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What would be the positive effect of a salary cap, in your estimation?

You know, because he was worth way, way, WAY more than $760 million.

I’ve seen a rat or two down near the tracks in the Chicago subway, but never on the platform or on a train.

Are we talking about Richie Cunningham here?

Sounds like you think both the Tigers are done getting starting pitcher and Jackson Jobe won’t make it.

Good post. Agree on many points. Now find someone you think is a good bet to throw big money and long years at who will actually come here.

Fair point.

Is that what it is? That's pretty abstruse. If we're looking for some real outrage about rape—yeah, that's right, I put the "a" in it, call a cop if you don't like it—it's worth reminding people that there is sworn testimony on the record that Trump raped a 13-year-old girl. https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Lawsuit.pdf

Speaking of which: when do we hear what cabinet post Kyle Rittenhouse is getting?

That will work only as long as the consumer is willing to pay it.

So, Alex Cobb: throws fast but doesn't strike guys out; doesn't walk guys and gets a lot of worm-burners. Gets hit hard but it's into the ground, so not many barrels. Harris has a type—and he signed him in San Francisco. I assume he's got something Fetter can work with.

Washington developed this version of Soto. How'd that work out for them in the long run?

That's because Scherzer was lippy.

I don't know that Skubal is necessarily gone, but I do know with the Harris front office, Tarik's not getting a stupid contract. And by that, I don't mean an expensive contract. I mean a Miggy-at-the-end-type contract.

Maybe Assad can get the Taliban discount special when he comes in.

By the way: "r*ping"? How much more woke can someone who unironically writes this be?

I'll be in Maui that day completely ignoring it. On the other thing: I do expect there to be mass protests in dozens of cities involving millions of people across the country in the first few days of that administration. Let's see whether Trump puts his money where his mouth is and sends his military in to mow them down.

I don't get the punchline. Right how, exactly?

What the over/under (or before/after) on a trade to the Yankees or Dodgers or other top team? I’ll say July 2028.

Dave Parker is a terrible pick for the Hall. He’s Harold Baines with a far better peak and a far worse decline. What, they couldn’t find a way to get Steve Garvey in this time? I’m absolutely gobsmacked that Luis Tiant did not get voted in. Then again, these are players voting on different, probably personal, criteria than BBWAA voters do, so, it’s not hard to understand why they elect guys with worse careers than others they bypassed.

I’m not sure Carpenter is the kind of player to trade in the offseason, when trade partners can evaluate his defensive and platoon deficiencies in an in-depth, analytical manner and they have the luxury of time. He might be the kind of chip to trade if he has a hot July and the other team has a real need for a LHH OF who’s raking right-handed pitchers right now and will overpay to get him.

How long before Tulsi follows him? 😏

Fun facts: Kim's OBP as a shortstop places him 11th out of 27 on this list. MLB average OBP during in the league since 2021 is .315. Kim's career OBP of .326 exceeds this. Kim's OBP the past two years is .351 and .330, so his trend is up, not down. Kim has already had seasons of 4.9 in 2022 and 5.8 in 2023, and his 2.6 bWAR last year during a season in which he was injured for 40 games is still (checks Tigers 2024 page to make sure) higher than any shortstop we currently have in the system. Signing Ha-Seong Kim to the one- or two-year deal he is projected to receive will not be enough to prevent us from signing Juan Soto. Counterpoint: Trey Sweeney's WAR in 2024 of 0.7 in 36 games and 119 PA is roughly the same WAR rate Kim's 2.6 was for 121 games and 470 PA. The $64 question at hand is, do we want to post up with Trey Sweeney for 2025 without undertaking any serious efforts to see whether we can obtain a more established, more predictable shortstop in the short term instead?

Trade chip, sure. That could make sense in certain circumstances—for instance, we've signed Alex Bregman, or otherwise acquired an experienced everyday third baseman. But it seems too many fans, including here, want to rush Jace Jung out of town through trade, as though that should be a priority this year, because some version of "he sucks". But think about it: he may be #5 prospect and that may make him sound attractive as a trade chip, but if Harris were shopping Jung around the league while it's known that we do not have an established player to take third base in his place, wouldn't that look like a red flag about Jung to potential trade partners?