1984Echoes

They'll make a couple more moves: as 4hzglory noted, probably a couple guys to IR. Any interesting RB's to pick up? The Giants released James Robinson... if he's healthy he was once-upon-a-time a very interesting RB... And they'll re-sign Craig Reynolds. And they'll find another RB to add to the Practice Squad. Practice Squad. Plus Chase Lucas and Starling Thomas (if all these guys pass waivers that is...), probably Brandon Joseph, Max Pircher and a couple other O-Lineman, Adrian Martinez, and... ? Just a WAG.

Practice squad. Same with the receivers waived...

What is the argument for starting him over those two...? Because... I don't see how that's even a question.

I am really hoping that we don't have to wait THAT long...

PA's would make it MORE likely that he exceeds the 130 than if it were just AB's.

8 K's out of 9 outs in the 1st three inn's for Olson... but with also 2 hits, 2 bb's and 64 pitches... he's not going to get very far with this...

I would be perfectly fine with trading draft picks and David Montgomery for Taylor. But yeah, you're right... I also don't want ANOTHER RB... But IMO, Taylor is a massive upgrade to Montgomery, 24, and... yeah, I forgot to mention that Montgomery (to me) is a must-trade part of any deal for Taylor. I probably should have mentioned that in my previous post. I think Taylor = more playoff wins. I most definitely want Taylor over Montgomery.

I would be more interested in Jonathon Taylor at this point then Lance Fields. If we didn't have Teddy... maybe Lance? I don't know... but we got Teddy so personally, not interested. I am interested in Taylor however...

Additionally... and I don't know if this means anything... But if Tork has gotten used to Baez's throws... at his feet, in the dirt, with whatever spin there is on them... and Baez by all accounts has given him PLENTY of reasons to get used to his particular throwing styles... Then MAYBE... if Short is also hitting the dirt in front of Tork but with different angles/ or spin/ or bounces/ etc... Then Tork is getting handcuffed by the variations. I don't want to make excuses for him. But the duress on all these throws, and there's a ****load of them if he has by far the most "in-the-dirt" chances of any 1st baseman in MLB this year.... is all on his shoulders. I'm not going to bash him for fielding. Not even for not picking up a few of these throws. Instead: I'm going to ask for better fielders and more consistent fielders (not 6 different 3rd baseman and 6 different 2nd baseman... all with different spins/ accuracy/ angles/ etc...) next year in the hops that a ****load of BETTER throws will make him look a whole lot better than he does this year. And if he's picked up 99% of these ****ty throws this year and missed 1%... by shear volume that says he's "missed" a crapload of these throws. Which, based on what I am stating above, and on what others have stated... does NOT make him a bad-fielding 1st baseman. I think, instead, that he may LOOK bad... because of what others are doing with their volume of crappy throws to 1st base. IMO.

Trump has zero chance in 2024. Unless he gets his followers to use violence. Again. We should be prepared for that. For violence. I guess what that means is... Biden will need to deploy the National Guard across the nation, perhaps? Or at least in DC? What a ****ing fascist embarrassment Trump and his white trash MAGA have become to this nation (if not already so...)

Malloy is going to get some run at DH/ part-time OF'er, Keith is going to get some run at 3B, and Parker in CF. Wenceel will get some run as (A) utility? (B) platoon at 2B + utility? (C) starter at 2B? Unknown on Wenceel... but I think the other 3 guys will at least get lots of chances to take on significant playing time for the Tigers over the next 3+ years. Which... doesn't guarantee anything... But I think they'll get their chances. We'll see what happens/ what they do with their chances. At the very least will make for an interesting/ challenging next few years...

At LEAST since President William Howard Taft...

I have no interest whatsoever in statistical probability. The only thing I care about is on-the-field production. It's the only thing that matters. Probabilities do not.

The full video shows the SAM missile trail and the plane trail as it's falling, with the intersection (not the actual hit, but the two trails intersecting...). I may be wrong... But I don't believe I am.

Only as likely as they are able to show on the field and at the bat...

I'm still voting for Wenceel to surprise steal the starting 2B spot...

Very specific... But I like this...

It was on Youtube yesterday. They already have a video of the SAM taking out his jet and you can watch the jet fall from the sky all the way down (not quite ground as theres' too much distance in the video but it goes behind some buildings in the distance and then you can see the fireball and smoke rising behind that distant building...) with the missile smoke trail going right through and beyond the jet...

Russian CIVIL WAR!!! (v 5.0)

He's obviously taking a stand against the Lions for drafting Hendon Hooker and is therefore on a Posting Strike.

Because he could be the next Carp, or Matt Joyce... Or the next Brennan Boesch... No way to know the answer until...

I don't think you ever know if a prospect is real or not until they face MLB pitching... Even top 100 prospects flop in MLB. So... That is the ultimate test and, the answer to your question, won't be known until then...

Right... So I think rookie Brodric Martin will be more critical in this area. Not that I'm placing all of my hopes on a 5th round rookie... But I think he's the guy/ position (NT), along with any other improvement Alim McNeil may or may not be able to make this year, that affects the run game the most. One more but... "But", like Tater, I still think Campbell will have a positive impact on the run defense, even if I agree with you that the DT's will be more critical in this area...

Yes! The more accurate description is chicken-****. But mostly... I'm afraid to jinx... anything. So I'm keeping my mouth shut and will just enjoy everyone else's hijinks in this thread...

I'm terrified of this thread and ain't gonna say ****. Whatever happens this season, for better or for worse... happens.