
  23. ashbury
    Have an awsumb birthday, Bri!
  24. ashbury
    For a guy who I don't recall embracing some of the more modern defensive stats, you sure did a fine job articulating the ideas behind some of the more modern defensive stats. / aaaaand... I think I have to suggest we take a tangent about defensive stats to a different or new thread. // ditto for Derek "Pasta Diving" Jeter
  25. ashbury
    He's been playing and prepping at shortstop his entire young career, except for a three month stretch at Rochester this summer. He's still young enough for further growth, but this idea that all he needs is reps at the 6 is contrary to the record. BTW, fielding percentage may shine a light on certain kinds of mistakes the official scorer is allowed to flag, but isn't how to judge a defender.
×
×
  • Create New...