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Any chirps on the twitters about extending Hurlin' Harold to a starter in his bullpen sessions?

Oh, to be a fly on the wall for the welcome back to the clubhouse.....

Looking forward to it.

Any official word on the baseball? Rumor is that it was taken out of the game. In all seriousness, its good to hear that it night not be a major issue, especially if the pitch fortunately hit the helmet first. It wasn't all that long ago that the extension on the helmet off of the ear flap was used almost exclusively by guys that had been hit in the face. They seem to be used much more often now. With as hard as pitchers throw now, I'd be using that myself.

Minnesota Twins (50-44) at Detroit Tigers (38-56)

The pie is interesting. I just figured they would mandate 2 IFs on each side of 2nd base with feet on the dirt. So teams could still shift with a middle infielder at 2B and the other around halfway between 2B and either of 1B/3B. I guess then the only change would be keeping the 2Bdude in the IF rather than playing short RF.

Ohtani Light.

Damnit, now I want key lime pie.

I would think there’s a rule to keep 2 IFs to each side of the pie.

I don’t know. I think hitters might actually pull the ball more now that there’s one fewer fielder on that side of the IF.

They can’t bubble wrap them, but some of the arms need to have their innings watched. I don’t think Keuchel makes sense as of now. But, let’s be honest, the Tigers have not had much luck with pitching health so far this season. They may be scraping around for pitching before the season is out. I wouldn’t dump anyone from the 40 for him, but if injuries escalate and guys assumed to be back from the 60 aren’t before the end of the season, what do the Tigers do? I suppose they could just bring guys up from AAA, but keep in mind that the AAA seasons are extended to the end of September. Maybe they just promote from AA if they pull enough from AAA, but again, they’ll have workloads to monitor.

Not following.

Will middle infielders scratch away at the lines like hitters do with the batting box lines?

I don't know. Sure he's toast. But the way this season is going, how many more pitchers will find their way to the 60 day IL?

Do I use the laughy face or the cryy face for this post?

I understand why people wouldn't want Keuchel. The drop in production has been stunning if you look at this HR, H, and BB ratios. He certainly wouldn't be a long term consideration, and wouldn't even be a rehab for trade type of consideration. I didn't think he was worth pursuing before when Chicago put him on waivers. However, we're all aware how the Tigers can't keep pitchers healthy lately. Keuchel could be cheap fodder just to get through the season. It may come to that. Do you guys remember Randy Wolf signing with the Tigers out of nowhere? Maybe Keuchel fills out 50 or so innings for the Tigers. At this point its not about covering 1,400 innings for the season. Its about covering 600 innings to get to the offseason without subjecting some of the young arms to too much of a workload while trying to patch together a pitching rotation that is down to 2 of its primary 5 coming into the season as well as digging deeply into its projected reserves. Heck, we assume (hope) that Skubal and Pineda remain healthy enough to finish out the season.

Detroit Tigers (37-55) at Oakland Athletics (32-61)

Detroit Tigers (37-55) at Oakland Athletics (32-61)

The jerseys were awful. David Ortiz clowning with the dugout was awful. I liked talking to the pitcher on the mound. I would absolutely hate it during a real game of consequence. But during an all star game? Yeah, I liked when he was guessing what sign he thought the catcher was going to give him. That was a different angle to a broadcast.

If the Tigers add Higginson and the Yankees add Bernie Williams.....

I agree with you in principle about taking the best prospect(s), if the return is sufficient enough. Maybe the positon player over pitcher comes in as a tiebreaker of sorts if given a choice of similar type overall potential. It would be nice to find a bat that's close to MLB ready, maybe with an ETA of 2023/4. As far as the pitching this season, it has more than held up its end when you consider all of the injuries that have wrecked the pitching staff. For all of the criticism of this team/season, its tough to throw stones at the work that Fetter has done. I think its due for an implosion in the 2nd half, and I hope that people remain cognizant of the work that the Tigers have done squeezing lemonade out of crab apples.

Oh, I think that ND to the B10 would already be a done deal if NBC gets a piece of the B10 broadcasts.

Sanity check. Is Gregory Soto worth a top 50?

It can't be brought up enough.