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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.

I don't believe Toronto is looking at "ONLY" this year. They're looking at the next 3-5 years. Bichette is leaving as a free agent. So what is his worth to Guerrero & the Blue Jays over the next 3-5 years? Zero. How much value is a compensatory pick to Guerrero & the Blue Jays over the next 3-5 years? Zero, or close to it. It's why the Jays will trade Bichette for "major-league-ready talent" at the deadline.

The "key-est" point. I agree. So Baddoo/ Malloy/ Bigbie would not be a "part of the deal" as much as a "throw-in guy." If Toronto says "give us a throw-in just for..." (no matter the reason)... I certainly wouldn't say no. Maybe they would have a different viewpoint of a throw-in... like another pitcher. Or one low-A guy with some upside, like Strong/ Franyerber/ Santana/ or...? I don't know... I'm just waggin'...

If Buch and Kiisk are in GR... We still have a plethora of smallish skilled players both in Detroit and "AAA" GR. I'd like to see Stevie Y make a trade. Berggren would be easy... I don't know who else. Ras because he's soft? I saw an article suggest Detroit trade Copp similar to a guy last year, we pay lots of salary, but get a 1st rounder back. It said the two were nearly identical in skill and cost and performance etc... (forgot the name, I was just breezin' through...). If he does this, I'd like him to trade up the two 1sts and get the biggest, baddest, two-way playing PF he can get his hands on. I'd like to see him trade for Marchment, not go after Marner. I want to see some serious effort towards making our team "harder to play against". I want to see Stevie Y be as active as necessary this offseason to accomplish that. Be active. Be smart. Get us some two-way players with toughness and experience. Please. With sugar on top.

Slumlord roots. Try as he might. He's still trash. And everyone knows it. Everyone.

Split the series. Best possible outcome.