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But Manning had more when he was coming up didn't he? Actually he has picked up some velo as this game as gone on, he was hitting 95 consistently this inning but he's still not getting any whiffs on anything he's throwing.

it would have been a tough play, but Carpenter could have caught that.

There has to be more velocity in that frame than he's getting. 95+ would go a long way toward making his life easier.

Manning with nothing on his pitches so far. No velo, No break, no command.

the thing is, I don't think Hinch is managing Lange and Foley much differently because of BP days. Those two are always going to be wanted late/close, so it's more a matter of how many games the Tigers end up late/close as opposed to how the 1st 7 innings were managed. And sure you can overwork a reliever. Hinch's base rule is no reliever works 3 days in a row. Beyond that I imagine they have a load management plan for each pitcher. I think in Lange's case, recently it isn't so much he's being asked to do too much, it's that he can't get though what would be his normal workload efficiently. There's a bit of chicken/egg thing to it.

it doesn't get 'overused' so much as you just have to keep reach lower and lower in the pitcher barrell for innings until you have to start using guys who can't get anyone out like Hill/Misiewicz. It's always just a mattter of where the next level of quality is in your system. If there had been good staters at Toledo in the pipeline, they would have been pitching in those games instead of having BP days. But we've already pulled all the starters out of the Toledo rotation who had any chance of surviving ML hitters (Faedo, Olson, Wentz). Wentz wasn't up to it, Faedo got hurt, Olson is hanging in there. Holton, Englert, Cisnero, Vest, Alexander, White - are all better pitchers than any starting help available in Toledo so they got the innings up to the limit they are available. If 3 starters were not on the way back shortly the next step would have been bring back Brieske and to stretch out T. Alexander again, even knowing he's been more effective as a reliever.

This is already happening but from the direction of people claiming that some abortions - particularly to save the mother, are mandated by their religious beliefs . https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/health/abortion-religious-freedom.html?searchResultPosition=1

Sunk cost fallacy at work

P Meadow's consecutive on base streak ends at 18 games. Keith keeps his 9 gamer going but with just a walk.

Two pitchers to be activated this week. Hill will be sent down and probably Logue. Too bad Shreve has no options, he's toxic right now, 3 bad outings in his last 4.

almost 60 days out and Spencer Turnbull was supposed to throw a 'touch and feel' bullpen - whatever that is. Does anyone think he is actually going to get in to another game for the Tigers this season? Ever?

Get's out of it. Lange is in the same place Soto was least season - down to one pitch he can throw for a strike

Lange = Broken

tying run at the plate. What else?

amazing. Give up one run in 6 on a BP at 'effing Coors Field and still behind. This ineptitude of this team with a baseball bat is beyond epic.

From last season, beyond Berggrem, Seider, Larkin, Ras, Raymond, Perron, Maata, Walmon who would we miss?

LOL - Ottawa scores on their own goal by raising his expectations with the 8 yr offer.

If he is pitching well at the deadline you just have to trade him, otherwise he certainly walks for nothing. Tigs just can't tolerate giving away more recovable roster value. The only way you don't trade him is he signs a new deal before the deadline.

They only signed Lindstrom for a year - so it's not like there is any deep committment there. If the knock was he needs to be stronger, the year you turn 25 is about time to show you are.

It's really tempting to think about what could go right. There is the pitching, but on top of that Miggy is being productive, Torkelson is being productive and teasing more than that, Greene was on a 6 WAR pace before he went down, Rogers has solidified the catching, Vierling has been a steady presence. then again there are still land mines - Lange in particular. Still very hard to persuade yourself this team can suffer any kind of good luck.

LOL - Toronto has to be so psycho-paranoid over the cup dought by now, who knows what they may do.

it's already been talked around, but I can't see Zadina or Veleno sticking very long this season unless they both elevate their games substantially. Berggren probably gets more run. Lindstrom being a defensemen - esp a R shot, patience there is understandable.

OK - just to play counselor for the Defense here 😉, the con went like this.: Jeimer is 30 in '23, he'll be a declining asset by the time they are ready to win, you don't know what you are going to get from him, your new spiffy GM has a chance to show what he can do finding you a shiny 3B prospect that can be part of the future (what if Malloy had been able to play 3rd?). There is nothing to play for in 2023, they will be a 4th place, treading water team at best. I think it's the fact that there could be/could have been/may yet be, something to play for that puts the decision back into the hindsight binoculars in a way it would not be if they were 15 games out. And that's perfectly fair.

Old friend Daniel Norris started for the Columbus Clipper agasint the Hens today. Threw 4 innnings and left with a 3-1 lead. Lipcius touched him up for a HR.

Build a fundamentally solid team, keep your economics sound so you have the money to strike if a star becomes available on the market, and meanwhile scout like crazy and hope for a star with the picks you get. So, true - not an exciting swing at the fences strategy, but a tactically sound one that should at least get them back to consistent playoff presense.