Tenacious D

God bless Twitter—many “this better not be our only move” tweets.

Hard to say, but you should consult with your physician prior to pitching him.

The dumpster diving works on occasion—doesn’t hurt to try. I’m sure they see something in him they like or think they can improve.

Was he also a Lord of Westeros?

Please be our Doug Fister.

I hope any Fettering will work for him. Will also improve his free agency appeal.

If there is any validity to this, and his suspension could be greater, than I think they’d be reluctant to move Smith or other pieces of their pen.

That’s odd

My omnipresent, 13-years old inner monologue is having a field day.

Didn’t think he’d come to the Tigers, but one less elite closer on the trading block could drive the price up for the few remaining. The silver lining is that the Guardians get screwed.

Not great. One less closer available this deadline. And prevents the Guardians from potentially moving another reliever, ie Smith, probably keeping them both for the rest of the season.

I guess Briceno is indeed overrated, according to BA:

Is the long, dark nightmare finally over?

Who’s nayying him? I just don’t think anyone’s ready to enshrine the guy yet. His game yesterday was insane, though.

And plenty of Chris Sheltons’s and Brennan Boesch’s who flame out.

Same answer.

Fair enough. One of us is going to be correct. And I genuinely hope it’s you.

Question—would acquiring Bednar, Keller and Suarez have prevent this current slide? We really haven’t blown any saves, so Bednar would have not impacted. Suarez is one bat in an entire lineup that isn’t hitting. His power would probably not be as strong in Comerica and his D is not great. Keller might have kept them competitive every 5th game. The reality is that this team has so many flaws that even adding three significant pieces would not be enough to turn things around.

Think they solved their soda machine crisis for the season.

Reportedly occurred signing his draft bonus.

Is it? Small sample size and I think circumstances factored in. No college bats this year worthy of our first pick. And with Clark and McGonigle 1-2 in Law’s recent prospect rankings, seems those choices are working out.

Hope some are salvageable. Always a crapshoot with pitchers.

I don’t think it is, nor anyone else here likely. But their flaws are being exposed right now with no aspect of their game working. As inexplicable as last season’s finish/this year’s start was, so is the current tailspin. This is not an “all in” roster. Make moves that will help this season and beyond, trading from organizational depth—no rentals, unless the price tag is so low it’s hard to say no.

Not sure, but haven’t seen Paul Wilson nor Ethan Schiefelbein either.

This team does not look like one that will make the postseason, unless the Guardians do become sellers—which would be foolish of them.