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Ibanez with a nice opposite field single to score Baddoo for the early lead.

Missed opportunity to dig into the Chicago bullpen last night. Lynn had a very high pitch count last night and then rebounded a bit in the middle innings, some single digit pitch innings if I remember it correctly. Scholtens seems like he might be ripe for the Tigers’ recent OBP fueled by BB to take advantage of. The games count separately in the standings, but I like a series approach of digging into an opponent’s bullpen. Try to get them worked as much as possible early in a series so the options are slimmer in the final games of a series. Giolito didn’t last long in game 1. Lynn shouldn’t have lasted long in game 2. Now there’s a rookie in game 3 today. The lost opportunity yesterday affects today. And then Cease starts tomorrow’s game. Anywho, that’s one of the checkers strategies that I like.

Yeah, it’d be nice if Alexander were a semblance of a fill in SP, but that just doesn’t seem plausible right now. I think Alexander’s last two outings were relief appearances in a Wentz start. The timing would work out, but swapping one for the other might not yield the short term results that they need. And I’m not sure there are long term concerns to worry too much about for either pitcher.

It’s possible that he’s working on something behind the scenes but it’s just not game ready. And maybe the plan was to work on that in Toledo, but here we are with the pitching injuries. I don’t know, just speculation. Patience is probably the best course of action right now. There aren’t many other in house SP options right now anyway.

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Add a Reyes and some Castros to the mix and you’re almost there.

He has. He also scooped that Ibanez throw to end the 7th (or 8th?) which was really impressive. It seems he is good at saving throws. It seems the pop up into foul territory where he has to backtrack a bit is an issue. I'll take that trade off. Saving throws is turning into outs or at least preventing extra bases. The foul pops, which some of the clanks have not necessarily been easy plays, fall as strikes with no action on the bases.

A good craftsman never blames his tools.

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Not bad for an 8th SP.

Flashed some leather tonight, give him that much.

Take a bow. You really spoke highly of the McKinstry pick up.

If I’m getting the maths right, Short had more RBI last night than Schoop has had this season, right?

… go right into some ChiSux’ mitt.

Eat it, Jerk Sox.

They’ve got pennies to ride the kiddy horse.

I read some articles about her last night. I didn't realize it at the time because I was just a stupid kid, but her solo work was pretty iconic given her past and how she was sharing that during those times. A lot of strength and power behind the sultry voice.

It's damn tough to be optimistic with this team right now.

If Haase were hitting and he could be deployed full time as an OF/DH and have Knapp/Rogers be a workable C platoon, I think it makes some sense. But Haase isn't hitting, Rogers isn't hitting, and Knapp is Knapp.

The other thing with Malloy/Keith is they probably have a certain trade value as prospects right now. If they are called up prematurely and it shows, they might lose that trade value. Considering they both primarily play the same position, it isn't out of the question that they may ultimately have to trade one of them. They're both at levels where they are successful and age appropriate or advanced. It isn't a situation where they're running out of time and they need to sink or swim at the MLB level.

Its fun to be in a "pennant race". But I'm not interested in rushing players up before they're ready. I'd rather complain about Nevin/Ibanez/Schoop/Maton/Cabrera this season than complain this/next/nextnext year that Malloy/Keith/whoever were rushed up too soon. The AL Central is usually up for grabs for any decent team historically. Allow the Tigers to build up the few prospects they have to be decent players in the future so that maybe they can be integral pieces of the next playoff team.

I realize that rolling out Cabrera and Ibanez and Maton as the DH is not exactly optimal. But I'm just not sure Knapp as a DH is an upgrade.

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Heck, they could try Nevin again since he’s already on the 40. Lipcius, Perez, MeadowsP, are also on the 40. So it would seem unlikely that they add Joyce now. It seems like Joyce’s only benefit ahead of those guys is his SS glove, and the Tigers should be fine with Baez/Maton/McKinstry.

They have been inconsistent, true. He may turn out to be nothing more than filler. But if they’re done with Ibanez/Schoop and aren’t willing to promote Keith/Malloy or any longer term player, they could promote someone just for the short term, see what they can do in the meantime. If it’s nothing, they can be DFAd later on to make room for someone else, no big deal.