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What about Steele, Ketchum, and Lye?

Oh goody goody, A wild pitch.

In Torkelson's case, the only reason one tries is realistically it doesn't block anyone else from being developed. In my mind, the moment a prospect arrives that continued efforts with Tork would hinder the new guy's development, Is the moment I would send Tork packing. He is what he is: a failed number 1 prospect. It happens all of the time in baseball.

If you pay 10 million dollars for a race horse, and the horse dies, at the end of the day you're left with a dead horse.

That last pitch by Skubal was absolutely brilliant.

The needs are many. We need a 1b, an ss, a 3b, probably an outfielder, a better catcher, and a RP. That's at least 6 new guys on a 26 man roster.

Wouldn't the smart move for potential buyers be to wait as long as possible for the desperation to be as thick as pea soup and then offer the Tigers a bag of balls for him?

Am I reaching here, or is it possible that Kieth is having some lingering shoulder issues that could be impacting his performance? From personal experience, shoulder injuries don't always stay quiet.

It is time for a little reality here. One needs to look around in the entire organization and ask who do you see contributing to a playoff team in 2027 or 2028. Everyone else is yesterday's news and needs to be traded, if reasonable value can be found. The only player who might be here when the Tigers are playoff competitive again is Winceel Perez. Everyone else is probably dead man walking

I still keep coming back to the intro presser for Harris. He barely managed to keep from laughing out loud when asked about the Tiger's farm system. He is doing exactly what one should have thought after hearing him speak.

It seems to me that it can't be all hit or miss with respect to acquiring players. The Rays, the Dodgers, and until recently the Cardinals seem to be able to find ,draft,develop, and retain the correct players to be successful.

At this point, I am of the opinion that Tork is toast. I take absolutely no joy in saying that whatsoever. I don't see how things improve though, maybe after the ASB, when he will get almost a week away from baseball. The situation now is we need a competent 1B, 3B, and SS minimally.

If it does, it will be a pop up, like a toaster pasty popping out of a toaster. I now take my bathrooms breaks when he is up to bat.

"Toaster" Torkelson to the rescue!!

On a serious note, Harris unintentionally made his public feelings known about the organization's talent level. At his introductory presser, he just barely stifled a burst of laughter when asked about the talent of the players in the system. We will see callups for marginal players in September. Jung will not be among them. Flarethy will be traded to a contender. Any true change has been written off by Harris. If the wins blow in the right direction, we will win 84 games. This team is entertaining to watch, so I will watch it.

In the grander sweep of things, this team lacks talent and experience . I will consider AJ's performance when they have both.

An entertaining game so far.

Lynn Graduated from MSU 2 years before I did. Give him a break, he's used to writing on papyrus after all.

I set up the Roku channel on my Samsung tv. I just searched for the app and installed. Easy Peasey.

Oh goody!! Another Tork popup!

I think this is an accurate read on Tork from an optimistic point of view, but likely correct.

With Tork, people saw how his ASU years seemed better than Barry Bonds in their eyes and had unrealistic expectations. Right now, I would guess he is gone in 2 years at the most. He is what we are seeing right now.

I am cheering for 4 runs.

This looks like a death spiral to me. There aren't enough quality hitters on the roster, so the pitchers press. The hitters are trying to find the perfect pitch to hit. I am sure the hitting approach is being clearly communicated, given there are , what five of them at the big league level. Your "star" 1st baseman can't hit a middle, middle fastball at 91 miles per hour. People at the plate are trying to pull everything, so there is an endless parade of ground balls. The fielding at times has looked worse than a t-ball game by 7 year olds. It is very clear now why Harris struggled to keep from laughing his ass off out loud at his introductory presser. He had **** to work with in the minor leagues and looks like it will be that way for a while. This is a very raw, untalented, undisciplined, and poorly led product on the field and the organization needs much work as well. Hopefully, some maturity will manifest itself soon. I would like to think that an 80 to 85 win season is possible. It is difficult to believe that it a team that appears to now be DOA.

The TV shot of AJ in the dugout looked like he was about to explode.