Tenacious D

The kids are alright—dingers tonight from Pacheco, Jung, Meadows and the already mentioned, Keith.

Are we allowed to have nice things now?

Donde Esta la casa de Casimir?

Everyone bailed?

I’m not ready to bury Maton, but he might benefit from a reset in Toledo. Bring up Lipcius and see how he does.

Please stop Todd Jones. Brendan White K’d his first batter on 3 pitches and RollerCoaster is babbling with fans in the Tigers food court, missing it.

Miggy has probably earned more playing time lately.

Now I understand why he robbed that pension fund.

Even pulled the ball!

Suck it, Strider!

Didn’t realize that he had a surgery. Hope he can stay healthy and salvage something from this season.

4 more guys join the Tommy John gang. Not a very exclusive club at this point.

That sucks. Definitely the RF ball, which he clearly didn’t see. Wonder what the circumstances were that prevented it.

Bigbie a prospect or just an older, college guy that serves as organizational filler, similar to Josh Lester’s previous role?

I’m not even concerned with winning—someone has to cover his innings. Probably a moot point—I suspect we’ll get possibly all 4 of the guys I listed back. Of course, with our luck, Lorenzen will go down with an injury in July. I do hope we’re in a position to be active at the deadline with tradable assets that are coveted by other teams—interested in seeing how Harris and Co. approach it.

If we don’t get at least two of Skubal, Manning, Turnbull and ERod back, we might not have the luxury of trading Lorenzen. No depth at Toledo, as we’ve already stretched that.

This report feels like everyone is coming back soon. I thought I read that Pacheco just had TJ surgery?

That’s nice.

Baby steps

Tork Bomb

As a reminder, Turnbull isn’t eligible for free agency until after 2024. Tigers wont release him and he needs to pitch to establish value. He’ll be back. If he’s truly injured, I’m actually relieved. I thought he was playing games to avoid being demoted and it might explain his pitching performance this season.

McKinstry being McKinstry

Some good stuff here. I’m not confident in writing McKinstrey into any long term, significant role, though he’s a good guy to plug in. I think we’ll have plenty of payroll and the willingness to spend, but a weak free agent class will drive up contracts and competition. Probably not a fix. I like the idea of taking on salary in trade. The Padres have a plethora of big contracts with guys who are still young and could be productive for us.

Meadows Greene Vierling Carpenter Baddoo All injured, many at the same time. How in the hell did we have the May that we did? I know it’s easy to pile on the team, but few could withstand losing their entire OF for extended periods. Unfortunately, though, the infield is still intact (and underperforming).