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If Javy shows no improvement, SS will be the obvious target in a trade of XS pitching.

at minimum Kreidler has to prove he can hit regular season AAA pitching with enough success to imply he has any chance against MLB pitchers, which he has yet to do. I'm rooting for him but he's not shown adequate evidence the can hit in the majors yet. Javy actually had a couple of good AB today and he has tagged a few more pitches in the last few days. We all seem to be persuaded this coaching staff is the greatest thing since sliced bread, and there is no doubt Javy is a uniquely talented athlete, so I'm fine with letting it play to see what they can accomplish. There is a lot fan talk about him not being willing to work but that's just social media flotsam, everyone near the team says he is busting his butt doing what they are asking.

he didn't give up much of anything. The runs scored on a bad throw by Baez and misplayed ball in left by Malloy.

Bottom of the line-up through 4: double for Urshella, two walks for Malloy and 2 hits for Kelley. ...and they've all been stranded.

You wouldn't think any great negotiation is needed, it's not like he is Julian Assange, he's just going to be charged and bail out.

7Ks through 3IP for Flaherty.

Ray score two runs on questionable defense.

agree with this.

I think this is probably true, but I also think the current NIL system is not likely to remain in place for very long. The money to pay the players eventually has to start coming from the money they actually generate - i.e the game media revenue. The NIL system is fundamentally a fantasy, players are being paid out of money which is in reality donations instead of the money their sports are actually generating. That's unsustainable - not to mention stupid.

Could be. But he may also have told his immediates (e.g. Mom?) that he was taking off without necessarily telling them where he was going. Still given the choice between him having some elaborate off shore escape plan vs he's just hiding out with some kind of 'local' support, I'd vote for the latter. But you have to think he figures out fairly quickly that hiding out he's got no life anyway....

Youngish, successful, zero prior Michigan baggage.

I will reach a heretofore unexperienced level of frustration with Yzerman if Edvinsson is sent back to GR when Walman comes back. Talent matters more than handedness.

Though those two were 'banned' long after they had been elected to the HOF, neither had pursued a post playing career in managing (Mays did coach a bit), so those 'bans' didn't really have the practical effect that Rose's has.

MPR may sort of a redundancy when the person is the subject of an unanswered warrant....😳 Police aren't worried, but they don't do dragnets for people who aren't armed and dangerous or are not expected to be a threat to the general population. What do we know about his "parents, siblings, and close friends." Is he a guy that normally stays in touch or it normal for him to be unaccounted for long stretches in the off season?

and Petry was close but just gave Forsberg too much room on the winner. Not wild about Petry and Chiarot as a pairing anyway. TBF, not really big on Petry with anyone as a pairing.

I think Hinch has been clear they do grade ABs but that that grade doesn't necessarily correspond to the game value result of the AB. So I guess you could say guys are still graded on a set of stats, but they're not the stats we see. Same kind of thing hold for the pitching.

Torkelson decided it was baseball season. Single, single, triple.

Maeda feast or famine. 8 hits, 6ks in 3 ip

Meadows and Kelly have gone deep against the Jays

everyone hitting today. Tork is 2/2. 11 runs for the TIgs in the 1st 3innings of two games combined.

kind of fun to go back and reread this interview with Goff's OC at Cal on the eve of his draft. Obviously he was a huge Goff fan, but looking back 8 yrs later what he said about Goff is right on the money. I especially liked this nugget though: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2606877-former-cal-offensive-coordinator-dispels-myths-regarding-qb-jared-goff

I'm not sure if Torkelson is standing even straighter up than he used to or not. The Tigers are currently a big fan of that stance in terms of swing path, but the downside is it puts your head a long way away from down and away and down and away is just what Tork is not seeing right now.

I think Faedo goes to Toledo because he is the better candidate to be the Tiger 7th starter behind Manning as #6. We complain about roster decisions made because of options but it is what it is, it is a powerful motivation to keep Wentz at least initially. If Wentz isn't good you can always convert Faedo to short work on the fly. I could see Diaz because he's a little more experienced and maybe adds some stability/calm out there, but they have Miller and Chafin as elder statesmen so I'd go with Brieske.

This. 12 wins is not a gimme for any team at any time.

There seems to be a lot of anger about the FAs not being signed so late, but what do they expect? It is the nature of the price mechanism in any market that higher priced products get rejected by buyers as part of the price setting mechanism. The players can fire who they want, it's not going to make teams roll over to give $20M to a 37 yr old DH who wasn't good two years ago and missed 50 games last yr. When JD's offer price met his perceived value, someone signed him. Tony Clark was all hot on 'a free market' in his interview the other day, but freedom does work both ways. And of course to the point above about it not working for younger guys, JD still walks away with 15X the major league minimum where half the guys are. OTOH, Snell's San Diego money not being guaranteed because of a CBA loophole is a more reasonable complaint of a prior negotiating fail.