Tiger337

I think one exec's 50th player might be another exec's 110th. But, even if they did view them all the same, one organization that didn't have a top 100 prospect might be inclined to suppress the service time of one of their top prospects. Should that organization not be incentivized to bring him up when he's ready?

I am the opposite. I am better with pre-2000 players. I follow all the current players, but my focus has switched from teams to individuals. I don't care about awards much, but I can guess who won them.

But "top prospect" is arbitrary. What one organization might view as a top prospect might be different from another organization and both organizations might want to suppress the service time regardless of whether they appear on a list.

which is why I don't understand limiting it too arbitrary top 100 lists.

That is kind of par for the course though. Perhaps they'll ramp that up in an obvious way. He needs to do something to show his reporters that he is "fighting for them".

Any ideas on what the big cheating maneuver is going to be in the 2024 election? Trump has convinced his cult that the dems stole the election in 2020. So, the Reps must cheat in 2024. It won't be something sneaky. It will be very obvious, because it wouldn't be fun for Trump otherwise. What will it be?

Psychopath, not addict. If there was some personal benefit to keeping to himself, he would do it.

That was the easiest one ever, but I messed up trying to identify less obvious players.

Why do they have be in the top 100 on some arbitrary list? Why can't anyone qualify?

I agree with this. It seems a lot of people turned on him based on the article by Rosenthal. I am still not clear on the timing of events there. I don't know exactly what happened last year either.

Not that I care what she she thinks, but she is probably not happy with one of the prospects not being promoted.

Nothing has really happened to him. He is still leading a life of luxury, still scamming people, still very popular and polling no worse than before, still getting all the attention he craves. America can not quit Trump.

Good points. yes, LOB% is largely luck. Conversely BABIP looks lucky in the other direction. FIP-, xFIP are about average.

Soft tossing southpaw with a feast of famine statcast summary:

Stacked with pitching? How many of those will make it through the end of next year without getting hurt? They seem to do a good job with pitchers but their overall run prevention is still 21st in MLB. I would also like to see them concentrate on position players, but the free agent market looker thinner in that area this off-season. So, their best effort to try to be more competive next season is to add a pitcher.

The players only broadcast this weekend sounds like a **** show - Monroe, Jones, Gibson , Rozema. At least Gibson and Rozema might have some good stories.

Name a pitcher like that who can be signed to an affordable 3-4 year deal.

I believe it's just a fluke as he had a normal split last year. However, righties don't typically have as much trouble with same handed pitchers as lefties do, so I don't know that he'll need to be platooned. I think the question with him will be whether he hits enough to compensate for his lack of fielding skill.

Maybe his personal problem was more serious than other people's personal problems. Or maybe he is just entitled and lazy. He was physically able to pitch, but maybe he was mentally unable to pitch. Some people don't perfom well when they are dealing with mental issues. Either way he's not helping the team when he's not playing just like he was injured. What do you think of **** Allen? He seems like a comparable person, with all his personal problems and contract squabbles. Would you not want him on your team?

It is a factor, but pitchers are so fragile that I almost expect them to miss some time during the season now. A "flake out" is no different from an injury for me. He is a talented pitcher, but not especially durable.

Which would make him a bargain if he pitches to his talent level.

I want them to have at least one good veteran pitcher next year. If extending him is ther best way to get one, then I have no problem with it. Right now, his remaining contract is 3 years/48 million which would likely be a bargain in the open market. 4 years/68 million would be reasonable. There are some good free agents (maybe including Rodriguez) available which might be better and also might be more costly. I hope they get one of them.

He was pretty good for the first three months this year. Now he sucks again.

I remember that well. I laughed because he knew the emory board was in there and he deliberately tossed it pretending that he had no idea it was in there. His excuse was that he needed to file his finger nails in order to throw the knuckleball properly.

I feel like Martinez never got as much appreciation as he deserved. The top Tigers in OPS+ in at at least 1,500 PA: Cobb 171 Greenberg 161 Heilmann 149 JD Martinez 147 Crawford 145 Cabrera 141 Cash 139 Tettleton 135 Cullenbine 135 Kaline 134 https://stathead.com/baseball/player-batting-season-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_season_combined&order_by=b_onbase_plus_slugging_plus&ccomp[1]=gt&cstat[1]=b_onbase_plus_slugging_plus&ccomp[2]=gt&cval[2]=1500&cstat[2]=b_pa&team_id=DET&comp_id[]=AL