casimir

Crud, this is it, isn't it? Been a fun season despite the futility at the beginning month and ending week.

Yes, "on your left" is the preferred call out here on these trails here. There is a short stretch of bridged path over a ravine that is shared with horses. The metropark has signage about horses having the right of way, bikes need to wait. Unfortunately, unlike most dog walkers, the humans with horses seemed to have forgotten their baggies.

I'm fortunate enough to have a rails to trails bike trail going right through the hood with plenty of mileage at my disposal. Its pretty rare that I'm on a road, but if I am, I am right along the edge line of the road headed into traffic. I'd rather have the vehicles that I'm sharing the lane with in my line of sight so that I know what I need to do.

There's hope for you after all..... 😆

Add in the NL West is up for grabs still. The Giants (hosting Padres) are up 1 over the Dodgers (hosting Brewers) headed into the final day.

Cabrera will finish 2nd in MVP voting to Victor Reyes. Twice. Cabrera will be a Tiger through 2025. Book it.

I've noticed a couple of blue jays have returned to the yard this week. I'm calling Toronto in the AL. I had a beer last night whilst watching the Tigers. I'm calling the Brewers in the NL. Be bold, morans, be bold.

What more evidence are you looking for? Just extended consistency on their current numbers at AAA? I know there's been some chatter about Greene's BBs & SOs.

I don't like the defense that comes with that trio and Cabrera remains the DH next season. I suppose there's a line of thinking that 2022 is the last season for Cabrera, the Tigers can afford one of those gloves in the OF for next season before moving them to DH. I don't know. In a perfect world, I'd like to see the DH alternately filled by a regular position player to get them off of their feet defensively for a semi rest day. Maybe that's too much to ask in this day and age, but I think if a team goes with only 13 position players, it can help with rest & recovery throughout a season.

It'd be fun to leave town after scoring 40+ runs in a 3 game sweep and leaving their pitching staff in disarray right before the playoffs.

You got it, dude.

Could be worse. Could be shut down like the old place.

I think this is probably true. If they somehow go with only 12 Ps, then I think a 5th "pure" OF is possible.

Was I right, or was I right?

MLB BB% is 8.7% this season. Not sure how Greene's 11% translates to the big league, but do with the 8.7% what you will.

My dad always said "if you do it right the first time, you don't have to do it again". Man, if I had a nickel for every time I fouled something up and then muttered that to myself.....🙃

I just think there is a pretty good difference between a rule 5 season and 4th year in the bigs with a hollow AVG heavily fueled by BABIP combined with 0 power and a horrid BB/SO. Look, I'll give him credit, every time he gets a hit or draws a walk he gets on base and that's a good thing. But it doesn't happen enough, he doesn't hit for power, and a lot of his numbers say he's not much more than a bench option that should earn his keep in spring training. Unless he falls into a big magic bin of pixie dust, he is the nothing more than the AAAA player that he has shown to be.

Hmmm..... You could be right, I may be crazy. I know Jones was, and I was sure that Reyes was as well. Maybe I am confusing Mazara's DFA in there onto Reyes?

You mean tomorrow?

It’s rational to be emotional.

I want to like the first sentence of your paragraph, and hate the last sentence of your paragraph. Which emoji thing do I use?

I’m not sure why cherry picking the best numbers as opposed to the whole of the resume is a better gauge, but do what you wish. I will say, to the favor of Reyes, he has been more durable than Hill. Hill’s penchant for missing time, and questionable bat as @gehringer_2 alluded to, are definitely considerations. I don’t mind bringing Reyes back for spring training. But what are the 40 man roster moves to be made? Who is at the brink of rule 5 status? Heck, will there be a rule 5 in the new CBA (haven’t heard it’s going away, but who knows)?

Barring a free agent or trade acquisition, I think this makes sense. I question the DH PAs, might be a bit high. For example, Grossman is at 34 PAs this season. But I suppose that’s a function of the OF being shallow this season. Mazara (remember him?) didn’t work out. Jones and Reyes found themselves DFAed. Cabrera’s push for 500 HRs and 3,000 Hs. Heck, they ran CastroW and Haase out to the OF. Hmmmmm…. Haase getting some LF reps in spring training. Y’all remember that? It kind of worked out.

He's had 4 MLB seasons, although in fairness, his first was as a rule 5 guy.

Reyes is ~.700 OPS. Interestingly he's got a fairly good BABIP. I go back to Grossman & Greene as starters and Baddoo & Hill filling the roster. Baddoo probably gets the majority of starts over Hill. HIll has an elite skill set which can be helpful. I'm not sure what Reyes' elite skill set. BABIP?