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I think so too, but there is some gray area on service years and 4th option. Sometimes guys get a 4th year that per the letter of the law as I read it they shouldn't. Nevin is such a player. Fangraphs doesn't always catch it (I've had to contact them to correct a few players, a la Paredes)

I brought him up as an example of how I anticipate Harris et. al. to use roster flux to their advantage, when Avila wouldn't

Because he throws gas and there is nothing to lose on minor league free agent signings?

My dad is a go-to on identifying hair replacement situations in famous people. He'll text me out of the blue to say somebody has a wig or plugs. His text in response to the Alabama Congressman that went after Gaetz is that they were very careful to hold him back by the chin, not the scalp.

Only because I attended a bowl game in the last week where my school was coached by Brian Brohm, there was a period in the mid-aughts where I got him confused with Brian Bluhm. Yoda's still on Twitter.

Right, I just think there's going to be a lot of roster flux this year, less constrained by the 40-man roster, and a lot of platoons (which there have been since at least Hinch), and those platoons will change with the roster flux. Trayce Thompson, for example, would have been called up last year instead of languishing in Toledo then sold for a bucket of balls.

The "List Positions, Four Bench Spots, Five Starting Pitchers, and Bullpen Roles" trope is antiquated. I came in here to point out Harris's quotes yesterday that pretty much said that outright and saw about five such posts. Since Hinch took managing over, how often have the Tigers had the same lineup in back-to-back games. A lot of flux, a lot of match-ups, a lot of mixing and matching. That's only going to increase.

Interesting they list Vierling as IF/OF. He started 5 games at 3B last year.

I'd have to think so. I can't speak to his arm strength, but I'm betting his lack of time coming through the ranks at 3B is a direct result of playing next to Bohm.

Trading a reliever while he has value before he gets expensive for three bats is a win. Clemens is immaterial; he sucks. Between Harris specifically citing a LH infielder and RH outfielder earlier, and Clemens surviving many roster purges he had no business surviving, I have a feeling this trade has been close to done for a while.

... Which is exactly what Alvarado is.

They have Jose Alvarado. They are prepared.

Well there's your LH IF and RH OF.

I kinda wanna run for President just to see how much money is in it and why so many people are doing it these days.

This waiver churn is exactly how I roll on OOTP.

Outright waivers are not revocable.

My theory is there is a deal in place for Escobar pending the Mets signing Correa.

I throw a liiiiiiitle bit of blame the Democrats way in the fact that there hasn't been a coalition candidate put forward yet.

I don't know... do people remember Buz Luekens? That's the best comp I can think of...

Steamer is the only somewhat decent projection system that's been released... I gathered some projected war600. That's WAR over 600 PA, so there's some potential issues with some minor league players beyond trying to extrapolate minor league numbers. Projecting for 50 PA, then multiplying everything by 12, may not be accurate. Anyways, below are players I had at 2B, 3B, or SS who are either free agents, on the Tigers roster (major or minor league), or not currently in line to start for their team and out of options. Andre Lipcius 2.6 Orlando Arcia 2.4 ATL Corey Joyce 2.3 Paul DeJong 2.3 STL Elvis Andrus 2.2 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2.2 NYY Miguel Rojas 2.2 MIA Wenceel Perez 2.1 Vidal Brujan 2.1 TBR Ryan Kreidler 2 Javier Baez 2 Jose Iglesias 1.9 Max Moroff 1.8 Vimael Machin 1.8 John Valente 1.8 Zach McKinstry 1.8 CHC Elehuris Montero 1.8 COL Edmundo Sosa 1.8 PHI Yairo Munoz 1.7 Danny Pinero 1.7 Josh Morgan 1.7 Brian Anderson 1.7 Jason Vosler 1.7 Andrew Navigato 1.7 Mauricio Dubon 1.7 SFG David Bote 1.7 CHC Jose Rondon 1.6 Didi Gregorius 1.6 Andy Ibanez 1.6 Tyler Nevin 1.6 Jorge Mateo 1.6 BAL Yu Chang 1.5 Jonathan Schoop 1.5 Zack Short 1.5 Gio Urshela 1.5 LAA Luis Aviles Jr. 1.4 Zach Remillard 1.4 Justyn-Henry Malloy 1.4 Jonathan Villar 1.3 Freddy Galvis 1.3 Jose Rojas 1.3 Kody Clemens 1.3 Jermaine Placios 1.3 Brendon Davis 1.3 Josh VanMeter 1.2 C.J. Chatham 1.2 David MacKinnon 1.2 Tommy La Stella 1.2 Eduardo Escobar 1.2 NYM Ildemaro Vargas 1.2 WAS Andrelton Simmons 1.1 Ray-Patrick Didder 1.1 David Masters 1.1 Arquimedes Gamboa 1.1 Sheldon Neuse 1.1 Hanser Alberto 1 Cesar Hernandez 1 Rougned Odor 1 Wilfedro Tovar 1 Peter Maris 1 Jake Palomaki 1 Miguelangel Sierra 1 Gage Workman 1 Miguel Andujar 1 PIT

Gotta start somewhere...

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It can, but I'd hardly call this team standing pat an ideal situation.

Not sure the point of a practice that makes such an unrealistic assumption?