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  1. ashbury
    I'm coming around to this view too. A pitcher who loses his composure like that has no place on my team. Trade Gibby.
  2. ashbury
    Pitchers should pitch and coaches should coach. It's Neil Allen's job to figure out how to assist a struggling rookie - what recommendations to offer, and most especially the timing. It's his job to find answers. I don't think this thread should become a referendum on Allen (please start a different thread if someone feels thus inclined), but that's the baseline I start with. In that light I'm not sure how to interpret this static in the signal that ESan's assistance seems to be injecting. Certainly veterans should lead if that is their style, my first sentence notwithstanding. I need more information to be able to assimilate this, and I'm not even sure what that info would be.
  3. ashbury
    If you are able to Edit the post, then yes. Click "More Reply Options" when editing, and you should then see a Delete item you can click to get rid of the traces of the picture.
  4. ashbury
    At least he uses his head.
  5. ashbury
    That, and his negligible WAR. (0.7 currently on FanGraphs, 0.1 on bb-ref.)
  6. ashbury
    Or of course Hipster Kevin Slowey. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7jeoJM6rZK8/Td8SwAERdUI/AAAAAAAAAPU/J6PvJFlMVmE/s320/k5.png
  7. ashbury
    John Bonnes died? He will be missed.
  8. ashbury
    Unlike Pat Dean himself. / spoiler: he is ... (wait for it)... no great shakes. I know, most of you caught that.
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  10. ashbury
    Thank goodness in the case of Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler.
  11. ashbury
    Polanco OPSed .739 last year in AA, and then .661 in short duty at AAA. I was a big Polanco backer, and he was getting close, but the evidence wasn't there to do more than let him ripen a bit more in AAA in 2016. Which he has...you can't always rush a 22-year-old.
  12. ashbury
    Don't be surprised to find the thread relegated to the Minor League forum soon. Even if Berrios himself remains with the big club.
  13. ashbury
    <quote>I'm glad you see the snark in each aspect, if I posted more, you'd probably have inferred that.</quote> I have enough trouble imagining trying to moderate this present thread.
  14. ashbury
    FTFY.
  15. ashbury
    Also h/t to Tommy Milone.
  16. ashbury
    "I value his offense, and fail to fully account for his terrible range." Says no GM in the majors. Which is why we got him as a free agent rather than by trade.
  17. ashbury
    I think the waivers remain good, but he can refuse the second DFA if he prefers free agency.
  18. ashbury
    Joe Nathan pitched 78 games in relief and none as a starter for the Giants in 2003, before the trade. Fire Brian Sabean and Felipe Alou, I guess.
  19. ashbury
    And if ARod wants some batting tips he can turn to Barry Bonds and Ichiro right there in the dugout.
  20. ashbury
    "Oh yeah? I think I'm talking to one right now, lady."
  21. ashbury
    Be glad you didn't ask him for Sex On The Beach. Though, in fairness, he probably would have thrown in the Fuzzy Navel for free.
  22. ashbury
    RBI, LOL. BB-ref.com doesn't provide a lot of situational stats for minor leaguers. What I found was RISP with 2 outs. Last year, he had 133 such plate appearances and got 36 RBI from them (a ratio of .27). Eight homers (.06 ratio). This year so far, there are only 75 PA, and he's cashed in 22 RBI (a rate of .29). Five homers (.07 ratio). His OPS this year for these specific situations is actually slightly higher than last year. That's not enough data for a real study, but there's nothing in these numbers saying he's not basically the same guy as always. It's the number of opportunities that's way down. That's all it is, most likely. Runs are important, and RBI are how most of them occur. They are the coin of the realm. But a counting stat like RBI is going to lead you astray time and again, because it totally ignores the number of opportunities. Batting average, for all its flaws, at least gets that right.
  23. ashbury
    They are sports most of us wouldn't cross the street to watch if average people were participating.* So I don't have a lot of interest in learning who is the best in the world at each particular one. Not to mention that once I do know who is the best in the world at the 100 meter version of an event, I don't need to tune in the next day to learn who wins the 102 meter. * Beach volleyball. I know, I know.
  24. ashbury
    http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/27/273ce8c99f971a4414b0212a17ca59598b19beef767f025ff24a41d57023ea89.jpg
  25. ashbury
    There you go. Currently eighth on the team in ERA at 4.50. Second on the team in innings per appearance. (ESan has 126.2 innings in 21 games.) I give you 2016 Twins stalwart, Andrew Albers!
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