Tenacious D

McKinstry being McKinstry

Some good stuff here. I’m not confident in writing McKinstrey into any long term, significant role, though he’s a good guy to plug in. I think we’ll have plenty of payroll and the willingness to spend, but a weak free agent class will drive up contracts and competition. Probably not a fix. I like the idea of taking on salary in trade. The Padres have a plethora of big contracts with guys who are still young and could be productive for us.

Meadows Greene Vierling Carpenter Baddoo All injured, many at the same time. How in the hell did we have the May that we did? I know it’s easy to pile on the team, but few could withstand losing their entire OF for extended periods. Unfortunately, though, the infield is still intact (and underperforming).

Probably unreasonable expectations for Tork, who was hyped for a long time before he was drafted 1-1. He still shows flashes of promise, and given where we are, he’ll get a long leash. Not blocking anyone and we won’t be drafting his replacement, at least not in the first round. You run with him and Greene, and try to solve almost every other spot.

Lighten up Francis. I posed a hypothetical, and it’s not that outlandish. We have a dearth of 1B in the org, including the majors, three guys who project to be bat-first with no set position (Jung, Malloy, Keith) in an organization that likes to play guys completely outside of their natural position. If it’s so painful for you, please block me. We’ll both be happier.

Wonder if the Tigers give some consideration to moving Jung and/or Keith to 1B? They are both roughly the same size as Torkelson, and Spencer is no sure thing. The knock against both guys has been their defense. Could they make the transition to 1B?

3 of our starting pitchers on the DL for significant periods, along with the entire outfield that broke spring training. Can’t make this stuff up.

What’s troubling is that guys who had good seasons last year in the minors have regressed, especially the pitchers. I was hopeful that player development would improve. Hard to see that so far. Flores, Madden, Hurter, Crouch, Graham and Santana are a few examples. And the injuries keep piling up.

Basically no Tigers want to go to the All Star game this year.

That’s going on your tombstone

Phillies offense hasn’t been that hot, either. Nice effort by Reese.

Hold a grudge much?

Canadians used to be so nice. What happened?

Huge fan of Toledo Mudhen Tyler Nevin. Detroit Tiger Tyler Nevin? Not so much.

Baez can’t opt out given the season he’s having, but even still, I agree that there should be plenty of payroll flexibility. However, if the market is as hot as it’s been the last few offseasons, we will likely have to agree to some bad contracts to get players here.

Wonder if they want him in their facilities, like going to Lakeland. It is odd, though. I suspect a neck injury might be imminent.

Why this is so demoralizing is that we just lived through an incredibly painful rebuild and the reality is that it didn’t work and we have to embark upon another one, which likely means another 4-5 years where we won’t be in playoff contention. I’m too old for this ****.

Did Dombrowski give him his retirement gift yet? I expect it to be more meaningful than a ****ing brick given their extensive history.

I really want to like Maton, but he makes it so hard.

This has to rival the A’s for ****tiest rotation and lineup right now.

The silver lining is that we don’t have to pitch Foley or Lange.

Such a sad lineup

Roger Craig, former 1984 Champs pitching coach, passed away today at 93 years young. RIP, coach

Bound to happen. Seems like we are riding Foley and Lange quite a bit because our offense doesn’t score enough runs to get a lead, or any cushion that doesn’t require them to pitch.

Not sure I’d give Harris the benefit of the doubt. How have the Giants been the last two seasons?