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Downside is a small decrease in revenue for the teams (I don't know the extent of the 80% guarantee I've heard come up), which could mean missing out on a free agent or two.

As Lee said, that's what they tell you, but it has always been a bonus suppression mechanism.

It is harmless, but odd and fun.

I figured this deserves its own thread.

He's fundraising off of all of this. He may just do more crimes so he can fundraise more.

Dems primarying Manchin just shows how they need more pragmatists, fewer ideologues running the show.

DD signed Miggy...

That will definitely make perspective free agents think twice about signing here

They are out from under that after this year. The Tigers are on the hook for 9 figures after this year. The Tigers would have to throw in Colt Keith to make that palatable.

Because the White Sox would block your number.

Relievers are controlled until they are no longer effective, which almost always predates six years of service time.

Dillon Dingler to the Injured List.

That uncertainty is absolutely baked in. I know it is in Pecota because they output percentile projections. I have backed those out before and looked at them, and they tend to make sense. The ones on Fangraphs have to have that built in, and whatever internal go/no-go the Tigers have will bake in whatever they think it should (and could include biomechanic/swing/mechanics data they have on some of the players). If there was no uncertainty in the projections, every team would be 100% or 0%. They aren't perfect, but they get you in the ballpark, and no matter what marginal improvements you make on the projections, the Tigers are still in a "sell" spot, but that could change by the end of next week with a 10 game winning streak.

The projections absolutely divvy out playing time and adjust for that. I don't know how you can say they don't.

The Jobe selection rightly gets some heat, but the 2021 draft looks pretty good right now. All 21 are still in the organization. Some lower round guys are performing. I just wanted to point this out.

The playoff odds factor that in.

To me, the "buy" or "sell" discussion hinges on playoff odds. Loitering in the 2% range isn't enough to push in chips, but if you are trading an anonymous lower level pitching prospect for a veteran rental, is that really going to set back your rebuild? There's also the "Reconfigure for 2024" trades where you buy low on a guy or two who could contribute next year. Finally, 40 man roster considerations are abound at the deadline as teams start to look at potential crunches this offseason. The Tigers are in a spot where they can add, and might be able to get a rule 5 eligible guy or two from a team facing a crunch. A simulation exercise I did last week suggests the Tigers have plenty of room to spare.

Well, to be fair the fanboy accounts tweet out highlights and can be misleading.

I didn't know Kirby had 99 with arm-side run.

I see Ryan Kreidler's rehab assignment is starting up today.

Mike Ferrin in the booth with Dan.

We know Hamm is under slot. I'd bet the others are as well. As a said, get your under slot guys signed first so you know how much you have to work with, and in case everybody is hit by a bus so you aren't over 105%.

Fenech for a while. Morosi before him.

So I cheat on my Tigers only one, but here's today's with a Rarity Score of 6. Tigers only. I do not remember Greg Cadaret on the Tigers.

They changed Immaculate Grid this week to implement playing time minimums for single season rate stats, so my Alex Ochoa middle right attempt ended up being incorrect.