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bad chase from Tork.

Riley's best AB this year. You could see Junk was setting him up for a high fast ball but then he left it middle middle instead of getting it up high enough and Riley didn't miss.

that's cold.

TBF, I didn't posit that anyone was - other than possibly media or fan speculators. All I said what you don't decide on what to do with a major leaguer based on prospects with better gloves - at least not until they are closer than someone like Ranier.

So how/who do we organize to get something like this on a Michigan ballot: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/transparent-election-initiative/ https://dailymontanan.com/2026/04/01/montana-supreme-court-dismisses-constitutionality-challenge-to-the-montana-plan-initiative/

I'd love to know Maxwell's real story. She was in the middle of everything with Epstein and Brunel.

The other risk is that relatively little loss of alignment in that area can result in reduced range if motion of the joint. Generally a pretty trivial issue for a civilian but maybe not so much for a major league hitter.

yeah - it's basically Greene and Carpenter who are making too many outs. Torkelson a more mixed bag - His OBP is OK because he is walking and he has been a bit BABip'd. He's already got a handful of warning track shots over 100 EV.

Fair point. Maybe I'd have been more accurate to say that the difference today is that there seems to be no cost to be caught lying. We lost that somewhere after Nixon, but may be it's unclear exactly where.

Maybe not. I broke my forearm much more severely than parker just about this time of year and had unrestricted use back before the season was over. But it depends how close it is to the wrist - the closer you get to the wrist and that little knot of bones sometimes the more complex it can be to get it to heal. I broke mine just about in the middle.

Understood. I was using the 2nd person 'impersonal' "you" there (a glaring deficiency in English un-addressed for a millenia!)

every system has slick fielding SS prospects. Few of them ever hit. I'm sure the Tigers (and we!) will be overjoyed if Ranier or Peck turn out to have an MLB bat that bumps McGonigle to 3b, but the probability of that isn't bankable for deciding anything about KM today.

this was posted in the middle of the afternoon. I've pretty much assumed he posts the ones from the middle of the night himself, middle of the day seems more doubtful.

I broke my left arm years ago and it became uncomfortable to wear a watch but it didn't take long before I realized I really didn't miss it, then the cell phone appeared. The only time I carry watch any more is if we are going to a wilderness area for a long enough period a phone might end up dead.

Given that lying is the political tool de jure now-a-days, I try not jump to conclusions about any of this stuff. I believe two things are both true: 1) men have gotten away with this stuff in the main for a long time, 2) there is no XX chromosome linked truth gene either.

I'll say one thing, if he's going to have success against LHP, the stance change should have moved him in that direction. He's looing so quick now that he's giving himself more time to see the LH breaking ball. Of course still small SS on the new stance but so far so good.

He put up a QS. Did he have any of those at all for the Tigers? (checks BR....) - yes, he had one. His first start for the Tigers against ARI. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET202507300.shtml

I'm not sure I follow the difference, when you say a guy can't stay at short, aren't you bascially saying he's a less than average quality SS - either his range or his arm is going to cost you enough there that you are willing to play a worse bat in his place and move him somewhere else? Just looked back at the MLB scouting lists back to 2024, McGonigle was consistently 50/50 arm/glove. Just for comparison, Sweeney was 55/50 as a prospect for the Dodgers. OTOH, I think for left side IFs, sometime throwing velo gets over emphasized and total time to 1b may be harder to quanitfy. For instance on the great play last night, a guy with a cannon might have set his feet and made a harder throw, McG looped the throw a bit but got if off very fast. All that matters is total time to the 1B's glove.

maybe our view issn't so different - what makes secondary stuff good? Part if it is being able to throw it for strikes so batters can't spit on it. In that sense, on a given night, better command == better secondary stuff

1st dead giveaway was to leave out "Thank-you for your attention to this matter"

Clark's sample is up to >50PA still small but getting significant, great BB/K ratio, great OBP. The only knock of any kind is 50 PA without a HR - which is also true of Torkelson and Greene right now....🤔

The short stroke is really working for Keith and he's even getting good EVs. Be nice to see him turn into the hitter he promised he might be in the minors.

Kieder's stuff is good enough when he has the command to stay ahead. He did that tonight.

gameday preview shows Baez in CF, Perez in RF, Kerry DH.

I don't know if unserious is the best description for Newsome - he's taken on major problems in CA has been willing to take his share or flack over them. But I agree it is easy to get a sense of something vaguely off about him. Not sure what I would call it. It's not necessarily 'Slick' like Clinton but something.