casimir

I would say if there is positive progression over time, that's a good thing.

I hated the Juan Gonzalez trade so much....

Detroit Tigers (48-78) at Texas Rangers (58-67)

If the next GM extends Barnhart, I think we know we're ready for the next next GM.

Do you have numbers to support this?

Seager, 3.9 / $33M. Semien, 3.5 / $25M. Story, 2.2 / $20M. Correa, 3.2 / $35M. Iglesias, 1.6 / $5M. Baez, 1.2 / $20M. Should'of signed Iglesias.

Isaac Paredes and his 2.1 WAR at minimum salary enters the chat.

They don't need to consider resigning him at this point. Why tie up a 40 man spot for him before the rule 5?

I would like to see the maths behind this one. I understand the salaries, but how is the production quantified?

Ah, I see where you where going with the over/under now. It was a seed, just right at somebody. Are there really over/unders on exit velocity outcome? I know there are more in game bets these days, but I just assumed it'd be more along the lines of hit/out.

The results aren't good so far, can't argue that. But the contracts aren't over yet, so we'll see how it plays out.

Detroit Tigers (48-77) at Texas Rangers (57-67)

EV as in extremely vexing?

Torkelson at bat, runners on 1st & 2nd, hit & run, and he lines one to the 1Bdude who picks it cleanly, runs over to 1B and then tosses down to 2B for a triple play.

Yes, dear.

Can’t beat a good ear of sweet corn in the summer. Well, ok, two would beat it. But that’s about it.

All of those top 100 prospects thanks to the tanking.

I certainly don’t know this for a fact, it’s just uneducated opinion. And granted, there weren’t a whole lot of 9-3s to begin with, so maybe the baseline isn’t that strong to begin with. But I think one of the byproducts of the infield shift with someone in short right field is that the right fielder gets to play deeper and removes any chance whatsoever of getting a slow runner at first.

I soiled myself on that 9-3. Sooooo good.

I thought Baez for 5 years would’ve been better dollar for dollar than Correa for 10 to 12. The Baez contract would’ve allowed for opportunity cost to be spent elsewhere on the roster. Baez has fallen off of a cliff and Correa got a much more palatable contract than expected. So, yeah, what the hell do I know?

Talk about a franchise that could use another top draft pick, eh?

Not bad. Its not an Ichiro or Vladdy throw, but still not bad.

I am not quite as convinced as others about the switch from the NL to the AL. I think there are enough videos and other tools to see a pitcher, although maybe the Tigers as an organization don't use these enough to their benefit. Perhaps it is an issue, I am just suspicious about it. That aside, I do wonder about a loss of bat speed and/or loss of hand-eye coordination as Baez ages. He has a pretty hard swing. Is it a sustainable swing through this contract? Has it begun to slow down without a proper adjustment to it? We've seen him flail at sliders, so is there something that has happened to his swing that allows that to be a blind spot? Maybe he's been susceptible to it all along and for whatever reason pitchers are simply using it more against him (seems suspect for pitchers to have just figured this out)?

Hinch rope-a-doped them today. Late moves to the starting lineup. It was a master class in making in game moves before the game started. And we get to enjoy the hangover of a win on a day off tomorrow. That’s two off days in a row of not showering due to enjoying the smell of victory from yesterday. Huzzah, morans!

Jedi mind trick delivers 6 runs for Bert. News at 11.