1984Echoes

AVILA GEM REESE OLSON MOWING DOWN BLUE JAYS, TRYING TO LOWER HIS TEAM LEADING 2.16 ERA (with Qualifying Innings (sorry AVILA GEM Brieske)) AND GET HIS FIRST F'ing WIN!!! BACKED UP BY AN AVILA-SPECIAL: ENTIRE OUTFIELD of AVILA GEMS: RILEY GREENE (LF), WENCEEL PEREZ (CF), KERRY CARPENTER (RF).

[table] Players' Name Age Team PPOS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Parker Meadows* 24 TOL CF 14 66 54 11 16 3 2 3 8 7 - 8 14 0.296 0.394 0.593 0.987 Ryan Vilade 25 TOL UT 34 115 101 20 33 9 - 6 23 9 2 9 31 0.327 0.383 0.594 0.977 Justyn-Henry Malloy 24 TOL LF 38 171 132 20 35 14 - 5 23 2 3 36 46 0.265 0.421 0.485 0.906 Luke Gold 23 WMI 1B 40 170 147 32 40 10 1 9 27 6 1 14 48 0.272 0.359 0.537 0.896 Kevin McGonigle* 19 LAK SS 21 93 79 15 26 4 2 1 13 6 1 12 12 0.329 0.413 0.468 0.881 Jace Jung* 23 TOL 3B 44 195 160 26 43 11 1 8 31 1 1 29 52 0.269 0.376 0.500 0.876 Akil Baddoo* 25 TOL CF 38 170 142 26 37 7 4 6 22 14 5 24 37 0.261 0.367 0.493 0.860 Chris Meyers* 25 ERI 1B 37 141 114 21 29 7 - 5 15 1 1 20 37 0.254 0.390 0.447 0.838 Josue Briceño* 19 LAK C 28 126 108 18 33 3 2 2 15 1 1 15 17 0.306 0.405 0.426 0.831 Dillon Dingler 25 TOL C 33 129 116 18 33 5 - 6 21 1 - 8 28 0.285 0.326 0.483 0.808 Wenceel Pérez# 24 TOL CF 8 37 33 8 7 2 2 1 5 4 - 4 6 0.212 0.297 0.485 0.782 Brett Callahan* 22 LAK OF 35 148 131 19 35 6 - 5 20 11 3 13 33 0.267 0.347 0.428 0.774 Roberto Campos 21 WMI RF 39 162 144 18 39 9 4 2 23 8 1 12 50 0.271 0.338 0.431 0.768 Max Clark* 19 LAK CF 37 172 144 28 40 5 2 2 29 13 1 26 28 0.278 0.384 0.382 0.766 Buddy Kennedy 25 TOL 2B 33 140 120 22 29 11 - 3 13 2 1 17 35 0.242 0.343 0.408 0.751 Gage Workman* 24 ERI 3B 37 158 136 25 33 8 1 4 15 10 5 19 38 0.243 0.335 0.404 0.740 Hao-Yu Lee 21 ERI 2B 39 172 150 21 36 9 2 4 21 4 - 20 36 0.240 0.331 0.407 0.738 Trei Cruz# 25 ERI SS 38 160 135 17 32 6 1 3 13 2 4 23 38 0.237 0.346 0.363 0.709 Max Anderson 22 WMI 2B 40 179 167 21 43 7 1 5 23 - - 10 30 0.258 0.302 0.401 0.703 Justice Bigbie [/table] 25 TOL RF 44 180 157 20 38 12 1 1 16 5 2 20 35 0.242 0.339 0.350 0.689

[table] Players' Name Age Team PPOS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Parker Meadows* 24 TOL CF 14 66 54 11 16 3 2 3 8 7 - 8 14 0.296 0.394 0.593 0.987 Ryan Vilade 25 TOL UT 34 115 101 20 33 9 - 6 23 9 2 9 31 0.327 0.383 0.594 0.977 Justyn-Henry Malloy 24 TOL LF 38 171 132 20 35 14 - 5 23 2 3 36 46 0.265 0.421 0.485 0.906 Luke Gold 23 WMI 1B 40 170 147 32 40 10 1 9 27 6 1 14 48 0.272 0.359 0.537 0.896 Kevin McGonigle* 19 LAK SS 21 93 79 15 26 4 2 1 13 6 1 12 12 0.329 0.413 0.468 0.881 Jace Jung* 23 TOL 3B 44 195 160 26 43 11 1 8 31 1 1 29 52 0.269 0.376 0.500 0.876 Akil Baddoo* 25 TOL CF 38 170 142 26 37 7 4 6 22 14 5 24 37 0.261 0.367 0.493 0.860 Chris Meyers* 25 ERI 1B 37 141 114 21 29 7 - 5 15 1 1 20 37 0.254 0.390 0.447 0.838 Josue Briceño* 19 LAK C 28 126 108 18 33 3 2 2 15 1 1 15 17 0.306 0.405 0.426 0.831 Dillon Dingler 25 TOL C 33 129 116 18 33 5 - 6 21 1 - 8 28 0.285 0.326 0.483 0.808 Wenceel Pérez# 24 TOL CF 8 37 33 8 7 2 2 1 5 4 - 4 6 0.212 0.297 0.485 0.782 Brett Callahan* 22 LAK OF 35 148 131 19 35 6 - 5 20 11 3 13 33 0.267 0.347 0.428 0.774 Roberto Campos 21 WMI RF 39 162 144 18 39 9 4 2 23 8 1 12 50 0.271 0.338 0.431 0.768 Max Clark* 19 LAK CF 37 172 144 28 40 5 2 2 29 13 1 26 28 0.278 0.384 0.382 0.766 Buddy Kennedy 25 TOL 2B 33 140 120 22 29 11 - 3 13 2 1 17 35 0.242 0.343 0.408 0.751 Gage Workman* 24 ERI 3B 37 158 136 25 33 8 1 4 15 10 5 19 38 0.243 0.335 0.404 0.740 Hao-Yu Lee 21 ERI 2B 39 172 150 21 36 9 2 4 21 4 - 20 36 0.240 0.331 0.407 0.738 Trei Cruz# 25 ERI SS 38 160 135 17 32 6 1 3 13 2 4 23 38 0.237 0.346 0.363 0.709 Max Anderson 22 WMI 2B 40 179 167 21 43 7 1 5 23 - - 10 30 0.258 0.302 0.401 0.703 Justice Bigbie 25 TOL RF 44 180 157 20 38 12 1 1 16 5 2 20 35 0.242 0.339 0.350 0.689 [/table]

I'm rusty as heck at Tables so I'm going to post this "dirty" and then see if I can clean it up correctly (position players of interest/ note, not everybody included). PPOS = primary position, there could still be other positions a player is playing but I gave a primary where it seemed appropriate. Vilade got a UT (utility) designation because he's played a few games at almost every single spot in the field. Excepting SS and catcher. YTD Table: Players' Name Age Team PPOS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Parker Meadows* 24 TOL CF 14 66 54 11 16 3 2 3 8 7 - 8 14 0.296 0.394 0.593 0.987 Ryan Vilade 25 TOL UT 34 115 101 20 33 9 - 6 23 9 2 9 31 0.327 0.383 0.594 0.977 Justyn-Henry Malloy 24 TOL LF 38 171 132 20 35 14 - 5 23 2 3 36 46 0.265 0.421 0.485 0.906 Luke Gold 23 WMI 1B 40 170 147 32 40 10 1 9 27 6 1 14 48 0.272 0.359 0.537 0.896 Kevin McGonigle* 19 LAK SS 21 93 79 15 26 4 2 1 13 6 1 12 12 0.329 0.413 0.468 0.881 Jace Jung* 23 TOL 3B 44 195 160 26 43 11 1 8 31 1 1 29 52 0.269 0.376 0.500 0.876 Akil Baddoo* 25 TOL CF 38 170 142 26 37 7 4 6 22 14 5 24 37 0.261 0.367 0.493 0.860 Chris Meyers* 25 ERI 1B 37 141 114 21 29 7 - 5 15 1 1 20 37 0.254 0.390 0.447 0.838 Josue Briceño* 19 LAK C 28 126 108 18 33 3 2 2 15 1 1 15 17 0.306 0.405 0.426 0.831 Dillon Dingler 25 TOL C 33 129 116 18 33 5 - 6 21 1 - 8 28 0.285 0.326 0.483 0.808 Wenceel Pérez# 24 TOL CF 8 37 33 8 7 2 2 1 5 4 - 4 6 0.212 0.297 0.485 0.782 Brett Callahan* 22 LAK OF 35 148 131 19 35 6 - 5 20 11 3 13 33 0.267 0.347 0.428 0.774 Roberto Campos 21 WMI RF 39 162 144 18 39 9 4 2 23 8 1 12 50 0.271 0.338 0.431 0.768 Max Clark* 19 LAK CF 37 172 144 28 40 5 2 2 29 13 1 26 28 0.278 0.384 0.382 0.766 Buddy Kennedy 25 TOL 2B 33 140 120 22 29 11 - 3 13 2 1 17 35 0.242 0.343 0.408 0.751 Gage Workman* 24 ERI 3B 37 158 136 25 33 8 1 4 15 10 5 19 38 0.243 0.335 0.404 0.740 Hao-Yu Lee 21 ERI 2B 39 172 150 21 36 9 2 4 21 4 - 20 36 0.240 0.331 0.407 0.738 Trei Cruz# 25 ERI SS 38 160 135 17 32 6 1 3 13 2 4 23 38 0.237 0.346 0.363 0.709 Max Anderson 22 WMI 2B 40 179 167 21 43 7 1 5 23 - - 10 30 0.258 0.302 0.401 0.703 Justice Bigbie 25 TOL RF 44 180 157 20 38 12 1 1 16 5 2 20 35 0.242 0.339 0.350 0.689

PS: Vierling does NOT get demoted for Vilade. Torkelson gets demoted because he needs to straighten his **** out. And Vilade has played a few games at 1B (not many). So it's Tork that gets demoted for Vilade. That should piss Tork off and motivate him... right?

The reasons Vierling goes down versus a different move: As I said, it's not a punishment to him. It's simply a numbers crunch. If/when Meadows gets another chance: That's Canha, Carpenter, Greene, Meadows & Perez who can NOT play IF. That's a full deck in the OF and none of them go down to Toledo in favor of Vierling. That limits Vierling to... 3B? He's not great there. Adequate, but barely. You can't get rid of McKinstry because he's the ONLY SS on the roster outside of Baez. And he's a LH'er in the IF as well. Not any great advantage there.. but the Org is not going to dispense of McKinstry at this point in time, not in favor of Vierling. Not going to happen. And since Urshela and Ibanez are both RH'ers and play 3B... That makes Vierling virtually useless. The worst that can happen to Vierling though, if Meadows can stick in MLB... Is that Canha is a FA this year and Vierling has to wait until next year to be the 5th OF'er. It is what it is.

Since this is a transition year... to sift through some kids trying to see what sticks... I want to demote (all have an option or two so we don't lose these guys): Torkelson. Rogers. And Vierling (not as a punishment to Vierling... he just got caught in a numbers game and I'm not sending down Perez... Plus Ibanez can play both 2B and 3B so with Canha/ Carpenter/ Greene/ Perez/ and...): And call up: Meadows - give him another chance to stick in CF. But he needs to hit in Detroit... not just Toledo. That would be a full OF with 5 guys. Vilade - and stick him at 1B. 25 and I'm interested in seeing what he's got. I don't wanna say he could Wally Pipp Torkelson... But I would say that I don't want to see Tork in Detroit again until: He's got his bat straightened out. And his head straightened out. And to me that means getting himself in top shape because... I don't see it. And taking some F'ing pride on defense. Which means getting into better shape and learning how to actually be more than just a 1-dimensional 1B'man (he can pick it with those errant throws... I don't see much else than that). Oh... and maybe Vilade could surprise everyone. And Dingler. He's at .284 BA and .810 OPS at Toledo... But I won't project anything here. All I would say is it would be hard to be much worse than what Rogers has provided so far so might as well give Dingler a shot while Rogers straightens himself out in Toledo. Which he needs to do. And if Dingler somehow sticks... Rogers is a FA only after 2026 and Kelly is a FA this year... So keep Rogers whether he's a starter or a backup (but he's gotta play better than what he's shown this year) and Dingler shows Hinch what he can... or cannot... do. And Harris adjusts accordingly. Just my 2 cents.

In a small sample size (about 54 PA's)... Parker Meadows is hot down in Toledo with a .302 BA and 1.004 OPS (so far). Maybe he's trying to tell Harris & Hinch "I'm sorry. Can I please come back up and play in Detroit?"

If you start out hot... There's usually nowhere to go except... down. The key to me, with regards to Wenceel, is... Where does he end up stabilizing? Which might take a long time to find out.

Junkballers can still be effective. I think one of the keys to me is... can he rub off on Mize? Whether that's by osmosis or by showing him different grips or how to be more effective with a subpar FB... If Mize could learn something from Maeda... Improve through his tutelage into a 3/4 starter that can carry a 1.15 WHIP - with the FB that he has - IMO... then that buys Maeda a seat at the table.

I should state this correctly: AVILA GEM KERRY CARPENTER with a 2-RUN HR!!!

And there we go! Kerry Carpenter 2-run HR = Bert's 6 runs!!!

A Tiger game is not a REAL Tiger game unless we get Bert's 6 runs...

Tork = K.

Still no outs and bases loaded... Tork batting. 3-0 Tigers at the moment...

HBP with bases loaded = run scored.

PS: I hope I didn't just jinx him...

An underrated pitcher. Career 1.15 WHIP. Pretty good. 1.17 WHIP last year. Pretty good. Gets his ass kicked every single April... as we've already seen. And then does really well for the rest of the season. This year, he already has game logs of: 6 inn's 1 ER, 6 inn's 1 ER, and 5 Inn's 0ER. Hmmm... and it appears he's not doing so badly today: 4 innings so far, 0 ER's.

I would actually be interested to know whether Ryan Vilade or Colt Keith can play 1st. Tork can go reset his bat in Toledo, along with Meadows... As long as 1 of Keith or Vilade can play 1st and the other can stay at 2B. Vilade is only 25... I'm interested in seeing what he could do with an extended run in MLB.

AVILA GEM COLT KEITH HITS FIRST MLB HOME RUN. WITH MANY MORE TO COME!!!

I'd be interested in seeing what would happen if Manning were able to go all out... for 1 inning per game (for the games he is put in...).

I have more confidence in Maeda than Manning. Manning's pretty close to my wanting to demote him to the bullpen.

WTF took you so long AJ? The only change I'd make would be to drop Tork to the 9th spot.

You seem pretty upset that I support a lot of our Tigers prospects or am interested in following them. Please put me on ignore and I'll do the same.

Wasn't it more than Kerry? Hasn't it also been Parker Meadows and Gage Workman who went outside the Org to get their swings/ stance fixed? I think it was even Carpenter's guy they went to...? With, ummm, mixed results I believe.