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He has a .367 OPS against lefties this year so Hinch may not be this-year-active with that... SSS. But still... He did better last year against lefties at .718 so... at some point, Hinch will go back to him for another try methinks...

Kerry "Bonds" Carpenter.

Well... obviously, this is the KEY question!!!

Where is the Motown Forums IN-DEPTH analysis of this guy we just traded for? Is he any good? Does he have 5 tools? How many cousins does he have? What was the name of his Venezuelan Little League team in 3rd grade? The Maracay Margates?

Negative is good. Positive means it's fractured or worse.

BEAUTIFUL outing by Melton. My guess is he's done for the day... That **** umpire was squeezing him at the end. There was a definite strike not anywhere close to the edge or anything and that's a ball? FU Ump.

So now trading for Paddock is simply treading water...

Yes. Oh wait... OUCH! Now trade for Jacon DeGrom please.

Also, Pacheco is 22 (and in high-A)... Has he found his batting stroke, like Meadows... after struggling just barely over the Mendoza for his career so far...? Enquiring minds want to know.

I think Melton has more starter upside... long-term. But this would be a great year to break him into the playoffs as a bullpen guy... Per one inning stints, as you say...

THAT I could live with. And not just Melton... I think Montero would be much, much better in the bullpen.

Well that certainly makes this trade a WIN!!!

He has a 1.28 WHIP this year and a 1.21 career WHIP so he's pitching on a par with Flaherty and Mize. One of these 3 goes to the bullpen in the post-season.

If we can avoid any more Montero starts a huge win for me.

The flipside is I wonder if they start losing games from losing one of their top two relievers that would knock them out of wild card contention. Too close to the deadline for the team to decide what the impact of losing Clase will have... But for what it's worth, if I were the Tigers I'd have more interest in Cade Smith anyways... Not that there was any chance of that happenin'...

6'0" switch-hitter... (PS: It's Danandres Colon per the profile sites...): This was on Sports Recruit dot com: Danandres Colon's Baseball Recruiting Profile My name is Danandres Colon, I am 15 and I was born in Allentown, PA. I moved to Eagle Lake, FL with my family when I was 4. I have brother who is 13 and a sister who is 22. My father is from Puerto Rico and My mother is from Colombia. This is the reason why I am fully bilingual in English and Spanish. I go to a Hispanic church called Corazones Agradecidos with my family. My favorite subject is Math and I play the French Horn in my school band. I enjoy listening to music and playing MLB the show. My favorite baseball team is the New York Yankees and my favorite baseball player is Roberto Clemente, the reason why I wear his number #21. I started switch hitting when I was 13 and half years old. Prep Baseball dot com: Danandres Colon CLASS OF 2025 SS 2B Danandres Colon Lakeland Christian School (HS) • FL 6' 0" • 180LBS S/R • 18yr 5mo Travel Team: Top Tier (These look like they're from 2023...): 60 time: 7.43 Infield velocity: 85 Hand Speed: 22.7 Exit Velocity: 98.1 (high) Bat Speed: 78.9 (average) Average Launch Angle 22%

Two thumbs up on that. I Concur!

So ****ing sad. And so ****ing true.

Just for arguments' sake... Now change those names to: Jacob DeGrom (or Joe Ryan); Mason Miller, and Austin Riley.

This.

Even BETTER! Matt "I'm 27 and I STILL haven't found what I'm looking for" Manning. Alex "I have no idea where the ball is going" Lange. And Jason "Mmmm, good coffee!" Foley. As our late innings TRIFECTA!!! You know. Like Cerberus. A 3-headed monster... or dog... or... something.

Can we combine the two trade threads?

You will get THE Matt Manning and LIKE it!!!

Detroit after the trade deadline gets 3B Hao Yu Lee and reliever Matt Manning.

From the tone of my posting... obviously.