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It's funny... google (which we know is 100% reliable and accurate) seem to say his defense is his strength.

You know, you could have at least left me some hope that this guy was gonna be a good option for the Tigers... 🙂

We waited nearly 2 hours for that?

If you listen to Locked on Tigers, you know why I'm asking this question now. Thoughts on Ben Malgeri? He's got an OPS just over 900 in Toledo. He supposedly is good defensively, and a right handed hitter. Obviously he's untested in the majors, but Perez doesn't seem to be doing much.

I don't think most people are eliminating Keith as a player, just that he's not in the discussion at SS. Again in our hypothetical world where Rainer becomes major league ready offensive by 27 or 28, then you have two guys who are superior to Keith defensively. There is no way that Keith will be your regular starter at either position if you have both McG and Rainer on the roster. If you've got Peck involved too than you have three superior defensive infielders so Keith is 1st or DH at that point. (Edit to add: I know I'm not telling you anything you don't already know... I just like to type stuff out sometimes so don't take this as me trying to school you on how to evaluate players.) In my humble opinion, a better example of the tenuous nature of prospects would be Jung... who is actually now listed at 1B with the Mud Hens.

Super early in June, but so far .294/.409/.529 thru 5 games. K rate around 33%. These are all WAY better his stats line from April and May. Now, I know this is WAY TOO EARLY talk... Right now there is no way you could even reasonably project Rainer making the MLB roster in 2027 (assuming there is a 2027 season), but this is more of a defensive question: Let's assume Rainer makes the 27 or 28 season roster. Where do you put him? Where do you put McGonigal?

I really should have looked more before posting that... it was obviously a proposed trade by someone, as I indicated. But I thought it was a legit somebody proposing it. In hindsight it looks like some sort of content farm that is trying to generate clicks, possible linked to some gambling or gambling adjacent site. It other words it isn't someone actually thinking that this is a trade that had even a remote shot in the dark but just content designed to generate clicks no matter how stupid it might be. I'm okay with people posting stupid trade ideas that they think might legit happen. Every fan based tends to overvalue their own players and expect a huge return in any trade. But if you're just throwing AI slop at the wall to get people to click... that's garbage in my humble opinion.

So I was alternating between watching some of the game and following it a bit on my computers as I doing a few others things Sunday afternoon. At one point I was just about ready to finish up what I was doing on my computer and noticed it was the bottom of the last inning with the Tigers down one run. With gameday pulled up in a tab I watched three quiet outs and shut off my computer in disgust and went about the rest of my day. It was about 3 hours later as I was breezing through Reddit that I saw a post about McGonigal's walk off and thought: Huh, old post from a different game I guess. Wait... was that McGonigoggles Girl? Wait... what's going on? Did I slip into an alternate dimension? This was when I actually looked up the game again on my phone and OH MY GOODNESS. I "watched" the bottom of the 8th inning and thought it was the bottom of the 9th! I missed perhaps the most exciting inning in Tigers history in years! Two picks off in the top of the 9th. A walk off hit in the bottom of the 9th... and I MISSED IT!

There's a thread on Reddit about a supposed mock trade that someone seems to think is doable.

Can we go back to playing the Rays please?

Out of challenges in the 3rd... not good. Lead off triple that seems likely to not score. We're so back baby!

Naylor gonna Naylor?

Bryce Rainer seems to have taken a small step forward from April to May In April he had roughly 81 PAs and struck out 36 times, walking 10 times. His OBP was 305 and his SLG was 338 In May he had roughly 96 PAs and struck out 34 times, walking 13 times. His OBP was 333 and his SLG was 373 So all stats went in a positive direction... only a small positive direction, but it's still positive. It's also worth noting that his April was split between Low-A and High-A while all of May was High-A, so a little stiffer competition. Give that there was at least some hype that Rainer was the next McGonigal, there's still a LONG way for Rainer to go, but he seems to at least be trending in the right direction.

Hey, if I want facts and logic I wouldn't be a sports fan!

Oh boy, I hope not! I mean, where he left off wasn't a very good place... let's hope it's better than where he left off! 🙂

Given it's the off season especially there's really no reason not to put a suspension in place now. During the season I think there's more room for the argument of innocent until proven guilty and suspending for all the details are known could adversely hurt a team when the player might be guilty of much less than he was accused of or even innocent all together. But during the off season there isn't that same danger.

It does seem odd... I mean, he's swapping in Pitch Hitters like crazy... taking out a .289 hitter to put in a .175 hitter for the matchup (which, to his credit, worked, kinda)... why isn't he doing the same with the bullpen?

Well, there's the 2026 Tigers we know and love.

Team RISP: 2-8. I mean, for this team that's an improvement, right?

2nd and 3rd, no outs... you get one run. Bases load, no outs... you get one run. I mean we're winning right now, but does anyone feel comfortable that our bullpen can hold a 1 run lead?

I don't think these guys could even cheat their way to a win right now.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/all-trade-deadline-mlb-prospect-team-of-the-past-decade/

I agree at this point. I was in the camp of trade Skubal before the season, but that ship has sailed and I certainly was rooting for the Tigers and Skubal once it was clear they were going to keep him. That said, assuming we don't turn things around (certainly possible) then I'd rather get something, even if it's not a haul, vs. just letting the player(s) walk. Now obviously I'd prefer a solid return vs. a bag of used balls and a single-A prospect who's 26, but I'd be happy with a even just a high ranked prospect or two in double or triple A vs. a draft pick when Skubal walks.