Tenacious D

The return of Matt Boyd

I would not be surprised to see the Tigers make another push for Correa. They must know they can’t keep Baez at SS for the next 5 seasons and getting Correa would engender some goodwill with the fans.

I think the catcher deserves as much credit in these situations. You have a 200 lb guy barreling in on you, and you have to make the catch and apply a perfect tag, all within a split second. Great execution all around.

Baez will be an overpaid 2B, who hopefully can rebound and get closer to his typical numbers. Having Correa playing next to him in the field and lineup might get him going.

some of our better starting pitching prospects this season (not including Brieske and Hill). players are listed with their current team, though most pitched at multiple levels, included in the totals. Worth noting that Chance Kirby, who hasn't been discussed much, is old (27) for AA: Ideally, a couple of these guys emerge as rotation options, or can turn into useful bullpen arms. Combined with some combination of the current mix (Eduardo Rodriguez, Matt Manning, Spencer Turnbull ('23), Brieske ('23), Hill ('23), Faedo ('23), Mize ('24) and Skubal ('23-'24), this has the makings of some good starting pitching depth. Even with this potential depth, we will likely need to sign another veteran starter for next season to address all of the injury uncertainty.

A few outliers, but most look like future Tigers

Call up Short to throw the garbage innings.

Pretty cool

This isn’t aging well 🤪

Maybe we stop monitoring Tork daily? Clearly something is amiss this season. Let’s take a break and revisit in September after the AAA is over.

He just doesn’t want to have his players pay for soda.

Is this our first transaction with Dombrowski since he left?

F#%! ‘em

Funny what can happen when your starters are on the DL, your lineup is abysmal and the SS can’t make the routine throw to 1B. Did I mention what had been a stellar bullpen coming back down to earth? I think the more apt question is how they won those 7 games?

I think he likes the camaraderie of being on a team. Guys, he’s coming back next season.

Really liked him as a Tigers prospect <ducks>. Actually, I barely remember him.

You’ve been warned posting about Bernard.

You’re not wrong, but I’m sure they realize this season is a lost cause and will ride it out with him. He’s not blocking anyone who is ready, unless Carpenter starts to heat up. I suspect he’ll get a bunch of games off the rest of the way and they’ll reset with the new GM after the season and figure out his role for ‘23.

He had ringworm? Maybe less embarrassing to say you were just trying to cheat.

Olson needed that—he had a string of crappy outings going.

80 games.

are we still giving Fetter our unconditional love? Is it just coincidence or bad luck? Other teams experience this, but you can't help but wonder when Turnbull, MIze, Manning and Skubal have all encountered arm issues under his watch. And, yes, I do have a Tin Foil hat on as I type this.

it was a gif. And I didn't realize the firestorm I would set off amongst all of our experts with my throw-away comment "Really liked him as a prospect with the Tigers." Perhaps I should have balanced that comment with we should have been suspicious that he was discarded pretty quickly by the Padres. Or that he was older for the leagues he played in. Or that he was not a particularly good base stealer. Truthfully, I probably hadn't thought of him since 2015, when our farm system was particularly barren that you could get interested in a prospect who put up good batting averages and OBP. In full transparency, once I was very thoughtfully called out, I had to go back and look him up on Baseball Reference. To be clear, I'm not an analyst. I'm equally a fan and a critic who tries to contribute to conversations. Like everyone else here, I have opinions and don't have it all figured out. My best advice is not to take me too literally or seriously.

Also, with Hinch part of the selection process, the GM likely won’t be making any managerial changes right away.

Bobby Higginson's dad used to raise hell at the old Freep board.