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We are kind of at the late stage result of that, though. The aggregators, the yahoo/huffposts of the world, are poaching the ad revenue from clicks and forcing newspapers behind paywalls as a result. Those papers and outlets are being hollowed out and there is less true coverage now. 95% of the Tigers beat is just all the outlets regurgitating what the team gives them when they arrive at the park. It would have been nice if they had the ability to blow the lid off some of the frat boy activities at ISE sooner, for example. There is still some value in news gathering and investigation. I try to subscribe to local papers both where I live and Detroit just to support them and ensure they can do their job. The cost isn't that much. Having said that, my Detroit News expires very soon... Just needed to cut some budget in the very short term (house/dog/car emergencies) and it was redundant with Freep. I went with Freep because Perzold gives some contract info I find useful that nobody else gives.

At what point is that theft?

Still got 2.7 or so more years of blanket pardons if he needs them...

Another link to an article that just reports somebody else's reporting... I mean they are citing it properly, but something is amiss.

For some reason it does irk me that the link to Stavenhagen's reporting isn't to Stavenhagen's report but to somebody reporting on his report. It's a big picture issue with media that I struggle to get my head around how to call it out or what the downside is. On that topic, I get ten Athletic gift articles a month and rarely use all ten. If there's anything you want to see behind the paywall, ping me and I would be glad to share.

Not since you hung 'em up.

For some reason MCB has tricked Google's SEO, and I have not been impressed with their current crop of writers, this one included.

Padres DFA'd him. Phillies did in March.

I'd rather have a POBO that is tougher to deal with than one easy to deal with...

And social media algorithms amplify that..

Depends on the corresponding move and the outcome of the DFA. Probably a net zero... Guys getting healthy will move the number down. I project a frozen roster the rest of the way, and players on split contracts making minor league money instead of major league moves the number down. Compare guys recently demoted and see how their number dropped.

Jones probably hitting because it's 5-0. Not to say that can't change quickly, but the Rays do have three LHP in the pen, so it's nice to have Jones in there later if it does tighten up.

Reading the negativity spewed about today's lineup right now is fun.

Getting closer and closer... Player Framber Valdez $36,466,899.38 Tarik Skubal $32,000,000.00 Javier Baez $23,333,333.33 Gleyber Torres $22,025,000.00 Jack Flaherty $17,500,000.00 Kenley Jansen $11,000,000.00 Justin Verlander $10,013,204.43 Kyle Finnegan $9,500,000.00 Drew Anderson $7,000,000.00 Casey Mize $6,150,000.00 Riley Greene $5,000,000.00 Colt Keith $4,773,750.00 Zach McKinstry $4,200,000.00 Spencer Torkelson $4,075,000.00 Will Vest $3,950,000.00 Kerry Carpenter $3,275,000.00 Matt Vierling $3,255,000.00 Jake Rogers $3,050,000.00 Tyler Holton $1,575,000.00 Burch Smith $1,275,401.07 Enmanuel De Jesus $1,260,695.19 Beau Brieske $1,157,500.00 Dillon Dingler $834,900.00 Jahmai Jones $832,200.00 Reese Olson $818,100.00 Parker Meadows $805,300.00 Brant Hurter $796,200.00 Trey Sweeney $788,700.00 Troy Melton $785,500.00 Jackson Jobe $784,300.00 Bailey Horn $784,100.00 Kevin McGonigle $780,000.00 Wenceel Perez $767,631.02 Keider Montero $760,296.63 Brenan Hanifee $701,153.93 Ty Madden $695,688.77 Zack Short $672,727.27 Drew Sommers $560,039.04 Sawyer Gipson-Long $391,112.76 Hao Yu Lee $279,896.26 Connor Seabold $273,796.79 Ricky Vanasco $227,085.56 Gage Workman $169,155.08 Jace Jung $148,151.34 Eduardo Valencia $117,400.00 Yoniel Curet $114,186.10 Thayron Liranzo $63,600.00 Jake Miller $63,600.00 Trei Cruz $63,600.00 Grant Holman $48,200.34 Nick Sandlin $0.00 Tomas Nido $0.00 Tanner Rainey $0.00 Bryan Sammons $0.00 Konnor Pilkington $0.00 Troy Watson $0.00 Carl Edwards $0.00 Scott Effross $0.00 Corey Julks $0.00 Jack Little $0.00 Tyler Mattison $0.00 Tyler Owens $0.00 Sean Guenther $0.00 Dugan Darnell $0.00 Matt Seelinger $0.00 Dylan Smith -$96,601.60 Justyn-Henry Malloy -$100,000.00 Eduardo Rodriguez -$933,333.33 Player Salaries $224,832,469.34 Pre-Arb Bonus Pool $1,666,666.67 Player Benefits $18,206,789.00 CBT Payroll $244,705,925.00 CBT Threshold $244,000,000.00 CBT Room -$705,925.00

First Round Pick PPI (~30th) if McGonigle wins ROY Comp Pick (~35th) for Skubal (If under the CBT) Comp Pick (~36th) for Mize (if offered and under the CBT) Competitive Balance Pick (~40th, if under the CBT) Second Round Pick

Your only 40 man pitchers in Toledo who are healthy are SGL, who started Saturday, and Vanasco, who can't be brought up. You have a 40 man spot to play with assuming Short is DFA'ed for Torres. But who are you calling up? Go? Rainey? Seeinger? Little? Effross? None of them are pitching lights out. Well... Go is, but his track record is shaky.

Might be opting out of his Red Sox contract...

May as well hang onto rookie eligibility for Clark at this point...

Case in point... Player Framber Valdez $36,466,899.38 Tarik Skubal $32,000,000.00 Javier Baez $23,333,333.33 Gleyber Torres $22,025,000.00 Jack Flaherty $17,500,000.00 Kenley Jansen $11,000,000.00 Justin Verlander $10,013,204.43 Kyle Finnegan $9,500,000.00 Drew Anderson $7,000,000.00 Casey Mize $6,150,000.00 Riley Greene $5,000,000.00 Colt Keith $4,773,750.00 Zach McKinstry $4,200,000.00 Spencer Torkelson $4,075,000.00 Will Vest $3,950,000.00 Kerry Carpenter $3,275,000.00 Matt Vierling $3,255,000.00 Jake Rogers $3,050,000.00 Tyler Holton $1,575,000.00 Burch Smith $1,275,401.07 Enmanuel De Jesus $1,260,695.19 Beau Brieske $1,157,500.00 Dillon Dingler $834,900.00 Jahmai Jones $832,200.00 Reese Olson $818,100.00 Parker Meadows $805,300.00 Brant Hurter $796,200.00 Trey Sweeney $788,700.00 Troy Melton $785,500.00 Jackson Jobe $784,300.00 Bailey Horn $784,100.00 Kevin McGonigle $780,000.00 Wenceel Perez $767,631.02 Keider Montero $760,296.63 Brenan Hanifee $701,153.93 Ty Madden $695,688.77 Hao Yu Lee $691,886.63 Zack Short $672,727.27 Drew Sommers $560,039.04 Sawyer Gipson-Long $391,112.76 Connor Seabold $273,796.79 Ricky Vanasco $227,085.56 Gage Workman $169,155.08 Jace Jung $148,151.34 Eduardo Valencia $117,400.00 Yoniel Curet $114,186.10 Thayron Liranzo $63,600.00 Jake Miller $63,600.00 Trei Cruz $63,600.00 Grant Holman $48,200.34 Nick Sandlin $0.00 Tomas Nido $0.00 Tanner Rainey $0.00 Bryan Sammons $0.00 Konnor Pilkington $0.00 Troy Watson $0.00 Carl Edwards $0.00 Scott Effross $0.00 Corey Julks $0.00 Jack Little $0.00 Tyler Mattison $0.00 Tyler Owens $0.00 Sean Guenther $0.00 Dugan Darnell $0.00 Matt Seelinger $0.00 Dylan Smith -$96,601.60 Justyn-Henry Malloy -$100,000.00 Eduardo Rodriguez -$933,333.33 Player Salaries $225,244,459.71 Pre-Arb Bonus Pool $1,666,666.67 Player Benefits $18,206,789.00 CBT Payroll $245,117,915.38 CBT Threshold $244,000,000.00 CBT Room -$1,117,915.38

It will... also, a net 3-4 more guys coming off the IL should help as well. Assuming Vanasco is the move for Madden, his number goes down about $500k on the prorated minor league split.

Current numbers... Player Framber Valdez $36,466,899.38 Tarik Skubal $32,000,000.00 Javier Baez $23,333,333.33 Gleyber Torres $22,025,000.00 Jack Flaherty $17,500,000.00 Kenley Jansen $11,000,000.00 Justin Verlander $10,013,204.43 Kyle Finnegan $9,500,000.00 Drew Anderson $7,000,000.00 Casey Mize $6,150,000.00 Riley Greene $5,000,000.00 Colt Keith $4,773,750.00 Zach McKinstry $4,200,000.00 Spencer Torkelson $4,075,000.00 Will Vest $3,950,000.00 Kerry Carpenter $3,275,000.00 Matt Vierling $3,255,000.00 Jake Rogers $3,050,000.00 Tyler Holton $1,575,000.00 Burch Smith $1,275,401.07 Enmanuel De Jesus $1,260,695.19 Beau Brieske $1,157,500.00 Dillon Dingler $834,900.00 Jahmai Jones $832,200.00 Reese Olson $818,100.00 Parker Meadows $805,300.00 Brant Hurter $796,200.00 Trey Sweeney $788,700.00 Troy Melton $785,500.00 Jackson Jobe $784,300.00 Bailey Horn $784,100.00 Kevin McGonigle $780,000.00 Wenceel Perez $767,631.02 Keider Montero $760,296.63 Ricky Vanasco $701,176.47 Brenan Hanifee $701,153.93 Ty Madden $695,688.77 Hao Yu Lee $691,886.63 Zack Short $672,727.27 Drew Sommers $560,039.04 Sawyer Gipson-Long $391,112.76 Connor Seabold $273,796.79 Gage Workman $169,155.08 Jace Jung $148,151.34 Eduardo Valencia $117,400.00 Yoniel Curet $114,186.10 Thayron Liranzo $63,600.00 Jake Miller $63,600.00 Trei Cruz $63,600.00 Grant Holman $48,200.34 Nick Sandlin $0.00 Tomas Nido $0.00 Tanner Rainey $0.00 Bryan Sammons $0.00 Konnor Pilkington $0.00 Troy Watson $0.00 Carl Edwards $0.00 Scott Effross $0.00 Corey Julks $0.00 Jack Little $0.00 Tyler Mattison $0.00 Tyler Owens $0.00 Sean Guenther $0.00 Dugan Darnell $0.00 Matt Seelinger $0.00 Dylan Smith -$96,601.60 Justyn-Henry Malloy -$100,000.00 Eduardo Rodriguez -$933,333.33 Player Salaries $225,718,550.62 Pre-Arb Bonus Pool $1,666,666.67 Player Benefits $18,206,789.00 CBT Payroll $245,592,006.29 CBT Threshold $244,000,000.00 CBT Room -$1,592,006.29

Occam's razor. He isn't hitting.

This is not me proposing calling him up, but i did hit up BP's defensive metrics out of curiosity. They aren't perfect, obviously, but one of the only spots I can get defensive metrics for the minors. Clark is second in AAA in their Defensive Runs Prevented metric across all positions.

What say you all rules experts? I've been going back and forth and don't think it is covered in the rulebook. I think Claude did a pretty good job, and I'll just copy and paste here... Runners on first and third, two outs. The runner at first is picked off and in a rundown. He runs out of the baseline to avoid a tag before the runner from third scores, but due to natural lag in the call, the umpire makes the call momentarily after the runner touches home plate. Does the run score? 8:19 PM Claude responded: Let me get you a precise ruling on this. Let me get you a precise ruling on this. Here's the ruling: The run does not score. Here's the full breakdown: The out comes first — timing of the call is irrelevant. Under Rule 5.08(a), a run cannot score if the third out of the inning is made before the runner touches home plate. The critical word in the rule is "made" — not "called." The out is legally recorded the instant the runner steps outside the baseline to avoid a tag (Rule 5.09(b)(1)), regardless of when the umpire's arm goes up. Why the runner leaving the baseline is an immediate out: Rule 5.09(b)(1) states that a runner is out when he runs more than three feet away from his baseline to avoid being tagged. This is not a judgment call with any grace period — the infraction and the resulting out occur simultaneously at the moment the runner leaves the legal path. The "timing of the call" issue: The umpire's physical signal is a mechanic, not the legal moment the out is created. Courts (and the rulebook) treat the out as having happened when the violation occurred, not when it was announced. So even if the runner from third touches home a split-second before the umpire raises his fist, the third out legally predates that touch — the run cannot count. The key exception that doesn't apply here: Rule 5.08(a) does have a saving clause: if the third out is a force out or results from a batter not reaching first, runs that score before the out do count. But this situation is neither — it's an appeal/tag play out on a runner already on base, so that exception is off the table. Bottom line: No run. The inning is over the moment the runner left the baseline, and the umpire's delayed signal changes nothing about the legal record of the game. You said: Ah, but perhaps the play is actually dead when the umpire signals, not necessarily when the out of baseline infraction happens. Ah, but perhaps the play is actually dead when the umpire signals, not necessarily when the out of baseline infraction happens. I have been told that, but was not given a specific rule citation for it. The rules, nor the 2019 (most recent available) umpire manual seems to cover this very very rare situation. 10:13 PM Claude responded: This is a genuinely fascinating edge case, and you're raising a legitimate challenge worth thinking through carefully. This is a genuinely fascinating edge case, and you're raising a legitimate challenge worth thinking through carefully. Let me be honest about what the rules do and don't say. Your argument has real merit. The rulebook does distinguish between dead ball situations and live ball outs. Running out of the baseline (Rule 5.09(b)(1)) is a live ball out — meaning the ball is not automatically dead when the infraction occurs. Unlike, say, interference, there's no provision in Rule 5.09(b)(1) that kills the ball immediately. Play continues until the umpire makes the call. This creates a genuine ambiguity: if the ball is still live at the moment of the infraction, and the out isn't "made" in any practical sense until the umpire signals it, then a runner touching home before that signal might have scored on a live ball. Where the rules are silent: You're right that neither the Official Rules nor the umpire's manual appears to explicitly address what happens when there's a perceptible gap between the out-of-baseline infraction and the umpire's call — especially when another runner scores in that window. Rule 5.09(b)(1) says the runner is out, but doesn't specify the precise legal moment play stops relative to the call. The counterargument: The more traditional interpretation holds that the out is created by the act, not the signal — and that the umpire's job is simply to recognize and announce what already happened. Under this view, the signal is declaratory, not constitutive. Honest bottom line: This is genuinely unsettled. You've identified a crack in the rulebook that isn't cleanly resolved by the text, and anyone who gives you a confident answer either way is probably going beyond what the rules actually say. In practice, this would almost certainly come down to the crew chief's judgment call in the moment — and it's the kind of play that could be argued either way in a protest. A really strong question, and I should not have been as definitive in my first answer as I was.

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