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I like nuance.

I suspect Clark will become a pain in the rumpus for many an opposing player.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025-baserunning-batting.shtml This seems fun. The Tigers have an extra base taken % of 54%, tops in MLB. They are a full 6% ahead of the Dodgers and Rangers. Taking that 6% variance from 1st to 2nd applying that to the Dodgers and Rangers, so the range of 48% on down to 42%, encompasses 15 teams. The league average is 42%. This is certainly not a statistic that many Tiger teams of yesteryear can hang their base running oven mitts upon.

162 is a grind. Don’t get too high. Don’t get too low. A 4 game losing streak is better than shoveling 4 inches of snow. Stay thirsty, my friends.

Maybe its also because the Tigers, at least at the MLB level, seem to emphasize base running as whole rather than just pure base stealing? I wonder if, as an organization, they've decided to put more importance on running with baseballs in play rather than just off the battery?

I'm not sure "dude has juice" is a wise phrase for hitting acumen, what with the sport's history of PEDs and all.

I think that's too simplistic of an opinion. Harris sold last season. How did that work out?

Avila seems to have done pretty well at drafting during pandemics and in rounds ending with the number 9.

Thus began the downfall of Brandon Inge....

There is not a universe with an optimistic buddha. None, zip, zero, zilch, not'ta.

I think if Harris makes a move, its going to along the lines of "hidden" numerals as you allude to here. I think he's likely to acquire a non name that most folks are going to find underwhelming at first blush. But upon further inspection/explanation, some of those folks will say, oh, sure, I saw that coming.

Gimme hitters that can field and fielders that can hit.

Well, our conversation certainly jinxed them, eh? 🤐

Yes, I'm a little concerned about Greene's game long term, too. The swing seems to generate a lot of torque on the back. The gait, as you mention. One of those two by itself is one thing. Both of those variables together is another. Let's also factor in that he is a weaker armed OF. It's tough to know exactly how this team will look 3 seasons from now, but will Greene be a DH sooner than we think he might? Ideally Clark would be up by then and if Meadows were still around, well, that's a pretty good 2/3 of OF defense right there. Just in the short term, or any term, does that kind of bat path lend itself more to boons and busts?

You got'ta apostrophize that.

He's an NBA player now. He probably needs a load management day off.

Is the tarp off of the driveway yet?

I guess I look at it differently. I think tiers of teams rather than an absolute order. Both the Tigers and Dodgers are top tier, and I’d probably add the Astros, Phillies, Cubs, Mets, and Blue Jays in some semblance, although I could see where maybe the Mets and Blue Jays fall into the next tier. The Brewers are around in there, too.

The same Dodgers who swept the Tigers, 3 games to 0?

Wow, 9 teams? I didn't think he was that much of a journeyman. That's an impressive cache of jerseys that he could have from his playing days.

I remember being irrationally giddy about that draft. And I really don't follow the drafts much, so what would I have known? I'm sure the COVID driven lack of baseball had something to do with it. Any kind of baseball news was an oasis for me, I guess.

Its going to be all about the QB depth chart.

That was a cool shot, wasn't it? I assumed he was borrowing one. I'm sure he has a few gloves at his disposal and wondered if he might also have a 1Bdude's mitt just in case.

My Cleveland sports fan father-in-law borrowed my hedge trimmer the other day. Should I text him to ask him if he needs to borrow a broom as well?

I know what you mean, damn would I love him on the Tigers.