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313, 248,.... Split the difference and go with 947.

They're just data points on the spectrum. He's not going to be good or all bad. While he may have missed on these, he stuck the landing on Lorenzen (who has turned into Lee) and Flaherty (who could turn into something). What sticks out here Castro & Candelario is just how poorly the current team is hitting.

I'm not sure Harris should escape blame. That does fall under his radar of transactions.

The older generations bitch about the younger generations because the older generations are old and cranky while the younger generations are young and stupid.

Tony Phillips type of player?

Score bigly runs tonight. Please.

Imagine a few years ago someone saying CastroW might be an all star one day.

How about Skubal for the folks that put that Baltimore farm system together? Maybe throw in Javy Baez for his postseason experience?

Shrinkflation?

Seems unfair. I like it.

Someone in the Tigers’ clubhouse pre first pitch: “Hey guys, those MTFers want more!”

Nice area.

Sure, Urshela should be renting in the 313. Kreidler seems to have done himself no favors. And whither Eddys Leonard who started low but seems to be recovering.

Ah, well, there you go. Baddoo and Baez car pooling from Toledo to Detroit.

Could be Baez for Kreidler today and Baddoo for Meadows whenever Meadows hits the IL. Actually, given the timing of Baddoo's most recent demotion and the promotion/demotion rules, that might have to be way the ins and outs occur.

Well, once Jung is called up, does Ibanez have a role with the Tigers? I would hope/think at some point that Keith progresses to be an everyday player. Jung might be on the platoon plan for his rookie season. Does he eventually get squeezed out? If he does, that's baseball and it wouldn't be tough to move him. But for right now, does he have value for a contender as a RHH, not necessarily move him before his arbitration years (which shouldn't be expensive).

First night I’ve heard cicadas this summer.

That’s what I thought but I wasn’t sure.

Montero seems to have jumped ahead of Manning. Manning has had ample time. Mize, I think, has been what could be expected given his return from injury. I suppose he’s looked at more as back end of the rotation than front end. Ok, fine, it’s disappointing given his draft slot, but can they make lemon shandy out of lemons. They don’t seem comfortable with Malloy on defense. 24 games in the starting lineup, 21 as DH, 3 as an OF. I’m not sure this team is in position to have a defenseless position player on the roster. Torkelson hasn’t shown any progress, at least via stat line. Whether or not he’s doing what has been asked of him is another story. Jung has cut down on his SO%, which was definitely needed. Don’t know about the defense. I still wonder about Jung and Keith and whether they fit at 2B or 3B or 1B.

The only optimistic thing about it is that part of his inaction will be over the all star break. Can they bring Baddoo back if Meadows goes to the injured list?

Living just outside of Toledo, I remember when YouTubeTV cut out all 3 previously available Fox/Bally Sports offerings, Detroit, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Depending upon what happens, since Toledo is easily within the MLB's Tiger blackout zone, it might be radio only for me as well. I would think the Detroit sports teams would want to maintain their coverage outside of the Detroit metro area. So would we be looking at short term pain (ie, end of this baseball season) in order to build something up for viewers like you and me in time for Opening Day 2025?

I think I’d wait until they bag these next 7 Ws before the all star break.

Alright, so random thought I have while sucking down coffee this morning. Jump on the bicycle to go for a ride this morning. Put on the Motor City Metrics podcast which dropped yesterday. One of the podders (Chris Brown?) brings up Ibanez as possible trade bait. So, not as original of a thought as I thought it was when I thought it up.

Word.