07/04/2022 1:10 EDT Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers (Doubleheader Game 1)

[mtutiger]

11 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

But remember Hill was left off the 40 and exposed to the rule 5 draft which fortunately for Al was cancelled this year. 

They actually sent him to the Arizona Fall League as well... odd to send him there yet leave him exposed to the Rule 5 draft.

I kinda believe they assumed there would be no Rule 5 Draft this year, but who knows.

Edited July 4, 2022 by mtutiger

[Jim Cowan]

1 minute ago, mtutiger said:

They actually sent him to the Arizona Fall League as well...

I kinda believe they assumed there would be no Rule 5 Draft this year, but who knows.

Yes I think that that is a fair assumption, that he was ready for the challenge of AFL and they knew they wouldn't lose him.

[Motor City Sonics]

Does anyone else have the Bally Sports streaming app.  What the fuck am I doing wrong?     I can't get a straight answer from the person in India that I spoke with. 

 

[Stanley70]

6 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Does anyone else have the Bally Sports streaming app.  What the fuck am I doing wrong?     I can't get a straight answer from the person in India that I spoke with. 

 

I do and it sucks. Have to force stop the app every time and then it loads super slow.

[Motor City Sonics]

1 minute ago, Stanley70 said:

I do and it sucks. Have to force stop the app every time and then it loads super slow.

Welp, going back to MLB TV + VPN again.    Costs more but I can actually watch the games without getting this pissed off.  I just want my money back now.  It might only be $20, but it's my $20 and I want it back if I am not going to get service or a straight answer from anyone. 

[Sports_Freak]

11 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Does anyone else have the Bally Sports streaming app.  What the fuck am I doing wrong?     I can't get a straight answer from the person in India that I spoke with. 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Stanley70 said:

I do and it sucks. Have to force stop the app every time and then it loads super slow.

I have Xfinity. Even with a DVR box, the picture keeps pixilating. Pretty annoying 

[Sports_Freak]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

FWIW, VPNs don’t help when it comes to evading blackouts on any iOS device. Apple has their own locator system. 

Seriously? Does Android do too? That would make a VPN useless.

[JackPine]

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Seriously? Does Android do too? That would make a VPN useless.

I'll check when the twins start in 45 min. 

 

I do know I can't stream from my samsung phone to a tv with the VPN on which is a hassle 

[Motor City Sonics]

9 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

 

I have Xfinity. Even with a DVR box, the picture keeps pixilating. Pretty annoying 

And the announcers they hired suck.  It's bad all around.   Bring back Rod & Mario.  Put a plastic divider between them.  I don't care if they don't like each other, they were much better than the bland guy and the rah-rah guy.    Craig Monore is intolerable.       You really can't find anyone better than this?    

[1984Echoes]

2018 Draft:

Casey Mize - 1st round - looks ok so far; might improve and be a nice MLB starter for us; but trying to fix his arm right now.

Parker Meadows - 2nd round - Total flop until this year... changed his swing to try and fix it. Some ups & downs this year but might regain prospect status if he continues (as he has this year) to have more ups than downs with the bat. Real nice  OF'er but needs that bat: .762 OPS this year, best he's ever done, outside of Rookie League.

Kody Clemens - 3rd round - Might be a 2B some day. In MLB... but trying to figure out MLB pitching.

Tarik Skubal - 9th round - Monster.

Garrett Hill - 26th round - Made MLB debut today & looked good. Minor league WHIP/ K's/ ERA: 1.10, 10.90 K's/9, 2.70 ERA

Still kicking around are Adam Wolf (5th), Eric De La Rosa (7th), Chance Kirby (25th), Chavez Fernander (35th), Yaya Chentouf (36th) - All fringe prospects at best.

 

2019 Draft:

Riley Greene - 1st round - looks good so far in his rookie year. Hoping for a superstar here...

Nick Quintana - 2nd round - Traded for Barnhart.

Andre Lipcius - 3rd round - Also trying to recover some prospect status with a better bat this year: .890 OPS in 2022 all in AA.

Kerry Carpenter - 19th round - Trying to make a move towards MLB with a fine year in AA/AAA: 1.015 OPS.

Beau Brieske - 27th round - Looks good in MLB so far. Minor league WHIP/ K's/ ERA: 1.04, 10.25 K's/9, 3.22 ERA

Still kicking around are Ryan Kreidler (4th), Bryant Packard (5th), Cooper Johnson (6th), Zach Hess (7th), Austin Bergner (9th round - 1.18 WHIP, 9.85 K's/9, 3.55 ERA), Jake Holton (10th), Michael Bienlien (24th), Brendan White (26th). Mostly fringe but maybe Kreidler/ Bergner have a chance? White is doing good at Erie 1.07 WHIP, 11.3 K's/9, 3.30 ERA... maybe he has a chance?

[chasfh]

6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Seriously? Does Android do too? That would make a VPN useless.

I don’t know about Android, but I do know you can fool an Apple TV by running a VPN on your router.

[JackPine]

Boy has faedo lost it

[JackPine]

That is one of the weirdest mound visits I've ever seen. Faedo didn't seem to complain of injury or have any interest in being pulled and the trainer did most of the talking

[JackPine]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

Seriously? Does Android do too? That would make a VPN useless.

My VPN worked on my galaxy s22

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, JackPine said:

My VPN worked on my galaxy s22

Meh...you missed part of the conversation. He said an iPhone knows your location even if you use a VPN. I said that would make a VPN useless, since it's purpose is to hide any trace of your location. My NordVPN works on my phone and PCs but my TVs are unprotected.

[romad1]

6 hours ago, chasfh said:

FWIW, VPNs don’t help when it comes to evading blackouts on any iOS device. Apple has their own locator system. 

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-censorship-vpn-reporting/31737775.html

This is an interesting appeal to Russians to download VPNs so they can continue to access the news.