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I don't doubt that the incident affected his decision. It just seems unlikely to me that not wanting to be in a pennant race was the reason.

And he is drawing walks which is important because the concern was that he wouldn't be able to do that in the Majors.

It was a great contract. I just wonder if they may have rushed him to the majors because of it. I know he doesn't look as bad at the plate as some others, but his performance has been awful.

He has already won a championship in Boston where the media and fans criticize every move you make, so I doubt he was worried about the pressure of a pennant race. It sucks that the Tigers couldn't make the deal, but it's difficult for me to blame an employee for making a personal choice when an employer is trying to move him across the county. I don't really blame Harris either, but he is really the only one I can hold responsible.

OK, we'll call it a troll then. 😀 You did criticize the Candelario move!

He also hates himself.

Why did he accept responsibility for it if he was not at all responsible? It was a difficult situation, but I think it's impossible for us to know all the details. It's possible that Harris did not know Rodriguez and his agent well enough to understand that something like that might happen. I mean Rodriguez was always an odd duck. Perhaps if he understood him better, he could have anticipated it and worked something out. Or maybe he did everything he could. I don't know. I question it because, while he seems bright, he doesn't doesn't strike me as a great communicator. But I could be wrong about that too! As a dumb fan, I just see it as the GMs job to get transactons worked out. I am not so interested in the details as to why he can or can not get deals done.

I think the season is going as expected overall and I am encouraged by apparent player development improvements throughout the organization. The difference between you and me is that I don't have undying faith in Harris to turn the franchise into a winner. I don't know that he won't either.

Here it is by median instead of average: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-first-round-pick-worth-baseball-rivka-boord/ The title is wrong, but the chart shows the median by draft position. 1st pick is 12.5 2nd pick is 7.5 After that, the typical pick is replacement level or barely above that.

Everybody knows that top draft picks have a better chance to succeed. A lot of them don't succeed though. Average WAR is not really the best thing to look at because there are probably a few superstars bringing up the average. If you get one of those guys then great, but chances are you'll get Torkelson or Mize. I'd like to see this chart by median or maybe percent who reached a certain threshold.

Did you forget 2017-2022? 🙂

They are clutch!

As bad as the Tigers offense has been, there are 11 teams that have scored fewer runs per game.

When I use the term "tanking", I use it to suggest they are sacrificing multiple seasons by starting essentially from scratch in a re-build. I don't think they are actively trying to finish last so they can get a top pick. By not attempting to win, it allows them to save money rather than attempt to put a half-way decent team field on the field. In Avila's case, I don't think the plan was for this phase to last as long as it did.

It was reported at the time that they wanted Clark, in part, because they were able to get him under slot which gave them a little more money to be able to get McGonigle over slot with the second pick. It's also, possible that they thought Clark would have the better career even if they had to wait. .

Just for the fun of it, these are the hitters with batting profiles most similar to Kerry Carpenter. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/affinity-pitchersAndHitters-byHittingProfile#players=hitters&player=681481-L&s=0.7

It probably won't be 50% given all the team in the hunt. It could be somewhere between the current 15 or so percent and 50%, but I'm not sure how meaningful thoses percentages are anyway. I think it also depends on how the pitching staff looks at the deadline. Is Olson good? Does the bullpen bounce back? If the pitching staff looks strong and healthy, I they would be more likely to go for the wildcard.

I didn't spin it at all. I gave you two possible interpretations - one positive and one negative.

That is possible, although it seems that core supporters tend to be positive about their candidate's chances.

Not sure how I feel about the content, but this is an amazing photo:

I think some of them just are not that good and Keith was brought up too early because of his contract. The big disappointment has been Torkelson.

That is probably a good thing, but it can be viewed two different ways. It could be that people are optimistic now or it could be MAGAs thinking that things will be better because Trump will be President a year from now.

Great news in cooling inflation this morning. My fear is inflation gets back close to normal by the end of year, nobody really notices, Trump wins and takes credit for it when people do notice.

It's good to see that Hunter Biden will be punished for not following gun laws. That is a good thing and we need more of that.

Whether or not trading Flaherty is "tanking" depends on how far they are behind in the wildcard race at the deadline and how much they get for him.