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Oh boy, here we go again, everyone is picking on Chuck.

Is it old? Put the Meadows season aside. I think we can all agree that has been flukey as all get out. But the Paredes thing, if he hits like this, what does that say about Detroit’s talent evaluation and development? I suppose it could also be considered a fluke, much like the Tigers resurrected JD Martinez’ career. Or was that more Martinez and the Tigers were just lucky enough to have offered the opportunity?

As joyless as the team is, it’s still better to be in the middle of the baseball season rather than the more joyless off-season.

@Tigeraholic1 must be hittin' the sauce early.

Cleveland Guardians (40-36) at Detroit Tigers (30-47)

Its July 4th and CastroW and Cameron each have more HRs than Meadows. This season sucks so much.

I was looking at the aggregate numbers. I mean, we could also look at CastroW's career lines and note that he hit .932 in 36 games in 2020. This season sucks so much.

He's following that up with a crisp .629 in Toledo this season. His walk rate been reduced by half from last Toledo season to this Toledo season. For his career at AAA (which, ok, some of which was at the tender ages of 22-23), he's at .716. Wasn't he also called out a bit earlier this season? It would seem answering that with a .629 isn't a recipe for success. I get that CastroW in the OF should be handled in Toledo. But Cameron hasn't really forced that issue by forcing the call up to replace CastroW in the OF.

There's a place for him now, and that's probably an indictment on the organization's positional depth at the upper levels.

Not much. He's shown improvement lately, but like I said above, it might not be enough anyway. Cameron hasn't hit above AA, which Castro has. So, there's that. Baddoo is the only long term MLB hope among the 3. We agree on that, right?

Those were good highlights. I don't know how that translates to making a roster, but that snippet seemed to show some passing ability and some instincts.

Going with the Boeheim Blitz this summer league?

Baddoo? Sure, no argument here. Cameron? What has he shown to be promoted?

OK, let's just understand that, yes, small sample size applies. But given the conversation at hand.... Go, Willi, go!

I was actually thinking the same thing watching him play RF on Fri/Sat. And I have not had a beer in a week. I don't know if its RF specifically or if he's just becoming more accustomed to playing OF in general. He may not be able to put it all together, but at least there seems to be something clicking lately.

I think this is more of an apt description. Success in basketball, more than any other sport (save for a hot goalie in a series), can be driven by a few players. Get 2 or 3 superstars to stay healthy and play with their heads in the goals for the team, surround them with decent role players, and that's likely a recipe for success.

Au contraire, mon freire, he's leading the league in injured players.

Does every team need to send a player? How about the Tigers send a trainer?

He could still be juiced from Memorial Day.

Well, yesterday’s game was better than today’s, so I’d consider that a win. I turned in around the 3rd today and had no issues.

He’s never faced MLB pitching before, so there is that obvious learning curve. He’s probably never struggled like this on a baseball field before. That’s got to be a new experience for him that he’s simply got to figure out. I would think if Torkleson is completely overmatched mentally, Hinch would have convinced the Tiger brass to send him down by now.

I’m listening to Dan & Jim.

We’re allowed one nice thing at a time. It’s Greene’s turn to be that nice thing.

The baseball doesn’t matter. Squeezing every possible nickel out of every possible pocket is the objective at hand.

The kid ain’t even 23 yet. And he’s not the only underperforming bat on the roster.