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Specifically: From April 30th through today: .302 BA, .895 OPS, 7 HR's in 185 PA's. And 14 doubles and 2 triples. Not huge power. But enough.

Just a WAG... But I think Anderson would be called up to Toledo once one of Jung, Lee or Cruz gets called up to Detroit. Probably based on the call up being for at least a week as I don't see bouncing Anderson up and down from Erie to Toledo... And I don't know if "rest of season" comes into play for one of those three (and Anderson by extension) unless there's a season-ending injury... knock on wood. Toledo still has Ibanez/ Navigato/ Workman on the team - not priority prospects - so maybe the alternative path is to move Ibanez and Navigato somewhere so a timeshare (add in DH) will open up enough time for Anderson? If nothing else... per your suggestion... who wants to grab a 1B glove? And that could just as easily be Anderson as Jung or Lee. In fact, I'd choose Jung and Anderson for trying that...

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He wants to talk only baseball... Jason started laughing about the VERY LOUD voice of the plate umpire right at the start of the game... Adam joked once about it but within 10 seconds said: "We actually have a baseball game going on here..." So I think he already knew Jason's reputation... and made a move to cut him off before Jason wandered off-(game)-topic too far... Adam wants to... talk baseball.

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And I have Detroit's TV feed so Bennetti...

I've got Prime and this game is an MLB free game...

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That was more of a "hot take" than anything... He's not in imminent danger and I don't view my hot take as an absolute... The "Ice Age" cold streaks are annoying... What if the Braves decided to trade us Austin Riley and wanted Tork plus Jung plus Montero? Don't laugh... It's the middle of the night and I'm sleep-typing...

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"Trouble with the Curve"?

I've stopped most of my pre-draft analysis too. For all 4 sports. I take a quick look at profiles and think... "hmmm... I like him and him and that guy and..." And then I forget about them all until after the drafts and take a look at who-we-drafted-profiles. That's all that matters anyways...

Give this kid a chance!!!

Ditto.

Tork is in danger of being traded this offseason. IMO.

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I don't believe this is correct. Which is why I said "additional pieces as necessary"... in fact, it's IN what you QUOTED from me, the very next sentence. So let's say you are correct: Dylan Smith plus Max Anderson. Plus Mattison. Plus maybe Liranzo, also? Do they take a lower-level international sign like Osorio or Franyerber or Miranda instead of Liranzo...? I'm guessing Harris could talk the A's out of Liranzo and into one of the lower-level guys not named Cris Rodriguez... and he may even add another guy to offset that like Schiefelbein or Owen Hall... But I'm just guessing. There are packages the A's would take that do NOT involve two of our top 5 prospects (per TigerNation)... IMO. Yes, costly... But I'm hunting World Series. I want domination. Difference-makers. Aroldis Chapman. Jacob DeGrom. Mason Miller. True difference makers in the playoffs and WS games. Just my 2 cents. And sorry if I wasn't clear on the cost for Miller.

You're talking Garrett Crochet or Joe Ryan here. Very costly in prospect terms. And uncertain if Boston or the Twins want to move those guys.

Exactly on DeGrom. Sale also fits that description (to an obviously lesser degree); and is at half DeGrom's cost so we wouldn't have to go through Rangers' salary-pay-downs/ better prospect gyrations. I'd prefer DeGrom... but you've outlined a difficulty there (salary-paid-tied-to-top-prospects). Joe Ryan is a difference maker. But even more tricky because he's a higher prospect cost and it's the Twins... Next year's rotation would be Skubal-DeGrom-Olson-Flaherty-Jobe, with Madden/ Melton/ Hamm in Toledo and other depth either signed for Toledo or in Erie on the way up, or as a 5th/6th starter for Detroit (hopefully better than we've seen from Maeda/Cobb). IMO: that makes Mize/ Montero/ SGL superfluous, or at least tradeable assets. If Mize needs to be a part of a package that gets us DeGrom: Absolutely. I don't see Mize as a 1.10 WHIP guy, he's a really good pitcher but has consistently been less than that (this year at 1.20, one of his best years ever...) but I'm looking at difference-makers in the top 2 spots. Maybe top 3. That's DeGrom... and I'm hoping Jobe steps it up after recovering from his injury and gets into that 1.05 WHIP or better range. Olson has been in the 1.10 range, with a higher K-rate... Just sayin'... I'm absolutely with point 3. I see no reason for a depth starter. It's difference-maker as a starter or forget about it.

PS: I would definitely offer Mize AND Montero for Joe Ryan. Plus one of Madden/ Melton/ Hamm or whoever else they wanted to add that was not top 5 Tigers prospect or Cris Rodriguez. IMO.

Some additional thoughts on those guys (I had this in another thread... but it was yesterday's game thread and this post is trade related... specifically thoughts on DeGrom/ Chapman/ Miller...): I think the biggest bang for the buck on the pitching side... Meaning lowest trade cost but highest impact... is to trade for an older veteran who still has some dominance. The Rangers are struggling: Jacob DeGrom. I don't think the Rangers get near what it would cost for Garret Crochet or Joe Ryan. Just a guess. Sale would be costly (in prospect terms)... but what if a team wanted to contend next year after flopping out this year... could we include Mize or Montero for Sale or DeGrom and not spend much in prospect capital? Just some thoughts. And I would prefer a 1-2 punch of Skubal-DeGrom with Olson/ Flaherty at the back-end than Skubal-Mize-Flaherty-Olson... especially in the playoffs. And/or the World Series. But that's just me. Same thing on the reliever side. Aroldis Chapman should cost significantly less than Mason Miller in prospect capital. I would like to get them both however. Can we send Tyler Mattison (Miller-wannabe-who-will-probably-never-be...) to the A's for Miller? Maybe they could "fix him up" to be a pale replacement for him? Plus additional pieces as necessary? Just spit-ballin'...

I think the biggest bang for the buck on the pitching side... Meaning lowest trade cost but highest impact... is to trade for an older veteran who still has some dominance. The Rangers are struggling: Jacob DeGrom. I don't think the Rangers get near what it would cost for Garret Crochet or Joe Ryan. Just a guess. Sale would be costly (in prospect terms)... but what if a team wanted to contend next year after flopping out this year... could we include Mize or Montero for Sale or DeGrom and not spend much in prospect capital? Just some thoughts. And I would prefer a 1-2 punch of Skubal-DeGrom with Olson/ Flaherty at the back-end than Skubal-Mize-Flaherty-Olson... especially in the playoffs. And/or the World Series. But that's just me. Same thing on the reliever side. Aroldis Chapman should cost significantly less than Mason Miller in prospect capital. I would like to get them both however. Can we send Tyler Mattison (Miller-wannabe-who-will-probably-never-be...) to the A's for Miller? Maybe they could "fix him up" to be a pale replacement for him? Plus additional pieces as necessary? Just spit-ballin'...

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The veterans I want to get are: Jacob DeGrom, Aroldis Chapman, and Mason Miller. I'm not asking for the moon or anything...