1984Echoes

Make an offer for a catcher: The premise is that we can both sell AND buy at the deadline. So... pick a team that is also losing its ass off, and make an offer for a catcher that we want for the next 3-ish years or so that (A) Does not have to be a superstar. This is not a pie-in-the-sky offer we're making here. (B) Could be either a vet that isn't too old (say 28-30) for the next 3 OR is a young guy we think we can obtain, has enough bat to not be a black hole in the lineup; and when one of Rogers/ Dingler/ Crouch/ other pushes for a starting catcher position on the Tigers, the vet can still share some catching duties with him. Or maybe even provide competition/ keep his job because he's actually better. (C) Yeah... it will be a rebuilding team so they'll probably want a catcher in return: you can use anyone in the trade... but if it's Rogers, the other guys traded probably have to be better than if it was Dingler or maybe even Crouch (don't know enough to say...). I would guess that only leaves a few candidates. Keep contract status in mind... Willson Contreras, 30, Cubs. On a 1-year so FA after this year. Probably cheapest to obtain. But then keeping him as a FA could be an issue... Tyler Stephenson, 25, Reds. Probably best available but most difficult to obtain. MJ Melendez, 23, Royals (2nd rounder). Batting .225 with some power and not much different than Rogers, or what Dingler is doing so far (I expect Dingler to do better...) in the minors. He also didn't do much more in the minors .237 BA with an .800 OPS (showing that power...). But he might be more certain than Rogers and if the Royals are punting on the season...? Take a look if you spot someone different/ want to propose a trade... If all I want to do is stabilize the position... I make an offer for Melendez. Rogers, choose one of Brieske or Hill or maybe a lower guy that hasn't hit MLB yet? And whatever else balances out that trade... Just a thought...

Nixon also put in a 90-day wage and price freeze in place in 1971, during a time of stagflation, as well as a devalue of the US Dollar (taking it off the gold standard), and a demand that the Fed LOWER interest rates in 1972 (which would help him get reelected), which the Fed dimwittingly complied with. IN a period of stagflation. Those were all... really, really... helpful. I know OPEC started up and their shenanigans from their starting point and up until now have also been... helpful. But Nixon is one of many "definitions" of what NOT to do during an economic crisis... such as stagflation.

What if it was something like a suicide attempt? Something that they'd want decidedly kept within the family.

MAGA: What complete and total MF'ing SCUM.

More MAGA Murdering other people because... reasons...

More voting fraud. By Republicans. ONLY Republicans.

Oh... am I allowed to answer that?

No. That would be an asinine thing to do. Completely asinine.

That was definitely good for a laugh!!!

However... I believe these comments from Yzerman basically declare that he's not chasing Tkachuk (probably no Klingberg as well): "While the excitement level is high in Hockeytown, Yzerman wants to be realistic when evaluating Detroit's rebuild. "Time will tell," Yzerman said. "I'm optimistic that we're progressing, but the plan really hasn't changed. I'm sticking with what I intended to do - keep younger guys and be patient with them, keep our draft picks and continue to build this way." Looking ahead, Yzerman added that he doesn't anticipate making further splashes in free agency but is "always looking at ways to get better." "I don't have a blockbuster in the works or anything like that," Yzerman said. "I think we get through free agency and explore some teams that have to make moves in light of what's happened. I think it's important to keep looking around and keep communicating with other teams around the league to see if there's any potential fit, but I wouldn't expect me to announce any future signings." But then again... check out that last bolded comment...

Ooops... I must've jinxed poor Garrett...

Hill's pitching a nice game. But our "worthless" offense has shown up in the night game...

That track is broken down, decrepit, and no one goes there any more. No thank you on Kuechel. Zero interest.

Point.

Which also means he wasn't a full-time hitter until 1919, at the age of 24. So from 19-23, when he was in MLB, limited PA's... almost as if he lost the equivalent of 3-4 years, although he was obviously very young at the time... and the ball may very well have been a whole lot "deader" at the time anyways... still.

DD would have traded those two in a nano-second. I still remember him trading anyone who was unloadable, and I do mean anyone, from 2002-2005. Jeff Weaver for Carlos Pena + others in 2002, and also Brian Moehler traded that deadline, traded Randall Simon over the winter, Mark Redmon for Nate Robertson + others 2003, here's a FUNNY one: DD acquired AJ Hinch, catcher, on 3/29/03 from the Indians for a PTBNL, traded Adam Bernero, 2004 traded Ramon Santiago and Juan Gonzalez (the OTHER Juan G) to the Mariners for Carlos Guillen, and Cody Ross for Steve Colyer (ewww... confession, I was for the trade at the time. Still never thought much of Ross but he did have a career whilst Colyer had none), 2005 traded for Kyle Farnsworth, traded Ugy Urbino and Ramon Martinez for Placido Polanco, traded Farnsworth for Roman Colon and Zach Miner, traded away Kenny Baugh.... Man, I agree. If you're in a rebuild... you keep churning the roster until you don't need to any more. He absolutely should have traded Fulmer and Boyd if he had the chance and a really great offer... for either or both.

I wanted to take a look at this because... Matt Boyd was never as good as Skubal. Skubal is K'ing at almost 10K's per 9 so far in his young career. With a 1.25 WHIP, low walks (2.7 BB's per 9 or a 3.7 K to BB ratio), and too many HR's at 1.7 per 9 innings. At 25 years old, he's lost some innings to Covid maybe, so his career is 288 inn's including tonight... but I'm going to look at who most closely matches that. And it ain't Boyd. I don't think Boyd EVER touched 98... something Skubal does often. I even tried Nate Robertson, who could bring some heat IIRC... but their peripherals were not close, same as Boyd's. I know Boyd had two "decent" years at 27-28... but that's it. (I am highlighting how different he is from Skubal; all other pitchers I'll highlight what is most similar to Skubal...). So, Skubal (3 years 23-25): 288 inn's, 1.25 WHIP, 8.3 hits/9, 1.7 HR's/ 9, 2.7 BB's/9, 9.8 K's/9, 3.7 K-BB ratio Matt Boyd (3 years 24-26): 290 inn's, 1.50 WHIP, 10.2 hits/9, 1.6 HR's/ 9, 3.2 BB's/9, 7.3 K's/9, 2.3 K-BB ratio Gio Gonzalez (4 years 22-25): 535 inn's, 1.44 WHIP, 8.3 hits/9, 0.9 HR's/ 9, 4.4 BB's/9, 8.6 K's/9, 1.9 K-BB ratio (Gonzalez took off at age 26 pitching a whole lot better than this... but just for the comparison up to age 25... see above). Cole Hamels (4 years 22-25): 737 inn's, 1.19 WHIP, 8.3 hits/9, 1.2 HR's/ 9, 2.3 BB's/9, 8.6 K's/9, 3.7 K-BB ratio (Obviously, Hamels was a much better pitcher. But I think I can stop right here. Their peripherals are nearly IDENTICAL. Does that mean Skubal = Hamels? Most likely not. But he's trending in the right direction there...). Think anyone can find a pitcher with closer peripherals than Hamels? Go for it. Let's see who can come up with closer numbers than those two...

Lange's already warming up I believe. On another note: If Grossman's and Candy's bats are returning... that's a huge list for this anemic offense.

On the subject of A-10 Warthogs for Ukraine: https://www.yahoo.com/news/air-force-open-sending-10s-164748969.html

We can't have nice things...

There's a list somewhere... but I can't seem to find it...

Not if you start losing minor leaguers due to 40-man and Rule 5 considerations. And we have a boatload of Rule 5 eligible guys this year. I believe including Carpenter.

When Miggy turns into pathetic, and a humiliating embarrassment, in 2023... Because yeah, that's what we really want to see... Because, reasons...

Kerry Carpenter goes on to have a Matt Joyce (12th rounder) type of career (111 OPS+, 10 Career WAR). But he has it with another team, not the Tigers, because: "Miggy isn't blocking anyone". I disagree with this premise, 100%

But we've had quite a few assholes on Red Wings teams in the past. Especially our winning teams. We could make a list...