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Does Arby's have fish sandwiches to go with the curly fries tomorrow?

Hard pass.

That's kind of how I would look at it. Essentially the backcourt and wing minutes go to Cunningham, Thompson, Sheppard, Ivey, Sasser. Stagger it somehow so that two of Cunningham, Sheppard, and Sasser are on the court at all times to run the offense and have some kind of outside shot available? I don't know, maybe that backcourt 3 grouping is too short. But I wouldn't pass on Sheppard because of height if he's available at 5. They can move Ivey or Sasser if need be.

Remember the sac bunts early in games?

Maybe the problem is Olson and not the offense?

Of course he's frustrated. I have no doubt about that. I just wonder if the frustration has been mounting upon the problem and making things worse for himself.

Its probably not fair of me to call it just a L/L matchup, you're right. I'm sure he had some other rationale and I know he likes to look ahead in the game at possible matchups. I guess I don't see the reward for PHing him with two out in the 5th when that spot in the lineup is coming up again. Not for Carpenter, anyway. Now, McKinstry or Keith, I am more amenable to it.

For the record, I don't like PHing for Carpenter that early in a game. I understand the general lefty on lefty situation at hand. I'm just not all that worried about Carpenter vs Nardi.

Still leading MLB in doubles, too. So, wait, is it going to be like reverse Lent? Is he going to going 40 straight games with a homer and that's how he is getting to 40? He's got the first 2 games in a row down already. It seems like that might be a record.

Waiting out bad contracts? There's one. And he still provides plenty of defense and baserunning (well, ok, this is few and far between given the bat).

Is Matt Manning going to have problems pitching in a singleheader?

"With the 5th pick in the draft, the Detroit Pistons select....."

Ha, I just looked at the tweet above which has Dillingham and Sheppard going 3 and 4. I was looking at another mock that had them something like 6 and 8 which is where I thought about those two. I suppose there’s going to be pretty good variance on who goes where this draft. I know the Pistons need a lot, but it seems like outside shooting would unravel a lot of knots in the offense. Maybe it’s not good to focus on a singular attribute like that, but it ain’t like this draft is chock full of highly diversely skilled players.

26.1% from 3? Pass. Get some outside shooting to help out Cunningham. Would Dillingham or Sheppard be better fits?

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So, given Torkelson's week, albeit maybe BABIP aided, do they move him up the lineup a bit?

The lottery is what it is. This franchise isn't an abhorrent mess because of ping pong balls or frozen envelopes or tin foil hats. This franchise is a complete dumpster fire because its front office is only two qualified clowns short of a circus.

Sorry, I forgot to use the 'sarcasimir" log in for that post.

Clutch stuff there.

He’s had a pretty good week. Hopefully he’s figured something out and we’re seeing this going forward. They need to lengthen the lineup out as much as possible. A rejuvenated Torkelson and a maturing Keith would really help out.

Way to turn the Piston frown upside down.

That was fun.

So, ok, here’s the rainbow around this pile of lottery crap. The Pistons won’t improve enough to stay out of the lottery next year, and welcome to Detroit Cooper Flagg.

Unless shenanigans occur before the end of this game, 20-20 after 40. Improvements over previous seasons, sure. But the offensive struggles just stick out bigly.

No worries. I’m sure Weaver and Drunk Uncle Tommy will have everything under control this off-season.