1984Echoes

I am 99.999% certain Harris is not trading Cris Rodriguez for David Bednar.

That would be a heavy mix of Tork, Torres, and Dingler, amongst others...

So the easy remedy... Is for Trump and all his Republican cohorts to send their children and grandchildren out to the fields to pick all the avocados. But that's just me. I know Trump's remedy will be different: He'll offer free labor to all the farmers: Prison inmates. $0 cost to farmers. $0 salaries paid. And who could Trump possibly want to incarcerate at sky-high rates...? Hmmm... let me think on that one...

If Israel took out the Ayatollah that would definitely merit a National Security team meeting.

I think it is much, much, much worse than that. I believe that Trump/the GOP have SPECIFICALLY made the decision that American life expectancies are too long. And living too long costs too much money in Social Security/ Medicaid/Medicare, etc. The Oligarch Party wants workers filling in 14-hour days with untaxed OT. Child Labor. Stripped health coverages, stripped health insurance, stripped disease prevention, etc. The harder and faster workers work, and then die, the less costly in taxes to the GOP. To the billionaires. To the Oligarchs. And the more they can cut taxes for billionaires... the happier they are. So... Work your ASSES off Americans!!! And as SOON as you can die, the bigger the smiles on our Oligarchic faces!!! DON'T cost us Social Security and taxes! just DIE before turning 62!!! Please. Signed Donald J. Trump and his Billionaire/Oligarchic buddies. Oh... and Elon Musk too.

I am hoping for an earlier move rather than a "wait till the trade deadline" move. I know they've occurred in prior seasons. But I don't know if that means it's a more expensive prospect cost (because of jumping ahead of the line...) or what the impact is of those earlier type trades. I would only say that... I don't want to endanger/derail our momentum this season with potential struggles due to pitching issues. There might be zero potential of that... Hinch may be able to manage through whatever pitching issues we have... Or the struggles are minor, and the team plays right through them, staying on top in the division... I'd just rather be eager (yes, I am...) to add a couple arms as soon as possible to keep this winning pace going at the same rate... rather than wait till the last second... Just my 2 cents.

ONE CAVEAT: I would agree as long as this does NOT involve nerve damage. If it's tendonitis or some such in his pinky I am certain rest will do the job... But...

I believe those four rings have a lifetime shelf life and will taste pretty good until... Forever. The current iteration of their team... However...

Lot of good points/ posts in Politics this morning... I especially like, and am aggravated (constantly), by the Republican Guilty Party bolded part. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

I don't think I'm going to doubt it. I think I will choose to be inspired about it. Thank you U.S. soldiers!!!

WenCEEL!!!

Happy Father's Day to all the Motown Morons where that shoe fits...!

I'm on board. Have at it Harris. Do your best.

PS: There are other players on other NON-Central teams that I like more... I just wanted to ask the question...

Interesting players on the rosters of our fellow Central Division competitors: Cleveland: Bo Naylor, LH Catcher; Cade Smith, RH Reliever at 2.05/ 0.96/ 12.65 (career ERA/ WHIP/ K's/9). Minnesota: Brooks Lee, switch-hit 3B'man; Griffin Jax, RH Reliever at 4.04/ 1.14/ 10.0 (career ERA/ WHIP/ K's/9). KC: Jonathan India, RH'd 3B'man; Steven Cruz, RH'd reliever. CWS: Ed Quero, switch-hitting Catcher, Tyler Gilbert, LH'd reliever. Question: Should we consider a trade with one of our competitors if it's a trade Harris & Hinch like?

No. "Struggling" means losing games. Think 4-6 or 3-7 in the last ten games. That's struggling. "Scuffling" means playing .500 ball. Not surging ahead... but not "struggling" either. It's less bad. More akin to "treading water". In my grammatical opinion.

Also... Roberto Campos or Trei Cruz if someone wants to take that swing, pitching like Melton/ Hamm/ Madden/ etc. so I think an arm or two could be in play. If it's a reliever like Hoffman or Miller or Finnegan as suggested above... I don't think the price is exorbitant but I don't know what other teams' priorities are. A couple of lower-level swings, or one higher level prospect? So... Just guessing...

I still prefer Mason Miller. My highest target.

I like this one. I'm going to keep this on my radar...

If you could get more of his face in that circle so the red slash would go directly across it... I'm in. Oh, and he has to be in clown makeup. Because... he is.

This is my draft ranking for the Red Wings: 1st Tier: Porter Martone. Radim Mrtka. 2nd Tier: Justin Carbonneau. If I'm Yzerman... I'm trading up (if needed... but I think "needed" is definite...) to get one of those three guys. Those are the only 3 draftees this year on my Red Wings Radar. IMO, everyone else that I would want in a Wings uniform, is a sharpy lower tier... And I would be extremely dissatisfied in not getting one of those three. I could do a Lakovic or a Bear or... but... meh. So... heavily on my mind is... moving up in this draft, as needed. Not "IF"... "AS". Wherever Yzerman has to go to at least get Carbonneau... Please. IMO.

No... Grand Rapids competition for him. To... Sort of give him a push. IMO.

He has COMPLETELY... Turned into Mantha.

NOT at Center. Bad idea. That's not a whole lot different than saying "let's rotate our QB's to keep them fresh..."

Toronto is not getting a top 5 prospect from any team for Bichette.