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I can see that. FG trying to predict what teams will do over the last week based on projections doesn't do much for me, but the BR system (which I didn't know much about) seems more useful for curiousity sake.

Flaherty has not pitched as well since the trade. It could be becaue he needs Fetter or it could be that he is tired or not totally healthy.

Right, I think their true talent is somewhere in between.

I think some of their pitchers are not as good as they have shown the past several weeks, but I also think Hinch/Fetter have utilized the staff in a way that maximizes their abilities. This is something that would not show up in the FG system. I don't know if it should or not. I think their pitcher utilization has been a real asset, but I am also not sure how long the success from it can be sustained.

I think they try to guess how many innings each pitcher will throw the rest of the way regardless of how they are used. I would guess that in systems which project player performance, pitching one inning as an opener is the same as pitching one inning in middle relief.

They could very well go far in the playoffs this year. However, regardless of how they finish, I wouldn't count on the same group sustaining this kind of play for 162 games. I am hoping they make significant upgrades this off-season.

I do look at these probabilities before the season starts, so I can see which teams are likely to do well over the course of the long season. Half way through the season, I will look at them to see who should buy or sell. I just can't myself to care about them over a short period. At this point, if your team is alive they are alive. Probabilities are always in my head somewhere, but when I watch the game tomorrow I am not going to care whether Fangraphs thinks the Tigers have a 40% probability or a 60% probability. They were less than 10% just a few games ago. On the other hand, I think I get why it might be fun to watch them go from 10% to 100%.

There is some team getting hot or cold somewhere right now!

In a nine game stretch, any team, regardless of how well or how poorly they have been playing could get hot for few games and go into a little slump. It happens all the time. But when your team has a shot, you just hope they stay hot and enjoy one game at a time.

I think playoff odds are pretty much useless at this point in the season.

Ohtani gets to 50/50 and then 51/51 with one of the most unreal days ever. 6 FOR 6 3 HRS 2 2B 2 SB 10 RBI

It's well known that MAGAs adore candidates that spy on women's locker rooms.

You know the Tigers are relevant again when you see awful trade offers like this.

Hiller did in 1973 (Rolaids started in 1976). It was called the Rolaids Award when Hernandez had his big year, but Quissenberry won the award.

yup, Jones and Valverde

The Tigers have never had a team like this - one that was not supposed to win and was pretty much out of it half way through the season and the came out of nowhere to be arguably the best team in baseball down the stretch. This is unprecedented.

Nope.

Jones is one of them.

Trivia: Who are the only two Tigers to win a Rolaids award?

I thnk it's very possible that car insurance will only go up 36.5% over the next four years instead of 73% (yes, I know that 73% is a made up number). This of course woulkd have zero to do with Trump.

She's living rent free inside his brain. TDS

I'm glad Eric and Trump Jr are keeping their father humble.

They were better than tie breakers. In 1987, there wasn't a one game playoff. There would have been if the Tigers lost one of the games to the Blue Jays on the final weekend, but they avoided it by sweeping.

I don't like it in general...but I can temporarily enjoy it. It's nothing like the 1987 race, but I'll take the cheap thrills of a wild card race over the past several years.

Great work Chas!