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We may be able to hold out until we get mize, melton, and skubal back but what's going to help this BP? Hard not to suspect Vest is on his way to TJ. Melton maybe - but I have been assuming they are going to need Melton in the rotation - at least until Skubal gets back. So best case, Flaherty straightens out (he wasn't horrible last time out), the rotation settles at Mize, Flaherty, Valdez, Montero, Mleton, then eventually Skubal and Melton can go to the BP, but I'd really like to see another BP arm from somewhere. Now all we need is for Mize and Melton to actually get back and the rest to happen before they end up too far back to catch up.

Voters choosing candidates is so, so 20th century. Today candidates choose their voters don'cha know?

The answer for the Dems isn't that hard - you run AOCs where progressives can win and you run Fettermans where they can't win and when you get in power you pass the parts of your agenda you agree on and try to build consensus if you can for the stuff you like that doesn't have broader appeal. That's what representative democracy is supposed to be about. But both sides of the party want to be in control, neither side willing enough to go with the fact that some of the answers can be different in different places

that contract is looking a little less favorable for the Tigers this season.Definitely counter expectation that a player that should be developing more power at this point in his career has seen his ISO go basically to zero. Superficially, one would argue that much like Riley's shift last season to the super uppercut, Colt's shift this season to the super short approach has been an over compensation. Last season Riley did hit more HR's but became a worse hitter and is having to fight back from that now. Colt has gotten his AVG and OBP up but so far at too high a cost in ISO. Hopefully Keith can make an in season adjustment to get to a better compromise instead of this being his MO for the whole season.

Bad BPs make every manager look bad - damned if you do, damned if you don't. If you are losing ballgames in your BP, blame your GM, or just bad injury luck, or both.

Read a bit yesterday that as a party the dems are having trouble raising money. Dem Candidates are doing fine, but the party fundraising is way off, party accounts trailing the GOP about 2:1, donors bitching about Ken Martin etc.

I think I'd rather see McKinstry in the OF than Perez. Wenceel reminds me of Raburn a little bit in that there is no lack of athletic talent but he just botches too high a proportion of plays just out of the blue. It would also be nice if Riley could figure out a way throw from the OF. If wasn't a factor today but he has to be one of the worst OF arms in the AL. Do I recall there is some injury history there that makes that a lost cause maybe?

I don't think there is any kind of decision to do so, but they are getting more immediate feedback and my guess is that is having an effect on those umpires who used to be more liberal calling strikes to the outside - where I think the 'worst' strikes called out of the zone have usually been.

I guess we can debate if there is a cost in defensive precision for moving guys around a lot, I think there is at least some, or we could just bemoan the fact that the tigers have some guys who are not great defenders no matter where or how many places they play.

Zach Short signed for his defensive reliability......

wrong ball one to challenge.

should have challenged ball one......

Nice comeback for Hurter there.

if they get through the bottom of the 9th they better score two in the 10th as the Royals have the top of the order, which means Witt, on tap.

Wasted lead off double. 🤮

walk - wasted challenge, not close. McGonigle didn't look good swinging at pitches in the RH batters box!

OK scratch that...🤷‍♂️

Vierling needs some better BaBIP luck - starting right here.

Who said teams should bunt more? Idiots!

reverse hex!

and we get McK and Short to lead off with only 3 outs left.

Hinch wants to manage like he has competent pitchers in the BP, but sadly not the case.

Finnegan has thrown every pitch so far into the middle third of the plate.

Tigers's BaBIP'd that inning.

Riley should have challenged, that was a ball.