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Hasn’t Malloy been playing LF rather than 3B lately? Maton and Keith might flip flop a bit, but Malloy won’t necessarily be a part of that. I wonder if Maton is better off in the middle IF. My worthless scouting report is that it seems like his issues at 3B seem highly affected by reaction time. I don’t know if playing back a bit further would help his defense. I don’t know if he’d have the range for it. Heck, they’re putting Ibanez in the OF and we’re likely to see Nevin out there at some point. Might as well try that with Maton, too?

Yes he was. I used his picture in a game thread specifically because of that.

He’s not in the lineup tonight vs the LHP.

Speaking of cruddy relievers, I was highly against bringing back Jose Cisnero. But he has pitched pretty well this season.

There’s probably no need to rush MeadowsP if the outfield is healthy. Greene will be playing everyday. Hopefully they try Carpenter everyday. Baddoo/Vierling in the other spot. They could split DH with Carpenter vs RHPs and Cabrera vs LHPs, that might open up playing time for MeadowsP vs RHPs in Detroit’s OF. Tough to see a trade involving any of those guys, but you never know.

Same with a half dozen other Tigers.

I like Brown, but yeah, it’s easy to see how might get overpaid given the ring and the lack of free agents.

Kinda gotta see if there's anything there at some point, right? Or maybe they already know and it ain't good. But even if that's the case, he's still on the 40. so what's the point of keeping him on the 40 if they know it ain't good?

I know. I just want the head bands.

Key stats for Incaviglia. 392 PAs over 2 seasons (2 separate stints in Detroit). 73 hits, 98 strikeouts, 11 home runs, 1 stolen base (pity that catcher) and 4 jersey numbers.

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Is it just me or does it seem like the tougher the play that Baez has, the better his throw to 1B is?

I’d be fine with letting the kids play and using the salary space to gather assets for taking on shorter term bad contracts. It’d be nice to add some outside shooting to the mix. It’d be even better to develop that with the pieces that they have, but that’s easier said than done.

We gotta get the Carpenter head bands for the next Rule V party.

Heads up baserunning by Carpenter to get to 2B on the relay home.

False. Patience, Grasshopper.

They’ve been showing a replay camera angle toward the pitcher & plate lower and from around the second basedude’s area lately. I like it.

They keep adding tornado & water spout confirmations to the system that SE Michigan and NW Ohio a week and a half ago. I could see the clouds from the system about 10 miles away, but we didn’t even get a drop of rain. A coworker had the same deal about an hour to the east of me. So weird.

Eat it, Minnehaha.

Yeah, that didn’t look good at all.

There’s something to work with there. And for the lowly price of Daniel Norris? Ha!

I think he’s better in the booth than I want him to be. It’s been a bit, but I bet if we go back in a time bot, we’d realize he’s the kind of player (bat, glove, and intangibles) that is appreciated on your team and loathed on the other team. I just dropped bat, bet, bit, bot, and but in the same sentence. I think that’s some sort of grammatical cycle.

In general I don’t like sign & trades because it is a two step purchase, so to speak. The contract and the trade. In a vacuum it seems excessive. However, the Pistons aren’t working talent acquisitions in a vacuum. And the free agent pool this off-season is shallow. I don’t know, this is still a young team and they’ve got a lot of recent high draft picks on the team. Maybe the better acquisitions this off-season are veteran influences on short term deals.

Yeah, that’s an obvious omission on my part. Shame on me.

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