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Sounds tempting!

It's really stupid that you can't review that.

Ding needs more polish on his shoe

Uh that clearly hit his foot

Obviously you missed Red's post. Much more recent examples. Id recommend you read it. I apologize for not dedicating my afternoon to researching minutae of baseball trades to refute your erroneous statement. Ortiz, Schilling, and others in my post played this century so stop beating that horse. It is as it has always been. Some prospects pan out, some don't. The prospect you never acquire will never work out for you.

2 runs? What is this witchcraft?

Absolutely. Admitting errors is hard. I try to do it twice a year so as not to get rusty.

They are. I just meant they would get longer leashes if they weren’t panning out compared to others. Justified or not.

I agree with this 100%

There may be not any playoffs for Detroit next season. With Boston and Indy healthy, it will tougher. And no sneaking up on teams as they rest their best players. This year was our chance.

91 middle middle ,,,,what could go wrong

I think Mize is panning out. Riley will be around MLB for a long time. Tork im not so sure.

I’m an American… I’m used to living under austerity.

Where’s Bert’s 1 run?

Baltimore’s city connect jerseys are horrible

Well, we got our run for the game. I’m satisfied… See you in a few hours…

MCGONE-A-BALL

First pitch Homer for Kevin

Yes I agree but a 26th man like Mckinstry playing all over is the expected role.

I feel like there’s also something mentally rough about telling a player (especially a younger player) “hey, you suck at these specific things and we don’t expect you to get better, so go sit on the bench until I have a use for you and call your number” It worked in 2024 because we were way behind in the standings and everyone just bought into trying some different things like pitching chaos and it worked quickly. Doing that long term and as a primary strategy as opposed to an off-road run I’m sure has a negative impact in some way. Keith, Lee, Meadows, etc were probably not treated like that at all coming up in the system until they got to Detroit, so now we are asking them to prepare for games in a completely different way than they have all their lives.

I think is certainly true for most players, though I wouldn't say all. There are guys like Javy (maybe to a slightly lesser degree McK) who are just what you'd call natural fielders - they have all the right instincts no matter where you put them and have total confidence in their own gloves. If you have even a couple guys like that a manager like Hinch should be in heaven. Thing is, most players, are not like that. They are the guys you are talking about who have to work to learn positions, need consistent work to stay sharp and need to build confidence in order to play free and easy. I don't believe you can force feed a Colt Keith into being a Javy Baez. I think the Tigers as an org would prefer that not be true, but it is.

The problem with all of Hinchs platooning and pinch hitting is that it’s become super predictable. You know Keith will hit for Jones the minute a RHP comes in. You know McKinstry will PH for Lee in the same scenario. I have zero data to back up this claim, but I feel like the element of surprise with those sorts of things helps keep the opposing manager from countering as well as they’d like to. They know now that if the Jones spot in the lineup is coming and the LH starter is nearing the end of the outing that they can take that pitcher out earlier, being in a fresh tough lefty to get the three guys ahead of that spot, and then switch to a righty who is tough on lefties for Keith because it’s telegraphed.

Looks like Fubo and DirectTV have it in Detroit. Curious to see what local stations pick it up on the west side. We're going to be out of the country the first three months of the year, so I guess it won't matter much for me. I'm the opposite of Duren. Take the regular season off and show up for the playoffs.

I am not much in favor of platooning especially young players. I also don't like the constant position changes. I believe in defined roles , consistent positions and making a decision on a player that lasts longer than the next game. I guess I'm out dated but if a player knows when he will be playing and where he will be playing and that he is given some commitment to both I think they will perform better. This team plays very tight and I think it's at least partly due to thinking every at bat or opportunity might be your last.