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It doesn't matter what looks very good to many fan, his underlying stats and history from previous seasons fairly easily predicted a sharp decline in the 2nd half - maybe not quite as bad as it was, but he was way outperforming in the first 1/2 of the season (which he also did the year before). A GM isn't responsible to look good to the fans. He is responsible for using the data and evaluations he has available and making a decision on the worth of that player. It was fairly easy to see Suarez wasn't worth Melton (who they specifically required) and his profile of high K rate and poor defense didn't fit what the team needed. And he was the biggest bat available at the deadline. It's easy for you to say you're not the GM, so how could you know, but that is exactly the point. You have no idea what was available for trade and what it would take. All we can do is go by who was traded. Suarez brought back the biggest return of the bats, and we know they required Melton from us if we were going to get him. So we know he wasn't a fit. Who else should have they traded for that was traded? Naylor?

In hindsight, sure. And now? Untouchable. There's a possibility we lose both Mize and Skubal. We'll need all the pitching we can find. But a hitter with 36 home runs and close to 100 RBI at the deadline is very tempting. Again, in hindsight, I'm glad we didn't trade for him.

Trump's meltdown on Meet the Press was glorious. Calling him out on his election lies caused his face to go from orange to beet red.

They are the specific club and the specific player that the article sited wanted Melton (who was rated around our 9th prospect IIRC). They did want the specific pitcher we needed and even you said you wouldn't trade.

Sometimes you trade a stock because it was losing money or not growing only to miss out on the upside and the stock you buy does the same.

36 home runs and close to 100 RBI at the trade deadline would look very good to many fans. Diving into deeper stats may have showed warning flags but sometimes those are ignored. As Chas pointed out, Tiger 3rd basemen out performed him. And like I said, his stats would (or may have) been worse at Comerica

Canada is also playing on home soil, in an expanded tournament, with a real coach. So round of 32 is the minimum target, and if they win the group (vs Switzerland, Bosnia, Qatar) Vancouver will host that game. On the other hand, Canada has 0 wins and a whopping 2 goals scored total in their illustrious World Cup history, so they may well lose to Bosnia, lose to Switzerland and draw with Qatar.

Is that your benchmark? A CF who is the equivalent of Zack at short? Because I might counter that we already have that in CF now, and without giving anything up for it. I mean, sure, Harris didn’t do anything to make us feel alive, but them’s the breaks.

I just said he was traded for less than blue chip prospects. People think Arizona wanted our best young players and they traded him for much less. But whatever, I did say we dodged the bullet, hindsight is wonderful.

I didn't even realize that Platner was drawing 100% disability from the VA. So now on top of everything else, the piece of trash is scamming the government. Can't have it both ways, either this guy is gaming the system or he actually has some serious mental health issues.

I haven’t dug into it much but do the stats actually bare out that Vierling has been bad in CF? I get the eye test says he’s limited but atleast according to Savant +2 in OAA in CF. 92% success rate against an expected 89%. Now is he hitting as well as he should, absolutely not. However, I would bet on that righting itself out more so then some journeyman or over the hill vet providing better production at the cost of a prospect or more money against an already really tight money situation. Perez I can’t defend, he’s been terrible and if we were healthy would not be on the team.

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This has been my philosophy a few years now. The current system has outlived its usefulness and needs an entire overhaul. Unfortunately the system is also stuck in the grime... https://bsky.app/profile/mcopelov.bsky.social/post/3mnwunrrtak2i Mark is correct. There are no "fair maps" under single-member districts. https://leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-you-cant-just-ban-gerrymandering

Skubal sauce

Have not done the timeline but...if true...nobody will care because the MAGAs have a fairy tale and everyone else hates him already. Post by @mywitsend.bsky.social — Bluesky

If you want to put it more saberish terms, the two of them were worth ... wait for it.... 9 WAR (fangraphs) and 9 WAR of pitching talent doesn't grow on trees (as me old mum used to say). All reasonable methods of estimation should converge toward the same value.

WALL-E levels of space junk are coming.

Meadows has/had a history of injuries. Using Javy out there, and have him playing so well out there, was nothing short of amazing. But we had all off-season to improve our lineup that went into a major slump the last 6 to 7 weeks. And CF and RF were the 2 spots most in need to replace weak utility type players. But it's fine, our opinions have clashed since last year, and while I think Harris has done a very good job in some areas, my opinion is he is very weak and ineffective at trades. We can agree to disagree. Even if I'm right..😁

So then why is he the one bat you keep using as an example of the trade Harris should have made? The Diamondbacks required Melton, his fall off was predictable, his swing and miss didn't fit what the lineup needed. Yet he is the 1 example you keep repeating as evidence that Harris won't make any trades to improve the offense.

I had the same thought, but if they did get a good glove no hit center fielder, everybody would have complained about the no hit part.

Actually in defense of Freak, this is the exact counter argument. Harris was able to score a cheap no hit decent glove SS, but I certainly could not have told you Zach Short was available. So who's to say he couldn't have found a decent glove CF with a similar career profile as Zach? They certainly must exist - just like Zach does, even if they have no visibility to a Tiger fan. I think it's more likely Harris just thought he didn't need to because he had Perez and Vierling. I probably might have made the same call, but as it has played out I think we have all been disappointed in Vierlings play in CF. And Wenceel is just having a terrrible, no-good, very bad season altogether.

But they were trades. No trades happen in April or May? 100% wrong.

Nancy Mace is a horrible person, but trying to poke the nest of the pedo coverup was a bridge too far for the pedo in chief.

And he may have been even worse at Comerica. Like I said, we dodged that particular bullet.