Longgone

I've never gotten this premise; that the only way to have fun, that the opposite of boring, is to drink.

Not as your base defense. If you are going to move up in the draft, you are going to do it for someone who really fills a hole and checks all your boxes. He doesn't, it just reduces his value to Detroit a bit. If your pick comes along and he's the top guy on your board, sure, take him, but trade up, nah.

People keep saying this, but they both profile for the open end position in Detroit's base defense, the only time you would pair them is on 3rd and long.

From Eno Sarris: Beau Briske, Tigers Owner of the second-highest velocity jump in spring training so far, Beau Briske also has the fewest pitches per appearance in this sample. So maybe take his jump in fastball Stuff+ — from 96 Stuff+ last year to 121 this spring — with a grain of salt. Maybe he’ll drop more than five points if the Tigers push his pitches per appearance. Or maybe, even though we were looking for starting pitchers here, we’ve found a sleeper in the Tigers’ pen. In his last outing, Brieske threw 10 fastballs and had a Stuff+ over 140 on them. He’s alternated being better with the changeup and slider, but overall, both look like real weapons, too. The Tigers are going to need someone to step up behind Alex Lange in the bullpen, and they might have their Beau.

Also a cautionary tale regarding character and make-up.

Like you, I would love to see a top pairing with Hutchingson, but the lions like that opposing end to be a larger, edge holding, blocker absorbing type like Romeo or Paschal or Cominsky, until 3rd down, not a speed rusher like Anderson. In this especially deep draft, I'd like them to keep their higher draft picks for additional needs.

From Charlie Campbell: "However in speaking to a number of team sources during the fall of 2022, they said they did not see a freak athlete or generational talent with Anderson. They saw a good football player, but not a player with a special skill set like other high first-round pass rushers like Garrett, Chase Young, Clowney, or the Bosa brothers. "I love Will Anderson but have some question as to how well his dominance will translate to the NFL," said an AFC director of player personnel. "What is his dominant trait other than instincts? Size? No. Speed? No. Strength/power? No. He's not special athletically, so are these sack numbers inflated?"

You're basing this too much on what draft pundits say. Anderson is very advanced and instinctual, and he's a good athlete, but far from a physical freak. There will be teams, based on their schemes and system, who have other defensive players graded higher. He's a good prospect, just not the generational type you sell out for.

Chark is the x receiver, Williams is the z, St Brown is the y, Reynolds and Raymond, as you say are depth. Reynolds shouldn't be starting.

You want to go into the season with Williams, St Brown and Reynolds as your top three? Aim higher.

Anderson is not that caliber, need or fit. This draft is noteworthy for it's depth, but it's not very strong at the top. If he falls great, but otherwise there are too many holes and too many players with similar rankings.

That's beside the point.

Yes, and the Lions shouldn't draft us either.

The tear was purportedly a very basic one, and isn't expected to be any kind of an issue.

He's only been pitching for a year, probably with little coaching. He was an outfielder.

He's 28, same age as Cam Sutton. Is Sutton old and slow now also?

He's fast and athletic, prove otherwise.

Again, not sure where this perception is coming from, but it's not accurate.

Anzalone: 4.62 40, 1.59 10 yd split, 6.88 3 cone, 21.2 mph

I do not know where this slow perception comes from, he is not.

He's a very athletic backer who was plagued by injury and inconsistency earlier in his career, who last year was healthy and consistent.

Yes, spring training is always about the process, never about the stats.

Not batting average, that's practically useless for spring training samples. Like people worrying about Torkelson because he's posting a buck fifty, when in actuality he's been hitting the hell out of the ball.

He may and they won't.

Boy, is that poorly worded.