RandyMarsh

As it stands right now he probably would be but not out of the question we win the World Series or at the very least advance a round further last year if we had him on the team. We desperately could've used his bat against Cleveland and he was torching the baseball to end last year. We'll see how things work out, I still wish we would've drafted him but there is a legit chance Clark turns out better and if it indeed meant that we miss out on McGonigle by drafting Langford then Harris made the right move for sure.

To me at least 1 high level reliever and another dependable starter are the biggest needs. Yeah our current starting pitching situation isn't terrible but I want to have as many options as possible come October and I would feel alot more comfortable having at least 1 more guy. If I knew for sure Olson would be healthy and pitching like he is capable of, Mize was being reliable and Flaherty was pitching like the good version of himself then sure we wouldn't need one but history suggests the likelihood of that happening is slim. More likely than not at least 1 or 2 of those guys is either going to be struggling or hurt which as it stands would mean we'd have to potentially have 2 or more games in a series with either a struggling pitcher, "pitching chaos" or somebody like Montero or SGL. I don't like that at all, by getting another reliable guy it would at least mitigate those chances, if everything works out and all those ideal situations happen like I mentioned above then you have the luxury of moving somebody like Mize/Flaherty/Olson or the acquired pitcher to the pen.

Obviously we don't know but we also don't know that he wouldn't have either. People just assume he would've cost slot or higher but there is no evidence of that.

Lebron picks up his 52.6 million dollar player option. Not surprising but just had to point it out cause this will make his 8th season for the Lakers which is wild for me, he only played for Cleveland for 7 his first go around there.

I know this is the narrative and not necessarily saying it isn't true but I do question it cause Langford signed for under slot at Texas and for the same amount as Clark. No reason to think he wouldn't have signed under slot for us too which would still allow the funds to go after McGonigle. Obviously not guaranteed but I think it was highly likely we still would've gotten him even if we drafted Langford.

Yeah, I didn't watch his last start but in his defense I think the start before where he "struggled" alot of it had to with the weather and how it effected the mound. There were multiple times he had to have the grounds crew make adjustments to it cause it wasn't comfortable to him. I believe things may have been similar last time too but I don't know for sure cause like I said I didn't get to watch any of it. Atleast I'm hoping these are the reasons why his "struggles" the past two games.

Funny my mind also went to Williams I was like "what is with Detroit athletes and getting caught gambling?" But for the record I know you were just kidding but to clear things up from what I could find it sounds like the stuff being in question was from the 23/24 when he was with Milwaukee.

Yeah that was a nasty pitch, 97 with a lot of arm side run to it. Im guessing the batter was sitting on the splitter so he couldn't pull the trigger but even if he did there wasn't much you could've done with that pitch.

I wonder if the Red Sox would entertain the thought of trading Giolito? He pitched another good game today bringing his season ERA down to 3.99. While that isn't great it is worth noting that he gave up 19 runs in 3 disaster starts but in the other 9 he only gave up 7 total. I can live with some blowout starts if you are giving up under 2 runs the other 75% of your starts.

Mckinstry is 13th among all AL batters in WAR coming into today, he could move up even higher after the game he is having today.

Aside from letting 11 straight guys reach base against you which is unbelievable on its own, you also managed to hit 3 of them and walk another 4. On the bright side he can at least say that he's only given up 1 XBH and hasn't allowed one to his last 10 batters.

Nothing to do with the game but had to post it here cause of how crazy it is to me, the Royals have only hit 13HRs all season at home thus far. Nobody on the team has hit more than 3 there all season.

In regards to McGonigle and his potential future prospect ranking I came across this in the latest Law chat, earlier in the thread somebody posed a question about who is most likely to be number 1 come next season and named Chandler, Made, Pena, Griffin or other. Keith said other. Then later in the chat somebody asked this. zoor: Kevin McGonigle on #1 prospect watch ? Keith Law: Yes. Keith Law: That’s a guy more likely to be #1 in January than any of the other three in the question above where I said “Other.”

Just heard on the radio that Lanier is older than 5 current Pistons and is somehow only a few months younger than Cade and Stewart.

Givony actually correctly mocked Lanier to us in his last mock the other day.

From what I could gather on twitter it sounds like it's not an actual prison sentence but more of 2 yr probation with it turning into prison if he violates the terms. Either way it sounds like he got off incredibly easy legally wise for what he did but financially wise it wasn't so easy. His wrong doing ended up costing him 100s of millions of dollars from the MLB cause he most certainly isn't ever going to play here again.

We're almost at that point where playing .500 the rest of the way will win the division. As it stands we would win 91 games if that were to happen, it would probably take one of the other teams playing the rest of the way like we did to finish last year for that not to be good enough.

Nice to see the offense bounce back, there was a few week stretch not too long ago where we only scored 7 or more a couple times total so it's a pleasant sight to see us back to doing it regularly again.

Yeah didn't dive any deeper but I figured he must have been pitching somewhere else, still wild to me how a player can go 4 years between MLB appearances not once but twice.

I'm only following the game on gamecast so I'm sure they talked about it on the radio or TV but looking up Enns on the internet and his story looks fascinating. According to his ESPN profile he played in a couple games in 2017, then didn't play in the majors again till 2021 where he pitched in 9 games and then went another 4 years until returning today. Just completely wild and I'd imagine unlike any other player ever. Makes you wonder where does Harris find guys like this?

Barring something major I suspect 8 will probably be about the lowest McGonigle finds himself on any updated prospect list made in the coming weeks. From what I have gathered from the national folks on x and YT he is essentially a consensus top 5 overall prospect at this point among players that haven't debuted yet so in the coming weeks once guys like Anthony and others lose their prospect status McGonigle will likely find himself in the top 5 when places update their midseason rankings.

Seeing the name Dietrich makes me think of those Dittrich Furs commercials from the 80s and 90s that were so popular in Detroit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3XTP2XJEwU

At first thought I felt that was way light for Riley but after checking his numbers he has been relatively meh the past couple seasons which I hadn't been paying attention to. Given that and the fact he doesn't exactly have a cheap contract then his value may not be as high as I originally thought and your proposal could be something they may go for.