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And the noise is a second behind the video based on the catcher mitt glove popping.

Same here.

Wow, Willie Mays was on that team and played in the World Series. This Clark kid is probably what Sparky Anderson would suggest is the next Willie Mays. Morans,….. another full circle.

The 1973 Mets also made it to the World Series. They lost the World Series in 7 games to the Oakland Athletics. The Tigers are playing the ATHs tonight. At this point of this season, I’ll take a guaranteed trip to the World Series even if it meant losing in 7. Is that a full circle?

Granillo is a scapegoat. The Tigers were 7-6 under his watch.

It does seem like that’s a problem. But I’ll be honest, I don’t know if it’s any better/worse than other clubs.

Spoiler alert. The Tigers will be heading to Pittsburgh in 1st place.

I kind of wonder about Cruz and his versatility. But I suppose his AAA numbers render him to the DFA pasture. Some of those DFA names like Gipson-Long and Workman are going to get some people all mopey eyed. I remember when they were going to be something. Barnhart is interesting. He was just acquired for Rogers. There were financial reasons to see, a trade off of Rogers and that was accomplished. Barnhart has some encouraging SO numbers but uninspiring BB numbers. And he appears to be old for his level (24 at A ball). Has he been assigned to a Detroit minor league team yet?

Walt F Terrell.

Funions?

I think you’ve captured the spirit of the thing.

Yes, there’s a lot to jettison simply based on the current 60 day IL guys. Those guys will be brought back to the 40 and someone else has to be removed at some point, whether it’s at activation or the offseason.

If you think about it, there’s a 20-30 window of opportunity that’s going to happen this weekend. It’s either 10-15 years of dynasty or 10-15 years of misery.

There are 10 guys from the 40 that are on the 60 day IL. That seems like a large number.

Speak it into existence.

Polish guys are generally pretty trustworthy.

Couldn’t it be somewhere in between those returns?

World Foosball Tour?

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What do you mean by excellent? One of the opinions I see/hear is that of extending Mize. I think he's taking himself to free agency and that he'll find an offer out there that is going to be more than it is worth with the Tigers. So in my mind, its a matter of what you say about the value of the trade return being more than the comp pick plus the value playoff chase assuming all of the other moves to be made (Skubal and Torres as the main trade opportunities) are with the playoffs in mind.

Clark was called up, what, late Wednesday? So logistics being what they are, they probably had to do it then to make the transition as easy as possible, jump on the team flight to ATH, get acclimated to the team, yada, yada, yada. But he gets the call up notice on Wednesday, then has to wait until Friday to get into the game. Add in the time zone difference. Today is probably going to be the longest wait for a game in his life.

Sure, one of the added RPs could be via a SP and moving Montero to RP. I’m not suggesting going the same route of the RP “buy” that occurred last trade deadline. Valdez, Mize, Melton, Flaherty, and an acquired SP should be a good enough rotation, although that assumes Valdez and Flaherty pitch as the Tigers had intended them to. They can finish out the season with that and have Montero at the ready if someone goes down. It might be enough if Mize were dealt, too.

Underpromise and overdeliver.

I wonder where this team could go with an OF bat and a 2 or 3 RPs added. I don't know if its out there to be had, but trading Torres for an OF of similar ilk and going with Lee at 2B would be a move to make.