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  1. ashbury
    But to answer the poll, 2B is more important and so I'd leave the veteran Lewis where he is at third base and let the young guy fill in at the open spot. Lee's defense is said to be really good - he will learn. But I haven't seen for myself. / edit - I peeked in now and then at Saturday's game but managed to not be there for any of Lee's defensive stylings. Just caught up on the videos provided in the game recap here, and I have no further questions, Your Honor. Lee can play anywhere in the infield as far as I'm concerned. Nothing wrong with having ss-caliber players at all three skill positions. PS. With luck I will be in attendance at today's game.
  2. ashbury
    First base. As always. Third base? I Don't Know.
  3. ashbury
    Warning-track power used to be a criticism of a player, not an excuse. 😀
  4. ashbury
    Me yesterday, along about the fifth inning: Should have done this instead, earlier:
  5. ashbury
    The box score and play-by-play have it a little different. He gave up a leadoff single, and the runner then went to third on a stolen base combined with a throwing error. After a strikeout, there was a HBP followed by a steal of second. After that, it was 5 straight strikeouts. All the outs were scored on a swing and a miss (one was a dropped third strike that had to be finished 2-3). Yes, excellent overall first-outing. Chances are he doesn't languish at the Coast League level too long.
  6. ashbury
    Joe Mauer is one of 90 entrants at the American Century Celebrity Championship golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nev. The first round was Friday, July 12, 2024. He did very well, tying for 8th place so far.
  7. ashbury
    Longtime readers may have suspected my poll was "a little" tongue-in-cheek. Especially with the satirical/clickbait tone in the short introductory paragraph. I very much appreciate those who indicated they were in on the joke and still gave reasoned posts. But joking aside, I was genuinely curious to see whether people would attach a number of losses to the manager, and what kind of reasoning they might offer. It's one thing to say "pinch hitting Margot for Lefty McHelplessagainstlefties in the 4th inning is a bad move", but can you translate that into a difference in the standings? Some people do, and the points of view are interesting. For the record, I'm in the "about neutral" camp.
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    I think that's just another way of taking issue with the OP's position that the top three are nice and neat, Lopez/Ryan/Ober. I brought up the notion that 4 is a pretty nice number rather than 3, and you suggest the ordering itself could be different. It's never bad to improve the talent level, whether or not it meets some arbitrary threshold that could fail to even be relevant three months from now - of course assuming the cost is not beyond what the FO can face paying. Always be improving, and the trade deadline is a classic moment to do that. An Ober threshold or a SWR threshold or a Paddack threshold, any of these is potentially useful as a metric. Focusing on any single one of these is too static and could be counterproductive for being prepared for multiple scenarios.
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    I advocate for a Paddack threshold. For two reasons. 1) I want a long playoff run, and you need a fourth starter for that. 2) Things happen, and Ober himself might be a Game 2 starter or not be available himself. Best available guy - better than Ober would be cool of course. I just don't advise the FO to give up if they can't achieve that higher aim in a cost-effective way.
  10. ashbury
    The team has shown they can beat the bad teams while running up good offensive numbers. They haven't convinced me they can keep up with the elite teams yet. That's my takeaway. There's still nearly half a season for them to change my mind about that.
  11. ashbury
    We all know Rocco is costing the Twins a chance for a win, every time he fills out the lineup card or comes out to make a pitching change. And don't get me started on his pinch-hitting choices. So, put a number on it. How many needless losses are on Rocco, so far this season?
  12. ashbury
    A hot bat in June but not July as yet, and a first baseman's glove when he's not DHing. Severino doesn't belong in a tangent about Farmer.
  13. ashbury
    Jorge Lopez 2.0. No thanks.
  14. ashbury
    An interesting question you pose, Guctaf. 😀
  15. ashbury
    Concur with the consensus so far. I don't hate any of them and I doubt I would like to have any one of them for all 162 games. Plouffe has been a pleasant surprise. Hawkins is enjoyable and in some ways is my favorite but once in a while he unleashes a comment that (while it didn't offend me personally) he might have left unsaid.
  16. ashbury
    VAZQUEZ!!!! ... with the walkoff HR ... as expected.
  17. ashbury
    His hot streak seems to have taken a pause since the game of July 1. In his 3 games since, he's back to the old Manny we know and love. Small sample size but three games may be the start of a new streak.
  18. ashbury
    This kind of "rumor" is just a message planted by the FO with a friendly local scribe. They've shopped the player and gotten two tepid offers, and want to let those two FOs know that they need to compete a little to get him. It's a pretty likely sign they've already gotten all the offers they're going to get, though. They're not going to give him away for peanuts just to free up the 40-man spot. They can do that well enough in the coming off-season if it comes to that. IMO.
  19. ashbury
    And if he was, the Twins wouldn't even consider trading him. If the FO has decided he's trade bait, for something more significant than minor league maybes, it will have to be in a package with other pieces. PS, I think it's slightly hilarious that Major League Trade Rumors has a piece on retread Tony Kemp opting out from the minors, but nothing at the moment on an actual trade rumor regarding Wallner. That site needs to change their name.
  20. ashbury
    I've been to Cooperstown many times and love it. Beautiful scenery and the town itself is picturesque. If you like baseball books, check out Willis Monie Books for their selection of used books. The big hotel, the Otesaga, is worth walking through, which is right by the lake. The start of the Susquehanna River is just east of downtown. I've never been there during tourist season, with HOF induction being highest of the high of course, so it's going to be crowded and getting around is hard. But if you get off of Main Street, the rest of the town is charming. My sister in law had thoughts of moving there fulltime at one point, it's so nice. Enjoy!
  21. ashbury
    Kepler and Jeffers have been pretty cold for a while, too.
  22. ashbury
    I'll have to check my slide rule but I don't think 7 would have been enough to assure a win for St Paul.
  23. ashbury
    Larnach and Wallner are examples of how a small-budget team needs to operate. They aren't identical players but to a great extent fill the same role on a roster. Both still have minor league options. So in principle, they are a good use of the 40-man roster, and whichever one is performing better is the one who should be on the 26-man. If by some chance both are performing great, the manager will figure out how they coexist (Wallner in right, Larnach in left). But for a team that's not rebuilding, and not willing to simply discard overpaid vets and let the youth take over by default, it's a nice combination to have. (Whether the player consigned to AAA and putting up great numbers is going to be happy, that's a different problem that management has to factor in.) I wish they had more of this kind of roster flexibility, instead of veterans like Farmer and Margot who suddenly got old. (And I realize Manny doesn't turn 30 until September, but he's playing old.)
  24. ashbury
    I've been critical of this off-again on-again offense, but today I have no complaint. They went up against a very good pitcher (maybe not as elite as past seasons) who clearly was not having a bad day, and they still managed to put up 3 runs during his stint. And it felt to me like their approach was "find a way", with the stolen base factoring heavily into the always-important first inning run, instead of "wait for a bloop and a blast." And then against a reliever who had been on a good roll, they got that late and clutch two-run blast anyway. 5 runs is a great outcome in support of one of their rotation mainstays in Joe Ryan. And our bullpen somehow managed to make it stand up. I'm going to stay positive and constructive, and not mention that any further.
  25. ashbury
    When's the last time a manager was fired holding a winning percentage above .550?
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