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Yeah, that’s possible. The bench gets a little longer in some games, but the score differential might remain stagnant.

And in addition to the bat not handling 1B/DH, they have Torkelson at 1B and other designs for DH. The playing time on the projections is interesting. Keith with only slightly more PAs than Jung even though popular theory is Jung will be in Toledo for a time. 43 PAs is about, what 2 or 3 weeks? And I assume that Keith is slotted at 2B and Jung at 3B, unlike McKinstry who will probably move around a bit.

I wish I had one of those.

OK, that's pretty clever.

Oh, I'm not saying it'd be a wise move by San Francisco, definitely not by itself. But they've allegedly been ready to spend, yet can't find anyone that will take their money. So I can see a move just to make a move.

Hayes over Sasser because they are chasing that next win. I don't agree with it, but that's what it is. They should have at least two of Cunningham, Ivey, and Bogdanovich out on the floor at all times. The "hockey line shift" was mentioned on the broadcast last night in the 1st. This is just an awful situation all around. I can't believe some of us were actually thinking they could flirt with the play in (self included) and here we are today looking a team that is somehow worse than last season.

I would hope Harris could find a GM that would be as in love with Gipson-Long as some of the Tiger fan base seems to be.

That's exactly what I see with Chapman. San Francisco signs him to essentially what he is looking for. I think I saw 6/$150K as a projection somewheres on the interwebs.

Has he been associated with any teams so far this offseason? I would think the longer he goes unsigned, the fewer years he could command on a deal. I'm not as confident as others in Keith and Jung hitting the ground running enough to make an impact this season. Chapman would clearly be an upgrade to the lineup and defensively. And if he were to sign, that would free up Vierling to pretty much handle OF duties, specifically backup CF. I'd only go 3 years, but doubt that'd be something he'd settle for right now. He'll be 31 at the end of April and he's a Boras client. If anything, maybe if he's available around the beginning of camp, maybe he'd do a shorter multi year deal with an early player opt out? I don't know, seems unlikely it would come to that for him.

He still seems to want to ramp up too much at high speed too often. I think he's been better at dialing that in lately, but that's only been on the offense. He's still unable to use that speed to his advantage on the defensive side. To his credit, he was the sole offensive rebounder in the paint a few times late in the game and did his best to keep the ball in possession.

Thompson would fill an early Rodman as starter role very well, except for the fact that there isn't enough offense around him like Rodman had. Rodman had the ability to weave into an already made unit of Thomas, Dumars, Laimbeer, Dantley/Aguirre (although he was in a bit of a rotation with this spot). This current team is not that at all.

There’s probably some truth to that.

Ugh….

McCleod was whiny and homery at times.

I said feetwork first, Kelser.

Ivey “post”erized Porzingis with fancy feetwork.

Stark contrast from Blaha.

This will get missed in the shuffle, but the Pistons held an opponent to only 108 points in 4 quarters for once.

Cunningham isn’t the only one fighting tonight.

End of the 3rd, only time for a defensive stand. Williams put Thompson in for ….. Hayes. And left Bogdanovich on the floor.

The defense with lots of charity in the 3rd.

Perhaps I went too far…..

Bad news. The Pistons showed up for the beginning of the second half.

Depends on the flow of the game. Hopefully they are in position to give Cade a couple of minutes of rest at the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th. I get he’s young and the bell cow. But they can’t run him into the ground.