casimir

I’m getting rid of city connects on my first day as emperor of the globe.

It was a great evening for a bike ride. Probably go pull some weeds here shortly and then see if I can get my OOTP online team going in the right direction (for next season) at this trade deadline.

Who’s to say he accepts after that?

Jose Iglesias is at a .409/.435/.500 clip this season. Avert your eyes from the 23 PA.

So, what kind of trade compensation needed in order to send Monty Williams to Los Angeles?

Trade for Paredes, Candelario, and Castro.

That was pretty well executed.

He might be miscast, but he’s been producing. Therefore…… is he really miscast?

Feel free to do this more often.

Baltimore had Flaherty and let him leave. I wouldn’t think they’d trade for him after letting him go for nothing, but who knows for sure. He’s definitely performing better now, so that’s a variable to it.

I’m not sure Vierling is just a 4th OF.

I’m sure the back channels for discussion have been wide open

Have you talked to Harris? Dude, get on the horn.

Communication was given. Why it wasn’t received is the issue. Unfamiliarity may be a component of that, but the communication failure is first and foremost in my opinion.

Figure out a way to get some of the position player prospects out of Baltimore?

You could see Baddoo calling for the ball on one of the replay angles. On another angle, you can see Baddoo, Keith, and Urshela chasing to the spot, and Urshela pulls up. Now, I don't know if he pulled up because he heard Baddoo and/or realized he wasn't going to the get there in time. It did look like he dropped his head to see where Baddoo was going to catch it, but not sure if he could have called Keith off in time and/or if he realized there was going to be a collision.

I'm guessing one of these is in reference to the play where Baddoo was calling for the ball and Keith didn't hold up? I disagree that this is on Hinch. Baddoo was calling for it. He's the OF, it's his ball.

Yes, you're right. I errored there.

Baez is quite busy today.

Baez giveth away a base on the throw, and then taketh away on the next pitch with the tag.

It’ll be explained as a semi day off for Canha at DH. I get that. But not if it means Baddoo in RF.

I think his 2023 also played into it. He had that incredible start, but kind of floundered from there. Most ball players have their ups and downs. I kind of wonder if he hadn’t had such a see saw type of season, would he have had a more favorable free agency? I would think so despite the other concerns, but who knows.

The Tigers have traded away Paredes, Candelario, and Castro. Those would be nice bats for 3B, 1B, and a utility player this season.

That’s kind’of a fun proposition.

I was hoping the Tigers could swing a deal for Ha Seong-Kim (SD) this past offseason. The glove plays around the IF. Solid OBP, lower SO%, higher BB%, not much in the ISO but popped 16 HR last season, some speed. He is at $8M this season, arbitration eligible for two more seasons, but I think there’s a mutual option to get into that after this season. So I’m not quite sure what the deal is there. But I thought he would have been a good left side of the IF defender, insurance at 2B if Keith completely fell apart for this season, and a competent get on base guy. I have not looked much at upcoming FA. The current IF needs help offensively. Teams always churn through bullpen arms. I think they’ve got a rock star in Skubal and solid SP in Olson. I’d entertain extending Flaherty, but I suspect he’d want more than 3 years guaranteed (I think that’s as far as I’d go, tack on vesting option or two). Torkelson really determines a lot, I think. He could earn 1B or they could move on from him. I think there could be some internal domino effect related to that.