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One of the articles said Bally makes the final call with approval from the Tigers. If Bally goes belly up and MLB takes over, I bet the Tigers make the call in that case. The Padres and Dbacks didn't change broadcast teams when their Bally affiliate went bust.

Hopefully sooner. I really hope Lou gets his due before long, but don't know the cadence of the various veterans committees these days. Miggy is looking like July 2029.

My dad got me that shirt when he went there. It doesn't list Ernie, though.

A couple more names... Mike Monaco is young and is a backup for the Red Sox and White Sox. Does college baseball for ESPN. Tom Hart was the runner up for the Braves job last year.

Agree to disagree

Which teams have roster crunches and may have some guys on the back of the roster worth nabbing off waivers or a cash deal? The next Eddys Leonard? Those are going to be your transactions between now and the end of November.

Superseding sentence for Santos... Looks like he was stealing donors' credit cards and charging to them.

One more outright restriction I couldn't really wedge into the sheet. If a player is injured he can only be outrighted in the window between the end of the season and when 40 man rosters are set on November 17. So... if you have Freddy Pacheco and don't think he's going to last the offseason on the 40 man, you want to outright him before November 17 or non-tender him. If not, you may have to pass somebody you don't want to lose through waivers later in the offseason. There are financial reasons to non-tender guys like him that I may get into later.

More Biden votes in blue states, Trump votes in swing states. Just a hunch, but I see west coast hippy types being on board with him, as well as antivaxxers across the country.

Some is automated (Standings for waiver order, service time counter is automated but I need to nudge it for transactions). A lot of stuff is just copy/paste which is easy.

It's worth noting a lot of teams sign previously released players to fill their Dominican Complex rosters. Those players are eligible for free agency right away and represent a bulk of those players. The only original Tigers International signees on that list are De Jesus, Jimenez, Montero (likely will be added), Perez, Tortosa, and Alfonzo. Also, the pure nature of players being signed at 16 means Latin players are more likely to hit minor league free agency, considering their clock is running out around 23 or 24. Drafted players rarely make it the full seven years.

Eligible for minor league free agency (5 days after the World Series ends; players removed from the 40 man can be added to this list; some players may have multi-year deals or successor contracts and may not be free agents; players can be added to the 40 man roster to be removed) Pitchers Luis Acosta (DSL Tigers 2) Elvis Alvarado (Erie) Jose Alvarez (Toledo) Braden Bristo (Toledo) Gregoris Chalas (FCL Tigers) Sam Clay (Toledo) Angel De Jesus (Erie) Rony Garcia (Toledo - Can declare by October 15) Max Green (Lakeland) Sean Guenther (Toledo) Wilkel Hernandez (West Michigan) Eiker Huizi (Lakeland) Marco Jimenez (Lakeland) Eric Mendez (Lakeland) Keider Montero (Toledo) Henry Montilla (FCL Tigers) Tim Naughton (Erie) Cleiverth Perez (Lakeland) DJ Peters (FCL Tigers) Bryan Sammons (Toledo) Yosber Sanchez (Lakeland) Cristhian Tortosa (West Michigan) Aneurys Zabala (Toledo) Catchers Eliezer Alfonzo (Erie) Mario Feliciano (Erie) Mike Papierski (Toledo) Julio Rodriguez (Erie) Infielders Bryan Encarnacion (DSL Tigers 2) Quincy Nieporte (Toledo) Luis Santana (Erie) Luis Watter (DSL Tigers 2) Outfielders Nick Solak (Toledo)

I put a little work into my service time sheet, adding some roster restrictions to the front page. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jRnDAcv86yGYl1Tq6fdXD1VoGr2Ls5PiRBNEFBXHL3Y/edit#gid=0

Worse record than Boston last year, so Tigers have better odds in the first round, and a higher pick in the rest of the rounds.

If I remember right by that time Mario was working almost every game, while Allen was down to a time share with Gibson and Morris.

I believe Tankathon and every site that is borrowing off them to display odds are handling the Nationals' ineligibility incorrectly.

Tell that to the four teams who got knocked out last week.

Yeah, and we have a recent history. Hastert didn't get immunity.

Immunity?

Joe Davis, from Michigan and has mentioned that Ernie Harwell is his idol many times, just mentioned that Josh Jung has a brother who is a top prospect in the Tigers system.

Some of my hunches when this came out originally about Tracy are kinda bourn out in those texts... Not that there's anything nefarious, but I had a feeling there were some financial problems behind this. Somebody without much of an educational backround running a non-profit that is her primary income is rife with pitfalls.

it's not the 4-5 million I'm worried about; it's the roster spot. A few options: Non-tender and immediately turn around and sign a minor league deal, heavily incentive laden. Promote him and 60-day him in Spring Training if he isn't ready, that way he's taken care of and isn't tying down a roster spot over the offseason, but he is still taken care of. The restricted list, if things are looking particularly dire like he won't play next season. There's a bunch of red tape (Google Major League Rules, pull up the PDF and read the three pages on the Restricted List). A player on the restricted list isn't paid, doesn't accrue service time, and isn't counting against the roster in the offseason. But... like Andrew Toles on the Dodgers... a player on the restricted list does get health benefits. I don't know if it is an option, but it might be a way out of the situation until he is better. The fact that they didn't go that route so far tells me he may not meet all the requirements.

Joyce was always a favorite umpire of mine before the big call. The way he owned up to it in the wake made me respect the hell out of him.

A couple things... I'm glad this video is out there because a Twins fan friend of mine needled me over this game today. I really don't like the tone of "I won't forgive Randy Marsh for this..." We need to tone down the personal rhetoric around officials, especially given some of the violent outbursts at lower levels steering people away from the profession. Plus, it is a tough call with a tough angle with a 200-250 lb padded person between the umpire and the play. Blame MLB for being slow to implement instant replay.

I bet Granderson doesn't want to deal with the grind. That's a tougher and tougher sell, which is why the full-time analyst is increasingly a thing of the past. Hopefully they can get 15-20 games or so out of him, but I do know he has TBS duties and charity obligations.