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Maybe I'm just old, but I enjoy it when a SP gets beyond the 6th in a playoff game.

Average age of the Pistons' starting lineup tonight was 22.85 years old. That'd be 22.17 if Cunningham were starting and JacksonF was on the bench. Average age of the Lakers' starting lineup the night before was 32.78 years old. The Laker starting five were seniors in high school whilst the Pistons were in 2nd grade. This means something. Or nothing. Probably more likely nothing.

Buckaroo was released and then signed with the Rangers organization in August.

I don't about sustaining his 2021, but at least he put 2019 into question rather than affirm those stats. I wonder how much extra rust there could be for a catcher that was just trying to return in 2022.

It is kind of silly, isn't it?

What is the catch phrase for the upcoming draft? Who will be the top prospect?

Verified.

The umpires aren't calling a 3D strike zone.

50 watts per channel, Babycakes.

The length of the games and the start times are just ridiculous. But its the same in all sports. The Super Bowl is probably the best championship start time, but even with that, why on a Sunday night which drains people for Monday morning?

Great song. This past weekend, there was a high school band rendition of it at halftime of the football game. The effort was nice, but the slower pace made it suffer in comparison to the original. The other school did a halftime show homage to previous cult classics, like the SpongeBob theme (a little slow, but good), the Simpsons (good stuff), and Star Trek (sounded really good by a marching band).

What a difference a year makes. Last year, Rogers was persona non grata among Tiger fans. Now his injury is considered by that same group (myself included) to be an impediment for next season.

Latest On Mets, Javier Baez If Baez & the Mets potentially get an extension completed early, it seems like this would ramp up prices on the remaining SSs as Baez is off the board and one of the SSs moves to 2B. Not the best of news for Detroit. On the other hand, I'd prefer the Tigers not sign Baez anyway. He'd be an upgrade over the flotsam & jetsam that the Tigers had at SS this past season, but I'm suspicious of the low OBP going forward.

Chicago Bulls (0-0) vs Detroit Pistons (0-0)

Can we have both strong gun and strong voting controls in place?

Schwarber in the regular season (2,579 PAs): .237/.343/.493. Schwarber in the playoffs (115 PAs): .286/.391/.582. Move over, Reggie?

Grumpfart.

There's plenty of room for improvement. Some of it will be internal. But there's certainly plenty of room to augment the roster externally. Mize and Skubal in the rotation. Soto, Cisnero, Alexander, and Funkhouser in the bullpen. Fulmer somewhere on the pitching staff. Schoop at 2B, Candelario at 3B, Grossman in a corner, Baddoo in the OF. Haase behind the plate. These spots have been earned (some more than others). Cabrera has the contract. Hill has the defensive chops if not the luck of health. Manning has the expectations. They're likely on the roster. Torkelson and Greene are on the horizon if not the roster. Turnbull and Rogers are on the 60 IL. Nothing else should be a scholarship to the active roster for Opening Day. Nothing else should be considered earned. All unmentioned 2021 Tigers come with the tag of "if". Plenty of room for improvement.

I would prioritize SP, SS, SP, C, and RP, and more P before CF. And the RP is a tough one to gauge because of the volatility in that realm. I don't trust it going forward, someone else mentioned the peripherals, and I agree. Maybe that's where Fetter gets more out of RP than peripherals suggest, I don't know. But if the market gets goofy for SS and ignores Marte, he can help the Tigers offensively and defensively.

The benefit to signing a SS is that there is plenty of room on the defensive spectrum to slide down and still be productive. If one wants to assume Kreidler/Workman will be major league SSs in a few seasons, .... I'm not too sure that's a risk I'm comfortable assuming, I want to see more out of both. But, yes, Correa (or Seager/Story/Semien) could move off of SS if the Tigers have access to a major league ready SS when Candelario hits free agency.

This is why I think he could have an opt out if he signs for 10 or fewer years. I think he will set himself up to be a free agent at 30 or 31 and try to get a deal through his age 39/40 season.

I will.

I prefer no longer going after DH only types. I would really like the Tigers to use the DH as a semi off day for the everyday players.

We can spitball here and easily assume north of $35M per and longer than 7 with a player opt out after a few seasons, right?