Tiger337

Clark has a strong presence about him for sure. He's the the kind of guy for whom you'll have a strong feeling. You are either going to love him or hate him. There's not going to be any in between with this guy. He's destined for one of only two possible outcomes. He is either going to be a superstar or a bust. That's just the way it is.

The Rays are worthy of some admiration. However what works for the Rays isn't necessarily going to work for other organizations. There isn't any other small budget team that has had the same kind of consistent success as the Rays.

Internet rumors...but yeah I could see that happening.

He is unlikely to cross any cultural trip wires since he is politically very liberal. He insults people too much online but I assume they don't have people calling in to the podcast. I have never listened to it.

This is interesting, but also a mixture of truth and myth. In 1970, 3.9 players per team played 140 or more games, so there were not typically 7-8 position players playing 140+ games. There was always a lot of platooning and shuttling and injuries even when some of us old guys were kids. In 2018, it was down to 3.5 players per team, so not really a dramatic difference over the decades. There was a big change starting in 2019 when it suddenly dropped to 3.0. Last year it was 2.8. In between, there was the covid years. This is a significant change. but it's still just a difference of one player (four players per team versus three players). It's also a new change, so I don't really know if it's a good idea yet. Is it leading to more productivity? Fewer injuries? or is it just a way to save money since part-time players make less money than full-time players? Is it easier to stay under team budget if you have more part-time players? I do agree that the roters should be expanded.

Not too many catchers catch 140 games. 120 would be nice.

I might dispute that. Very knowlegable, but not sure about the patient part. 😀

It's going to get worse once the trades happen.

Yes, have you listened to any sports talk shows recently?

The fact that we are sitting atound talking about him is why he has a podcast. That's how the media works. Name one person with a podcast on any subject who you count on for reliable news. It's all entertainment.

It doesn't look like they will get their desired recession either.

"I drive down the road and I see a pickup Truck with a MAGA flag on it. -- and no offensive to that driver -- I just don't like him"

My original response was about upper versus lower prospects because others were saying that lower level prospects were preferable. I believe that proven player for prospect trades are won by the team getting the proven player more often than not. It's better to get something than nothing though.

How does it compare to MTG?

There are a lot more examples of prospects that failed. I don't think it's lower level versus upper level. It's hoping that the Tigers are smarter than the team that they are dealing with and can identify the right players.

A reliever is off the market - David Robertson traded to Marlins for Macro Vargas and Rolando Hernandez.

Still unlikely though. When you trade a rental, you'll almost always get a player with flaws which the other team sees as expendable.

Nobody should ever be "showing off" their off their fire arms. Owning guns is serious business. And if anybody has a history with illegal drugs, they should lose their right to own a gun.

"Hes naked" is trending on twitter. There is a 50/50 chance it involves Trump. Not opening!

Trump would have not called him regardless of party. He would have tweeted something like: "I disagreed with him on everything and he was very bad for this country and he never thanked for everything I did. I wish him well."

That is a title the Tigers can win.

My mother froze while walking one day and has not walked since. They thought it was a stroke, but found no indication of it. They then said it was demential related which priobably means they don't know what happened. I believe it was a mini stroke.

That was eery. I don't want to see that happen to anyone.

When I was a kid, we had no internet. I had to wait until Friday to get all the stats in The Sporting News.

SIERA is more predictive than FIP and presumably XERA and XWOBA. I remember there was criticism of it when it first came out, the main one being that the formula is so complicated that it is difficult to separate the different elements when you want to closely examine the results for a given pitcher. Someone at Baseball Prospectus outright rejected it on that basis, but then later BP developed the DRA statistic which is way more complex.