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2/27/25 1:05 Split Squad Gm1 Red Sox @ Tigers Gm2 Tigers @ Rays
Longgone replied to Tigeraholic1's topic in Game Threads
? He’s only 25 and he’s only had the one full year. Lots of players struggle for the first few years in mlb. They either make the necessary adjustments or they don’t, remains to be seen. -
Okay, if I have to, I’ll admit I actually believe you can feel shame, and we can be friends as long as you promise not to be irritating, ever again.
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I was more expressing my irritation at the gratuitousness of it, rather than an attempt to shame you, which I know is a fool’s errand.
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I’m talking more about taking a few random interview quotes and then building an elaborate fantasy universe filled with projected motivations and then acting as if pure assumptions are fact. I know, it’s the internet.
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This has gone beyond the absurd to the ridiculous
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Saying you don’t know **** is not the same as saying I know. I don’t, and I’m not willing to brand someone with baseless speculation.
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Where did I ever say that?
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The fact is, it’s just pointless speculation based on very little actual information. You don’t know how much, or to what degree he is utilizing resources, or really what are the actual issues that are holding him back. So any assumptions that he is uncooperative, or that the Tigers are displeased with anything regarding his efforts, other than production, are presumptuous.
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And you just carry on being judgmental and making broad assumptions out of random comments
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Is there a point to this, or will you just ramble on?
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I don’t think he’s a contrary example. I think you are building a world out of floss.
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You succeeded
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Way to stretch a point beyond recognition
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And maybe in his case that’s what he needs to do. It may be that’s exactly what the club wants him to do. Perhaps all the analysis, for him, got him too mechanical. Hitting is a visceral activity. Maybe for him, being more athletic and reacting to what he is seeing is what will untap his ability. Being judgmental and making broad assumptions from random quotes is presumptuous.
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There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the quote. People learn and apply skills differently. What’s useful for some doesn’t work for others. You can’t tell what’s actually going on from a few quotes.
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Are you basing this on random quotes taken without context? All evidence is he’s a hardworking guy, and for all we know, he may be doing everything the club is asking of him. It’s amazing how fans can take a quote and create a whole scenario out of it.
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It’s a shame his arm has never come back.
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Yet
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Both are beyond their sell by dates
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They have retained all those options
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The Sporting News and Sports Illustrated have sadly become AI driven clickbait
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BPA; Best Player Available for that particular team at that particular point in the draft. Of course need, future need, value, everything is quantified
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He might not make it to 28, but this draft is pretty deep on the defensive line
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Whoever performs is going to play. They have options.
