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That's if they all stay healthy and pan out. The baseball prospect game isn't always successful. 2B is a reasonable position to target. What does San Diego want for Ha-Seong Kim (arbitration through 2026)? Are they looking to shed salary? Could SP Joe Musgrove be available as well? Would chancing SP Yu Darvish into an age 41 season at $16M be completely ridiculous?

Its not the field conditions. Its the infrastructure and resources involved in holding a game event there. I don't know. Its a preseason game, so there are some details to take care of, but I wouldn't think it'd be as much as a regular season game. They could have shuffled this off to New Orleans.

That’s fair. But I think decisions on Kreidler and Lipcius are due before Perez. Or maybe they’ve already been made and they’re simply nothing more than injury depth at this point. Kreidler can’t stay healthy and Lipcius’ bat was nothing special this season.

So let me see if I get this straight. MLB has its Southern California teams (both Los Angeles teams and San Diego) move Sunday’s games up to Saturday due to Hilary slamming into the region. The NFL decides to keep its preseason Chargers game on Sunday night in Los Angeles as scheduled. Am I getting the right?

Yes, that’s probably the offsetting move this time around. I don’t know, should we expect Malloy to be promoted this season? He’s not on the 40, and his defense is lacking. Do they decide instead to pull up Lipcius or Kreidler, guys already on the 40 and a much more direct replacement for Ibanez?

They’re going to have to acquire one. It’s difficult to assume all 3 of Carpenter, Malloy, and Keith are going to make it. Maybe Bigbie should be tossed into that group as well. Plus these are all young hitters. Is it wise to have Baez as the grizzled veteran bat in an otherwise peach fuzzy lineup? The only free agent hitter that intrigues me is 3B Travis Chapman. But the combination of he being one of the best free agents in a poor crop and the possibility of Keith being the 3B of the future make a run at him unlikely. Although Harris could decide to go after him and use in house players as trade bait for other players (established or prospects). All that aside, it’s just nice to have a few prospects look forward to. Thankfully Avila was wise to draft Greene and not overthink on Torkelson. Give Avila his due there, although I question bringing them up last season. And then out of nowhere comes Carpenter. This trio factoring in among the top five or six in the lineup once other sticks are added will be fun to watch.

Separated at birth?

I'd dump Ibanez. Go with platoonishy things at 3B & 2B, although I would have Vierling playing everyday at 3B or OF. Baddoo has gotten his bat in order lately. Oh, wait, Maton has cooled down after looking corrected. Maybe he goes down to Toledo for now. But if they decide to call someone up that needs a spot on the 40, I would think Ibanez is the victim there. It'll be interesting to see where Meadows plays. Baez, Meadows, catcher as the bottom 3 in the order? If Baez can revert back to some semblance of himself, if the catching duo can provide some thump, Meadows in between has no pressure at the outset. Just field the ball, get your experience at the dish. Greene and Carpenter have earned a spot in the everyday lineup. Maybe one or the other gets a day off vs tough LHPs, and that's fine. They aren't likely to play 162 games anyway.

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Old school little league.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/yankees-tigers-to-play-in-2024-little-league-classic I think this is pretty cool for a team on the rise.

Should’of traded for Ohtani and Judge.

That’s true, they did dork one up in game 2 of the Friday doubleheader.

Speaking of glove work, what a highlight show today.

Greene’s sliding catch had some awkward glove positioning as well. Rather than have the glove palm up, his palm was out as if high diving so to speak. He made the play, but I’m not so sure about how his glove arm was handled.

I don’t know. Other OFs dealt with it today without dropping the ball. Carpenter consistently has issues around the wall whether there is sun or not. To his credit, he did have a nice play coming in on a ball to his glove side later in the game. Actually it might have been more to the side than it was in.

That would be the standard procedure.

Rodriguez probably has another inning in him. Going to need some more runs here before the bullpen gets involved. I already did my cardio today.

Better than sugary cheerleading?

As much as I’d like to see a hitting lineup with both of them, I’m not sure how this team can have both Carpenter and Malloy on it. Maybe they try it next season just to see if one of them can become adequate enough in the field? Could be a frightening experiment. Keep the children away from the game visuals.

Greene at .854. What a slouch.

Just when I was starting to think Carpenter’s defense might be getting better, he loses one in the sun. Or did he lose it because he was at the wall?

Yes, this is absolutely it. So, going into it for next season, is there a roster fit for Carpenter and Malloy? I think with Cabrera retiring, there’s more room for a regular everyday DH. Now maybe Carpenter and Malloy split those duties while also getting defensive reps, I don’t know. Keith Law mentioned getting to the point in the season where rookie status can be protected next season and brought up Colt Keith. He wasn’t all too optimistic about Keith at 3B but also didn’t shut it down. Anyways, he thought maybe the Tigers bring him up soon as generally teams have their best defensive coaches up at the MLB level. I don’t know whether this is copy & paste for all teams or for the Tigers specifically. I guess if that’s the case, do the Tigers employ this plan? And if so, would they also consider it for Malloy? The other aspects Law brought up regarding minor leaguers being called up made sense. Teams would do it for guys they think are going to get serious burn next season. Rookies can get used to the culture at the big leagues. The competition is obviously a key factor (he mentioned the gap between the majors and minors and what a leap that can be for some guys). I think there’s merit to it. But I think there’s also consideration to just playing everyday. So, maybe it’s to Keith’s advantage to be plugging away at the hot corner in Toledo to finish out that season, and then maybe promoted to finish out the Tiger regular season. They could always bump someone like Diaz or Ibanez in lieu of bringing up a prospect.

Yup, pretty amusing for those that stayed away from the bust bandwagon.