Tenacious D

Those dudes that can bring the heat have tree trunks for legs. Scherzer built the same way.

Bert, tell us again what it was like seeing Cobb play?

Not dead yet

I miss Mario

And for all of the Chris Illitch bashing, I don’t question his heart or willingness to spend. For me, it’s more about his sports business acumen and ability to hire and move on from executives when necessary.

The Lions needed to do it after Quinn and Patricia. Underscores how critical it is to hit on the right executive in charge—the wrong one will set you back at least 7 years (four of their own tenure and at least three for their successor). Let’s hope that Harris is not Quinn or Weaver.

Agree—had Pudge, Polanco, Guillen and Granderson up the middle. Not elite defense, but pretty good.

In another lost season, hopefully this will be a positive development.

We’re currently not getting any production out of three bats we needed to count on (Tork, Carpenter and Baez), so I do think we’re in trouble unless something clicks for Keith, Malloy, Kreidler and/or Perez. I’m not holding my breath.

Cody had some interesting takes on his Pod this week. One of the topics was how the Brewers manager apparently shared that he felt his team was perfectly suited for Comerica and insinuated that the Tigers weren’t. If the shift will be to find more guys who have contact skills with speed, that would make sense to me. Probably not an accident that Clark and McGonigle both seem to fit that profile. Maybe get some big boppers at 1B and 3B and fill in the rest with Brewers-type players. I would put Greene borderline in that camp. Small sample with Lee, and he has a long way to go, but he seems like a good profile for the CoPa

Couldn’t find the Old Friend thread

Perfect!

I would like to see us acquire a 1B and or C

I miss Mario

Are we trading Tork because we have many other 1B options or his huge salary? I don’t think it would be in our best interests to trade low.

Manning gave up 8 earned yesterday, as well. Our starting rotation depth is not working out this season.

I don’t think we’ll be seeing Carpenter any time soon. And Canha can be moved if there is any market for him. Malloy looks likely to get demoted for Parker.

I respectfully have to disagree. He’s still within prospect age and has missed considerable development time due to injuries over the years. Kelly is a free agent after this season and Dingler can slot in (or be promoted in the event Carson gets traded at the deadline). I think he’s fine.

Agree. I really don’t care about his defense—we knew his profile/upside is Jeff Kent. I suspect he’ll see more improvement in the 2nd half. A .250/10/50 line in his rookie season would be fine by me and I think achievable.

Let’s all remember this the next time we’re pining for him to replace Baez.

Kind of wasted the triple, though 🤣

If they win with them on Friday, they wear them all weekend unless they lose.

Great points. Confidence comes with experience and success. Relying on a young unproven lineup was probably a mistake. An opposing pitcher has a much easier go of it being able to pitch without runners on base.

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