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Something to remember about free agency. The rumor is Detroit will sign international player, Isaac Bonga. 6'8" and an excellent wing defender. He won the best defender award in Eurobasket, which is a step-down from Euroleague. His shooting is good in Europe, but they use the 20'6" line which is even shorter than the NCAA. He didn't shoot well the last time he was in the NBA. But he was young then and didn't play much, so maybe he's improved. If the rumor is true, this will obviously eat into their cap space a bit. His NBA and international stats: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bongais01.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/isaac-bonga-1.html

There is also a possibility that he was not actually involved, but needs to protect those who were because they have other dirt on him.

You think we'll win 62 games? 62-100? Well on our way. A finish of 42-67? We're 20-33 now...

the platoon thing has gone off the deep end - it's like they aren't even thinking about what they are doing. You want to go by the numbers, fine: Lets say Colt's OPS split is 250 - (and I'd wager it would be less than that if he playing everyday), and he is 800 against RHP - he's still a better option against a LHP than Short by 200 OPS points! Any strategy is only as good as the players you have to implement it. The guy on the team that may have the best contact skill right now on a team literally dying for it, and he can't stay in the lineup.

Hinch surely hates Colt Keith. Playing Zach Short just to show how much smarter he is than anyone else They are pretty much out of the playoff race...how about letting some of the 24 year old left handed hitters try hitting against left handed pitchers? Can it really be that much worse than letting Short or Jones get at bats?

Hinch doesn't want any talent in the first place. He wants to show he can win with scrubs so he can back up his belief that he is the smartest manager in the history of baseball. I think he needs garbage can lids

Why Hinch give the man some talent

More Zack Short...WHY?

"When healthy, Seabold has been pretty effective coming out of the pen, with a 3.45 ERA, 20.3% strikeout rate, and 7.2% walk rate over 15 2/3 innings."

That Trump was a serial abuser of children is already baked into the Epstein files equation, such that if that was all there was on Trump in those files, it could be dismissed with some form of "so what who didn't". So there has to be more than just that in the files implicating Trump, something worse than "merely" sexually abusing children on a serial basis, as though something worse than that is even possible. So I am now coming around to the idea that Trump was an executive principal in the operation. He ran the thing with Epstein from the top. Not the paperwork, of course—that would have been Epstein's job. Maybe more like procurement, dispatch, and disposal.

So are Jones and Wenceel

The Tigers have the two smartest guys in the room leading this franchise

If it were the Dodgers making the trade I believe that's how they would view it. Other teams might talk themselves into that view. That is why I think the prospect haul if we trade Skubal will be better than some here believe.

So, you're saying it totally worked?

Einstein being stubborn to prove he's right. They should have DFA'd him and kept Seaboold

The 70s was a very strange time in history during which children were routinely sexualized in popular culture, and there was even a movement afoot to make sex with children easier, such as lowering age of consent in New Jersey to 13—at the urging of the NOW, of all organizations. That was an actual thing.

Short is playing in the second game.

So Short can bat in these situations: J. Rogers: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Rogers walked, Vierling to third, Torkelson to second Dietrich Enns relieved Keegan Akin Z. Short: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Short flied out to deep right

Remember seeing Jansen last year. Wasn't much left then.

You mean a guaranteed 100% for sure WS title? Sure.

Because Reasons. Why are Short and Jones on this team? Reasons.

They didn't figure out how to win. We figured out how to lose.

Last year's Trade Deadline. To come away with Charlie Morton and Chris Paddack and whomever that injured stiff from Cleveland was, Paul something, Was it Sewald? Did we even get 5 inning out of him? That showed me that the team was more interested in filling the Illitch family parking lots downtown than they were in actually winning. The the Pistons do the same crap. Great season - pickup up a stiff at the deadline who contributes nothing Guess I'll have to savor that 2008 Stanley Cup for a lot longer.

All the botched plays for Baltimore and they still figure out to win. Even when other teams fall apart defensively they can overcome it.