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Can't argue with the results. They suck. Can't argue that.

https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Standings But they like the Tigers better than PECOTA, so I guess there's that.

Knox has had a fortunate season. Picked up off of the scrap heap by the Pistons after the season started and now traded into playoff contention. Unemployed to historical losing streak to playin/playoffs.

Why didn’t you bring this to someone’s attention last season?

The Kool Aid was Honolulu blue.

If you had Nick Maton to the Orioles for cash, take a bow. You didn’t, but go ahead and claim it anyway, nobody cares.

Looks like it was game 2 of a doubleheader. He was a .243/.275/.299 hitter that season. Take away the 7 hits (6 singles and 1 double) and he's still a lousy hitter.

One of the critiques that I'd heard about PECOTA is that it does tend to have a tighter forecast on players with MLB history as opposed to less complete MLB resumes. Sure, OK, that seems to make sense in general terms. The middle infield is projected to be Baez and Keith. There's more confidence in predicting Baez' end of season stats as opposed to Keith. Heck, we assume Keith will make the big club, but we don't know that for certain. As far as Harris and the offseason, I agree, it was a thin free agent market to make gains with. So, the Tigers might be more reliant on internal/incumbent improvement to make gains than is reasonable if the division crown is the goal.

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/ 75.6-86.4? 3rd place in the division? Is Keith Law working for Baseball Prospectus?

Fryman? Probably wrong, but I'm on a hot streak using Fryman as an answer today.

The real test will be if Malloy is at 100. Will Law publish a top 99 list then?

I give this response a ten.

That's interesting. He's played all of 2 professional innings as a 2B, in the 2020-2021 Dominican Winter League.

I saw something recently about being a bit more scattery on throws rather than sharp shootery. I don't recall where, and honestly it was the first time I've heard/seen of that kind of comment about him, so I don't know how much stock to put into it. Arm aside, if he could handle 3B, there wouldn't be any debate about it heading into camp.

Fryman was one of my wife's favorite Indi.... Clevelands.

Holy heck, he took EVERY defensive pitch at 3B!

He'd spent almost 2,000 minor league innings in OF and 79 at 3B. In 2022 with the Phillies, it was 756 & 42. It would have been something that needed to start in spring training.

It had to have been Fryman, right?

Preach. Stop worrying about uglifying the next batch of spring training hats and get to work on recalibrating the baseball to where home runs and pitching injuries are reduced.

Is that possible? Are pitchers being developed to handle the workload needed, whether they are SP or RP? It seems like velocity has taken over too much and stamina takes a back seat to it. But I guess my point/question is, if that's how pitchers are handled in the amateurs/minors, how can we expect it be different in the majors?

I think Malloy is more handicapped by his glove rather than where it is positioned. Or maybe its his arm. Or maybe both, I don't know. As for last season, he was at 3B from Opening Day through May 29. Then he was in LF/RF from May 31 through August 20, save for one game at 3B. Then he finished out the season at 3B. And there were some PH/DH duties in there as well. So, he was given continuous blocks of time to work at 3B then OF then 3B. He was moved around from game to game. I think it should be acknowledged that he was given game after game to work in the dirt and in the grass on a consistent basis. I don't mind the optionality, but I don't believe that it is for everybody. And I don't know that the whole team should be moving around defensively on a game to game basis. I wouldn't expect that. The catchers are going to catch. Baez at SS, Meadows (if he sticks with the big club) at CF, Torkelson at 1B. That's half of the defense right there. Greene as a COF or CF, Carpenter and Canha as COFs, however it lines up, and maybe Vierling in the OF as well. Hopefully Keith can handle 2B, and so then there's the rotating door at 3B. It's probably not going to be as fluid as last season.

Well, he swings and misses.