I think he did fine last year as a rookie. I just believe there is a great deal of certainty surrounding every young hitter. Hitting MLB pitching is really tough.
I had no problem with the contract. If the Tigers think he's going to be a star, a creative contract like that might be the only way to keep him long term. I just think there is still a good deal of uncertainty as to how good he'll be.
I don't care a lot about his spring stats. I don't think he's going to suck. In fact, I think he'll be a pretty good hitter. My concern is that the switch to first base might be permanent and if that's the case he'll have to improve quite a bit. He came to the Tigers with a reputation as a power hitter. There is certainly time for that to happen, but we haven't seen it yet.
The last Tiger to do it was JD Martinez in 2017 (2 HR, 4 walks).
https://stathead.com/baseball/player-batting-game-finder.cgi?request=1&timeframe=seasons&ccomp[1]=gt&cval[1]=1&cstat[1]=b_hr&ccomp[2]=gt&cval[2]=4&cstat[2]=b_bb&team_id=DET
I just rebooted my phone and the game is now over!
Boomer comment: I miss the old days when you could just press a button and start listening to the game
Is MLB different from the app? I originally purchased MLB at bat, but last year I couldn't find it anymore, so I used MLB instead and assumed they had merged. It was always live until today.
Knowing Trump, he probably did try to cheat, but I have no evidence that he cheated or whether it affected the outcome. Thus, I am not going to assert that he did. There was no evidence of cheating in 2020 either. Even his hand picked Supreme Court rejected the claims.
This is a great list, but you forgot one:
On January 15, 2025, the Arizona Diamondbacks hired Adduci to serve as the assistant hitting coach for their High-A affiliate, the Hillsboro Hops.[26]