Tenacious D

With Greene DHing, I assume his rehab assignment will go a bit longer.

Probably tempting to send Olsen down to keep him stretched out, but I’d like to see him in the pen.

Thanks. Not really much of a loss as it turned out. Holton replaced him for the league minimum and is cheap and controllable for a few more years, assuming he keeps his production up.

The Castro boys exacting their revenge this season. Scamps!

It would be nice if our offense could create enough run differential that we didn’t require a closer for so many of our victories.

Does anyone know?

I’m pretty sure that Javy would not like what you’re saying about him.

That’s why it’s not sustainable.

Chafin negotiated his contract and opted out after a year.

I think bullpen games, while a necessary evil, work in the teams best interest for that game. Relievers can go all out for an inning or two and the lineup only sees them once. Advantage to the pitchers. However, it’s clearly not a sustainable model based on roster size and most starting pitchers rarely going past 6-7 innings. When I see we have a bullpen game, I fully expect us to be in a great position to win the game.

We don’t know that. The previous regime cut ties with players with guaranteed contracts, and I would think Harris will too. Schoop apparently isn’t blocking anyone yet—seems the team doesn’t think Lipcius, Keith or Malloy are ready. Heck, we brought Nevin back with his really poor MLB track record. I could see Schoop getting cut in the back half of the season, if necessary.

He’s with the club, so there doesn’t appear to be any animosity. I think he’ll pitch—he basically needs to re-establish his value if he hopes to score in free agency.

Probably about time for us to re-acquire him

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I don’t think the Tigers want Eduardo to opt out. He’s on a team friendly deal, relative to more recent free agent deals. I think everyone expects him to exercise it—for the same reason.

Would be nice to reward him and get his feet wet as a September call-up.

When I saw Malloy in ST, I was a bit surprised at his physique. He’s a bit stocky—I think full time DH is probably a few years out. I like the idea of Keith at 3B.

Yeah, I heard he churns his own butter.

You are crazy, but not for this reason. Agree that Lorenzen would command more.

Homers for Malloy and Keith so far.

I predict at least two Tork Bombs 💣 this weekend

They have a pretty low budget—I would be majorly bummed if that decision was driven by money. They could have easily afforded both Lorenzen and Candelario, if they wanted to.

Couldn’t just let us enjoy our victory today, eh?

Don’t look now, but Luke Gold has his batting average and OPS up to .270/.779.

Sir, you’re playing chess at a much higher level than the rest of us are capable of comprehending.