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What's his OPS since he's been a teammate of Maton? That's the real question.

Probably only temporary anyway.

I don't know the exact answer, but, take these into consideration: Its the Astros, so there might be extra attendance because of that. Its the last Saturday home game before Labor Day / football season. I think most Michigan schools start after Labor Day? That probably rolls into this. Weather looks good for Saturday. Might increase walk ups? If you go really early, there's always the carousel and ferris wheel to entertain your grandson. There's the statues and the pennant poles to check out. Take a walk around the stadium. There's stuff to do before the first pitch. It probably depends on how your grandson might take all of this in.

No argument here.

So, OK, let me get this straight: Oakland is moving to Las Vegas. Tampa's future has been in question since .... Milwaukee is posturing a move. Now the Jerk Sox?

I saw this. My oldest loves giraffes, so I sent it to the family text. My wife said it looked like a deer. Now, I frequently see deer when I bicycle. I stop and take pictures and send them to the family text. But if I see a 7 foot tall deer, I am turning the bike around and pedaling as fast as I've ever pedaled (well, for that day anyway).

Faust was the subject of an early episode of the Lost Ballparks podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nancy-faust-white-sox/id1602158620?i=1000552677238 From 1970-2010 Nancy Faust was the organist for the Chicago White Sox. She was a trailblazer who made music an integral part of the ballpark experience. When Harry Caray first sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at Comiskey Park, Nancy was playing the organ for him. She was the first to play "Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye" as an opposing pitcher walked off the field or after a White Sox home run. She is a Chicago treasure!

Some of these younger arms look fine one time through the lineup, but that next look is a different story. I don't know fi they need the experience with learning to pitch vs throw or maybe they are simply just relievers. Relief would be fine, especially if they can go multiple innings. But, yes, Harris is going to need to tend to the rotation.

Well, he's probably increased his value with this season on his baseball card vs coming into this season. It'd be interesting to see what he can get in the offseason. I suspect it's 2 seasons with a vesting/performance option for a 3rd. His baseball card still has downs to go with the ups.

The Nick Maton Effect.

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Argh…. Short robbed of a triple & RBI. Thank goodness the walls got moved in. 😡

Maybe they should try Carpenter at 1B?

Torkelson has for the most part done pretty well catching Baez. The groundball was inexcusable. Field it, throw to 2B, easy play. Even if they don't get the double play, a converted out at 2B gives them 2 outs with a runner (Candelario) at 1B. Maybe they give up only 1 (or 0) rather than 3 that inning.

I appears that they have enough returning internal pieces to add to next season. They also should have a pretty good payroll situation to take on salary for a few seasons. Cabrera retires, Rodriguez opts out, Baez opts in. They have one salary at $25M and nobody else approaching double digit $Ms. I think where it could get tricky is if the need prospect capital to make trades. But I think they can look to teams trying to shed salary as a priority to get value back in return without giving up too much.

Just a little perspective. The guy lived our dream. He played for the Tigers. We're just sitting here banging away on keyboards chatting about him.

Harris mentioned having 3 CFs in the OF and the spaciousness of the home yard. So it kind of difficult to see Malloy out there given that commentary. And Malloy hasn't had a game at 3B since June 13. We can see his 3B fielding numbers and they ain't pretty and they ain't improving. The bat is fun, but where does he play?

I've noticed more proficiency from myself lately. This just might explain it.

Hey Donald, get that caps button checked.

Yes. I think a bottom third of Baez, Meadows, and catcher would be fine. They've got Greene, Torkelson, and Carpenter dialed in pretty well for next season. If they find a couple of everyday players in the top half of the lineup, I think the offense can take a good step forward.

I don't know that Vierling should be counted just yet. And I would count on Baez because of his glove. His throwing seems to have gotten under control lately (save for one that Torkelson should have still had last night).

Kind of crushing to a spot starter who was giving a pretty damn good effort. Folks will look at the box score and not get the full picture of how they gave up the 7 runs. I think that 9th inning had some fluke to it (the Madrigal double) and/or Brieske might be made a scapegoat. But Torkelson gave away outs which lead to runs. Really disappointing.

Well, this wasn't at all a jinx now, was it?

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Good question, not sure. But its an area that was forecast to have multiple inches of rain that isn't used to it at all. It was borderline hurricane, right? And we know how predictable paths and intensities of those things can be.