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I’m envious of all the games the rest of you have seen. The only game I’ve ever seen at Comerica was August 5, 2019 as a guest of our esteemed leader @MotownWebGuy who quite honestly treated me like a king. What a guy! We are fortunate to have him on our side and make this extraordinary playground available to us. It was a great time. It was an ordinary night game that lasted 3:41 minutes. Remember how long games used to be? It was the JaCoby Jones, Niko Goodrum era. Jake was the catcher. Miggy hit into his 14th double play of the year. Turnbull started and only lasted three innings. Gregory Soto took the loss in long relief. Jones hit a triple and a home run. The Tigers lost to the White Sox 7–4. And yes, the White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson treated us like we were his b*tch. The Tigers record at the time was 32–77. We labor under much better circumstances today.

Montero and Melton might be money for one inning in the pen.

Yeah too bad Harris couldn’t get anything more done before the deadline

Some interesting things I was looking up about a couple of prospects I have been keeping tabs on. Pacheco must hate even months. April .212/.366/.364 May .337/.440/.627 June .227/.370/.394 July .341/.492/.545 He also hates playing at home .255/.390/.404 vs .311/.442/.576 Away Liranzo has increased his BA each month, all while having only 9 AB's against pitchers younger than him. April .180/.315/.344 May .231/.359/.423 June .242/.377/.435 July .288/.360/.424

Probably correct. All self-directed stuff, so still 'unserious' with respect to having any outward impact, or in particular positive impact, beyond himself. When he bought WaPo, I think there was a hope it was evidence of a philanthropic bent, but maybe it was really just for the media strokes. Sadly, little evidence there are going to be many Andrew Carnegie types among today's generation of dot.com billionaires. Maybe Gates excepted.

He's blocked at the Major League level by an All-star.

Garland barely got started investigating Trump and all the alleged crimes and conspiracies he was involved in, let alone Epstein. The appointment of Merrick Garland was Biden's worst appointment IMO. He dropped the ball and was late to the game on so many things.

Apollo 15 was exceptional if you read MGOBLOG :--)

Yeah, people were bored with the Apollo program after the first two trips to the Moon.

I like Daniella but would prefer she stay on the other side of the base lines.

Is it? Small sample size and I think circumstances factored in. No college bats this year worthy of our first pick. And with Clark and McGonigle 1-2 in Law’s recent prospect rankings, seems those choices are working out.

I like this Melton.

I like this version of Troy Melton a bit better than the debut version.

I'm sure they do it clandestinely but they need to report the effect bad calls have on games ie, how much the likelihood of an outcome changes because of a bad call.

Tigers getting some good BABIP help today.

I'm sure Kreidler is only here until Paddack arrives.

I think Melton has more starter upside... long-term. But this would be a great year to break him into the playoffs as a bullpen guy... Per one inning stints, as you say...

So I do want to point out that it's been reported that both Tampa Bay and New York were also in on Paddack so it's not like there was no other interest in him.

Tigers also got Randy Dobnak.

Honestly, I don't hate it. He's a solid #5 and who knows, maybe Fetter can work his magic.

From a Twins site: https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-twins-trade-chris-paddack-to-detroit-tigers-r18848/

Traded from depth

Melton can move to the pen and give a high K/9 potential. Same with SGL I guess.

I was looking at the Twins roster yesterday and noted some intriguing pitchers (Duran, Coulombe, Jax). Paddack was not one of them. Paddack might be somebody they could fix, but he doesn't seem to address any immediate problem. Perhaps, they think he can work as a reliever?

That’s odd

Did Clase get paid for this?

It was pretty easy since its only a couple thousand feet up there.

Yeah...ok...we went to the moon...right...

Lee has spent all of his his age 22 season at AAA. that's another great data point, if "age at level" is important to you. Max Anderson has spent all of his age 23 season at AA, which is just fine as well.

space @itches space

I'm sure Rodriguez will receive a warm welcome from the crowd. 🤭

The Royals are apparently close to signing Lugo to a two year extension. He is someone I was thinking would have been good for the Tigers to pursue in the off-season. If it's really a two-year, that is a bargain.

I think this is the star Detroit should be attempting to land. He is exactly who you trade Ivey + Holland + 2-3 first round picks for.

Purple shirt guy didn’t like the fact that a black guy, with dreads no less, had control of the situation. A white man needed to be in charge.

“Our long national nightmare is over“ President Gerald Ford

wasn't nearly what I was looking for. No fundamental re-alignment. Blue's ambitions have been beaten down so far they consider one chamber in 2018 a big wave? One chamber in the off year is more like a ripple on the body politic.

If Greene shaving his beard turned things around I’m OK with taking off the mustache, his eyebrows and his hair.

I just woke up from a 14-day coma, what'd I miss?

7 runs w/2 outs

I'm about 65% sure we got this.

update

Take this with a grain of salt but here is the scouting report from TigersMLReport. Seems to be a soft tossing lefty which I am always wary about in the low minors. https://tigersmlreport.com/2025/03/16/micah-ashman-scouting-report-detroit-tigers/