1984Echoes

Wednesday games: Toledo - Postponed due to weather again. two games tomorrow and two games Sunday to make up... Erie Loses to Harrisburg 7-4 Workman 1-5, double, .859 OPS Lee 0-5, 2 K's, .743 OPS Trei Cruz 1-3, 1 BB-double, .655 OPS WM Wins 3-1 in 10 Inn's over Peoria Anderson 2-5, (2) singles, .729 OPS Gold 1-5, single, .955 OPS Campos 1-4, single-HBP 3 K's, .751 OPS Joe Miller (2022-11th rounder, 24 yo LH'er), 5 Inn's, 1 H 1 BB 5 K's, 1.00 ERA. Hasn't looked good the past two years but looks great so far in a small sample size this year: 27 Inn's 34 K's 0.78 WHIP and 1.00 ERA. 124 K's overall in 108 Inn's so he has... maybe something good? Lower ranks though... Lakeland Wins 16-1 over Ft. Myers (!!!!!!) McGonigle 2-3, single-HR 2 BB's, .870 OPS Clark 2-5, singles 1 BB, .702 OPS Jake Miller (2022-8th rounder, 22 yo LH'er), 5 inn's 5 H's 0 BB 4K's, 0.44 ERA. Hasn't looked good the past two years but looks great so far in a small sample size this year: 20 Inn's 28 K's 0.93 WHIP and 0.44 ERA. 91 K's overall in 70 Inn's so he has... maybe something good? Lower ranks though...

A 30K bike race would suffice.

Saying nothing about defense... but Offense-Only (and only 85-150 AB so far so small sample sizes): International League: Dan Schneemann (27 yo, Indians AAA) - '24 OPS 1.041, career (minors) OPS .725 Jack Dunn (27 yo, Wash. AAA) - '24 OPS .904, career (minors) OPS .711 Jeter Downs (25 yo, Yankees AAA) - '24 OPS .886, career (minors) OPS .761 Leo Jimenez (22 yo, Blue Jays AAA) - '24 OPS .851, career (minors) OPS .778 Luis Vasquez (24 yo, Cubs AAA) - '24 OPS .805, career (minors) OPS .664 Diego Castillo (26 yo, Twins AAA) - '24 OPS .777, career (minors) OPS .713 Colson Montgomery (22 yo, White Sox AAA) - '24 OPS .771, career (minors) OPS .835 Pacific Coast League: Jesus Bastidas (25 yo, Astros AAA) - '24 OPS .892, career (minors) OPS .721 Shay Whitcomb (25 yo, Astros AAA) - '24 OPS .866, career (minors) OPS .784 Ryan Bliss (24 yo, Mariners AAA) - '24 OPS .788, career (minors) OPS .786

Over/Under on the number of innings Trevor Rogers no-hits the Tigers this afternoon: 6 1/3

Tuesday games: Toledo: Postponed Erie Loses to Harrisburg 5-1 Nothing good here: \Workman 0-3, 2 K's, .871 OPS Lee 0-3, 1 K, .774 OPS Trei Cruz 0-2, 1BB, .639 OPS WM Loses to Peoria 1-0 Nothing good here: Anderson 0-4, 2 K's, .726 OPS Gold 0-3, 1 BB 1 K, .978 OPS Campos 0-3, 1 BB 2 K's, .754 OPS Lakeland Loses to Ft. Myers 11-8 McGonigle 1-5, 2 K's, .302 BA, .769 OPS Clark 1-4, 1 BB, .250 BA, .693 OPS

We're going to be seeing LOTS of LH'ers from here on out...

Bill the Cat is the perfect mascot for this mangy cat offense.

Bill the Cat is the perfect mascot for this mangy cat offense.

Nope.

Wait... let me restate that: Seriously... WTF? Did Reese Olson not take a SHOWER or something like that? Is he stinking up the dugout? Did he put glue all over the bench and all the Tigers' players are pissed off at him? What did he do that they keep giving him these F.U's and NOT scoring enough runs to give him one single ****ing WIN?!?!?! Because he's pitching his ****ing mind out this year and has squat to show for it. How has he ****ed his teammates so badly that they are doing this to him every single game?

Seriously... WTF? We can't score a single ****ing RUN against Ryan MF'ing Weathers?

Seriously... WTF? Ryan MF'ing Weathers is pitching a no-hitter against us...?

I thought the scouting prospect analysis on Hooker was that he a bit like Goff but with better mobility: accurate, reads the field well, has some arm strength but not howitzer level like a Stafford, and some mobility whenever needed to make something out of broken plays. He had a mid-1st round grade but slipped due to age and the ACL. IIRC. If he's Lite or Super-Lite-Rodgers it's good enough for a backup... IMO. Brilliant move by Holmes to draft him... and buddha was correct: he was available in the 3rd and we didn't need to use a 2nd round pick (which I was willing to spend on him) to get him...

Hooker will be QB2 for the Lions for the next 3 years. Book it.

MQGA delusion.

3,275 years. Or more.

You keep him. As a Super Bowl potential team, who do you want as a backup if Goff should get nicked up a few games, or miss a playoff game, or worst-case the remainder of a season? Nate Sudfeld? Or Hendon Hooker? IMO, Hooker is an awesome best-case backup for at least the next 3 years. Full stop.

Offense bailed us out this game... Wait...! WHAT?!?!

Tigers are winning 3-0 BTW...

I don't remember ever seeing keith with that high of a power expectation? I always thought it was 55-60? But maybe it ticked up as he filled out after high school?

PS: On Tork's 2020 Draft: 1. Torkelson 2. Dingler 2B (comp) Daniel Cabrera 3. Trei Cruz 4. Gage Workman 5. Colten Keith UDFA: Wilmer Flores Trei Cruz & Workman appear to be making a bit of a move upwards with their hit tools. Gage obviously moreso than Trei. The only real laggard at the moment is Danny Cabrera and he was supposed to have a great hit tool which hasn't panned out. Aside from Tork's struggles... there is still a lot of "potential" (dirty word, sorry...) coming out of this draft. On the whole...

I think he was getting arm soreness at 3B so they brought him over to 2B to lessen the throws for him...

Sunday night games: Toledo Loses to St. Paul 5-4 Meadows 1-5, double 1 K, .499 OPS Urshela 3-3 all singles but he seems ready to get back to MLB... Malloy 0-3, 1 BB, .868 OPS Bigbie 1-4, .685 OPS Dingler 1-3, single-SF, .726 OPS All singles today except for Parker's double... Madden 5 IP's, 3 H 3 BB's 7 K's 1 ER, 7.50 ERA in Toledo (7 runs in 3 1st AAA start, 2 ER's in 4 - 2nd, 1 ER in 5 today = he's getting better handling AAA batters...?) Flores gave up 4 ER's in 1 inning, 6.04 ERA Erie Wins 7-0 over Richmond Workman 1-4, .896 OPS Lee 3-4, 2 HR's & 5 RBI's, .793 OPS Trei Cruz 2-4, .646 OPS Ya know: Trei Cruz is a SS and he's in Erie... I don't know if that gets us anywhere... he's mostly struggled in the minors and .646 is not "fantastic" or anything.... I'm just saying... He's in the Cruz bloodline so...?) Lockhart (2021-9th rounder from the Dodgers, 26 yo LH'er) 5 IP's, 1 H 2 BB's 2 K's, 1.93 ERA WM Loses to Ft. Wayne 7-6 Anderson 2-5, (2) doubles, .748 OPS Gold 3-5, single-double-HR, .998 OPS Campos 2-4, single-double 1 BB, .770 OPS Dylan Smith 6 BB's in 4 inn's (ewww), still has a 3.03 ERA though with 0 ER's today. But a 1.48 WHIP. Lakeland Wins 6-4 over Daytona McGonigle 1-4, .806 OPS Clark 2-4, singles, .695 OPS Briceno 1-2, triple, 1 BB, .831 OPS Jose De La Cruz, 2-4, 2 singles, .726 OPS

Decided to not be lazy: 8% elderly which could be men or women or a mix... So 8% uncertainty baked into the UN numbers...

Never would have guessed. But... 40+32+20 = 92. What's the missing 8%? (Sorry, I'm being lazy...)