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i am not sure what "controlling the strike zone" really means, but Wenceel and Lipcius both have consistently high BB rates and low K rates. not sure if that means Harris will be more likely to add them to 40 before rule 5 draft.

if Harris decides Alexander does not fit what he wants, no objections to him moving on from Tyler. one horrible thing bad franchises do is hold on to marginal, homegrown talent too tightly for far too long (an extension of the overvaluing problem) but, I also doubt in one off season the Tigers are going to be in a position to jettison all their marginal talent (they sure have a lot of it), and they will need innings over 6 months. so, if all it costs is a 40-man roster spot then Alexander, Brieske, Faedo, HIll and Soto to me are keepers for now, with the caveat that none appear to more than middle relievers and/or 6-7 starters types (which every team needs)

TL/DR: Sign a FA SS. Trade for Renfroe, Wendle. Add significant starting pitching. C – Haase/Rogers/Navarez? No idea if Rogers will come back with average arm, let alone plus arm. Need to add someone besides Ali Sanchez as alternative. DH – Miggy is a sometimes available DH vs LHP. Will see Meadows vs RHP. 1b – Tork 2b – Baez SS – Sign one of the FA SS. Bogaerts/Turner/Correa easily fit into the budget 3b – Trade for Joey Wendle until Keith arrives for a September look. Marlins don’t want to pay him for last arbitration year. IF – Kreidler/Harold in the mix. Schoop/Candy? Prefer to move on, but no good 3b FA. Schoop for LaStella? LF – Meadows (DH) CF – Greene RF – Trade for Hunter Renfroe. Need RH power. Brewers don’t want to pay him for last arbitration year. OF – Carpenter, Baddoo, Reyes in the mix. Short, Willi, Daz, Clemens – hope they just move on from all 4 Rotation - Harris was part of a SF team that found a lot of good starting pitching. Will need to add 2. Rodriguez, Manning?, Turnbull?, ?, ? - Faedo, Wentz, Garcia; with a huge amount of pitching lurking at Toledo (Madden, Olsen, Flores, Bergner, Elvin, Long, Kirby). Hutchinson or BGarcia on MiLB deal. Skubal returns 2nd half? Mize in 2024. BP – would be nice to trade Soto just for our sanity, regardless of minimal return. Maybe Lange has value. Harris should move Joe if he does not sign extension. Soto, Chafin, Alexander, Joe, Lange, Vest, Foley, Cisnero, Hill, Brieske, Funk – nice core I expect a lot of transactions from Harris.

Ms just concede game to Tigers, and Soto politely says, no you can have it

if every pitcher threw 85 mph meatballs to Tork, he would be OK

clobbering Oz once again

Christian Walker does not come across as a reliable narrator. Would not be surprised at all if he did a 180 (multiple 180s) over the next few weeks in order to just get more attention - from anyone. But he certainly sums up what I think of Hershel.

maybe Harris hires Avila as GM?

as suggested by others, multiple DL stints is the best path forward now

going to miss playing KC 19 times a year

Meadows or Carpenter can fake it in RF for 2023? with Greene in CF; and Baddoo, Meadows and Carpenter in LF? That's a really bad defensive OF so not a long term solution. Still want Harris to get a RH power bat for RF, even just Hunter Renfroe or someone like that. Move on from Willi and Reyes. Parker Meadows (L) may join the mix in 2024 (or late 2023 if things go well).

procedural to make room for Diaz

Manning (60) and Carpenter (10) to IL. Miguel Diaz (who?) and Clemens up.

World Series Champion New York Yankees* * Note: a half a dozen Yankees on these teams were named in Mitchell Report

yikes! 15-0 no hit loss.

as someone who owns 2 EVs and is looking at a 3rd (no ICE auto) I fully endorse EVs to everyone they don't fit everyone's needs but they do fit most people's needs considering many families have 2 or 2+ cars, having one of those as a EV would almost always make sense the crazy misconceptions about owning an EV drive a lot of the resistance to them they are expensive, but between the tax breaks, fuel savings, maintenance savings, and greater convenience of owning an EV (charging at home 95% of the time is much better than a gas station visit), it all really equals out

Germany is pretty far along developing roads that charge EVs. Theoretically in our lifetimes, you could leave home and run errands and come back with more charge than you left with. https://news.motors.co.uk/german-company-creates-concrete-roads-that-can-charge-evs-as-they-drive-along/

Erie lost, 9-2; final game in championship series tonight @ Somerset. https://www.milb.com/news/2022-eastern-league-playoffs-coverage Toledo won; they play last reg season game today and then they are done.

Hittin' Harold wins it! But don't forget Matheny; he helped a lot too!

Tuesday night, nothing game in September, and Tork beats the throw to 2b and then to home; nice hustle

Baltimore is in a rain delay but is ahead and looking at its 80th win in the brutal AL East. Man was Avila bad at his job.

they cannot wait until winter 2023 to pick up more starting caliber players; they must add this winter, preferably 2 guys by trade or free agency; any position but 1b can work. they should be able to get league average (hopefully more from Tork and Greene) production for very little money from C, 1B and CF for the next 3 years. I'm still bullish on Javy, preferably at 2b. But, except for Keith, they don't have starting caliber players coming up.

there is a much better chance that Coolbaugh signs a 10 year contract extension than AJ is fired

oops, thanks. I think they're gonna be champions

compulsory national service - military or otherwise - gets floated every couple of years; always seemed like a good idea to me