1984Echoes

Yes... If we are trying to build a Playoff-worthy plus team... And the opportunity for a game-changer is available (Yamamoto, not Lorenzen or Boyd)... Take it. I want playoffs/ championships; not .500 teams...

I think this is the likeliest possibility if we are bringing in a new position player from outside the Org this offseason...

None of these guys will be jettisoned IMO. At least not before the end of Spring Training. I'll take that back if a 40-spot is needed... But aside from that... This is one of the reasons there will be no position players FA's this offseason. That, and they (FA's) are almost all crappy options. A trade, maybe... but I see no FA's for position players this offseason. And Harris is going to sift through Malloy, Jung, Keith, Wenceel, etc... before looking at signing a position FA. Book it.

So damn cool...!

Yeah... I'm thinking this is a discussion for next year... Not this year.

I want Yamamoto this off-season. Top shelf please.

Yamamoto or bust.

And he walks the first batter at the bottom of the 2nd. A clean 1st inning, but... Against an A's 6' 7" rookie: 2 innings, 2 hits, 2 K's against the Tigs... nothing else on O so far...

And now: NBATV at 3PM has game 5 2004, Lakers at Pistons, followed by the Pistons beating Michael Jordan in Game 6, 1989 to get into the Finals.

ESPN shows this at 4:07, not 9:40?

I didn't mean that. I meant having 5 regular starter going 5-6 innings, with a couple of long guys instead of ONLY 1-inning guys, and using those long guys every time there's a 5-inning start, or an extra's game, or even in a rotation/ 6-inning game like I had it to save wear and tear on the 1-inning guys, etc... Your list of Faedo, Holton & Brieske is perfect, And, mainly... this is what I wanted to prevent (aside from saving W&T on the shorter inning guys): Agree 100%

Well... that died out quickly after posting... I must've jinxed it. But for the overall goals of 2023, I think there were more positives than negatives: 1) Let Harris see what he's got with this Org and do what he does: Check. 2) Is Kerry Carpenter for real? Yes, he's real, not pyrite. 3) Flirt with .500, not .350 (75-80-ish, not 60-ish wins: my goal): Check. 4) Let Harris, fix/ repair, goose-up, or generally complete the build-out of the Developmental Organization that this team needs to be. Avila couldn't quite get up to 100% (did he do 70% of the work but didn't understand how to finish the last 30%...? Just wagging a number here...): Apparently that's a check but proof will be over the next 10-ish years or so, starting with this year and next year and there's some positive evidence... 5) Fix all our broken bats and pitchers: Mixed. Tork and Greene both made strides at the plate... but Greene still keeps getting nicked up and missing games. Jake Rogers is fixed. But Baez's bat is definitely broken, perhaps for good. Skubal seems fixed, but Turnbull no, Mize not yet, and add Manning to the pile of broken arms Manning & Faedo did make some strides this year as evidenced by their 1.04 WHIP's). On the plus side: add Avila toys Olson & Gipson-Long and a Harris-special in Tyler Holton to our stable of good-looking arms. (I am not certain where Avila-late-round-specials Beau Brieske or Brendan White end up... but we'll see...). Baddoo, Haase, Schoop, Austin Meadows, and Cabrera are either out, or appear to be on their way, but new toys like Vierling, Malloy, Keith, Parker Meadows, etc., have either replaced them or are on the verge of doing so... I'll take the "Fixing our broken players" as more positives this year than negative. The icing on that cake is the positive strides that Jackson Jobe made this year. And I'll leave it at that.

34-170-250... That would be the culprit methinks...

This. Plus the occasional extra-inning game...

Once every 3 or 4 days. Faedo on Monday, Holton on Tuesday, 1-inning guys on Wednesday... back to Faedo. I know it doesn't work out exactly like that... I'm just surmising here...

I'm almost adamant that the Tigers should carry at least two of these guys every year: one LH'er and one RH'er. Faedo would be perfect as the RH'er IMO (1st time facing batters: .567 OPS, 2nd time: .800 OPS). Lefty two inning pitcher: Tyler Holton (no 2nd time faced sample but has shown he can go 2-ish innings if needed... additionally, "1st time faced" data says OPS of .524 - promising...)

So... There's still a chance...?

Perish the thought!!!

I'd like one high level starter: Eduardo coming back or a similar level replacement. And one high level reliever. Some veteran who still has stuff and can maybe settle these guys down. Or show them a new pitch or two or a new grip. Whatever works...

Numb all pain? You're not soaking your s'mores in rum are you...? Or adding a little weed on top of the chocolate before you top off with the toasted marshmallow and graham crackers...?

BINGO!!! What do I win...?

The SIMPLE answer is that Ukraine is going to take ANY, and ALL, opportunities to attack Russian interests... in any form, anywhere around the globe... as payback for the Russian Nazi's attempted genocide against them.

They're ALL on Obamacare... Tee hee hee.

That... And/or I'll put in a plug for Tyler Mattison to graduate from Erie to "The Show" next year. He will take over the "Closer's" role... Just a WAG.

Anyone have knuckles rapped against the noggin'...? When I would forget my homework (3rd or 4th grade...? Happened quite a bit...) Sister Mary would rap me on the noggin' as hard as she could and: "Knock, knock. Who's there? NOBODY."