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I want to see how Skubal's arb hearing goes and how much of Valdez's contract is deferred before making that call. Also, if too much of Valdez's contract is front loaded, the Tigers could get hit with a valley charge pushing things closer.

I think it is pretty clear he was dangled over the offseason with the Tigers doing their dilligence and asking for the moon. Given that reporting stopped and it was reported he was staying right around the time the Mets acquired Peralta tells me the Mets came the closest to meeting the asking price. The stuff the last couple weeks has been hot take artists shooting from the hip.

He hasn't signed. Pending physical. Just take your time on the physical...

He mentioned it very briefly, but that's the first time I've heard him or anybody with the team reference the Debt Service Rule as a reason for cutting back on payroll. It's a relatively obscure section in the CBA that gives the commissioner's office latitude to restrict a team's spending if they are operating at a loss and have too much debt. Combine that with him saying Verlander needed to be traded for salary reasons, it's kinda the first confirmation (even though I long suspected it) that was playing a role in the salary scaledown. He cited Daz Cameron's signing bonus and Franklin Perez's prospect ranking in why they were good pickups. Just comes off like he was pulling up BA. Speaks to a lacking pro scouting operation, but it is something I noticed in a lot of his pickups over the years. A lot of former top prospects/first round picks/etc. Like that public information was playing a big role in his decisions.

My understanding is the arbitrators take a few days to decide.

Willie Horton, Mickey Stanley, Dave Campbell, **** Tracewski, Denny McLain, John Hiller, Jon Warden, Les Cain, Jim Rooker, Roy Face among guys who were on the team at any point in season. Bold ones played in the World Series.

What you do need to watch out for... ESPN games are random nights, but are exclusive so won't be on MLB.TV (or they may be with a cable subscription with ESPN). Peacock has a bunch of games. Those won't be on MLB.TV. The first round of the playoffs is also on Peacock. There are still Friday Apple games. Probably 4-6 Tigers games there. I don't think Fox or TBS regular season games are exclusive.

You won't. This only affects in market folks. Basically, it will either be another local channel in syndication for a bit or a non-blacked out local streaming subscription tacked onto MLB.TV. Out of market is the same.

I have some thoughts on that Avila interview. If anything it only reinforced some views I had of him, both good and bad. If I have time later, will go deeper.

The hearing is today. We probably won't know the result today though.

Somebody got confused about this yesterday and told me Fanduel was going bankrupt. I got my hopes up ever so briefly.

What does this mean? I kinda wanna pull this thread.

Her wikipedia showed her coming down hard on Democrats during the Biden years. I wasn't saying she should recuse at all, by the way. Just that she is an immigrant who has gone on to a successful life, another counterpoint to the xenophobic trash coming from the right these days.

If it seems personal for Judge Reyes, she was born in Uruguay.

Because this is true.

Good article on how the Tigers use pitch movement to maximize balls hit to the stronger parts of the defense. Paywalled, but in case anybody else has a BP subscription: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/104429/the-tiger-trap/

Further complicated by the fact that the Red Wings and Tigers schedules overlap, or April in the D was a scam.

Is that when Bari Weis was leading opinion?

I have a family member who is a poll worker and says that particular day gives her so much faith in the system and how foolproof it is.

Interesting that leaked. It is not supposed to, to help the arbitrators go in blind.

A viral judicial opinion, but did anybody else spot the "February 31" typo?

JLD, maybe?

Works out. Plastic Face can shoot the dogs. The Haitians can eat them.

The charge against Lemon is so frivolous and ironic.

No offense but those are just dumb. Beyond maybe punishing small business owners who may have nothing to do with this, it is just substitution effect. The stuff will just get bought another day. Some PR person will claim some bogus economic impact.