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Maybe Montero has a couple nasty pitches... he's supposed to have some good "stuff." But he's not a good pitcher. Not yet anyways. Can't see the "stuff" when it's buried underneath 1.5 baserunners per inning.

I'm calling bull****. $1 or nothing at all? Bull.

Avila also does NOT get credit for starting up the Caesar data system, and shifting the Org 180 degrees to an analytically driven approach. Even though he DID do that. Avila also does NOT get credit for bringing in ANY analytical personnel because... hmmm, I don't know why Chas and buddha say he gets credit for NOTHING. Even though he DID do that. Hinch and Fetters don't count. Garko doesn't count. NOBODY MATTERS that Avila brought in because... well, I don't know the reason why. You'll have to ask chas & buddha why they REFUSE to give credit where credit is due. IMO: that's despicable. And the stream of justifying EXCUSES not to give credit where credit is due is gutless. IMO. Avila also does NOT get credit for ANY trades since he mucked up the JV & JD trades. So Olson, Candelario, Paredes... NOBODY counts. Even though he DID make other trades, not just JV and JD. Avila also does NOT get credit for building a pitching developmental staff that takes fringe or better pitchers and turns them into something. Beau Brieske's development gets NO CREDIT, but you'll have to ask chas and buddha WHY. Same with Olson, same with a 9th round pick in Skubal. Same with Foley. Same with a crapload of other pitchers, even if they end up middle relievers. THEY DON'T COUNT. Because Avila was involved. That's why. Avila also does NOT get credit for ANY PLAYERS AT ALL. Because chas & buddha have decided this. Awesome. Actually, no. I find it ****ing reprehensible and gutless. I do NOT credit Avila for turning this team around. I DO give him credit for the things he actually ****ing DID.

This is not even remotely correct. Pure hyperbole.

Baby steps...

If it includes two future Cy Young pitchers and two All-Star position players... I'm on board.

This is what we need more of. And not just from Never-Trumpers. But ALSO from TFG's former administration, moderate Republicans who want their party back, etc... A full-on endorsement of Joe Biden. At least until the DJT fascism threat is done and gone.

I think it's dependent on how much Walman plays. Just guessing. But something like a 4th next year that could turn into a 3rd and also a later round pick maybe in 2026, like a 7th that could turn into a 6th? They do this a lot in the NHL. But again... just a WAG.

PS: Not just the MPH's... but those tree trunk legs seem to be also spectacular for longevity...

Skubal has those tree trunk legs...

And a tiny, almost pin-head at the top. It looks like the head could just make it to top speed in a 15 MPH zone, whilst those tree-trunk legs can generate those 102's... PS: I swear that tiny head at the top does not belong with those tree trunk legs... Were they using a fisheye lens I wonder?

I would also call them a "starting point". It doesn't matter if Avila wasn't good enough to see it all the way through or, put another way, switching to an analytical organization was just simply over his head. He started the job. And everyone says: "Gotta start somewhere." That's, at least, what Avila did. As Lee said, he was bad at execution. That's on the list of reasons to jettison Avila. We're all hoping Harris is the right guy to finish, or conduct properly, what Avila started. I think he is. I believe in him... proof will be in the pudding. Just my 2 cents.

I would have no worries about his reflexes if he stuck his arm out a little to "catch" that slider for the HBP. There are a few guys who specialize in getting on base using just that technique...

Stevie keeps saying he wants Gost back. Maybe he means it?

Water under the bridge. Or spilt milk. Choose your metaphor.

Two Thumbs UP.

You forgot Jobe.

Greene and Keith and possibly Skubal look like they'll be here for the long haul. Carpenter (and Olson, I forgot Olson) too. Those are some pretty big Avila thumbprints. Without even getting to Faedo, Brieske, Meadows, Jobe, Dingler, others... which we don't know about yet...

I'm fully on board the Matt Roy bandwagon...

They need to find one. That would be my first priority in trading Flaherty. I mean, best player package we could get for him... But I would be hoping a blocked SS with some ability would be a part of that package, or the headliner...

Well that sucks... At the surface level at least... I can't believe trading Walman would actually be a COST to us. I mean, what the hey...? so... what are those future considerations anyways...?

I liked what Gibson was showing so far also... This is my first thought. Two prospects for the price of one. And Kisskinen looks like a serious 2-way player which I've been screaming about for awhile now... But this is really where my head is at right now. Just a WAG... Could Yzerman be looking for a 1st round trade up for Sennecke or one of the Defenseman mocked at going ahead of the Wings' pick? I would love to add Sennecke. Or do they sit and grab Brandsegg-Nygard (if he makes it to 15) and make a move up with the two 2nds to grab someone that is falling...?

I wouldn't trade Tork until at least the end of next year's spring training. Simply put: to see if the light bulb can turn on in Tork's head, or not.

I LOVE it when TRUTH COMES OUT!!!

We'll see about that pretty soon I'm thinking... For better or for worse...