buddha

the first season of ted lasso was really good. second season not so much.

no chas, its because aj hinch is teh worst manager ever and would be unemployed....nay, he would be in jail, if the tigers hadnt stupidly hired him.

the same reason we all think tork will eventually be good?

rip bill russell. one of the all time greats.

is there anything left in the big 12 worth taking?

faedo has long relief/spot starter written all over him. AAAA pitcher if he can stay healthy.

nyah, like taijuan walker...lol. and werent you the one jumping up and down that matt boyd was better than gleybar torres? so you just trade a pitcher as soon as he does well? that's how we get better? is skubal that guy? i dont know. but i know he's a good, cost controlled pitcher who - unlike fulmer - misses bats. i would keep skubal.

then keep fetters and we all get to keep drinking.

we finally get a good major league young pitcher and ya'll want to trade him away for some more lottery tickets.

for god's sake. i was teasing g2 for trying to find some silver lining in tork going 0-4. just let it go.

yes! that's exactly what i wrote!!! so if he goes 0-4 with a walk that means he's a hall of famer, right?

the tork were all looking for should be 2-4 with a walk and a home run. not 0-4 with a "clutch walk" late in the game. lol, come on g2.

0-4....but he had a walk! baby steps to all star status!

0-2 with a walk. definitely ready for prime time.

al's grand plan was to re-sign shane greene, matt boyd, and daniel norris and offer them to the yankees for gleybar torres. stupid yankees beat us to the punch!

actually a good comp for tork is andrew vaughn.

klingberg seems like a little better nick leddy. and he's declining. and terrible on defense. seems like a lot of money to pay for an aging power play specialist.

its not a perfect comparison, but its fine when they get older.

he also tore up the IL after being traded to the reds. with better numbers than tork at the same age and with more walks than strikeouts...which tork does not have. look, tork has plenty of time and i do think he'll be a solid mlb player. but i think it is unlikely he will be as good as konerko but if he was i would be ecstatic.

konerko was also drafted and developed by the dodgers, who have a long history of developing good players. tork was drafted by and is being developed by the tigers....who....ummm....do not have a long history of developing good players.

do you think we would be fortunate if tork turned into konerko, who is a borderline hall of famer? i certainly do. and regardless of whether its an apples to oranges comparison - because there can be no exact comparisons - they are both slow footed, big first basemen with good power, eye, and a major hit tool. that's what we were told. i think konerko is tork's ceiling. and if he hit it, we should all be doing cartwheels. as to their minor league careers, konerko had more at bats in the minors than tork, but he also did much better than tork. everyone clamored for tork to make the opening day roster, turns out we were wrong. he's not ready.

i think they traded for meadows because they thought they were competing for a playoff spot this year. i dont think they've rated paredes for a long time. and quite honestly, he doesnt look so hot in tampa right now (but he still has potential).

we'll be very lucky if tork turns into konerko. konerko's minor league numbers were much better than tork's.

i thought melifonwu looked overmatched at corner. he got left in the dust a few times. he was a zone corner in college and probably doesnt have the game speed to be a top nfl corner. i think the lions secondary and dline have potential to grow. if the potential pays off for a few guys, they might have something. linebacker? well....barnes might be ok! roquan smith might be a free agent next year...

yes. naturally i would like him to be better, but that would be a success in my mind. same with the "castellanos who can play center" scenario.