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Agree. Ideally Torkleson earns 1B, Haase and Rogers handle the catching, Haaae finds time in LF vs LHPs, and Cabrera finds himself on the 60 so the Tigers can use that active roster spot for an actual contributing baseball player.

Malloy looked like a legit 3B on a play. Runner on 2nd. Grounder to his glove side. Good diving catch, pop up, and accurate side arm to 1st for the out. After he releases the ball, the camera is on him long enough that you can see him moving towards 3rd for a possible return throw. It’s just a little thing, but given there are questions about his fielding acumen at 3rd, it’s an encouraging thing.

Alright, so if Torkleson goes to Toledo, put Baez at 1B. That should cut down on the throwing errors. Right?

I was pretty cautious about Rogers being in game shape after missing so much time. It just seems to me that catchers are so involved in the game, literally every pitch, that losing that kind of time could really set them back. And then when you factor in how Rogers had only a short amount of success at the MLB level, it just kind of gives me pause. But he certainly is having a day.

Have the Tigers tried Haase at 1B this spring? It seems like a bit of an unknown for 1B if Torkelson does start the season in Toledo.

On the other hand, Gallo made some contact.

Of course, I had forgotten that option.

The Twins’ feed is being broadcast by BSD today. That’s fine, it’s still Tiger baseball, and Jack Morris is not on the mic.

Whoa, hold on, easy on throwing shade. He made one more 3 than the rest of us morans did combined.

No Parker Meadows? Seems like a missed PR opportunity.

You forgot the fielding error.

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Did Dickerson just say that Chris Fetter is warming up in the bullpen?

Hey, 9 run deficit. Time to put Harold Castro in.

Bobby Scales' BxFIP (broadcasting xFIP) is taking a hit today.

There is one aspect of MLB on YTTV that was benefical. They were adept at extending games automatically that fell outside of the scheduled broadcast window if the game was delayed by weather and/or the game went into extra innings. But the way that YTTV just dumped FSD and kept the rates the same was very dissatisfying. Actually, I wonder if the rates actually increased around that time? I cannot recall that exactly, but I think that might have been the case.

Ah, to be 10 years younger....

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To me it seems like Torkelson was the victim of some bad luck last season. Now, his strikeouts were probably higher than what we expected. He walked a little more than league average. If I remember it the right way, there was some criticism that he might have been a little too selective last season. A little deeper look into how many pitches he took around the zone vs league average would be interesting to see (might be available on the internets somewheres). BABIP was low while his exit velocity, hard hit and line drive rates are a bit higher. He wasn't necessarily beating the ball into the ground. My only worry is that he hasn't hit a tough streak until last season in his highly anticipated debut. There were personal expectations and team expectations that simply were not met. How does he handle that, what kind of instruction is he getting (technical and otherwise) to handle it.

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Trei Cruz has been sighted.

Seems like Brandon Miller might have an NIL opportunity available to him.

I am useful at shuffling my kids around to their various extracurriculars, so I guess that makes me an idiot?