I have to wonder just a bit how much different the Wings and Canucks would be if it had been the Wings firing their coach and hiring Bruce Boudreau earlier this year. Sure, talent is talent, and the Wings don't have enough. But the Wings were ahead of the 8-15-2 Canucks when Vancouver made the change on December 5. Now the Canucks are 18 points ahead of the Wings.
It’s going to be a great debate when Keller gets pulled after 7 innings with a no-hitter going and Skubal gets pulled after 7 innings with a perfect game going.
Dan on the radio broadcast just said that Baez’ thumb injury dates back to the Opening Day celebration. He was trying to get out of the way of getting Gatorade dumped on him. Maybe that’s been reported elsewhere but first I heard that.
Fwiw, when Spencer Turnbull went on 10-day DL last year it was for “forearm strain”
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/tigers-spencer-turnbull-likely-out-until-after-break/
Leyland probably said to him 12 years ago: "Look, young man, you go out there and get 3,000 hits and 500 home runs and you can stick whatever you want in your ears. Until then, what I say goes, and I say no earrings on the field".