RatkoVarda

open it up

I think the Tigers have gotten better about identifying talent, but man, they are clearly a lot better than they were in developing talent.

nice week+; McGonigle has 16 hits, 8 BB and 1 K in last 7 games

they can roll out a line up with everyone having some ML experience - Kreidler, Nido, Margot, Jones, Baddoo, Madris, Workman, Hicklen and Serven - that's a lot of AAAA talent + Lee + rehabbing guys. would be nice if most of the 5 MiLB teams made playoffs, but WMI will look at a lot different when they move people to Erie.

I'll say Vest is homegrown even they they "acquired" him from Seattle.

serious question: do Sweeney, Malloy and Olson count as home grown?

for comparison, Tigers had a 5.5 game lead over Blue Jays on May 31, 1984. If Seattle holds on, Tigers would lead by 7 games over Twins and Land of Cleve team

Cobb started and threw 2 innings for WMI tonight

how is it news that the guy who repeatedly admitted to massive drug abuse and gave televised interviews while smoking pot and appeared in public completely addled multiple times - was abusing drugs!

I was thinking ~June 1 for Clark/McGonigle/Briceno to move to Erie, but McGonigle only has 50 PAs in Lakeland and WM. maybe he does not go when Clark and Briceno go, but his performance has been great. maybe Liranzo + Briceno is not ideal at Erie, but they raked in the AFL as teammates.

yes, but also no - Kenta Maeda was always going to be released and they could have done it in November

no one cares

actually he finished 2022 there, so parts of 4 seasons at WMI, almost 1,000 plate appearances for White Caps. maybe he's finally healthy or something just clicked, but the last month is the anomaly

CWS up 10-5 in the 8th; if they hold on Baltimore would be in last place in the AL, ahead of only Colorado in MLB. What a disaster.

Thursday: 7 games, 7 wins. Toledo over .500 and other 4 teams in 1st place.

I hope the two victims and their families get justice, more likely it is going to be a sh|tshow. Bondi said Drunk Judge Jeanine will seek the death penalty in a jurisdiction that banned it over 40 years ago.

no single piece of legislation has added more to the national debt than yesterday's bill that passed the house.

obviously, you cannot expect a wacko murderer to make rational choices, but he just made everything worse and how long before "campus protestors" tell us how invigorated they now feel? IsraAID, an Israel-based non-governmental organization, said the event in Washington, DC, where two Israeli staff members were shot dead was focused on humanitarian aid for Gaza. The event, where IsraAID members were keynote speakers, “focused on bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza through Israeli-Palestinian and regional collaboration,” the NGO said in a statement Thursday.

my wife just showed me that letter last night. knew he was sick, did not know how bad.

same. Pacheco's has had a great 47 at-bat run in May, but also it is his 4th year at WMI. prospects are not all on the same timeline and he's had injuries, so there's always a chance it works out I guess

bad to hear, but good to hear it was not AJ over thinking it

manager change does not help crappy pitchers not be crappy

no options left so I guess they need to DFA him, and as a 5 year vet he can collect his entire salary even if he rejects assignment. considering how horrible some back up catchers are, he might get claimed

might be Nido's last game before going back to Toledo