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You know all this talk about Spencer reminds me of another 1st round draft pick by the Tigers who was much heralded as the greatest thing since sliced bread coming out of college. He too made his debut at age 22, and struggled mightily his first 3 years in the majors. More so than Spencer, and it can be argued he was a worse defender than Tork. That player went on to a 17-year career, 2 WS championships, and an MVP award. That of course was Kirk Gibson. I think everyone one of us would be thrilled if Spencer had that career. Or even the career of Bob Horner. Point is that not everyone, and maybe only a couple of people a generation come up and play like gangbusters and keep it up for their entire career. He is still figuring things out, and there will good and bad days. Way too early to write him off.

Using that theory, the Pirates last denied Cobb the World Series in 1909. Do you hold a grudge against them as well?

Yes. And second star goes to Alex, who kept the door shut for two innings.

Good job Alex.

Yes, bobby scales. He did about 1/2 the road games with Dan last year. He definitely has good potential in the booth.

Kevin pillar is still in the league? Seems like he has been around forever.

Let's not forget that both Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were banned for life for there associations with casinos and then let back into baseball with the next regime (Uberoth). Now baseball is fully in bed with casinos. Rose is a HOF player and should be there.

And is the grandson of 4x allstar third basemen Don Money.

Aye aye aye...

That is a really nice Gehrig! I collected for 35 years before I moved down to VA 9 years ago now. I sold 99% of what I had at a high profile memorabilia auction, and don't regret it or really miss it at all. I kept some stuff that was very personal to me, and some very random stuff like I didn't mean to keep. Like I came across a few autographed Rickey Peters cards the other day in a random box. But, I still salivate at a lot of stuff, like the cards posted in this thread.

I dream of a find like that...

Sweet may be a surprising piece in the bullpen this year, stay the summer in toledo, or be released before spring training. But being on 4 teams 40-man roster in 6 months is impressive. More impressive, he only had two good outings out of ten, managed to pick up a win, AND stay in the show for 47 days. (Enough time to qualify for a pension.) Maybe luck is on his side and he will be useful.

Well, let's dissect like you wanted. Reyes' slash line last year in AAA was .279/.330/.462 with 20 homeruns, and an ops of .792. The Lotte Giants finished 7/10 in the KBO with a record of 67-76. Of note, Niko Goodrum hit .295/.373/.387 with 0 hrs and an ops of .760 for these same Giants. Does the Reyes signing make the Giants better? Contenders? Or does the addition of Reyes make both him and Goodrum revert back to their Tiger norms? I would love to hear any and all thoughts!

https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/former-detroit-tigers-outfielder-victor-reyes-signs-overseas-deal-and-will-play-in-kbo-with-lotte-giants