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I shan't disagree here.

Sommers can be gone.

Skubal at 92 pitches through 7. 4 run lead. If the Tigers stick to a 5 man rotation, he’d have a day off included before each of his next two starts (day off this Thurs, pitch this Sat, day off next Mon). Do you send him out for the 8th?

I bet Hinch & Company would rather just get this game over with no more scoring and get back to Detroit ASAP. Tomorrow’s game as @ 1pm.

I don’t think he touched it. Maybe “Whiff”?

Oh, come on, I’m not that insufferable…. I am surprised they didn’t try to get Manning’s mobility into the game a bit more. Maybe not necessarily as a primary running option, but maybe just moving the pocket around a bit more from side to side. Perhaps Manning’s media coverage is a bit overblown. I don’t fault him for that. He’s a sophomore starting the season in Columbus. That is a bit of a tall task. To his credit, he did call himself out for not playing well enough. I suspect he’ll still have a fine season and this will be used as a learning experience.

I’m against 1st half and 2nd half. A season is a season. And I want playoff teams based on best record, not fortunate geography.

I think I’m more comfortable with a Morton start than a Flaherty start right now.

Might be a little of both? There were two young quarterbacks on the field, and lots of talk about defenses being ahead of offenses at this time of the season. I like defense, so I liked watching it.

Yes, that’s a good point.

If the Tigers get swept, it’ll be a cute story about how West Sacramento took down the eventual World Series champions in an August series.

A 2 in one locale and a 3 in another. Flip ‘em every other year.

I have a wholly unqualified opinion that Greene’s body won’t last long enough for a long term deal to make sense.

Its surprising to me that only one number, 73, is currently unused.

LHP Drew Sommers to Detroit. No corresponding 26 or 40 move yet. Let the speculation begin.

5 games vs each of 24 teams in other divisions = 120 games. 6 games vs each of 7 other teams within same division = 42 games. Total of 162 games for the 8 teams in 4 division alignment. The math works well to keep the current game inventory. You're all welcome. Keep the 12 playoff teams, rank them according to overall record, and go with the bracket as is. All star game can be done however. Take 2 divisions and assign them as American, and the other 2 divisions as National. Or just pick a pool of all stars and assign teams however. It could be alphabetical according to height for all I care about that.

He's a better pitcher than he showed in Baltimore. I think that playoff veteran presence will be helpful.

I'd take those bubbles and double them up. 8 per division, 1 league. It'd be easier to start west and move eastward. If Salt Lake gets a team, just combine those two. If its Nashville and a more eastern team, say San Antonio or Charlotte as an example, then Colorado shifts over. There's a way to realign that geographically that makes sense. Traditional AL and NL alignments might go out the window, but I'm fine with that. Maybe its a Central, Northeast and Southeast to go with the West. Or maybe its North, South, East, and West. Yankees, Mets, and Red Sox together. White Sox and Cubs and by extension Cardinals and Royals together. All of the western teams together to alleviate some of Seattle's traveling disadvantage. Pirates and Guardians and Reds together.

Give 'em the chair!

You put the White Sox in north side and the Cubs on the south side? Fail.

I used to doubt they would reduce the length of the regular season schedule. Now I'm not as convinced. They won't lose revenue, they'll find a way to make the $hrinkflation model work for them.

Nice area.

Good day to kick some Asstro.

I don't know what the magic number is. I was looking at records sometime before the Twins' series. If Detroit plays .500 ball, Cleveland would have to be better than .667. Not impossible, but I wouldn't put your paycheck on it.