Tenacious D

Thanks—that was my point. I’m already assuming a Rams loss.

That was my point—he doesn’t strike me as a guy who is angling for max value. I think if he had wanted to stay, he would have—he could have always tried to negotiate an extension if getting paid was most important. Kind of strikes me as the Bill Murray of baseball, who also famously doesn’t have an agent and just does what he wants to.

Is Yooper the guy on the Tigers podcast with Chris Brown?

Not great for us, though—wouldn’t Indy slip in front of the Rams pick with a loss?

Tigers making more moves. Hopefully the analytics folks here will identify some positives that I don’t see.

I miss Cult of Pena—didn’t post a ton, but pretty witty and insightful when he did.

I doubt Chafin wants to be here—he doesn’t strike me as the type to opt-out as a ploy. I don’t see him coming back.

Would Ross, big UM alumni donator, hire Harbaugh away? As much as he’d probably want to, I can’t see him alienating himself from the school. I see Harbaugh going to Indy. Do you see Sean Payton going to Denver? I think he’s getting a gig somewhere.

Mrs. Baddoo isn’t even a big fan of Akil’s.

I don’t remember guys like Correa, Altuve, Springer or Bregman moving around much. Likely because they were good where they were. I do think there is something to plugging holes with a lot of players to find out what is working, and agree that will happen this upcoming season. Baez, Greene and Tork will likely not move around much, especially if they are performing. The rest of the starting lineup will be in flux.

I don’t know what a Solano is. I still think Harris brings on some of his old guys (LaStella and/or Belt) this is what I see: C Haase/Rogers 1B Tork/Belt 2B Schoop SS Baez 3B Maton LF Vierling/Carpenter CF Greene RF Meadows DH Miggy/Meadows Bench: Rogers, LaStella, Baddoo, Belt, Short SP: ERod, Turnbull, Boyd, Lorenzen and Manning Pen: Lange, Vest, Alexander, Cisnero, Foley, Rule 5, TBD FA At Toledo: Sands, Kreidler, Malloy, Wentz

Can Miggy still play SS?

DD rolling the dice on Soto and Kimbrel. I would not bet on them being important contributors.

So, was Chadd keeping his “intel” to himself while they both floundered last season?

OK, Mrs. Harris

I’ll allow it.

Pending physicals.

For me, this will be an interesting test of our player evaluation abilities. They clearly see upside potential in these players that hasn’t manifested itself yet.

It’s too late. He had until today to make any transactions.

Well, it looks like Harris’ dumpster diving could pay off. Some of his pickups cleared waivers and are still in the org, but off the 40-man now.

Nerd alert:

Seems like we’re a match with them. Could Baty be an option, too? Escobar actually has an attractive contract, but do the Mets have a shitty one that we could easily give them relief?

So, you’re saying there’s a chance?

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