Tenacious D

Separated at birth?

Miggy is 2-2 tonight. Coincidence?

They are up 12-0 in the 7th on my broadcast.

There is no Tiger with a .700 OPS in tonight’s lineup. 5 of them have an OPS of .603 or lower. That is all

I hate it. (somebody has to be the contrarian)

If he’s facing Pittsburgh’s pitching, he already has a shot.

I think most of your assumptions make sense, though I don’t think Cruz warrants being considered as a starter. I wonder if they’d push Graham that high? I would think he’d be at West Michigan, at least.

Seems kind of a mixed thing that he has moved faster than the more heralded Jung and Graham.

One of you wet blankets gonna tell me that Danny Serretti ain’t all that? Kind of impressive what he’s done in his debut, albeit in fewer than 100 AB’s.

Not familiar with Anderson and Magno, but everyone else looks right. Guess Crouch can go next year after a season in Erie.

Hot off the Twitter…

I can't lose any sleep over this. Happy for the guy, but doesn't seem like his success will be sustainable long term. At the time, we probably thought we would get Meadows back, and Baddoo had been hitting well in Toledo. Sure it's hindsight now, but at the time, I wanted Baddoo to get the AB's. If there is a silver lining, Thompson might have been able to help us win a couple of more games that would only hurt our draft lottery odds for next year.

and maybe fix our SS problem.

agree with your 2nd point. He was still young for Erie--let him go into the offseason feeling good about his season. And we should, too. Greatly reduced his K's--if his K rate can hover around 25%, he might be a good major leaguer as his combination of speed and power is certainly appealing. Toledo will be a good test--looking forward to following his progress there, along with Wenceel Perez.

I doubt the Tigers will position themselves that way. If they really want to sell him, they will point to the young core that has had some unfortunate injuries and bad luck. They won't be tearing anything down (or at least I doubt the new GM will overtly do that). Of course, they will play to his ego, by telling him they will move Baez to 2B to accommodate him, and that he will be an essential part of their quick turnaround. I don't think their record this year will have any bearing on his decision. Remember that this is a guy who had to sign a one-year deal last offseason, so he'll follow money and long term security

Both equally punchable faces.

Serretti is on his third team in two months. Toledo next week? And what is the Erie Development List? Sounds ominous.

Heck, Manning needs innings (I realize he’s not going to the AFL).

why?

I think the Tigers need to upgrade SS, at least defensively. I'd like to see the push for Correa, and move Baez to 2B where his throwing issues might not be as pronounced. With all of the health issues with our starting pitchers, we likely need to go and sign another (please no more upside signings, like Tyson Ross, Julio Teheran, Michael Pineda). If Chafin goes, we probably should add another veteran to the pen. Basically, we need to mirror last offseason's free agent signings (SS, SP, RP). I can only see minimal improvements made via trade--the only trade chips we have are in the mid-minors and haven't been exposed yet (i.e., Jobe, Madden, Keith). The guys on the major league roster? As Dombrowski famously said, "you try and trade 'em."

I think it’s to get him more innings. Kind of a lost season for him.

Has the team announced who’s playing in the AFL? If I had my way, it would be Keith, Perez, Crouch and Hurter.

Donde esta Beau Brieske?

Would you count on him to be one of the three starting outfielders next season? Because that is the decision that has to be made. It’s really not about his contract, which is team-friendly.