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Well, there's also more pitcher availability to take Lange's place than there is shortstop availability to replace Baez. Baez isn't going to make it to the end of his contract. He'll be cut if this continues. It'll be a matter of when and not if.

Lange's BB% over the years. Women and children shouldn't have been exposed to this.

Have you seen Lange's walk rates over the years? That's a wow. And, who knows, it could be more than just on field performance.

As far as the "star" trades, we don't know what was offered. So, that part is just an unknown to me. But we do know this organization struggled to develop players. That aspect of the organization in general falls on Avila and others.

Neither. The Mud Hens and Tigers are going to swap out for the series.

Trump just isn't fit to serve. I don't necessarily with everyone about Biden. But given the choice between the two, its a no brainer.

I expected better offense and have been surprised by the pitching. I expected slightly above .500, so a few games below isn't too far off.

That brings up a point. What if the new president of basketball operations decides its best for the organization to move Cunningham (as well as other moves) as part of a rehaul.

By the way, its time to cut Lange. His BB9 has increased every year. 4.0, 4.4, 6.1, 8.2. Can't have that.

If Deuce would learn some Japanese.....

Just you wait until Steven Moya makes his return to Detroit.

Hinch was presented with a question about this being the first uncompetitive series of the season. He said he took exception to that. He's lying, but he probably has to save some face after his mound visit, albeit that probably wasn't an obvious butt chewing per body language. I'm going to guess the flight back home had some critiques to go along with the snacks. Maybe Leyland could have addressed them on the tarmac.

This has been a nice surprise compared to what I remember hearing before seeing him.

Hat tip to Witt. Love to see that effort on the field.

Hinch needs to call time out and visit Torkelson at the plate next time.

Quite possibly. It was a different mindset back then. Its more of a shunned habit nowadays than it was in the 40s, 50s, 60s.

He missed the boat on all of the tobacco advertising in baseball.

For the 5,951st time, Avila was not good at his job overall. He made some good moves, but not enough to remain in that capacity, and probably should have been replaced prior to when he was actually let go.

Don't know. Need to see him pitch more.

Today's win will make it a 3-3 road trip.

He played some OF last year.

Win tonight and Skubal goes tomorrow? I like the 2 out of 3 recipe.

Disagree. This. I just wonder, has hitting a baseball been so natural for him that he never really had to work through struggles? Is that self development the issue rather than the hitting skill itself?

If anything, maybe the offense is boring/frustrating. But overall, you are correct, they're usually in every game.

I'm not sure about excellent. He had a WHIP of around 1.30 entering last night. But his SO & BB ratios have been really nice early this season.