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Maton so close to the plate his toes are on the batter's box chalk.

LOL - McKinstrey didn't get very close to that!

Mudhens winners. Parker 2/4 2B, BB. Keith 0/4 BB, Malloy - DNP

he certainly could have - that would be the conventional play, and he'd be moving in on the throw, which is helpful. But I hesitate to say a guy did it wrong if he got the out - adding the time for the transfer might have ended up IFH. Conversely, deciding to use your right hand adds risk because even if you are good with your right hand if the ball picks up some spin you're not likely to hold on. It all depends on how fast Keith believed he could make the transfer and throw if he charges and whether he was right about what he believed.

So do I, but if Hinch is all about playiing situational edges, there it is.

real men don't use batting gloves.

Hinch has a real bug up his rear about Maton at 3B. Makes no sense at all. There are at least 3 better 3B on the roster. If you want to play him, fine. Put his asz at 2B. Not to mention that if wants numbers, Maton's OPS at 2B is 756. It's 580 at 3B.

Pretty sure I saw Boyd in the dugout with the boys last night.

How they play could change their view on what talent they might be willing to give up, but the two main moves to make, Lorenzen and ERod, don't depend on how they play, but on whether they will agree to be extened. They could go undefeated to the deadline, they still *have* to move ERod & ML if they dont sign to new deals.

This is a good example of that. This play had the hot dog but little meat. It didn't tell you anything about range - it was right to him, nor quickness, it was not hit hard, and the throw was on the short side, he was playing shallow. So nice play to look at, but not a particularly helpful one for overall evaluation.

The pick-up was nice but if one is looking to be critical, I’m not sure the throw anything more than adequate.

they haven't won (or lost) more than two in a row since the 9 game swoon. Time for that to end.

Cabrera opened his stance a little?

AMBUSH!

Kirby dealing.

Sorry to hear about you and Tipper BTW...

Hens lose 8-2. Malloy 2/4 HR(15); Meadows HR(13); Keith IF single BB

Torkelson's last ~250 AB his OPS is 770, pacing for 30 HR and 90 RBI per season. His OBP still needs to come up - it's about 330 for that stretch, but considering he is just now reaching one full season's worth of experience in the majors (~700PA) he's doing fine. Tork has two problems in terms of fan perception - he's not going to hit for as high average as Riley, and he had a terrible April which keeps his season stats depressed.

That's a good question. Vierling? Or maybe Jake, but Vierling would have better reach. Plus you get the impression McKinstry can field any position at least adequately but again - no reach. And I'm sure a big reason they give Torkelson so few days off is that Javy is really terrible throwing to 1st. Seeing the way he throws, you realize that if he hadn't had Rizzo at 1st on the Cubs he probably couldn't have stayed in the majors at SS. And now he has lucked into Tork to save his bacon.

hadn't heard that one but sure - it had to be something where there was no appeal. He was bounced hard.

He hit the HR in his next AB after making a big defensive play at 2b. Could well be the number of plays he wasnt making at 3d was keeping his daubers down. I'm not sure why Hinch was so fixed on playing him there when you have both a RHH and LHH that are better 3B gloves than he is in McKinstry and Ibanez - though McKinstry is no great shakes there either - McK does throw well though.

I think you are correct. Divide his season at June 4 and his walk rate is 11.5% first half, 19% since, and more ominously, his sinker Velo took a subtle drop at about the same time.

Todd was the master of the semi-intentional pass to a left hander when a RHH was on deck. He had so much confidence against RHH he didn’t really care if he loaded the bases to get to one.

If I were the Tigers I try to get Lange throwing a 4 seamer against the curve instead of the sinker as he can't control the run on the sinker and you don't want to throw the chase pitch (the curve) in the zone. He needs to have a pitch he can throw for a strike when a hitter is taking.

what is this 'stock' to which you refer?