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Best, and I have witnesses: 2015 Michigan/Michigan State before the punt I said Michigan State was going to win because a punt introduced the only chance of disaster. I suggested scrambling and chucking it down field out of bounds to kill clock. Worst, after the 2004 draft I said Eric Beattie was going to be a better pitcher than Justin Verlander.

I noticed Andy Ibanez on Team Cuba for the WBC. So he will be out of camp from roughly March 1 until Cuba is done. Should be plenty of infield/dh at bats to go around, assuming Baez, Schoop, and Cabrera are playing as well. Cuba and Netherlands (Schoop) are in the pool in Taiwan (Please call it Taiwan. Chinese Taipei nomenclature is Chinese propaganda), so that is a bit of extra travel time/adjustment.

Avila has his mind on other things tonight.

Parker? He's on the 40 man and doesn't need one. I don't mind the Davis signing. In terms of controlling the zone, he does that. Similar to Vierling, a right handed counterpart to the Meadows/Baddoo/Carpenter crew at least is a complement.

They should have kept Greene down until August so he would show up in prospect lists.

Fwiw, I did games from age 12 to 20 of increasing levels, calling balls and strikes for 7 years, one of the most sought after umpires in the area before entering the white collar workforce. Also worked a tournament at 23 the year I was out if work and living at home. My parents said when I was away for college, former Tiger Heath Murray called asking me to do games. I'd estimate in that time I called somewhere between 300-400 games behind the plate, culminating in summer high school tournaments the last couple years. Probably could have gone down that path if I wanted to, but chose not too. I had the rule book down pat at the time. Just getting credentials out there...

Anybody here ever umpire and call balls and strikes? You have to stray from the rulebook zone for common sense sometimes. Doing youth games as a kid, you get a lot of loopy pitches and catchers too far behind the plate... In other words, called strikes in the dirt. Obviously that corner case doesn't happen at the Major League level, but the strike zone as defined in the rules will surpise some people.

Dammit, Kenji deleted his twitter account. He had some great zingers mocking air friers. I got one as a gift a few years ago, really the only thing it was good for was broccoli. It died a couple months ago, and I really don't want to replace it.

... and one played center field, the other played first base.

Raw OPS in 2022 is misleading given the leaguewide environment and the way Comerica played. OPS+ of 99 tells a different story.

Henceforth, I will use Caleb Thielbar as an example of the Avila era reluctance to churn resulting in the Tigers missing out on a piece.

Woofmaker.com You are welcome.

Opt outs tend to be of the form where a player can declare free agency if they aren't on the MLB roster by a certain date.

Cash considerations was because he had an opt out and was going to use it. I've brought him up because I think the new regime would give him a shot instead of giving him away for free, not afraid to churn the Reyeses/Castros of the world.

Bally Sports heading to bankruptcy, which, I think, could spell some revenue trouble for teams with rights fees from such RSNs, including the Tigers.

The WBC will help alleviate this. Baez is the only one in the mix playing in it, I think, though.

Thanks, but it just makes so much sense. The abrupt shift to work from home for a lot of non politicians, combined with the existential dread of that time period led to a lot of precautions normally taken not being so.

Yeah, I have no idea how that isn't a bigger story.

If I can't touch money for three years, I want a lot more than that... Call me crazy; but CD's never appealed to me. Low fee index funds for the win, set and forget. We aren't smart enough to beat the market.

I won't stand for Woodbery slander. He ALWAYS bounces stuff off of me before reporting on things like options and roster minutiae. He stands out in that regard over a McCosky.

You've been perusing my spotify history I see.

I don't know if it was well reported, but in the media gathering Harris had to discuss the new dimensions, he had some lines that really impressed me. He reminded the media that park effects are prone to randomness and take a while to stabilize. Somebody asked about a three year window if that was appropriate, to which Harris said usually not that long, depends on the amount of balls in play. He also said they now have access to weather data to help parse data and evaluate the park factors. I have to think that data is being used to evaluate players and parse stat lines too. Music to my ears.

Agreed, and I see you already saw my tweet. If you are trying to build a development culture, Chapman ain't the guy.

Yeah, I doubt the GM is actively involved in 9th round picks.

I have one, and use it often.