Tenacious D

He might also be a DH only version of Brennan Boesch. I wouldn’t flip him for a prospect (probably), but if a team needed to shed a salary of an established veteran or had a glut of 3B, that might be something. Just nice to see that he’s coveted—I trust Harris and his posse to figure it out.

Sorry, but this is the definition of selling high.

And against all odds—every member of our starting rotation has missed time to injuries and our entire OF that broke camp was on the IL at the same time. A very good team would have struggled with all of that.

If I’m being honest, I can’t keep my eyes off the Miggy Milestone tracker in LF every time I go to a game. So, there’s that.

That was an unusual trade. Basically we traded a young CF to get a younger one. Of course other players were involved, too.

Yeah, I’ll be shocked if he’s a Tiger on August 2nd.

Not sure—beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Dombrowski was skilled at moving prospects that other teams seemed to value enough to give up a good player in return. And we’re not barren—I would think Malloy, Meadows, Flores, Madden, Jobe and Jung have value. And I agree that Keith should be available in the right deal. I just would like us to be open to taking advantage of the market to improve our offense. If we just want to be sellers, that excludes opportunities with teams who are also selling.

We should be buying if anyone values any of our prospects not named Colt Keith. And selling if we can get some good prospects for ERod or Lorenzen. There doesn’t have to be only one pathway.

Let’s aim higher. We need an impact bat or two for this lineup. 3B is one position that we could potentially solve that.

Workman should get a refund from his offseason hitting coach. Or hire Carpenter’s next time.

Right. He’s likely opting out no matter what, but it won’t prevent him from re-signing with us. It’s leverage to negotiate a better contract.

Just give him whatever is left over.

I would trade prospects in a heartbeat, but not for middling players or rentals. Jobe, Jung and Meadows for Nolan Arenado? Hell yes.

Think scouts discount ERod and Lorenzen’s strong performance against the Royals when evaluating them for a potential trade? Of course they have a track record, but I suspect scouts are paying closer attention right now.

Go Get McGonigle!

Since he's on the 40-man, I suspect he'll get a call in September, if not sooner. Agree he needs to be challenged at the big league level at some point this season.

Never any doubt

Baez pulls a Tork and scoops a bad throw, and says, “that’s what that feels like”

For who? Baddoo?

Must win. Let’s get it!

Isn’t that like comparing Herpes to Syphilis?

I’m convinced that Avila was fired as a scapegoat. In a world of accountability, it was probably deserved, but the breaking point was in the midst of a season where the team underachieved, relative to 2021, due mostly to injuries and some bad luck, the natives got extra restless. If you can recall, neither Chris nor Al played any role in Sweet Lou’s number retirement ceremony because they were concerned (rightfully) that the fans would turn on them. I think Chris decided enough was enough and gave him up. He was fired right after that. Not saying that Al was the victim in this—the fan frustration and some vitriol was warranted. But he wasn’t a complete disaster, either.

He needs the Duffy Dyer treatment--catch twice a week at the most. No other positions, no more AB's than giving Jake an occasional rest.

it's basically how we were able to draft and sign guys like Castellanos and Porcello, when we were drafting later. Mike I and Dombrowski were willing to throw their money around to snag players like this. Kind of like the old pre-salary cap hockey days when the Wings would go and pay to get anyone they wanted to.