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Another possible Carpenter comp if things go well is the Austin Meadows of the last couple years with the Rays. Maybe a .750-.800 OPS guy that is more heavy on power numbers. Meadows had way more of a prospect pedigree than him though.

A prime Matt Joyce would be a great and doable outcome for him, that's 3-4 years of league average regular that plays close to everyday. I could also see a better fielding Marcus Thames type career for him. May not have Thames raw power but in game power is probably similar and he's not as much of a liability in the field. Thames had a 10 year career so if Carpenter could match that it would definitely be a success story.

I'm a believer in Carpenter, no I don't expect him to be an All Star but I think he's going to have a place on the team in the coming years if for nothing else than his power.

Carpenter with another bomb, his 6th in just 28 games.

Jack Morris with the old "he did stay at a Holiday Inn joke", yeah typical Jack to use something that was popular decades ago.

Went and looked and ESPN had him 35 overall but Rivals had him at number 3 overall behind only Lawrence and Fields so maybe I was thinking about them.

Here's a tidbit I noticed while looking up Judge's stats this year to really put in perspective how good he is, the difference in OPS between him and the 9th highest OPS in the AL Alex Bregman is the same as Bregman is to the lowest OPS in the AL are own Johnathan Schoop. That is just crazy to think just how far ahead he is than everybody in the AL not named Yordan and even Yordan he has over a 100 points more than.

Golladay bitching about being benched saying that he should be out on the field, sorry Kenny but Stafford(with a healthy elbow) isn't walking through that door to help you out.

I believe ESPN had him as the number 1 overall recruit coming out of HS so yeah he definitely has some pedigree.

I worry about playing a team right after they got embarrassed on national TV. I have no idea if there is actual any real data to support this but it always feels to me like teams respond positively the next week after something like that.

Its fantasy so it doesn't necessarily correlate 100% to actual rankings but a couple rest of season fantasy rankings have St. Brown at 6 for WR and Swift as high as 4 for RB. Weird to see 2 Lions players ranked that high.

I think the difference this year is that there is something tangible to point to with the Staff elbow injury. He's tough as nails so he's going to play through it but the times he did that here is play naturally suffered so that could be what we could be in store for this year. When those balls you're used to throwing in tight windows don't quite have the same zip on it they end up in defenders arms instead of the receivers and that's what been happening thus far. And for the record I'm not predicting his demise just saying that if this injury is legit and it lasts most of the season he could struggle and looking at the Rams schedule there aren't a whole lot of easy games like the Atlanta one where they will have some margin for error

This coincides with the eye test that seemed like he was hitting the ball harder but had some tough luck outs, if he continues to hit the ball like this next year the results will eventually catch up.

Haha that's awesome btw I always wondered what the announcers meant by "spotter" when going through the credits at the end of the game, I kinda figured it was guys that told the announcers who made each play and this video confirms that by showing the dudes with binoculars pointing to the players name on the card almost immediately after the play is made.

Also if you're a AAAA type pitcher that may only pitch in the big leagues for a cup of coffee like many pitchers in September do it would be a pretty cool "war story" to tell friends years from now. Yeah saying you pitched a few weeks in the big leagues is pretty damn cool in itself but telling people that you were the won to serve up the AL HR record or the 700 HR to a hall of famer would make for an even cooler story.

I dont know many people that remember the pitcher's name by heart but their fame comes from being featured in the highlights that will play on for eternity. When the highlight is still being shown 50 years you can point to your Grandkids and say "that's your grandpa right there throwing that pitch." That seems kinda cool to me.

Regarding Yzerman being named in the presser, going by Beck it sounds like him and Harris were acquaintances after meeting at Wrigley a few years back so perhaps Steve's role was to put in a good word about Chris/Ilitches and the city of Detroit and their fanbase in general.

From what the peeps on Twitter are saying it sounds like Harris nailed the press conference.

Last year many of Stafford's picks were the "arm punts" where you just heave it 40+ yards downfield on 3rd and long in hopes of drawing a penalty or making a miracle catch, if it gets picked no real harm done but this year from what I seen its been the more harmful type of interceptions.

Between the results on the field, the work ethic and his pedigree in college its hard not to be a Rodrigo believer but I still have to remind myself that it's only been 2 weeks and to not get too excited just yet.

Cousins and the Vikings for that matter always seem to be one of the most jekyll and hyde teams in the NFL, theres weeks where he and them look elite and others where they look like trash, here's hoping for the latter on Sunday.

Speaking of running QBs it looks like Malik Willis may be coming into the game tonight with the Titans down 41-7.

Scott Harris effect!

Hurts looking like an MVP candidate through 6 quarters this season.

Here's a little write up about the hire from Passan, also highlights some of the issues we've had this year but that's stuff most fans already know about. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34624852/detroit-tigers-hiring-san-francisco-giants-gm-scott-harris-president-baseball-operations