SeattleMike

I don't think I read one post on here complaining about this trade. I was a big Paredes fan throughout his development, and yet I was happy with the trade. It did annoy me that the Tigers never fully committed to giving Paredes a real chance.

On TV is synched up almost perfectly now. Better than past years.

That has been my salvation. Too bad the locals don't have this option.

Of course JD hit very well in the minors.

I wonder if anyone has ever put this Sparky axiom under the microscope? What is the correlation between a team's winning percentage after 40 games and the rest of the season? My guess is there might be a slight correlation but it's likely way overstated, as many things Anderson said were.

It's been like this through most of the Illitch family ownership. Two thirds of the seasons have been below .500, usually well below the mark. The Tigers had the second most wins of any AL franchise prior to 1990. Not many great teams but usually competitive.

Oh now I get it. You are suggesting there may be no players he will want to keep.

Why would you be rooting for this?

Mike cared but after his first season it took him 12 years to post another winning record. Ten winning seasons in 30 seasons under Illitch family ownership. By far the worst ownership group in Tigers history.

Plus he had two nice at bats. Earned a walk in his first AB (with a competent ump) and the HR.

2019 is underrated as one of the most god-awful teams in baseball history.

That will come later.

Santana was 18. And hardly overwhelmed, at least statistically. He was the youngest player in his league. He should be on everyone's top 20 list.

Castenallos?

Austin Meadows return will be a top 5 story is my guess.

No ghost runner in extra innings in postseason?

Dan Dickerson is clearly done with Soto.

Santana and Graham with HRs at Lakeland.

Strange state line for Santana for sure. Overall the guy has held his own as the youngest positional player in that league. A 117 RC+ for the year is pretty solid.

The only guy in the lineup who matters picked up 2 hits.

No sugarcoating how wretchedly bad this year's offense is. But the 2019 offense rivals this year for ineptitude. The 2022 offense is 1.13 runs worse than league average. The 2019 offense was 1.22 runs worse. If you look at the numbers by percentage this year's offense is 26% worse than league average and 2019 was 25% worse so one could argue this year is actually worse. Any way you slice it the Tigers have featured two historically bad offenses in two of the last four years.

Decades of failure to develop much positional talent has clouded the strides made by a number of Tigers positional players this year. May be a coincidence but certainly seems as though the new staff has made an immediate difference. I hope the new GM let's this play out.

I can't remember any time over the last few decades when the Tigers had at least two position players at every level doing interesting stuff with the bat. Will it yield any fruit? Who knows? But at least there are some intriguing performances up and down the system.

I guess he's no Christin Stewart.

If you need a guy who hits lefties Grossman might be worth a gamble. His OPS against lefties (in 79PA) is .988. Don't know how many contenders are in dire need of such a player, but if you covet a lefty masher (without much power mind you) Grossman would seem to fit the bill, especially when it will only cost you your 25th rated prospect (or to put it another way a fringy pitcher).