Jim Cowan

Tigers catchers who have hit 20 home runs: Lance Parrish, Matt Nokes...did Rodriguez ever hit 20?

I love Jake Rogers. It seems like Harris tried to trade him to the Dodgers but man, if you offer me a catcher with top-quartile defense who hits 30 home runs in 450 AB's, then I don't care if he "controls the strike zone", he is a core player who appears in the All Star game every year if he gets the playing time that he has earned.

JD still loves the opposite field.

I like this Gipson-Long kid, especially after his interview a couple of days ago.

The best way to cross state lines is to use those tunnels that the federal government has, the ones they use for trafficking children.

I didn't notice at the time, good catch.

7 innings and 91 pitches for Skubal, back in the old days that had "complete game" written all over it. I feel like not everything from the old days is wrong by definition.

I imagine that the booing has started, and the battery throwing, those have been Philly staples for decades. How about the doxxing though, how do Philly fans compare to the rest of MLB?

Ha so up yours Boras

Lol, good advice in 1992 when typists had suffered from the latest Kondratieff wave, the advent of a computer on every desk. Suddenly managers did not need typists. So, learning to type is just about the worst skill to acquire in 1992. Did Tarantino know that? Oh absolutely.

This reminds me of the opening scene in Reservoir Dogs where the gang has finished breakfast at a restaurant and Steve Buscemi is the only one who won't leave a tip and he has the usual bull**** reasons for not leaving one. All the other hoods led by Harvey Keitel are trying to reason with him.

The lighting isn't as good.

I got 7 out of 9 today, including Edwin Jackson.

Oh, and kids, that is how you wear your socks and pants.

I want that dark blue shirt.

For me that's a decent day.

I saw the Gipson-Long interview on the highlight package. Nice kid.

Good old David Wells...don't ever change! https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/david-wells-tears-into-woke-culture

I nailed that one with Steve Rogers!

Those guys though are not Willi and Harold or Niko Goodrum. Niko was the poster child, indifferent defense at 7 positions, and a switch hitter who couldn't hit at all from the left side. Good players who can play well at several spots are nice to have, but I don't remember the Tigers having any since Tony Phillips and Skeeter Barnes. Lots of guys play 1B/OF, or SS/2B, that's very common. Nobody is saying that versatility is bad. A couple of people though are saying that "chess pieces" should not be a development objective. The objective is every day players. Maybe they play 140 games now instead of 160, but they are every day players.

I know and they are always good, reasonable guesses.

Let's not compare Mookie Betts to Willi and Harold.

Malloy at 3B today, Keith at 2B, Leonard in CF.

Nm

I count 5 every day players already including Meadows. That leaves 2B, 3B, and one more OF/DH (Malloy is first in line). Maybe Keith can fill a hole at 2B or 3B. I don't think that "the game has changed" very much at all. GM's are still looking for every day players, and "chess pieces" are the unfortunate compromise when drafting and developing is done poorly. Good teams don't have a bunch of guys who play 6 positions.