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We didn't lose that many in the Iraq war did we? Of these a good many lost on the ground I suppose

This raises the question of what the defense will look like next season. Seider and Edvinsson pairing seems set. Faulk will anchor second pairing, but with Chiarot? Albert J? I guess the third line is some grab bag of Johanssons, JBD, Hamonic… and maybe ASP? Will they try to sign Faulk to an extension? Seems like there is some depth developing, but it is too soon to tell about the production we are likely to see.

Don’t worry it’s still short on production and talent…

#21 is a throwaway pick, so I wouldn't get mad if they picked him there. But I'm not trading away a future first to move up and pick Yaxel.

Trump won't even give people $2K for anything. The slush fund is just another grift that will end up in his crypto wallet.

I think the guys that make it to the majors should know how to hit and some douchebag with a .219 career average dictating how it needs to be done can be ignored. Now if Barry Bonds or Will Clark or someone like that gave me hitting advice, I would be more prone to listen. But I've never played professional baseball so who knows

Tork hits a go ahead homerun and then gets pinch hit for the same game and benched the following day.

We're doomed tonight. No Short in the lineup.

Kasparaitis, now that's a name I haven't thought about in a while. Probably celebrated with a knee on knee hit after the goal

I think deep down that’s my problem with the organization. We can never define what type of team we are supposed to be. Are we going to win with pitching and defense, or are we going to win with offensive fire power? If we are going to win with pitching, are we going to do that by amassing guys with overpowering stuff/velocity, or by using control pitchers to hit spots and exploit weaknesses and let them hit into our advanced defensive positioning and abilities. Regardless— why is our rotation loaded up on guys who overpower with one or two amazing pitches and high velocity who attack hitters and then our bullpen is always full of low velocity, matchup dependent guys who are more pitch to contact (Holton, Hanifee, Hurter, Finnegan, Kahnle, Foley, etc.) Likewise, we’ve been saying for several years that we want to be a team that’s versatile and strong defensively, yet we have had all these guys like Keith, Jones, Carpenter, Jung, Workman, Perez, JHM, etc.) who are practically positionless because of their defensive deficiencies—on top of solidly below average regulars like Tork, Riley and Torres? So then we overcorrect that by playing guys like McKinstry, Short, Ibanez, etc. who should be end of the bench guys getting 150-200 PAs a year? If we are going to be a team that dominates the strike zone and waits for their pitches and drives it, then why do we continue to give ABs to guys that do the opposite? Baez, Perez, Carpenter, Vierling, Rogers, Keith and Jones are all free swingers with poor walk rates. Then there’s Torkelson who has already struck out 63 times this year and we aren’t even 1/3 the way through the season yet. Define what parts of the game we both want to and have the ability to excel at and then start working to build a roster based off of that philosophy. I don’t blame Hinch for all of the analytics and matchup moves because that’s the only real way to make the group as it is have any success. Too many guys are proving to be only useful in one aspect of the game and he is constantly having to try and figure out which deficiencies need to have a bedsheet thrown over them to hide them from being exposed. Obviously it’s not as simple as get rid of guys and replace them with better guys tomorrow, but it’s concerning that this is a problem top to bottom in the organization. There’s way too many guys who are liabilities on defense whose offense doesn’t appropriately make up for it. Likewise there’s guys that hit a ton but don’t walk, K a lot and play poor defense. Harris has do done well identifying and drafting players for what his vision is, but if he cant make trades or get international talent in, then we will never have more than a few guys on the roster at any given time that fit the profile. Especially if he’s just going to dumpster dive for pitching help.

Meadows and Carpenter get hurt every year. You have to bake that in.

She speaks my dialect!

Welcome back Bert. It seems like yesterday you were posting and drifting off into the sunset. 😜

The doctrine shift needs to happen fast.

Something I never saw before. Seattle manager came out to talk to his pitcher and went back to the dugout. Before the next pitch, he tried to come back out and make a pitching change. The umpire made him go back to the dugout and didnt allow him to change pitchers. Announcer said "how's that for a vote of confidence?" Lmao

pros: great player with range and length. can guard 3-4 positions in the nba. cons: old, so probably not going to get significantly better than he is now. not as athletic as you think. range is good but not great for the nba. i dont think he'll be available at 21, but i do think mara and morez get picked before him. i'd take him if i were detroit, but i'd almost rather have morez. he's more athletic and reminds me a bit of stew.

There’s more games against these guys? Tonight and tomorrow?

Its not just missing Skubal. Also, Carpenter, Javy, Torres and Meadows. Thats 4cstarters some games. And much if the platooning Hinch needs.

They had the pitching. The defense is lacking, healthy or not. I do think their long-term plan is to get more complete ball players that can make contact and get on base and also play defense rather than one dimensional players.

Or they needed certain pillar guys to stay healthy and it didn't happen.

If there is going to be a game in Moscow, the Commanders, aka Commies, are a slam dunk for that game.

OBP - defense - pitching. I do think that is the long term Tigers plan, but they are obviously not there yet.

What note?