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I'm arguing that Tork isn't necessarily part of your core even if he recovers in Toledo.

I wonder if Harris has to restart the rebuild. Petzold mentioned that with this season heading nowhere and the huge hitting needs, will he now retrench and point to 2026 and 2027? If a healthy Riley Greene is a good to very good player, he likely needs more offensive help. Even if Tork returns to mediocre numbers, he can't be a guy you can count on in 2025. Skubal is only under control through 2026...and he's an older young pitcher. So we might have to face some grim realities if this team isn't a true contender..and if Harris can't find a path to contention within his self imposed low risk and payroll restrictions.

Even if that happens, you cannot count on him being your only 1B option in 2025.

I have heard the discourse about moving Keith to first and Jung back to second. It sounds intriguing..all contingent on both guys hitting.

I forgot about Lange. He will be called up if a bullpen arm is failing. Wentz is out of options so you will likely lose him if he gets exposed IMO.

Ahh yes, the vintage Jose Urena slider.

Scott Harris is known to rush up prospects to save a mediocre team :).

The answer is the guy who they called up when Faedo went on the IL. The next man up is not as good as Englert.

I don't care if Wentz gets bombed...in fact I would prefer that to these walks.

Good exit velocity from JHM on an inner cut 98 mph fastball.

The GM has soft pedaled 'contention' every time he speaks on the record. It shouldn't be that shocking at this point. This is a year for evaluation, not competing.

Looks like Canha is headed to IL with a hip injury. Brutal to lose two functional hitters within 3 days.

One of the most impressive wins of the year. They did not let the early dominance of Pivetta carry over the 2nd time through the lineup.

He's decent...the Tigers without Carpenter are horrific.

The gulf between AAA and the majors has never been larger. I think they want Tork to figure it out up north; Any success he has down in Toledo might be fool's gold. It's similar to guys like JHM and Jung. Their stats in Toledo only tell one part of the story. You can't transpose their performance to the majors. How many guys do we have to see come up before we realize the difference between Toledo and Detroit? The prospects seem like a solution because they haven't failed yet.

They didn't like his start in Arizona...and clearly they didn't feel like he deserved another start right now.

Tork went 0-7 in the two games. He just doesn't do anything aside from the occasional double and infrequent homer. And even if he has a resurgent two months later, how can you count on him for anything next year?

Skenes has a 99 MPH fastball and a 94 MPH splitter...wtf.

all sliders....which is what he can hit in the strikezone.

Kerry Carpenter is unavailable due to lower back discomfort. He's gone to the IL for Akil Baddoo. That is bad news.

Beat writers unified that it will be the Skubal in game 1 and Manning in game 2.