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PS: Just a guess... Schoop gets pushed out the door relatively quickly this season...

That was my against-LH'ers lineup. In the service of active platooning in 2023, my against-RH'ers lineup: 1 - Akil Baddoo, LF 2 - Austin Meadows, RF 3 - Riley Greene, CF 4 - Spencer Torkelson, 1B 5 - Kerry Carpenter, DH 6 - Javier Baez, SS 7 - Eric Haase, C 8 - Nick Maton, 3B 9 - Wenceel Perez, 2B

That's exactly what I think. Spring Training will tell all...

Dude, you're not doing your JOB!!! Aren't you the resident Debbie Downer? And I end up having to pick up the slack?!?!

Pretty crazy too. But I guess SY really knows how to read those tea leaves...

I would agree with this. Although, I think on Opening Day he bats fifth and then gets pushed down as the season goes along....

2-0.

I also want Maata resigned. Can we trade Chiarot for anything? Not impressed...

Oh Chicago, that's right. I don't know why I had Georgia on my mind... getting confused between Curt and Maybin? Been thinking of Ray Charles recently...? Something...

I don't think they bring Edvinsson up to Detroit unless he's playing top 4. Just a guess.

And if they finish 3rd or 4th in the draft order? Anyone interested in Brandon Miller? 6' 9" sharp-shooting SF hitting 44% on 3's...? I'm thinking the Pistons could use some of that...

Curt Granderson? Oh he would be AWESOME!!! (yes, all caps and exclamations!!!)... but isn't he from Georgia? How are we going to pull him away from Atlanta?

I don't think this is true. I think Haase is the backup catcher UNLESS both Rogers and Sands flop. I think both are better defensive catchers and that will be the priority at that position. Also, unless... Haase ups his game behind the plate and then his chances to be the primary kick up a notch. But I think the reality will be that Haase platoons in LF some, DH's when Miggy is not healthy, and he will back up catcher. Just a guess...

PPS: Meadow's career splits are .352 OBP against righties and .296 OBP against lefties... That's why I think he and Baez are perfect swaps at the #2 and #6 spots, aside from any platoon situations that occur...

PS: Baez's career splits are .344 OBP against lefties and .288 OBP against righties... That's also why I put him in the #2 spot in an opening day lineup against a projected lefty...

I think they'll start out slow with Malloy, wanting to get him some AAA at-bats. He might wow in spring training and just make the team... I'm just playing cautious with him as I think the team will also. But he could surprise. If not, I have Nevin place-holding the spot until he gets pushed out (and back to AAA for him, or does he hold onto a bench spot...?) The entire team sucks with OBP, so I put Vierling and Baez in the top two spots as challenges to them to get on base. I think Hinch will challenge them exactly as such. Vierling actually has a minor league obp of .333, a .364 obp his 1st season in a small sample size of 77 pa's and a .297 obp last year in a larger sample of 357 pa's... so I don't know how that will work out. But, again, I think Hinch/ new batting coaches will challenge him. And he does have enough speed to not clog the basepaths, and maybe even take extra bases... If it's a platoon, the same challenge can go out to Baddoo, if he makes this team. Just get on base. I think the same challenge goes out to Baez, who has been spotty, at best. And probably still swings wildly at any and all sliders but... I want this challenge on him. If it's a righty on the mound (I have this as a Lefty facing opening day lineup), he can swap lineup positions with Austin Meadows and drop to 6th. If it's consistent: 2nd against lefties and 6th against righties... he'll just have to live with that. And Meadows the reverse. Greene will be fine in the #3 spot, usually reserved for our best hitter. That's Greene. Tork! in the #4 spot, for now, to challenge him, and to show belief/ confidence in him. We'll see if he can live up to that. Miggy will get the #5 spot... because. But we can put Carpenter at the DH spot against righties and still slot him here to see how that works out. Bottom of the order is Schoop, Nevin, and Rogers (for now). Rogers for his defense. Which, if it's not there, he'll get pushed out by Sands (defense first)/ Haase. Haase can play RF? Or LF only? Either way, he can replace Meadows against occasional lefties if we're looking for more at-bats for him. Or Miggy at DH.

Seems like a good spot for this (probably works in the draft thread too as it might affect draft philosophy): Aidan Hutchinson was double-teamed more than any other NFL pass rusher in 2022 https://sports.yahoo.com/aidan-hutchinson-double-teamed-more-115003446.html PS: This is why I have Myles Murphy high on my list as a bookend to Hutch. All (most) the other guys at DE/ Edge/ pass-rusher on the team seem like situational guys to me, not 3-down defensive ends... And Murphy could slide inside on passing downs so you could have a 4-man rush of Houston-Murphy-McNeil-Hutch...

Seems like a good spot for this (probably works in the draft thread too as it might affect draft philosophy): Aidan Hutchinson was double-teamed more than any other NFL pass rusher in 2022 https://sports.yahoo.com/aidan-hutchinson-double-teamed-more-115003446.html

HAH!!! So I'm not alone with my piles of papers then...

1 - Matt Vierling, LF 2 - Javier Baez, SS 3 - Riley Greene, CF 4 - Spencer Torkelson, 1B 5 - Miguel Cabrera, DH 6 - Austin Meadows, RF 7 - Jonathan Schoop, 2B 8 - Tyler Nevin, 3B 9 - Jake Rogers, C

We already had him signed for 2023 (2nd year of a 2-year) that he opted out of... I think he wants more than just a 1 year contract (and more money...!). Doesn't mean he'll get it... But I don't think he ends up with just 1 year on his next contract... IMO.

And does Husso need to play less games so he doesn't get burnt out...? Or is the D (and backchecking on the forwards...) just failing him...?

Chiarot looks like he put the team in a hole, almost single-handedly... I wish Lalonde would protect him more and have him just play special teams and 3rd pair, limiting his minutes... but that's just me...

That's not my assumption and I am placing no negativity on Harris whatsoever. I'm just sayin'... my personal preference would be Chafin over Cisnero... But you're right, I have no idea if the Tigers are actually making a play, or not, for Chafin because he runs a tight ship with no leaks...

Obviously we don't know exactly what is on his mind... But, I'm just guessing here... the Tigers aren't in any of those contract discussions with his agent as they are not going to go there (age/ years/ cost)... again, I'm just guessing... but I don't think it's an issue of whether he is open to coming back to Detroit or not...