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We should see a lot of that this year. He typically works deep into games.

Austin Slater exercises his option. He will look elsewhere.

Good at bat for McGonigle. Singled on the 7th pitch.

Excellent play at third by McGonigle to start the double play.

They still have 43 players in camp. There can't be 17 players on the bubble! Perhaps, they want some players to play in Arizona, so their regulars can be rested prior to opening day.

Adduci could have been selected #1, but they knew that baseball was not his top prority.

He was Bostock's teammate one year.

He was a catcher in the minors and he had some really impressive minor league numbers.

Trivia: Which player was drafted #1 twice and then went on to have negative WAR for his career?

Whitaker needs to go in first though.

Are there any famous radio broadcasters anymore? There are some long-time broadcasters like Brennaman and Hamilton who gained their fame when radio was a more important medium. Then there is Jon Miller whose fame was aided by his time on television. And every Yankee broadcaster is going to be famous even ****ty ones like Sterling. But I think it's really hard for a radio broadcaster of the last 20 years or so to be famous. Dickerson is the best.

Brieske won't be ready for the start of the season, but I don't think he would be going on the 60-day IL yet.

Another player that was nowhere near McGonigle's level as a prospect. I am not one to pump up prospects. I think fans overate their prospects way too much and that the majority of them fail. Some of them have a high probability of succeeding though and McGonogle is one of them.

Everybody knows he is unproven and might disappoint. Not all prospects are the same though. He's not Ryan Kreidler nor Pittaro. Pittaro was never a top prospect. He had a .696 minor league OPS. Sparky Anderson just liked him and decided to pump him up. I think it might have had something to do with Anderson noticing that the championship team was not as motivated as they should have been in Spring training and he wanted to shake things up. Surely he knew that Pittaro was not the next big star.

Slater is (or was) a better hitter, but Sheridan was a better defender. Interestingly, they both had 5 career WAR. The mention of Sheridan's name makes me remember Kubek saying:" Pat Sheridan! Got a good arrrrrrrrrm. Can steal a base." I am not sure why that sticks in my mind.

He's that level of prospect, but that of course does not mean he's going to be as good as them. I have no scouting skills, but the Tigers have never had a prospect as universally praised as McGonigle in over 40 years and so far he's got the stats to back it up. He seems to get compared to Utley frequently.

There will never be a shortage of fertilizer under Trump.

I think it means he is spreading fertilizer.

Does anyone know which invitees are still in camp? McCosky said there were still 43 players still in MLB camp after today's moves. I assume that includes 32 40-man roster guys, 3 60 day IL guys and 8 NRI. It is hard to find a list of NRI still active though. I've got 9. Edit: OK, Looking around a little more, I think I've got it down to 8: B. Smith, Vanasco, Nido, M.Anderson, McGonigle, Peck, Guenther, Slater

I would guess the Tigers will make most of their final roster decisions this weekend before traveling west to Arizona to play the Rockies.

I dan't usually blame or give Presidents credit for the economy. I didn't even blame Trump for the Covid economy. I blamed him for mishandling the healthcare planning part of it, but the economy was going to crash no matter what. However, if the econony continues to be medocre or worse this term, it's all on him. He inherited an improving economy and he could have let it continue to progress. Instead, he has been interfering with it in every way possible. When you are an authoritarian, there isn't anyone else you can blame.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/18/hittler-zielinski-election-battle-french-town/

I won't say he is already their best hitter until he is able to hit in real MLB games, but he is probably their best hitting prospect since the 80s.

I had almost forgotten Kahnle before seeing that transaction. What a strange season. He was pretty much un-hittable the first half with his one-pitch arsenal and then his second half was a disaster.