Jim Cowan

His MO now is that he is returning a serve.

Rats, 8 out of 9. Jim Bibby was only a 19 game winner.

On the other hand, players on the other team get stoked when they see him.

Yes it has to be demoralizing for the other players when they know he is going to be pitching.

Baddoo has been getting on base for the past week or so, perhaps he can fill the leadoff hole.

Oh sure, "skew", that's fair. But to add the new voters to the old dead voters and come up with a net that 100% favours the Democratic party, we'll that's just idiotic.

Ha ha, all I can say about this Pollyanna take about "don't worry, the MAGAs are all old, everybody over 80 is a MAGA, and they will all die soon, and nobody under 25 is MAGA" is charmingly naive. There is no polling data to support it at all, none whatsoever. Take a look at the Jan 6 videos and count the number of shock troops who are in wheelchairs. You have 2 generations' worth of a**holes ready and willing to keep things going, they don't give a **** about Trump, he is just their excuse to misbehave. They don't need him. If your society ever achieves reducing them back down to 15% of the population, it will occur after most of us are dead.

Yes I think that the brilliance of the Tigers' pitching coaching has never extended to the starters, it was based on over-achievements in the bullpen. Lately that has been hit-or-miss.

I used to enjoy having Jeff Frazier in the organization, he got called up to the Tigers a couple of times and when he got sent down again it was a mad dash to the keyboard, to try to be the first to post "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!"

It's good to see progress in the organization but I think Carpenter used private coaching, correct?

I think that they don't need him any more. He legitimized their stupidity, made it a source of pride, and they are here to stay.

Much better

I wasted 2 picks proving that Johnny Bench never won the Silver Slugger, it started after his career.

Kenny Rosenthal predicted that trade of JD Martinez was imminent every month for 18 months before it occurred. His version of events is no more credible than anyone else's.

Yes that is a very remote possibility.

Seriuous question...what does "top 100 PPI guy" mean?

He got an unexpected investment opportunity, presented by a Mr. Jim Adduci, which inspired him to pursue other business possibilities.

Re Paredes, I think that they didn't like his glove very much and weren't sure where to hide it. Offensively his strength should have been OBP but his was always awful at the major league level, including last year at Tampa, just brutal. So now this year, for the first time, he is fulfilling all that promise that he showed, years ago, winning the Mexican Pacific batting title at age 21. He always had talent. Now finally, at the age of 24, you stick his glove at 3rd base and leave it there, because the bat now makes up for any defensive shortcomings. He's going to have a nice career and make a lot of money.

Uninspiring

How's this for a bench...Baddoo, Maton, Haase and Short.

He has achieved consistency this year.

Wenceel likes Toledo, .931 OPS so far.

I disagree on the backup catcher thing. He is a legit starter, top third in MLB, with 25 home run power. He's a good player.

The other thing you notice is his negative platoon split. He doesn't need to be platooned. But he will be.

.714 at home, and .990 on the road. That's weird.