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Tiger should’ve worked on that defensive play this spring.

That makes sense, and never once did it occur to me as a possibility

So every game in the second inning Dan Dickerson does a live read called Dollars on Deck, and then he refers to something that sounds like “blockbusters”, but not really. It also kind of sounds like “black busters” and r “Blake busters”, but he says it so fast that I can never pick it up. Anybody know what I’m talking about, and what it is he’s actually saying here?

Is the final result of more walks and fewer strikeouts in exchange for far fewer homers and lower wRC+ acceptable? I ask because that’s what’s happening so far.

This is like praising the person who bought the cake ingredients at the store, instead of the person who baked the cake.

Tigers through April 9 (4-9): 19th in pitching 14th in hitting 18th in base running 25th in fielding Tigers since April 9 (8-1): 1st in pitching 12th in hitting 19th in base running 30th in fielding

This is another distraction.

I think they’ll be released. The regime will orchestrate a big build-up to it, and we will be riveted to a date that will come and go with either no release, or a release of nothing-burger or already public documents, and we’ll all be grousing and joking and laughing about the ongoing clown show while countless more deaths and billions more in thefts occur in the background completely unnoticed.

Maybe we should start a sort of behind-the-scenes thread where this kind of thing gets highlighted: while we’re being distracted and outraged by stupid **** like Doctor Jesus memes and fake bible verses and Trump hitting on UFC fighters, serious **** like this and timed bets and billion-dollar transfers to offshore accounts are happening essentially unnoticed.

Not bad for a crap lineup. 😉

Typical Sunday lineup.

I think Javy's problem at the plate is similar to what Jeter's problem was in the field: he has poor reaction reflexes. Jeter had poor range not because he was slow or nonathletic, but because he took a few milliseconds longer to recognize where the ball was going, and then reacting to it, than the average big league shortstop, which was enough to result in a whole lot of pasta diving. Similarly, Javy is a good-enough hitter when he gets to the ball, with decent line drive ability and above average EV, but I believe Javy can't let the pitch travel much before committing to a swing because he can't react to where it's going when it gets too close to him. In this respect I would bet he is in at least the bottom quartile of established hitters. If this is true, I don't believe it's the kind of thing that can be fixed—reaction time is baked into his physical tools. The goal then becomes get enough out of the positives (hard hits, good base running, good defense, with the occasional eye-popping catch or slide) to more than offset the negatives that can't be helped.

Not so easy being The Smartest Guy In The Room, huh? 😉 😂

I was just telling someone today that I thought at least a third of MAGA Catholics would peel off from the Church and the Vicar of Christ to follow the Antichrist instead.

By Jove, I think he’s got it! 😃

Christ Almighty, the aggressive ignorance that characterizes this entire cabal is ****ing mind-boggling.

Looks like the Tigers brought their bats to this one. 😉

He brought Javy in to make a five-man outfield when it was man on third with one out and Mayer up, with Javy positioned on the third-base side of second. Hinch kept Javy in the infield after Vest walked Mayer and positioned him on the first-base side of second for Yoshida.

I would guess that Max's ascent to Detroit will depend more on his own development than on Wenceel's failures.

At some points during a long, arduous 162-game season, a decent manager worth his salt has to put trust in his players to try to win games at the positions he puts them in. In our case, sometimes that means Lee or Colt at third and Kevin at short; other times, it's Kevin at third and Javy at short; still others, Stinky at third, Javy at short, and Kevin on the bench. It's not practical for a manager to optimize every single game as though it's a win-or-die Game 7. He has to battle-test all his guys, and it's good to do it early in the season both to prepare them for situations during higher-leverage games later in the season, and to see who's able to hack it in the first place. That said, Hinch did have Javy on the infield at the end there, so, you did get your wish on this, kind of.

Harris definitely does not do deals just for the sake of doing deals.

And the dirty little secret is that far from being resentful of being manipulated, the market is all on the scheme.

I would bet the decision to sit Colt and Riley was matchup-based.

Lee was my dark horse choice to come north with the team. He was pretty clearly in over his head during this particular game. We’ll see how he does next time.

I don’t know what the technical issue regarding Apple TV and local radio is, but t’s really interesting listening to the producer talk with the talent while the mic is purportedly cold. He was just debating with Dan and Dan that Tigers should have walked Yoshida to get to Wong and set up the force at home. Dickerson disagreed outright, and Petry reminded the producer that A.J. doesn’t like to walk hitters, anyway.