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no - you don't know if you'd be selling low. You're going to get back value based on what Tork is now when the unknows with him are mostly to the upside - you'd end up giving up the upside chance for pretty much nothing. His case is not like Micheal Fulmer's was where he had started out hot but you already had an inkling based on his pitch shapes and health history that there was downside risk in the future.

unfortunately they don't have another SS in the system that woudn't do worse, unless lightning strikes Kreidler and turns him into a hitter. Avila probably brought in an average of a least 4 SS hopefulls per year (at least until 2021!) between trades, the draft and international and the sum total we have to show is Wenceel still in AA and playing mostly 2B, and a very maybe guy in A ball. Ironic - if they had just held on to Iggy they would be net ahead over the last 5 yrs, we would not have suffered through Niko and we wouldn't have Baez's contract. Thanks McCann (and probably Gardenhire). The worst moves by GMs are often dumping players they don't like wihout obtaining a replacement they won't like even less. (Yeah, I know, Jeimer says, "Hi").

I'd like to see the umpire bias report on this game - that wasn't the 1st call that went the M's way. The zone has been generally huge, which is part of why the score is low, but I don't think it's been very uniformly huge.

that would be 12?

Reese got behind one too many batters there...

Miller throwing a lot of high sliders but the Tigers not banging any hangers.

good play by Maton. He comes in well - lateral not always so much.

If Greene is in CF, Vierling is probably in RF, Carpenter is in left there and maybe doesn't do any better. Of course if Marisnik were out there he'd likely have caught it. Baddoo? Who knows. Parker Meadows on the other hand......

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