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Unless he starts to hit, he's a Tiger for six years. They aren't going drop someone making that kind of money.

Also Jo Adell and Jarred Kellenic.

Reyes should get 200 at bats... against lefties.

I don't know. I feel like trying to watch this team every night can be tiresome, but a road trip is a road trip. I get to see a different city and a different park and the outcome is not as important to me.

Tanaka was an interesting case. He wasn't as good after the injury, but he was still pretty good without getting surgery. Probabilities are never 100%. Even the probabiliy of fully recovering from surgery is far from 100%. The probability of recovering and then staying healthy and durable is even less.

When a pitcher has a bad elbow or shoulder for an extended period of time, the odds are never good!

Baddoo was rushed to the Majors because of Rule 5. He should have been in AA last year and AAA this year. I consider him as a prospect on the right track.

The Tigers are finally learning how to get on base. The baserunning will come next. Be patient.

Micro didn't sound very confident about Carpenter.

Maybe, it could work for the Tigers!

Although Chisholm had two homers and six RBI tonight.

This won't end well:

The behavior in this case defines the person.

Does the GOP watch anything anymore other than Fox News, auto racing and religious channels?

I would back that strategy as well. I have a feeling we are going to regret the Jobe signing over Mayer.

GMs and owners.

Which player is going to refuse to wear the uniform? Or will there be any unifotrm at all?

So, no more extra innings?

This is how I feel. I was never very religious, but I believe in Christian values as taught by Jesus. I don't care much for organized religion. I am far from having great Christian values as it's not easy being kind and tolerant all the time, but I try. 😄

Thanks for doing that. Yes, the stats are correlated with themselves, but I have read in a few places that they are not highly correlated with future performance stats like ERA. I have not done the analysis myself.

I don't want them to trade for prospects. I want players that can help in the next couple of years. Nobody is untouchable, not even Skubal. The only thing is the Tigers have had very poor luck/skill in trades, so trading Skubal would be dangerous. I don't get why Lange is considered better than Vest since Vest has better numbers this year. I didn't look at the statcast numbers because I don't believe they are predictive for pitchers. The only predictions I will make is that neither will be the next Hader.

I'm thinking of the Willy Adames trade last year where the Rays traded Adames for two relatively unknown pitchers. it turned out to be a good trade for both teams as Adames has been quite good since the trade, Rasmussen has surprisingly turned into a good starter at least for now and Feyereisen has been a good reliever.

There is nothing negative about Lange's stats right now. I just don't have enough information about him to project his future results with any accuracy. most pitchers with low BABIP and 0 home run rate don't sustain that performance. We already know Hader is one of the relatively rare pitchers who can keep his BABIP consistently low, so that is not a factor for him. Because he can keep his hit rate so low, his high above average walk rate is also not a factor. I am not really concerned about Lange. I don't really have a strong opinion on him. He's a failed starter having 40+ innings of success as a reliever. That is a positive, but not enough information to say that he'll be a top reliever in the future. I am not advocating trading Lange at all. I just don't think he is such a sure thing that I am going to make him untouchable. I don't know that he should be any less tradeable than Will Vest who has even better numbers this year. I wouldn't trade anyone for prospects. I am done with that, but if they can package some relivers for a hitter who can help the next couple of years, I'd be all for it.

It seems unlikely that you would think that, but your response to my post made it seem that way.

So, are you predicting that Alex Lange is the next Josh Hader?