Tiger337

Young fans don't like baseball because it's boring compared to sports like basketball and football. There is no way to make it as exciting as other sports without ****ing it up so much the fans they already have won't like it anymore. I think this is why they have always tried appeal to older fans by stressing history and tradition. You can't please everyone.

That's because they keep moving him around. Should have kept him leadoff!

I was thinking of picking Weathers up of the waiver wire in my roto league just to pitch against the Tigers. Then I got excited about last night's game and didn't want to have to root against them tonight.

You could express try expressing that idea without disrespecting soldiers.

I didn't like it either. To criticize politicians for abusing the military is one thing. Disrespecting soldiers is another thing entirely.

I don't get your insistence on a landslide. There hasn't been a landslide in this country in a long time and there likely won't be in the near future. It will be a close election again.

We should honor soldiers for their courage and sacrifice as much as we can. They deserve our praise and admiration. It's the people who tell them what to do who can be a problem.

He's got the will to win.

2 homers down. 38 to go for Tork.

Not the first time you pointed out my wrongness. What threw me was the auto racing posts? What is that?

You are absolutely correct. Anybody that thinks he is going to jail is delusional. The worst thing that might happen is he'll get fined and then end up not paying it.

The wealthy don't want that and they always get what they want. We live in a world designed by the weathy for the benefit of the wealthy.

I am pretty sure the new poster Shelton is neither Chris nor MTS Shelton, but it made me think: Shelton career: 3.9 WAR 110 OPS+ Torkelson career: -1.5 92 OPS+

I have seen him touted as someone with the potential for immense power (e.g. 70/70 raw power at fangraphs). I have no scouting skills, but he strikes me as me more of a line drive hitter with pretty good power rather than elite power. Just watching his at bats, I would guess that his hit skill is better than his power.

It's completely different from minor league pitching which is why most young hitters fail initially and many never figure it out. I'm not being critical of his performance. It's just that the ballpark excuse sounds lame.

Yes, I don't want hear excuses. Keith isn't hitting the ball hard like he supposedly did in the minors. I thought one of his best assets was supposed to be his power.

I don't think Henning said it. Keith did.

Tork! First of 40!

I don't know who Benjamin Crump is.

He has been a disappointment so far, but would you be disappointed if he turned out like Tony Clark who accumulated almost all of his WAR with the Tigers?

Thr question was not 0 WAR, but 13 WAR like Deer. Tony Clark was in the same class.

He isdisappointing individuslly so far, but when you rely primarily on a bunch of high draft picks to re-build, you can expect to be disappointed by one or more of them. Mize has a long way to go too. Green is certainly looking like someone who will give them a high WAR return and Skubal is already a steal for a 9th round pick.

Thanks, you are turning into my go to guy in this thread.

The average career WAR for picks 1-5 is 13.3. The average WAR for the #1 pick is probably higher (can't find a recent #) but it's also likely inflated by a small number of elite players and so far there doesn't appear one of those from the 2020 draft. So, I would agree with Oblong that I'd be mildly disappointed if Tork ended up like Rob Deer, but it wouldn't be outside the expected performance for a high pick. Tony Clark was another one like that. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-sports-analytics/jsa200586

I can barely hear what Gibson is saying anymore. ☹️ Still way better than Monroe though.