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Kind of surprised that Dingler is catching today.

Yeah, that's a good point. I get the injury thing. I guess I would think a dangling chain would be more suspect to catching on something. I work in a manufacturing facility and no jewelry is allowed to be worn on the floor to reduce risk of injury and product compromise.

That's funny. I think I might be too time conscious and I have no desire to wear a watch. I have a phone on me. Someone came into my work office once and asked where my clock was. I pointed to my watch, my desk phone, and my computer. I'm not one for jewelry either. If someone else wants to, have at it. As for as ballplayers, as long as it isn't impeding their performance, why should I care?

False. Riley Greene will make this screen shot before the all star break.

I had a random thought when Finnegan was on the mound. I noticed he had one chain with a ring on it. OK, a couple of random thoughts. First, what was the ring for? But then I wondered about when the first chain was worn, when did it become more mainstream than not?

Mize pitching today. Day game after a night game. Seems like a Rogers start. I like the top 3 in the order that we saw last night. McGonigle, Torres, Keith. I would like to see that continue. Then a mix & match following that until getting to Baez at the bottom. Shuffle 4-8 around based on the other SP's handedness, consider defense for Valdez' starts, incorporate days off for Dingler, etc, etc. Baez, should he be on the base paths, with that top trio at the plate? That could get an opposing battery off of its game.

I like seeing Baez play defense. He has the throwing issue every once in a while. OK, fine, I can deal with it. But I am convinced after seeing him play SS and then effortlessly transition to CF that he can be put anywhere defensively and he'll be very good at it. The bat can be frustrating, sure. Take the good with the bad. If the rest of the lineup is such that he's forced lower in the order, he's a roster asset.

I like this. The Tiger roster after the Perez call up has playable CF depth and allows for McGonigle and Keith to play every day. Clark needs to play every day. If he were to be called up, his addition is going to dig into McGonigle and Keith.

With any luck, this removes Keith from platoon with Jones status to full time let him hit against LHP status. My wholly unqualified opinion is that its time to see what Keith can do on an everyday basis.

I would think his BABIP would increase if his LD% increases. I like that his plate discipline seems to have improved. I don't know if going up the middle is a part of an overall approach. Maybe its just a too early and small sample size. I wonder if Greene has peaked. I wouldn't extend him beyond current club control.

Might as well start a winning streak.

Riley Green: Small sample size, but more batted balls up the middle, not hitting at quite the line drive rate as before, improved SO% and BB%,.... is the approach there and better results are soon to follow?

Have you contacted the Tigers about your ideas?

Might as well stop losing.

Why didn't they crucify him this past weekend?

Maybe, maybe not. Yes, especially defensively. And it's not just this game, its been going on so far this season.

Make it happen.

I think Benetti and Dirks can be a bit much at times. I thought they sounded good on the Peacock game, but they also had to fold in Brad Thompson and Adam Ottovino. I wonder if the plan was to go to Ottovino as often as they did. I think Benetti (or the producers or whoever) brought him into the game a good amount even though he was a sideline reporter. It wasn’t a 4 man booth, but he was involved. I like how they piece together during rain delays. It can have its less than stellar moments, but for the sake of trying to entertain on the fly, I think they generally do well.

I was going to say Cobb. Nathan provided middling production in his first year. I forgot he pitched all of 1/3 of an MLB inning in his second season of the contract. At least we have on field photographic proof of his existence as a Tiger? Is that a check in the good column?