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the EU would IMO tell them to eff off. Because in 10-15 years, another referendum would lead to them re-exiting.

she was a 60 Minutes reporter for years, and now is fully Q

judge rules no atty-client protection for Eastman-Trump plan to steal GA. Case was filed only to provide cover to claims that they knew were false.

Mike was a VERY bad Tigers owner for a long time. Until there was a competent person in place (DD) it really did not matter much what Mike did. Perhaps the same will be true of Chris. He obviously waited way too long to replace Avila, who he inherited from his dad. Hard to see how Avila could have kept snowing him under, unless Chris was hearing what he wanted to hear. When asked to spend, he did last winter. (Maybe he told Avila "no" in earlier years.) Really what I want from an owner is to stay out of the way until he is needed; patience but not too much; and a $180MM payroll.

Phils win 2-0; DD working toward another pennant

i can usually follow the bread crumbs on any conspiracy theory, but what Durham was supposed to be doing per MAGAs to take down the cabal, was beyond me

Red Sox have been doing lots of talking about how important Bogaerts is; this after offering him a laughable one year extension for $30M in Spring Training; Boras obviously wants to take him into the free agent open market; they have Story as a built in replacement; so maybe this:

more GOP election fraud. this is literally what Bush v Gore was about - the unequal treatment of different FL residents depending on the county they lived in

is he even competent to sign the contracts? I'm sure the current owners will be happy to take pennies on the dollar to get out, but hard to see how someone so clearly mentally ill can enter into a binding agreement.

many assume the Giants are about to abandon their more cautious approach to FAs this winter when they offer Judge $300M if they want to keep up with LA and SD, finding LaMonte Wades and Mike Yazes, though nice, is not enough

the 2023-24 FA options are not as good or numerous Correa still makes sense on a lot of levels its not my money if Baez and Rodriguez opt out (they won’t) the Tigers have zero dollars committed for 2024

churn

FWIW, Athletic predicts Candy will not be back; same analysis pro/con that is seen here

I wanted to just say that Dombrowski has his 4th team in the playoffs; not sure the Phillies can club their way to WS, but possible; dude knows what he is doing better than most

Salt River, the AFL team the Tigers feed, is 0-8, scoring the fewest runs and giving up the most. Wentz, Mattison, Anderson are doing OK, and Walker only pitched 2 innings (SSS alert for all) Keith and Dingler are fine; Meadows has done little since homering to open play; Workman is 0/14 with 8 Ks

JV down 4-0; giving me 2012 flashbacks; need a drink

a one-year bridge to Keith can be anyone, including Candy (yuck). Longoria is a fine choice too, but I think the Giants want him back in a part time role, so that would be $4M or so. Not sure what the draw would be for him to come to Det for 1 year. Not a lot of good options. Joey Wendle is my choice. Maybe Harris could pry Gorman from the Cardinals?

lots of fat to cut https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/10/mlb-projected-arbitration-salaries-2023.html Drew Hutchison (5.097): $1.8MM Joe Jimenez (5.061): $2.6MM Jeimer Candelario (5.038): $7MM Jose Cisnero (5.020): $2.2MM Victor Reyes (4.075): $2.2MM Austin Meadows (4.074): $4MM Harold Castro (3.141): $2.6MM Gregory Soto (3.102): $3.1MM Tyler Alexander (3.058): $1.6MM Willi Castro (3.017): $1.7MM Rony Garcia (2.138): $1MM Kyle Funkhouser (2.133): $800K

I would much prefer they take the $40M hit immediately, even if it is used as a BS excuse to limit spending in 2023 My fear is that spreading it out over multiple years will be used as a BS excuse to limit spending over a longer period But, sounds like there is no movement to getting rid of Miggy this winter

I thought Haase was a drag on pitchers, but that is a truly shocking split (at least for 1 pitcher) we will see what Harris wants from catchers Astros have gotten by with elite defensive catchers who are almost incompetent with the bat. but Arizona wants more offense from C than Carson Kelly, but he has strong splits vs their other catchers. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/10/hazen-d-backs-to-pursue-bullpen-help-open-to-adding-at-catcher.html

if would really odd for AJ to deny repeatedly that he wants a FO at this time, and then have him accept one, just to keep Lombard around but if they think Lombard is some genius in waiting, then maybe

Except for Lange, whole post might be correct. Lange is to me penciled in as 2023 closer. Unless they trade him, he will be one of the most important BP pieces, if not the most important

from MLBTR chat: Houzer 2:33 Who says no ... Tigers trade Gregory Soto to the Rangers for prospect Justin Foscue Steve Adams 2:33 Foscue alone isn't getting Soto 2:34 Foscue as one of several prospects? Sure -- though probably not with him as the headliner.

Minor league system is still not good Yes, they have really figured something out with pitching development; lots of success stories from Jobe to Chance Kirby; need to work on health. But system is embarrassingly bad at OF; really weak at C and 1B. IF looks solid though. Toledo – Dingler, Meadows only relevant position players; interesting guys in WPerez, Lipcius Erie – Keith, Jung only position players who matter; Couch interesting Right now, who besides Keith can reasonably project as a solid ML starter? yikes!

as an AJ fan, I cannot defend this. 100% baffling why he stuck with Soto.