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I'm not bashing anyone's coffee orders. If you like cream or sugar or foam or however you like it, hey, God bless. But I completely dumbfounded a Dunkin' Donuts (I guess they are just Dunkin' now?) today by asking for a small black coffee. I said a small regular coffee, and I guess regular means some amount of cream and sugar? I'm not sure. Admittedly I don't get out much these days.

I think if one goes through the exercise of putting together the 13 position players after Greene and Baddoo are healthy and back on the roster, its difficult to find a spot for Marisnick unless another OF or Cabrera find themselves on the injured list. Marisnick is a Tiger simply because the CF depth chart is decimated and he was easily acquired to fill that depth chart. The team was looking at Short as the backup CF. You can't do that. I think to the discussion regarding platooning and how to fill up a roster, I think defense is key up the middle. So, yeah, go ahead and fill the CF void with defense over offense. It ain't like offense is easily acquirable for CF anyway.

Phillips was a natural for this thread. A leadoff hitter as a Tiger and spent time with Oakland, so let him lead off this series. Could be explosive (happy 4th of July). Did any Tiger fan not appreciate Phillips' time as a Tiger? I mean, sure, he had a clunker of a game now and again like all ball players do. But, he was so fun to watch, you knew he'd be in the lineup, but you just didn't know where until you saw the lineup card. He had some shortcomings as far as talent was concerned, but damn it if he didn't make up for it with wit and guile.

Well, the offense didn't show up tonight, so I figured getting an early start on this thread will allow ample time for the hitting twigs to be ready tomorrow night.

I'm not sure what being an all star really means anymore. Merrifield shouldn't be on the team. Lorenzen shouldn't be on the team. There are these issues every year. But its merely an exhibition game, so does it really mean anything anyway? Heck, they added Pujols and Cabrera to the team last year.

Over Baddoo?

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What would your position player roster look like after Greene and Baddoo return? Is there a spot for Marisnick?

I think I'm fine with that.

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Foley should be the Tiger all star game rep if you agree with the every team needs to be represented theory. Prove me wrong.

The other possibility is that they simply thought Jimenez’ value was at his peak and they valued Malloy’s bat enough that they would worry about defense later. I mean, they moved a RP with only one season of control left for a probable everyday bat, position to be determined. For a team in year 7 of a rebuild, you do make the trade.

Agree on the rules. Somebody got pulled out of retirement to order to use that salary solely as a trade chip. And then the player retired again. I think it was Keith Van Horn.

Yes, I missed Calvo. Good catch. I was looking at baseball reference. Obviously the clue of Wentz being listed as the only healthy pitcher not in Detroit narrowed that one down. As for Marisnick, that’s an E - Casimir, not an E- McCoskey. I lazily tossed out the term release when it should have been designed for assignment. I stand corrected, that one is squarely on me.

Maton in LF and Malloy in RF last night. Keith at DH. Maton has had a start at each of 2B, SS, 3B, and LF in Toledo.

I doubt Marisnick pushes Greene to a corner. It would seem like once he is healthy, he is back to the everyday CF role. He was playing well enough to retain the job. And then Vierling and Baddoo as backup CF options. Marisnick is probably going to lose out to the 40 man roster crunch, too. Its not just the active 26 that he is going to be a victim of, but the lack of minor league options, too. Who knows, its the all star break already, he might decide to stick with the organization for the rest of the season if he is offered a spot in Toledo after release.

I'd like to think that Nevin and Schoop are at the top of the list for cuts. Maybe Schoop signs a minor league deal elsewhere and does well enough to get a promotion this season. There's just not enough time to resurrect his season enough to become tradeable. Marisnick, maybe as well, but he's playing somewhat regularly right now. Part of that is due to the lack of healthy CF options. I suppose the Marisnick/Greene swap is an easy one to make. As far as the pitching options go, there's no harm in moving healthy bodies down Toledo. If the list that I am looking at is correct, Wentz is the only healthy 40 man pitcher in the minors right now. Looks like 47 total on the 40 which includes 8 on the 60 day IL. So there is one spot of wiggle room to work with for guys returning from the 60. But that's before the fun of minor league options.

That's interesting.

I gotta figure out how to photoshop his picture onto a milk carton for a game thread.

A play in game sounds kind of fun.

Hinch, Fetter, and Nieves deserve a bit of applause for how they’ve handled bullpen games this this season.

The increasing BB/9 season after season is not encouraging. Sure, the SO/9 are fun. But Lange is not the lock down reliever that he is perceived to be. If he can get it together here before the trade deadline, it might be wise to sell if the return is there.

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There was a time when the saying was to take an athletic kid and make him pitch left handed. But looking at the annual salaries in the NBA, at least the AAV, wow, it’s just kind of mind blowing. Granted, there are fewer NBA jobs than in the other big 4 sports (maybe big 5 if soccer is included?).