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I've felt pretty good about Meadows so far, just because I haven't thought he reached a point where he looked over matched at the plate. Of course, hitters can and do go from looking good to looking bad for no obvious reason all the time......

I don't have any hard info, but I get the impression that they think the shoulder injury has left him with a permanent deficit.

I think it would take a major move to see Jung at 2B. It would mean something like: -Keith to 1b and Tork traded, -Meadows doesn't make the team making it possible for another LHH (Keith) to move to the OF in his place. (Seems unlikely Hinch would like an all LLH OF on any regular basis.) -Keith is a washout and the Tigers just burned ~$30M

Interesting that in his fangraphs story on the signing, Szymborski talks about Keith being stiff/too bulked up for IF while in the Freep the story highlights that his training emphasis has shifted to flexibility/range of motion. from the freep: As they say, the proof will be in the pudding - maybe in this case the put-outs.

True, but I was looking at it more from the angle that they moved a fairly valuable asset without doing anything to help the holes left in their rotation. DeSclafani is rather a long shot to do much.

Dems need to talk about the deal the GOP is refusing at every opportunity. Trump and the GOP have overplayed their hand in refusing the deal and the Dems have a great opportunity to flip the scrip. Biden can't let his left flank try to bury the issue instead.

Twins continuing to take themselves out of contention, move Jorge Polanco for a prospect and a questionable older pitcher. The division is there for the Tigers to seize https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39418695/sources-twins-sending-2b-jorge-polanco-mariners

Projected 70's for Clark's contact and Keith's power. Do I have to question his conclusions? 😉

Mize will be a high interest story, but not so much a critical one as they have a lot of candidates to fill his spot if he falters.

Clearly they believe Keith is a can't miss. So the position questions hinge around Jung/3B and Meadows. Can Meadows hit, can Jung get to the majors fast, and if not can Vierling play above replacement 3B? Beyond those questions ST will be about starters 4 & 5, Lange, and the last spots in the pen. A less wide open ST than in recent seasons. So I hope we see a lot more playing time by the players who are actually going to be playing so they will be ready and fewer ABs for minor league players who may be interesting but are of only future interest than the last couple of STs.

I've been following the gallery on the web site since they started it. It's quite the thing, but I think they got the pyramids built faster.

If it happens again the outcome will start arguing that there is a systemic reason. If it's random it's getting about time we get thrown the upside of the distribution!

Not so much... https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2024/01/29/michigan-strength-coach-ben-herbert-joining-harbaughs-chargers-staff/72394172007/

All the secure communication technology in the world at their disposal and US forces don't have functional FOF (friend of foe) ID capability? Not to mention that in the a case of drone, when in doubt the rule should be just kill it; they are the most replaceable thing on the battlefield.

LOL - I have your link somewhere but fangraghs came up at the top of search.

Ok - now you have me confused. How does that relate to everyone having to come off the long term DL in Nov? (and as I look at his transaction log it doesn't shows him DL'd at all(?) but we know he had he knee worked on.....)

Apparently 2 remaining. He's been in Detroit in '22 and '23, so's he's been sent back twice I but guess he's not to 5 yrs yet either so he could still have two - which agrees with what fangraphs says (almost to bottom of page): ttps://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/tigers

Since it's Trump, appearance is paramount, so as long as they stay in the closet...

LOL - Pistons are 3/9 with Cade on the bench (.333) vs 3/37 with him playing (.081). That's what $13M coaching can get you.

No doubt both. Trump is both a germophobe and a textbook case of masculine insecurity so how could he not.

a fair point, but lets see how long he can sustain it. We've seen a few guys come through here recently that give us a good 1/2 season or so and then turned back into to pumpkins. 🎃

Duren looking kinda lost out there.

and there is nothing wrong with voters giving consideration to his accomplishments in Japan. We consider the US to be the World center of baseball, Ichiro's accomplishment in another part of the world can validly contribute to his status as a great player. If had come to the US at 24 he probably generates another 15 WAR in the US which would be ~75 - which is Lou's total, and we know he should be in.

all the above said, I do expect Yzerman to make significant deals before the deadline.

I don't know if it's good strategy or not, but I think you are correct about the 1st part. I think Yzerman is always willing to pick up high picks because I believe he believes he can out scout other teams and make those picks more valuable. But for the same reason, whether he would then deal high picks is a little more questionable. He'd rather collect then move lower picks in trade. I think if you listen to Yzerman - he understands that it's really hard to get top players by any means, so I think he basically has a two track build strategy - do all the incremental things you can, draft as well as you can, and try to maximize high 1st round picks where you have a shot at a star. I could definitely see him trading a player he thinks he can replace for a 1st if he could swing it.