Edman85

Last time I went to a game it was late August 2024 and jump started things. Hoping the same happens here.

I will be there.

I was in an Uber a few weeks ago where the driver was streaming the pre-fight Press Conference from the White House lawn, and it was some of the most incoherent and lewd drivel I have ever heard. The type of stuff the GOP I thought I knew would be outraged about.

The league is cracking down on phantom IL stints. Use that with caution with Flaherty.

McKinstry played 3B his first game back and has been exclusively 2B and RF since. You may be onto something. He may have been rushed back just because of all the other injuries. Which got me thinking how many other players aren't getting a day off when they may need one and the mechanisms about how injuries and inderperformance can spiral.

You need 1000+ PA vs LHP for a platoon split to be meaningful using traditional statistics. These days with swing path data and the like teams can very likely spot things with much smaller samples.

Season long platoon splits are a very small sample.

I think this was the plan, but a few things happened. Torres never got better. Short is basically the right handed option. Remember he was DFA'ed, but then brought back once Torres had to go on the IL. Around that time, they signed Paul DeJong, who could very easily be a better option than Short. Hell, you could probably call him up right now if you wanted to... except, he's out for the year with an injury now. Trei Cruz is still on rehab, and wasn't exactly banging the door down in AAA before his injury. And now Torres had a setback. So now your primary shortstop in AAA is Max Burt, who they tried to send to AA before having to drag him back up when DeJong was hurt. Burt is a fringe guy with a career minor league OPS around 0.600. It's not some indictment on the org that he's their AAA SS right now. It's just been injury after injury after injury. Heck, Jack Penney, who was playing with the squad late in camp is just now getting his rehab going. Hard to say if the injuries are bad luck or if something is afoot with the strength/training staff.

Probably send him down and keep him stretched out. Especially with SGL struggling, you probably want Madden ready to step in.

It's May, and the team has been ravaged by injuries the last few weeks. Circle back at the All Star break before giving up on the season. Having said that, if I am the Tigers I maybe divert a bit more of the scouting budget/effort toward other teams' prospects than a month ago.

Can confirm. I wear the fangraphs odds shirt every week or two.

Madden getting a rehab start today. It seems he's on track to spend the minimum time on the IL.

40 man moves to make room for Melton and Brieske could get interesting...

Freeing oneself from the algorithm is a start.

I need to stay healthy. Control what you can control. If you can do that angry, be angry. If you can't do that without a mental spiral, no shame prioritizing #1.