1984Echoes

There are several on one year contracts right now who will be off the 40 after this season: Drew Hutchinson, Ian Krol, Derek Holland, Wily Peralta, Jose Urena. Should we be saving any 40-man spots for any of these guys?

This.

Get well soon Mrs. Cruzer!!!

They would immediately be one of the poorest countries in the world. A cesspool of "conservatives".

The United States of America has the power. They can do whatever they want. So dump some of the deep south, carve out a welfare state portion... and give it to the rednecks. MAGA would flock to the Redneck States of America.... so we would no longer have to worry about divvying up portions of states like Michigan or Ohio. MAGA is huge in southeastern Ohio, and they would migrate, leaving the state blue. A huge portion of MAGA Michigan would migrate. Along with large portions of the states I noted above. And trade us all Non-MAGA from Redneck States and the real United States turns heavily blue. I would also combine the Dakotas into one state... there's nobody in those states anyways, so just combine them into one.

Another good idea! Have the government seize the assets of the top 5% and give it to all the people who have had their lives destroyed by the Radical Republicans' trickle-down economics agenda!!! Social Nationalism sounds about right.

I would be for this. It would cut off US Federal funds from going to Fascist states. They're a drain on our resources anyways as they are all welfare states. But I would piss them off too. I would only allow Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky to leave. And I would take the Appalachians away from them and give them to West Virginia (gotta keep the mountains, even with nothing but rednecks there). We'll trade them the Florida panhandle to make up for them losing the mountains. It can become a part of Alabama (it already technically is anyways). Enough to change the dynamics of our political and economic system without giving away anything of value. 10 less Redneck Senators and so many Representatives. And if crybaby MAGA wants to flood out of Georgia and Florida and Oklahoma and Missouri to the Redneck Whites Only Confederate States that's OK too. We'll trade any MAGA wanting to migrate for all their Democrats and Independents. Wow! This could be AWESOME!!!

Golden. Archie Bunker approves.

I have no interest in a bat-only OF'er, per RM's list. None whatsoever. We can add multiple bats by bringing up Tork & Greene, signing a SS and a Catcher, and replacing Castrei and Niko for 1 or 2 of Clemens, Kreidler and Paredes. At least not until Miggy is retired and the DH spot opens up. That is not until some time later in 2022, on a guess. But not out of Spring Training. And I agree with Casimir... I'd rather have a "Real" bench player for the IF or OF, and not a DH-only bat. Rotate guys through the DH as a half-day off rather than dump a can't-field dude in there permanently...

It (he) should be at Toledo... waiting for a call-up on some emergency basis. And Daz Cameron should be ahead of him.

I think in a year Sewell will have picked up on the NFL, and will return to next year's training camp primed to steal LT from Decker. I think when Sewell is ready to take over LT, Decker has to move to Right. If it isn't this year, I'm betting it's next year... If Decker is a RT, he'll be overpriced. I'm perfectly fine with two monster tackles. But I'm willing to trade Decker too... although only if we get an LT-in-high-demand price. More than 1 pick, more than just a 1st. If it happens this year.. I won't squawk, either.

I want that. On defense (Edvinsson), offense (both) and on the power play (both)...

He's dog-tied to Trump so he only pants for his master. Any one who is not Trump yanking on his leash and he barks furiously, mindlessly, incorrectly, at all the other nice people. Don't feel sad for him, he doesn't know any better. It's why he enjoys playing in all the bullshit so much. He loves it!

So... we shall see on that. Shortly.

Some serious Archie Bunker horseshit being spread around here... Shouldn't that stay in the barn with the rest of the manure?

Yeah. The high point of unemployment under Bush's Great Recession was about 10% I believe, hitting Obama in his first year. From there, during Obama's Presidency unemployment dropped from that 10% to 4.2%, before he handed it over to Trump. So, yeah, he gets credit. Oh, Trump reduced that from 4.2% to 3.5%, so he gets a little bit of credit too. Although, he did NOT change Obama's trendline from pre-2017, so... all he was really doing was riding Obama's coattails. Which everyone knows.

Isn't this the same as the "What are you currently listening to" thread? Asking for a friend...

Yeah, might be a 2-year spend project but they're not going to spread this out more than that.

I like that Romad predicted Niko or Jeimer to lead the team in BA, HR's and RBI's, instead of roaringtiger's Miggy guess. Everyone was wrong on all counts. Harold .287 BA, Grossman 23 HR's, and Schoop 84 RBI's (Miggy is next closest at 75). But Jeimer is leading the team in WAR with 3.5, and should end up the season as the leader. I would call that a consolation prize right there...

I noticed your avatar just laughing his A off... That seemed appropriate when I was reading this post.

??? By "multiple" you mean two. correct?

One question, one comment: What happened to our good Skubal? And on Niko's offensive performance: "A little late in the season for that, Niko."

What's really annoying is that they completely block the screen for 2 minutes with a banner showing who scored, and then who assisted, and then they talk about the goal... BLOCKING the actual live action...! WTF? Stecher scored and we couldn't see anything in the minute leading up to the goal, not the play out of our zone, not the passing, the score... nothing. The replay showed Stecher moving in on the goal and somehow scoring with 4 bodies flopping all over the ice and the goalie, and he somehow threaded it through for a score. But we saw nothing else leading up to that goal. They were talking about Raymond's goal... But having a banner blocking the action, and yapping about the prior goal, as one is CURRENTLY BEING SCORED... way beyond annoying.

I believe it is in the Tigers best interest to NOT sign a FA OF'er but, rather, let these kids grow into whatever they might turn into, before making the decision to spend extra money on that. I just don't seeing jumping the gun in this area. It makes no sense. "Desperately"? What a joke. Our short-term need is not in the OF, it's at Catcher and SS. And a starting pitcher, and a couple AAAA starters for backup, and at least one high-end reliever.

Trump = Complete and total lying MF'ing F'Up. Moron. Imbecile. And I could do this 24/7, all day and all night long... If anyone was interested.... 😉