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Just hypothetically, if a relief pitcher has a 10 ERA in his first six innings and games, then has a 0 ERA in his next six innings and games, he has a 5 ERA in 12 innings/games and his numbers are terrible. But that's potentially meaningfully different than if he had 0 ERA first and 10 ERA after, in terms of what it means going forward. But you'd be justified to conclude that a 5 ERA in 12 games mean he's bad.

Or maybe they saw something during live BP against LHPs that concerned them.

Not for nothing, It didn't help that Rainer's progress got pushed back a year by injury. Not that he'd be ready to help us now, but still.

But he's delivering lately, yesterday excepted. So we'll see which guy shows up more going forward.

Maybe you're right. Or maybe he's put some of the rougher times behind him and what we're seeing lately is real. One thing is for sure: we're gonna find out.

And now you know where all the best food in Europe comes from.

Literally the only thing I know about the Ottoman Empire is that it existed once.

States That Redditors did not think were part of the Northeast, South, Midwest or West West Virginia is a state of mind.

That checks out.

Ever been to one? I haven't yet.

I guess I'm not surprised.

No comment.

This might be better in January but what the heck, show it now.

Windsor and not much else in this part of that country.

He was nearly flawless for his last six appearances before yesterday. He looks like he still has something left in the tank. Worst case, we have him for only a year at not much money, with a team option for '27.

You might be right about Jansen eventually, although I don't think we can write him off yet.

Nothing wrong with your eyes! 😉

I think a lot of Harris's major league decisions are more or less made for him by the circumstances he finds himself it. He can't sign Hall of Fame- or All-Star-level free agents if there's someplace else they'd rather go, and at this point there always is; he can't trade for controllable All-Star-level players without giving up at minimum Max Clark, the only player who could conceivably unlock such great players in trade; he can't trade for blue-chip prospects without giving up Hall of Fame- or All-Star-level players we have, of which there is one and perhaps (or perhaps not) two; and he can't simply pick up everyday regulars and above average pitchers off the waiver wire or the minor league free agent pile, or else trade our dregs for guys like that other teams will make freely available in trade, unless he gets good and lucky. All that really leaves Harris is to develop the talent we have in house already and hope it works; as well as draft good players and sign good international amateur free agents in the future, develop them, and hope that works. And if/when we get enough of those players developed and we have enough of them helping us win at the big league level, then we'll be in a better position to make trades for actual really good players as well as make Detroit a more desirable destination for actual really good free agents. Because in this game, there's no escaping it: you have to get good first before you can get a lot better. I acknowledge this mightily frustrates most of the posters here who will tell us it's not their job to know what moves Harris should make because they themselves don't work in front offices, but damn it, Harris does, so he should just make awesome moves happen. And for a fan, that's a defensible feeling, and actually, they don't even have to defend that feeling. That's part of what being a fan is all about. But just because a fan demands Harris should wave his magic wand or else find another job, that doesn't make it a reasonable benchmark by which Tigers ownership should judge Harris's performance, and thankfully, this ownership does not use that benchmark. So vent away and call for his head (and A.J.'s head) all you want, because it's not going to happen anytime soon, and I'm fine with that.

And that goes double for guys who demand the max out of their bodies nine months a year for 20 years running.

I will root for the team to win whether we keep our front office and manager or we broom them instead, but anyone who thinks the Tigers will become perennial winners by dumping Harris/Hinch AND ****canning analytics to go back to the kind of eyeball-based scouting systems in force when we were eleven years old is hepped up on goofballs.

I wish I were as old as he again!