Tiger337

Good questions. BB% usually stays consistent. It's not a skill that someone suddenly loses unless they change their approach. His swing rate was way up which suggests he may have been adjusting to the line-up around him. Since it didn't make him a better hitter, it seems like he'd be better off going back to his old approach.

When Pudge signed, the team was garbage. He made them respectable. This team is already respectable. If they make any big moves, they will be made with the post-season in mind.

Vina always gave 110%. He would run through a brick wall to win a game.

It does matter. The stats don't really matter, but whether he has learned what he needs to learn to start in the majors does matter.

Same as it's been for decades and the middle class keeps shrinking. The economy is always good if you are wealthy. It's never good if you're not.

This particular thread tries to stay away from political trolling. Take it to the election threads.

Nobody said it. He was a reliever last year and they need to limit his innings this year and having him relieve for a period of time might be the best way to do that. your original post quoting the Free Press article said: "Scott Harris hasn't promised Jobe will be in the starting rotation as a member of the 2025 opening day roster". That could mean that he'll be on the roster, but not in the rotation.

Won't make the opening day starting rotation or won't make the roster? As other have mentioned, there is a good chance he'll begin the season as a reliever and then work his way into the rotation.

pitcherlist is a respected fantasy league site. I am not sure how much insight they have into GMs though.

I didn't even know they had a reward for that, but he's the right pick!

Crochet was one of the best pitchers in the game before they started limiting his innings He is also young and has two years before free agency, so I would expect him to cost a lot in terms of prospects. It makes sense for the Red Sox who are all in right now. It makes less sense for the Tigers since I think they are looking longer term.

It has been that way for decades. The other stuff is just "divide and conquer".

or you could go to Truth Social.

The impression that everyone inside govt is corrupt comes from the fact that the most corrupt people are typically the ones that climb to the top and thus have the most influence. Big companies are the same way.

I don't think most posters believe that. Some believe it's a possibility.

Three people here have mentioned that Colvito was their hero. I just missed his career and wish I ddn't.

I saw some massive rats in Boston. I took the commuter rail every day for 11 years which had its share of characters. I learned quickly to avoid the subway as it was just an awful environment. Thankfully, Boston is a great walking city, so you go almost anyway without the subway.

Not that I give a **** about Jay Z, but raping a 13 year old girl is something else that your boy Trump was also accused of doing.

Not even a number.

Absolutely, He won three Cy Young awards, finished 3rd another year and ended his career with one of the best 4 year stretches of any pitcher ever. He was Degrom on steroids. I think you can ignore park factors when someone leads the league in strikeouts every year.

And Tommy John had a famous surgery named after him. He had the surgery in '75 and was still pitching in '89! 26 years total.

I don't think he measures up to most Hall of Famers. I would have liked to have seen Tommy John and Luis Tiant make it.

**** Allen and Dave Parker have been elected into the Hall of Fame. Allen was one of the greatest hitters in MLB history finishing with a 156 OPS+ lifetime. That is 18th best ever. He deserves it. Parker was a Hall of Fame talent for a few years before he blew out his knee, but he didn't have enough years and I think he was a weak pick. He is kind of in the Jim Rice class as far as peak versus career. He was a better player than Rice, but just not enough years.

I put Sweeney in the Jung category - has some promise, but not certain enough where they would forego an upgrade.

He's a shortstop and good fielder. He was a 5 WAR player before the injury. The injury definitely complicates things though.