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He also got a guaranteed major league deal, which were allowed back then. Porcello and Turner got one too, IIRC.

Ehhhh... They are more intertwined than you lead on here. For example, if a team knows the strengths of its development staff, or the development staff is able to tell the scouting department what works better, there is going to be some interplay there. At least in the modern day, the players aren't just thrown over the fence.

This seems to be an issue with the higher performing private sector employees at the Weather Channel's social media team. NWS watch has that information: https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=ILZ104&warncounty=ILC031&firewxzone=ILZ014&local_place1=4 Miles NE Chicago IL&product1=Severe+Thunderstorm+Watch&lat=41.8832&lon=-87.6324

Sorry, a bit more. Only sharing because it is so hilarious.

One more...

Asking CoPilot to give me a list of the best Tigers draft picks of all time, and it is... struggling.

River Hamilton and Joey Wimpelberg to the full-season injured list...

Free agency has been fine. Lorenzen was a big win, cashed in for what appears to be a legit prospect. Flaherty 1.0 was a big win, as was Torres. Dipping into free agency is generally pretty fraught, so getting some wins without tying yourself down to some terrible contracts is fine by me.

Copying from a PDF, but the from the 2024 Major League Rules. Rule 41 (Postseason Rules). The link on the MLB Website is sometimes outdated (and, as an aside will lead you astray if you try to ask AI roster rules questions). 2024 Major League Rules.pdf

I've been railing pretty hard on future radar's veracity in Florida. Turns out it is bogus in the Midwest too.

I noticed that last time. Interesting and good for him.

I don't recognize the radio pxp voice? It isn't Gania.

I saw a great post on bluesky the other day. Something to the effect of "Has the pod saved America yet?"

So help me God if clicking on that gets me Draftkings crap in my feed...

Malloy/Jimenez is the one I would say hasn't worked out yet, but even if it doesn't, isn't a big loser. Depending how you value international slot money you weren't going to spend, Blake Dickerson has had nothing but injuries since being acquired.

His stats in Toledo were terrible before he was called up.

Is this where we vent about stupid takes from Stavenhagen's pod? Scott Harris stock down? Really? Really!?!?! They said the same thing after last year's deadline because they didn't get enough for Flaherty, apparently. (Granted, Sweeney and Liranzo have fallen off a bit this year but still). They said the same thing when the Tigers signed Torres instead of Christian Walker. They said the same thing after the 2023 draft which now boasts two potential cornerstones. Every... single... time... the Twitter intelligencia second guesses the Scott Harris front office, every... single... time... the Harris front office gets proven right in the big picture. Those guys need to not get caught up in Twitter groupthink.

Minor leaguers are unionized now, so I don't necessarily know how that will work this time...

They bumped everybody back. I bet Flaherty has a very short leash in October...

The risk is waiting til 2027 is the increasingly likely labor stoppage. Give them both a chance to make it out of spring next year and only bring them up this year if you get absolutely snakebitten by injury.

I went through the exercise over the weekend, and the only guys who are must-add's this offseason are Liranzo and Lee. Throw in a reliever like Summers and your Jake Miller's of the world. The crunch isn't too too bad. I still wouldn't push McGonigle. There's really no need.

My league currently in a lightning delay. Of the 20 or so people that have early games, 8 of them are at a table at the outside bar, 11 are hanging out under palm trees to stay dry. I am alone at the inside bar browsing MTF.

Poor poor @chasfh didn't get to see a Tigers pitcher shove today.

For all the crapping on the local media here and how unneeded the beat guys are, nobody seems to be aware of the bullpen game (or what might just be a Melton spot start) today that was reported my multiple beat guys Sunday.