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If they spend significantly on effective pitching on multi-year deals, that's a form of 'all in' that would not be to their detriment in 27+ because with Melton likely to be in Detroit in '26 there isn't much within a year or two in the system.

Multiple progressives seem likely to jump in and split the vote, and by the 26 election Gaza may have faded as an issue, which is what the left has been hammering Goldman on.

What if all the luxury tax money collected by the league could only be used by teams below the tax limit to sign their own free agents?

It could be fixed - and it's probably the thing I most wished could be fixed, but IMHO the players have a lot of counterproductive understandings of what is in their own best interests, so it's not going to happen. Probably time for Clark to make his exit too.

they surely couldn't do any worse.

Also - I think if Skubal had an inclination to sign a deal in DET at less than the max, he'd have parted company with Boras. He doesn't need Boras or his fee if was interested in staying here and he could probably find agency to do that for less money than he is going to pay Boras.

Pujols was moved, Cabrera was moved, Verlander was moved, Bryce Harper was moved, Soto was moved, Sale was moved, Ohtani was moved. It's hardly a Detroit thing. You can blame the teams but it's mostly a system that is cooked into the CBA.

ASP is going to be a good offensive Dman, but less certain he's going to be a great Defensive Dman. For Hughes I'd pull that trigger. I don't want to have to decide what Daneilson is worth yet - just too soon.

well, other than the Teamsters.

Maybe his calculator is an abacus

Gibson was good. Canucks had a ton of point blank attempts, not necessary all grade A but still otherwise undefended and he managed them all. He let some rebounds get away but he had some luck with that not hurting him. Canucks outplayed the Wings over more than half the game but the Wings executed a couple of very slick plays for their scores. Always good to get a win in the Pacific time zone, but the Wing's inability to clear their own zone against a not very good offensive team was a depressing thing to watch.

they also leave a lot of bankruptcies behind in their wake. How does a university go bankrupt? How does any Public University operate as a profit making concern? Sound's like at minimum that has to be taxable.... You would think that at some point the state governments that these school report to would inject a little sanity into something that has gone so far off the rails nobody even remembers what the railroad was put there for. But this is America, and social policy insanity seems to be order of the day.

Not Asia - Australia! And do they call them 'NorthPaws'?

The thing is, who of those guys separated from the pack last season? Guys who are going to be impact pitchers tend to show fast and are generally going to blow through the low minors. Guys who go stop to stop are going to get there at 26 and be back of the rotation or converted to middle relief.

the guys in overall? Daytime talk radio is on 8/5 while they're tearing out your kitchen.

Montero is going to be an innings eater at best, still not clear SGL's stuff is going to play in the majors like it did at AAA, assuming he can stay on the field. Melton is unproven. There are lot of eggs being carried in the Jobe and Olson baskets. Might work out, but that's not much depth given the rate of pitcher wastage.

I have to assume Harris thinks he can just flip the switch on his drafts - go pitching heavy and have Fetter & Co. turn them into several Cy Young candidates in 6 months. Hard to see what other plan is in place.

It's only a shame for the sake of your headline that it's unlikely the team from Minnesota will be involved....

If a big trade is going to work, I think it has to be multiple teams - like the Ganderson/Scherzer deal. That's how you can square the circle between the Tigers wanting ML players or at least ML ready players back but the shoppers who are contenders who want a Carpenter or Mize or Greene or even Skubal want to offer prospects back. But engineering a 3 way trade is going to be quite the leap from a guy who has hardly dipped his toes into serious trade waters since he's been here.

Maybe one of the more undeserved (other than Gibson). This one could have been about 7-3 Vancouver for all the Wing lapses that Gibson covered. If anything the joke on the Canucks was getting some of those gift turnovers too close to the net to maneuver, allowing Gibson to make the play. Nice to see Solderblom doing well the thing the team needs him to do: puck possession.

slipping in a little DD speak!

I saw in the car write-up that they are narrowing tires by an inch. Seems like an interesting decision. Maybe it’s a match to the weight reduction?

Signals are nice, but of course signing him to huge deal would also go a long way towards depleting the resources to sign those additional free agents!

We can only hope the division starts doing the dividing inside MAGA. Seriously, if MTG can pull a few more of her ilk into the attempt at a new coalition it might get interesting. You go girrrl. I've got time and popcorn.

Well of course. That's were the money is. What other felons are as well positioned to make a major payoff.?