RatkoVarda

sportswriters are desperate for the Tigers to draft Jack Bauer at 24 https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/mlb-pipeline-2025-mock-draft-may-6?t=mlb-draft-coverage 24. Tigers: Slater de Brun, OF, Summit HS, Bend, Ore. (No. 25) As a smaller, lefty-hitting sparkplug from the Pacific Northwest, de Brun has a lot of similarities to Corbin Carroll at the same stage of their careers.

I have no issue if they leave McGonigle at SS for now, but seeing Rainer play, I think it is clear he is SS of the future (and maybe a better prospect than Max soon)

all 5 teams won last night, Vierling DH at Tol, 1/2, HR, K, 2 BB last year's 11th round pick, 6-7 LHR Micah Ashman from baseball powerhouse the University of Utah, is having a nice year at WMI (SSS)

Passan spitballing 10/400+ for Skubal https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45006796/mlb-2025-contracts-passan-predicts-megadeals-600-million-henderson-de-la-cruz-tucker-skenes-skubal

I believe that's Cernownyk's 1st at bats in 20 months. drafted in 23, played 2 games, hurt knee, hurt elbow in 24. was a guy identified early on by Lynn Henning as a borderline HOF player.

https://www.theringer.com/2025/05/02/nba/detroit-pistons-nba-trade-rumors-playoffs-2025 Can Gores Resist a Summer of Temptation?

Brad's not perfect, but his vision of what to build and how to built that, clearly works, so he gets the benefit of the doubt. Also, the draft ITSELF is a data point, so if Bradyn Swinson, DE, LSU is ranked pre-draft as a 3rd round talent and no team drafts him in the 1st 5 rounds, then your pre-draft ranking looks incorrect. NE got him in the 6th, which might be great value or exactly where he should have been picked.

approaching Sparky's 40-game checkpoint. getting Vierling, Rogers, Meadows (Margot or Perez) back basically gives them a new player to add every month if ever healthy, this is a deep and versatile line up Dingler/Rogers, Tork/Keith, Torres, Sweeney/Baez, McKinstry/Ibanez, Greene, Meadows, Carpenter/Vierling with Malloy, Jung, Perez, and maybe Nido and Margot at Toledo I assume they are going to be in contention (or 1st) at the trading deadline, but unless he is trading for an elite player, it will be difficult for Harris to improve the position players enough to justify messing with the chemistry. Maybe Ibanez could be replaced. Maybe add at CF or SS. But they have decent internal choices already. On the pitching side, adding a RP who throws serious heat is the one thing they might need.

Tiger Rookies opened their season today with a 3-1 win, as they try to defend their Florida Complex League title.

first time I ever saw a pitcher try to leave the mound and have the manager say, nope I've no one up throwing so you're staying in

ESPN ranks Pistons future draft pick assets as 7th best. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44938717/nba-draft-asset-rankings-stacking-all-30-teams-pick-collections

Clark has a .467 OBP in 105 PAs. not bad!

Stewart is so underpaid, all teams in cap hell will be eyeing him. Don't get pick swaps below; Lakers and Pistons will have comparable regular season records over the next 3 years. https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/lakers-need-to-overhaul-roster-around-luka-doncic-and-lebron-james-5-trade-targets-for-la-054728537.html The proposal- Lakers receive: Stewart, Lindy Waters III Pistons receive: Dalton Knecht, Gabe Vincent, Shake Milton and two pick swaps in 2026 and 2028 Beef Stew and LeBron James may have some, well, beef dating back to the 2021 tussle in which both were suspended, but if James wants an elite rim protector, it’ll be harder to find one better than Detroit’s 23-year-old center. Stewart took a backseat to rising star Jalen Duren in 2024-25, but with a near 7-foot-5 wingspan, Stewart remains a monster in the paint. This past season, Stewart led all players in defensive field-goal percentage at the rim, allowing just 46% shooting by the basket while nearby, according to NBA.com player-tracking data (min. over 200 shots defended). As for the Pistons, they acquire much-needed backcourt depth (Dennis Schröder, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Malik Beasley are all free agents) and one of the most promising young shooters in Knecht to flank Cade Cunningham. I could see the Pistons demanding a first-round pick if they were to part with Stewart, but Knecht’s upside as a sharpshooter could be enough.

Dan might know very well that TEs are fungible.

Next year’s team, still very young: C – Duren (21), Stewart (24) PF – Harris (33) SF – Thompson (22), Holland (20) SG – Ivey (23) PG – Cunningham (24) 6 of top 7 have their best ball ahead of them. IMO Sasser (25), Fontecchio (29), Klintman (22) are not current or even future rotation guys, happy to be proven wrong. Needs: 1. Better 3-point shooting from every position. 2. PF of the future. 3. Continued growth: Ivey, Thompson and even Duren IMO have pretty high ceilings. 4. G who can allow Cade to rest, occasionally play off ball; could be Ivey? Picks - They traded their 1st and 2nd round picks; they have Toronto’s 2nd (37), and lots of 2nd round picks '28 to '31 to move up Trade - Sasser, Fontecchio, Klintman combined only make $13M Cap space -If they renounce everyone they have ~$28M Either Schoeder or Beasley returning might make sense if $ and years are logical. But neither of them would be my 1st choice to fill their roles.

reiterating what others said, its been a long time since they were relevant. so very glad to emerge from the wasteland! keep it moving forward Langdon.

really feels like Pistons lost this series, rather than Knicks winning it

Trump appointed federal judge rules Trump cannot use wartime statute to disappear brown people to slave prisons.

the Tigers will make a legit offer (some may even call it a serious offer) but they can and likely will be outbid by other teams, like the Mets.

I am still boggled by the asymmetry of it all Biden was constantly dinged for completely made-up slights of Americans consumers hit by inflation, and Harris paid the price for that. Trump actually tells Americans they need to suffer and have less due to his policies, and - so far - he and MAGA are pretty much unscathed.

I cannot wait for the public school madrasa in Dearborn to be opened!

shocking how you can now trust the Tiger's staff to actually develop players, so to me, HS or College, arm or bat, whatever. They seem to have found a successful formula after decades and decades of failure. IMO there is still a strong correlation between volume of high picks and success rate, meaning give yourself as many turns as you can to find a legit ML player. Keep the CB pick every year. Acquire more CB picks if you can. Spend and grab a falling player in later rounds who is actually not going to college. 2020 draft picks:

getting Rodman-esque vibes from Ausar's defense. the guy has only played 1.5 years and is pretty good right now.

the message will be "a shrinking economy is good for you! it only hurts libtards!" - MAGA will eat it up I doubt the media will bother to explain it is all Trump's fault, so MAGA message will continue to dominate