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Showed the stirrups, wasn't afraid to get dirty. Classic end of the bench do it all end of the bench infielder. Shane Halter had Pecota's poster in his childhood room.

Is the "M" silent?

I mean, sure, if you want to take a cruddy season and make it worse.

My worthless opinion is that there's too much throwing hard rather than art of pitching on the mound.

That usage is kind of what I am thinking. Maybe a few more starts, maybe the earlier starts might be more 2 lineup trips or a 70ish pitch count rather than 5 innings, but gradually increase over the season if the start is good enough. So, I guess the flip side is, for those that think he this might be a bit soft for him, what kind of usage should be expected? What should the Tigers get out of him this season in terms of starts and innings?

I don’t think anyone is suggesting the glue factory. But what is a reasonable expectation for him in 2024? He’s pitched 150 innings once. A max of 109 in the minors one season and 114 for Auburn. Yes, his second highest workload during a season was in college (followed by 13 in the minors that year). I agree with you, I would think he and the Tigers have a plan and are implementing it to get have him as prepared as possible to be ready for 2024. But what is a reasonable expectation for that best case workload?

Certainly looking like that.

The yips are a reasonable concern here, I agree. I was half hearted about the steel toe cleats suggestion. That might physically protect one area, but it’s much more than a foot that’s in play. I was at a Pirates game when Jameson Taillon took a line drive off of the head that landed in LF. Naturally he was down on the ground for a bit. Somehow he stayed in the game. I’m sure most of us remember Doug Fister taking one off of the head and staying the World Series game, too. But then these are only the direct hits. Their moxie is probably galvanized by all of the close calls that we don’t necessarily remember. Hopefully he’s mentally ready to to return to the mound.

Depends on the opportunity cost of that $14M. I like the move to see what Fetter/Nieves/Lund can do and as insurance for Mize to get back into MLB shape.

Well, what he says and does is starting to look more and more like two different things. This isn’t a rebuild or remake or refurbish or whatever he called it. This is a hold my beer, let me see if I can demolish it even more.

The Wizards?

Well, yeah, I guess that’d be the optimal thing.

I’m not going to pretend to know if Harris and company like the balance or depth of prospects in house enough to try to make a move with the Giants. It just struck as interesting an interesting proposition to trade for pitching prospects that aren’t yet on the 40 and Harris’ relationship with that team. Maybe there’s something to it, maybe there isn’t.

That’s a possible hazard around heavy equipment that could bend the steel toe downward. I’m not sure a baseball has enough force to do that. And I would think if anything, it’d be a lighter material fashioned in way around the foot to not dig in.

Which Antetokounmpo plays more tonight?

Steel toe cleats.

They're going to have to play slightly below .500 basketball the rest of the way to hit that section of the ballpark.

Says who?

Hmmmm..... Giants Considering Trading From Group Of Young Pitchers This just struck me as interesting given Harris' previous employer.

Maton.

Yes, I think I remember that you called it out as a possibility, but I don't know when that was. My guess is they probably had that in their sights as well. I know the NFL has its training camp show on HBO or Amazon or whatever platform, and I obviously can't recall the name of the show. I wonder if MLB would consider something like that for spring training. I'd be interested in seeing some of the behind the scenes stuff. I realize that it'd probably be only a fraction of what goes on, but I think that could be fascinating to see if done well.

Oh, sure. His numbers look pretty good the first time through the lineup. Afterwards, not so much. Maybe his destiny is as a RP. I think with the SP options for the Tigers, game/season durability is a reasonable concern. So, that puts a little bit more workload on the BP. Having a few multiple inning RPs would be beneficial. I think Harris/Hinch have mentioned this (specifically the RPs) somewhat recently.

The commentary on Faedo was before the extra option was granted, too.

Olson also had 36 innings at Toledo. I think expecting 160 in 2024 is reasonable, although you never know for sure with pitchers (health) and youth (consistency). Manning hasn't been above 100 in a season since 130+ in 2019. Not really sure what to expect out of him, and I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up moved or in the bullpen. Skubal has gone 149, 117, 95 the past 3 seasons. I think they'll let him go as he can go. They need to cover 1,400 innings. I used to think around 900-950 of those needed to be covered by the SP. I don't know if that's really the right math anymore with pitch counts and increased usage of RP.

Sure, nobody wants to be that team. But the Pistons are playing against themselves as well as the opponent right now, and this game is on the road. There's always a chance. But besides youthful inconsistency, I don't see anything from Wednesday to build off of to think that tonight could be the end of the streak.