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Making the team better through player transactions is part of his job, so it's logical to think it could have been his fault. That is not part of Rodriguez's job.

Eduardo Rodriguez owes nothing to fans. It sucks that we didn't get our prospects, but he did what he felt was right for himself which is what most (if not all) of us would do when deciding where to work and how much money we make. If I was going to blame anyone it might be Harris. Maybe, he could have figured something out earlier, but I don't know that he didn't try so I don't blame him either.

He and Chafin can both play close to home!

yeah, maybe they see something that doesn't show up in the stats, but the stats themselves don't suggest that he belongs in the majors. How many of these minor league rule 5 guys ever spend any significant time in the majors? I don't follow it, but I imagine it's a fairly low percentage.

He has a pretty low k rate for a minor league reliever. Those guys don't usually have success in the majors.

Is next year the year Reyes finally hits for power?

I agree on Ohtani. He'll probably be a great hitter for a long time, but rumored contracts being thrown around suggest that he'll continue to be a two-way player which seems very questionable.

Oh no, MiGuy has already hard a rough week on this site. And now he gets Edmanned.

I looked to see if he was related to Bart. He does not seem to be

The real fun came the night before the draft.

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Seriously, one of the biggest steps in writing a book is to get all your ideas written down even if they are they are not organized and edited yet. It sounds like that is what you have done.

Hire an editor to reduce the caps and exclamation points. You'll be fine beyond that. 😃

One can also question why upper management though they could bypass Hinch and go directly to the players. Would they have tried that with Leyland or Anderson?

I think Leyland would have quit. I understand that's easier for an old veteran mamager who is close to retirement. The hard part would be telling MLB about it, not so much because he'd be afraid of being blackballed, but more because he'd be throwing players under the bus. I won't call it "ratting" because that suggests that telling the truth is a bad thing.

I would never assume that a baseball manager has a lot of power! I think I've made that clear many times. I don't want to see any further punishment. I just consider it a negative in his resume. I don't have any complaints about his management of the Tigers.

We aren't losing New Hamshire!

That is what we were told. It seems to me that a strong manager would have been able to infuence either his bosses or players. I am not putting all the blame on him, but a manager has to take some responsibilty for that. What would Jim Leyland have done?

It was not obvious to me since I would not not judge a manager based on one season where there were a lot of injuries. His team won over 100 games in 2022. I am not even a fan of Showalter. The media has always pumped up as some kind of genius which he is not. My only point is that I don't believe a baseball manager has a big effect on win totals.

I assumed Hinch would be around for a while, so this is not a surprise to me. I am neither happy nor disappointed. He didn't seem to handle the Houston situation well, but I don't sense there is any trouble with the Tigers. The Tigers have had good bullpens since he has been with them too which is one of the few areas I believe a manager can be worth a small number of games. On the other hand, it could be fetter who is doing it.

He had ten winning seasons.

Like every other manager.

Like every other manager.

He already did. He played 70 games at 2B and 16 at SS last year.

How about an Evansville Tripletts cap?