casimir

Yup. This team is doomed. The elimination number is practically counting down before they leave Lakeland.

Ain't a lot of position players on the 40 that have proven much more than each other. And there are a lot of puzzle pieces to sort through, some of whom which have minor league options which will factor into the decisions as tiebreakers or maybe more than that.

Hmmm...... You know, it might be just as simple as that. There's one spot available for a nondefense hitter. If Cabrera is not on the injured list, Carpenter is in Toledo.

You're a lot of fun. 😆

I agree with you on both. I kind of went with the floor for Vierling as a platoon OF vs LHPs and left it there. I think he'll be used more, certainly as a defensive replacement for Baddoo/Carpenter when necessary. I had forgotten that he was injured and don't recall the outlook. That sucks. As far as the IF, I wouldn't be shocked if Schoop were released based on poor spring training performance. It's a shame, he came into camp in really improved shape, and it'd be nice to see him bounce back at the plate and show that last season's defense wasn't a fluke (although I suspect it was helped a lot by the shift and his arm). But I assume he makes the team although I don't think he really adds to the versatility that is needed. This team needs Tony Phillips.

I don't know the whole story, and I am completely unqualified to be a basketball GM. But with what I know about it, I wouldn't touch Miller in the draft. The risk doesn't seem worth the reward. Trade out if it, let another GM rolls the bones on Miller. Maybe I'm wrong about that. The Pistons are an awfully young team. The decision making by Miller leading up to the murder, while he may not have pulled the trigger, there were opportunities for him to duck out of the issue and not be associated with it, and maybe it ultimately wouldn't have gone down at all. I'm not sure I want that kind of decision making and off court mess around the rest of the team. Sure, they ain't all choir boys. But why bring that into the fold?

For the most part. Baez, Greene, Torkelson, and MeadowsA are probably starting everyday heading out of camp. Ignoring C, that leaves 3 defensive positions and DH to fill from among 13 position players on the roster - the 4 starters mentioned above - 2 catchers = 7 players. One of those bodies will be Cabrera, and we know his limitations, but let's be generous and call him an everyday DH to begin the season. They're down to 3 defensive positions from among 6 players. It seems likely that Maton and Vierling are making the club. A LHH IF (that can cover all IF spots) and a RHH OF (that can cover all OF spots) are fits for the above. Now, whether they play everyday or not, that's another question. I think it stands to reason that at least they get playing time in a traditional platoon play, Maton vs RHPs (likely at 3B) and Vierling vs LHPs (could be any OF position). Down to 4 players. Let's say Schoop makes the team. He's the starting 2B, at least for April. Down to 3 players needed. 10 position players on the roster, technically each starting spot could be filled and there's a backup C. And if they go with Rogers as the backup C, that probably allows more LF team for Haase, which would factor into things a little. So, while starting spots are technically covered, there's still Cabrera included as an everyday starter, which seems a stretch. They could throw anyone into that DH role to give Cabrera a day off, but who backfills that defensive position. Baddoo and Carpenter aren't very versatile defensively. Carpenter seems to be relegated to poor fielding LF. Baddoo has lesser fielding foibles, but his arm shouldn't be in RF. I guess with Vierling on the roster they could use him in RF to spell MeadowsA, so maybe that isn't an issue. But if they both make the roster, that leaves only one spot for a backup IF. That seems a little thin, although with Maton being able to move around, maybe not so much. Ultimately, I think where I am going is that the roster might not be deep enough for it to carry all three of Cabrera, Baddoo, and Carpenter at the same time. I do think there will be a constant shuttle from Detroit to Toledo involving pitchers based on availability and usage and performance. I'm not so sure we see that with position players, although maybe they intertwine at times when the schedule allows (going from 13 pitchers to 12 pitchers to add another position player for a spell). I don't know. There's still 2 weeks to go. Still time for a trade (seems unlikely) or for an injury (not rooting for it) to factor into this.

It appears Rogers is to be ready to go north. I was wary that he might have had a longer climb to get into game speed given how much time he lost and how catching is literally involved in every pitch of the game.

What a mess.

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I think he had bad luck last season. He's far from perfect, but it ain't like he was hitting feeble come backers to the mound last season. I ain't worried about him.

Miami's ballyard will be a party tonight.

The walk and strikeout numerals are pretty cartoony.

Thanks, I was just going to ask if there was some sort of rule behind when to option/reassign players.

I'm still going with how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

Welp, the Tigers killed Kreidler's future by optioning him to the minors when the fan base knew he should'of been with the Tigers out of camp last season. The same will probably happen with MeadowsP now.

There goes this season.

These Gr eat Bri tain jerseys su ck.

Ivey and Cunningham in the backcourt, Wembanyama and Duren in the frontcourt as starters. Hayes and Burks in the backcourt, Stewart and Wiseman in the frontcourt off of the bench. Omoruyi to start and Bogdanovic as the scorer off of the bench? Who says no?

Its on at 10pm on a work night for me. 4:30am comes awfully early. If it were Tiger playoff games, I could deal with it from having a real rooting interest.

Nothing about a series of bat tosses followed by hand over hand up the bat towards the knob?

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