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so tell me again, once all the intangible ties to tradition and alma mater have been devalued, am I still watching college football when the NFL is on 3 days a week? I mean if it's a minor league - I don't watch minor league baseball or G-league basketball. I guess you see a little more offensive variety in college football because more things work that you wouldn't get away with against pro defenses.....

I wonder how much difference you would see at AAA between a great and a poor farm system. I figure it goes something like this: A good development system delivers 2 major leaguers per season. Lets take a simple 2:1 loss rate at each level in the minors - that's four serious prospects need to get to AAA each year, 8 need to get to AA each year and 16 to A ball. Since between a 20 round draft and the internation signings a team does take in maybe just under 32 new players each year - so 2:1 math at each level works out pretty close to the overall system average. So, long story short, most of the guys at AAA are still going to be organizational fill and hangers on with no chance of making the majors. That's going to be true whether it's a lousy system sending one guy to the majors each year, or a great system sending 3. The impact at AAA is still isn't that big a part of the roster. I suppose in a better system the failures might be better - i.e. more 4 A players?

Rain we had yesterday looks to pass well north of Boston.

Fudge - Toledo roster is showing 28. I guess they apparently announced some cuts a little out of order to the guys they added.

Toledo web site shows 6 roster spots cleared since Thursday with only two replacements. Should be some promotion announcements coming? https://www.milb.com/toledo/transactions

With Riley and Carpenter, and Meadows and Keith in the wings, they're on track to get more LH dominant. Even if Torkelson improves, they need more RH power. Malloy might be some of that, but I would agree a FA pickup - esp RH - should be high on the list.

Other than this start he's not exactly tearing it up yet. Good K rate and H/9, but too many walks and HRs.

I think that fact that that hasn't happened after a year means that he is the GM. Tigers probably offered the job as POBO so that the title upgrade would help remove any walkaway issues for a current GM they might offer. Many/Most employment contracts have easy out clauses for promotions. Tigers will talk about it once in a while to keep the fiction alive then more nothing will happen.

Game concluded. Hens won 4-1 Meadows finishes 1/2 2B, 2BB Keith 1/4 HR(!) Wenceel 1/3 BB Gipson-Long 5IP, 4H 0R, 2BB, 8K

Hinch thinks he is too valuable to get run.

Gameday's box (generally more accurate) didn't show it quite as far out as Bally's but still a clear miss by Wolf

Dammit all That wasn't even close! A great AB by Torkelson anyway.

Toledo in a rain delay - no score after 5. If it doesn't get rained out Meadows has a walk and another double.

2 BB today. Still no singles!

Ladies and gentleman, Will-Hit-Walk-Loadthebases-Vest.

I think Javy is totally frustrated. It would be unprecedented for a ten yr pro to do it, but if he wants to salvage his career maybe he should go to winter ball to try the total retool his swing needs.

Against a tough lefty no less.

It's always the same with Skubal recently when he goes off. He can't get any off speed into the bottom third of the zone. It's all either low out of the zone, or he hangs it. Maybe he needs to work inside/outside more so if he missed on elevation it's not right down the middle.

Skubal going into one of his 'can't throw strikes' funks.,,, And there is the 3run HR>

No doubt he had fallen off as his health failed and Dickerson had to do a lot of covering but the two of them together even with Jim at half speed was still a better broadcast than all the people they have tried other than Dirks.

Very nice play by Skubal and Torkelson. to get out of the 3rd

Another dribbler on the ground for a base hit. Tigers IF positioning has been consistently wrong so far.

IDK, depends on how you cut it. No runs allowed in 19 of his last 26 appearances, 3.10 FIP since May 1. I wouldn't say he's pitched badly. Like most not top of line relievers, he has days when he's not good but for a 6,7th inning guy thought he was serviceable. Time will tell if his replacement does better.

two weak ground balls and two men on.

did not expect that. For Vest? gotta be more to that story.