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The other problem is they have created an environment where the best pitchers pitch 5-6 innings and that forces them to carry 13 pitchers.

This sounds awesome if it really happens. https://www.businessinsider.com/onion-ceo-plans-taking-over-infowars-alex-jones-sandy-hook-2026-4

Nobody can develop enough of them. There are 30 teams and 13 pitchers per staff. That's 390 pitchers and a third of them will get injured during the year. That's a lot of elite arms.

That field is only about 40 minutes from me. I should go watch a high school game there some day.

Flaherty is not typically this wild. Unless he has some kind of injury, he should settle down. He'll probably always be inconsistent, but he won't issue 6+ bb/9 IP.

Drew Anderson. He was lights out in Korea last year.

Anecdotes are like noses.

Injured pitchers do not have time tables. They are back when they are back.

George Carlin nailed it as usual and it's still true today:

But their friends haven't finished yet. Some people watch the first part of the game and then go watch their friends cross the finish line. Also, the race used to start later, so the early game is probably an artifact of that.

So, it would be like an official scorer making decisions on fielding errors. It's a good idea, but I can also see the same kind of judgement call problems you get with errors. Teams make a lot of errors in part because they are able to get close enough to making plays because of good range. So, is it a good thing or a bad thing? With baserunning, the Tigers have a generally aggressive philosophy where they get more wins on the bases than other teams, but also more losses. So, is it a good thing or bad thing that they get thrown out more than other teams? I know there are times where obvious "mistakes" are made by coaches, but sometimes a coach can take a big risk and the player ends up being safe. How does the scorer decide? I can see where they might give coaches all the blame and players all the credit. I suppose you could have a statcast type thing where cameras inform how much of a risk/reward there is on every play and reward the coach/player according. But that is hard too because sometimes players make decisions on their own.

It's not ranked by stolen bases. The statistic includes all base running plays such as taking the extra base and being thrown out trying to do so as well as stolen bases. They are good at taking the extra base on hits, but they get thrown out a lot too. The baserunning sample is probably too small to be meaningful now.

Except for the pitching!

According to FanGraphs, the Tigers are 5th in pitching 15th in hittimg 21st in base running 28th in fielding That feels about right. Their fielding was better last year and their base running was a lot better. That's where they need to improve.

There is no ice. It has been drizzling most of the day, nothing heavy at all and the ground is barely damp. If it doesn't get heavy, they can play the game.