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Not sure people are familiar with the challenge system, but I think it is the solution. I also wonder if some of the recently promoted umpires got too dependent on it.

7's a strike per that chart. The zone is also 3D, so it is possible 2 and 5 clipped the zone at some point across the plate. Neither is egregious.

fWAR Total from that trade to date: Phillies 1.3 Tigers 0.8 bWAR Total from that trade to date: Phillies -0.1 Tigers 0.2

Must be why they fear/hate dogs.

Swept on the road by one of thee best teams in baseball and the sky is falling. Jeez.

If he is not on the 40 man roster, he must be offered via trade to all 29 teams. I do not believe he can opt out.

Hiura also has a 6/1 upward mobility clause. Worth keeping in the ol' noggin as the month progresses.

I just double checked his minor league numbers, and I kinda want to push back on this. He was young for his level almost the whole way up, and has put up some pretty good numbers in the minors the last two years, particularly on the OBP side. It was defensive problems that hampered his prospect stock, particularly a case of the yips last year.

I do think it is a hot streak, but I have two reasons to have some optimism. 1. The Tigers, who have some way to measure swing mechanics and the like, are batting him high. That suggests they may not think it is a fluke. I am a bit more inclined to believe streaks like this early in the season. 2. He had a lot of injuries on the way up the farm. I need to refresh myself on the nature of the injuries, but that could take a dent out of his numbers if he was playing at 80% much of the time. Of course it also makes him more susceptible to future injury.

I'm fine with first or second. The difference between first and third is about one plate appearance every 4 or 5 games, or about 36 plate appearances over the course of a season. There's a reason "traditional" lineups went the way of the dodo bird as smart people took over.

Put your best hitter leadoff. He bats more often.

I would argue blaming 2021-22 inflation on Biden is akin to blaming things that happened in 2020.

I've come to this realization in the last few years as well. Particularly in things like googling household problems. Companies have rigged the algorithm to steer traffic to their sites and gin up business.

Jobe to the IL

The way Perez is being featured, I think Meadows gets the axe unless he heats up. Unless Urshela can fill in at short, you still need McKinstry around. It doesn't help that Leonard and Kreidler got hurt in Toledo to give us some shortstop depth.

"Hunanitarian aide." Get over yourself, and slap the people you are supposedly standing up for in the face.

You should see the Purdue board I frequent...

You sign up. They take your money. You try to get it back They take more of your money. You try to get more of your money back. They take more of your money. Endless spiral of addiction. Don't gamble.

I didn't know that about Flaherty. What i do know is Flaherty freaking shoved today.

One of my favorite bits of left wing mob hypocrisy was 2020 when they were rightfully mocking people gathered in groups, but twisted themselves into knots to justify the superspreader Floyd protests.

Add in tik tok ban nearing the finish line, and China's algorithm is stirring it up while they can. This is why it is important to take a step back and fact check before sharing things in any medium, particularly if it is something supercharged

There is a lot of Rhorsharkian Partisinism these days.

Amazing how Matt Manning is on full rest tomorrow if needed.

I agree with most of the premise, but man, Maher's delivery and writing is so subpar.

Robertson was not drafted by Detroit. Acquired in a trade for Mark Redman, and had already pitched for the Marlins before the trade. Similar to Boyd in that regard.