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Its not a tremendous failure if those 35 wins come in one month.

My worthless guess is that when rosters expand from 26 to 28, they'll take a pitcher and a position player. I would think a Kelly trade makes a Dingler promotion all but certain. That's a one for one swap. But if they don't move one of Kelly/Rogers, I'm not sure I see them rostering a 3rd catcher. I'm not sure I consider Carpenter a young player that needs to be seen in terms of performance. He probably still has a little bit of growth yet, but I think he's a MLB player. Meadows definitely needs some MLB time. Well, his bat does. The glove plays, no worries there. If both do return this season, the roster decision could be interesting. Do they dump someone like McKinstry/Urshela, demote one of Villade/Malloy? Probably too early to tell. On the pitching side.... yikes. Jobe is the next fun thing, but does he earn a late season promotion? Or do they just pull up someone already on the 40 (which, meh).

Well, you're no fun.

I don't know. I'm not young but I'm not that not young.

Its actually Diet Dr Pepper. Can you imagine if it were the regular octane Dr Pepper?

Will this factor into the pitcher's defensive range metrics?

I suspect your sarcasm just might become reality.

I can only add to this by saying that I bike ride a rails-to-trails where a section of it is shared with horses and there are signs that explicitly give them the right of way for the 100 yards or so of shared trail bounded by wooden fencing. And by right of way, I mean you also make sure you avoid what isn't blacktop.

I had heard it last occurred in the '30s. The Yankees won the WS in 1938 and hosted the ASG in 1939. There were a few seasons ('59-'62) that had two ASGs, one at an AL location and the other at an NL location. Most of those had the first in early July with the second in late July or early August. It was probably just a revenue play. I don't know if they used the same rosters for both games or not.

One thing we don't know about is whether or not the Tigers and Skubal have entertained extension talks and how those have gone. The tenor of those talks could dictate the decision. I hedge on keeping him and making things work for a playoff run while he's here. How can they get to 90 wins and into the tournament. Shouldn't be that difficult with some of the pieces that they have and only one albatross of a contract on the books.

I remember keeping score for the 1983 game. That's the one where Fred Lynn hit the first ever all star game grand slam off of Atlee Hammaker.

I have no problem embracing my grumpfartism here. The players should wear their regular team jerseys and hats. Want to alter those a bit just for the game? Fine, add a star, add some gold trim, maybe a league specific patch. They do use team specific hats and have the team logo on the sleeve, so in fairness they are incorporating that into the league uniform. I just think that gets a bit lost in the rest of the ASG kits.

Agree.

All other things being (relatively) equal, draft up the middle. SS, P, CF.

Were you singing this post?

I don’t like the idea of coupling a bad asset with Skubal in a trade scenario. What the Tigers need to do is build up the offense in total, work to get Baez back to an 80 OPS+ individually, and use his talents as the best fielding SS in the organization.

Two years? He’s under control for the next three postseasons. Let’s work with that.

That version of the anthem was better than my best singing.

Of course it was. There's no way a ball of green cheese can support a heavy space craft.

The Tigers simply need to develop players. Position players that can hit and field, pitchers that can pitch. If logjams of talent along the way happen, that would be a fantastic problem to have.

I like the part in the article that mentions 3 postseasons rather than just the 2+ seasons of control. I suppose the former could/should be understood by the latter. But it just seemed to come across differently reading it that way.

If anyone knows about exceptional message boarding skills, it would be you.

Nice effort.

I can remember sitting in the LF grandstand and Jim Rice clubbing one out to our area. It landed a row or two behind us.

Is BInge still the only 0fer in history?