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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!

Yes, this is true. No maybe about it. Paredes was available here for 30 games and Hinch started him in 20 of them. I will also add that the majority opinion around here in 2021 was that we should dump Isaac Paredes, and I regularly caught a keyboard full of **** on MTS for advocating for him.

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And I agree with you as regards Colt Keith. I just want you and me to be aware that the thing you are suggesting—continuing to play certain guys regularly even when they struggle—is the exact thing so many posters here criticize when players go through a slump as Colt is.

The winky wink indicates that I was making a kidding. The joke is, people are always clamoring for this guy or that guy to come up from the minors and/or get regular trigger time, but when this guy and that guy flop around some, as all players inevitably do at times, those same people start demanding the head of the PBO for calling this guy and that guy up in the first place, and/or the head of the manager for giving this guy and that guy regular trigger time.

You seriously don't think Javy, Gleyber, and Carpenter can add any more to the offense than Zack Short, Wenceel Perez, and Hao-Yu Lee? If that's true, then man, that really is fatalist woe-is-me thinking. I also don't think any team would ****-can Jansen for one bad outing after six straight practically flawless appearances. As for Flaherty, that's your most defensible move, although that would leave us having to backfill his innings with more bullpen days and pitching chaos. If that's what you'd prefer, I won't try to argue you out of that one.

This is hilarious because Avila didn’t even keep Paredes on the team long enough for Hinch to play him, and when Hinch did play him—which was practically every day he was on the active roster—Paredes couldn’t stay on the field! tranx date year mlb team minor lg team level status transaction description 40-man 2021-09-20 2021 Detroit Tigers MLB MLB Active Recalled from Toledo (AAA) Yes 2021-08-18 2021 Detroit Tigers Toledo AAA Minors Activated from Injured List Yes 2021-08-17 2021 Detroit Tigers Toledo AAA IL-10 Assigned to Toledo [AAA_East] (AAA) for rehab Yes 2021-08-12 2021 Detroit Tigers Lakeland A IL-10 Assigned to Lakeland [A2_SE] (A) for rehab Yes 2021-07-30 2021 Detroit Tigers Toledo AAA IL-10 Assigned to Toledo [AAA_East] (AAA) for rehab Yes 2021-07-22 2021 Detroit Tigers MLB MLB IL-10 IL-10 Right hip strain *Unknown* Yes 2021-07-16 2021 Detroit Tigers MLB MLB Active Recalled from Toledo (AAA) Yes 2021-06-27 2021 Detroit Tigers Toledo AAA Minors Assigned to Toledo [AAA_East] (AAA) Yes 2021-06-19 2021 Detroit Tigers MLB MLB Active Recalled from Toledo (AAA) Yes 2021-06-14 2021 Detroit Tigers Toledo AAA Minors Assigned to Toledo [AAA_East] (AAA) Yes 2021-06-08 2021 Detroit Tigers MLB MLB Active Recalled from Toledo (AAA) Yes 2021-03-25 2021 Detroit Tigers Toledo AAA Minors Assigned to Toledo [AAA_East] (AAA) Yes Oh, how soon we forget …

At least until he gives up 5 runs in one and a third next time he pitches. 😉