RatkoVarda

on a personal level, I am mentally preparing myself for a Trump victory this November. for my own mental health, I need to do that. financially, he will probably be good (maybe very good) for me. "there's no way he can win" feels very familiar, much like 2016. i am naïve enough to think that people will ultimately reject him, but even if that happens, it will be by the slimmest of margins

try for two on Thursday?

will be a Flying Tiger; 6-8, 280; 25 next month; literally a man among boys

Lakeland set: Briceno, McGonigle and Clark will start there; pitching thin until HS arms move up from rookie ball. One oddity: Tigers start seasons with 5 position players on IL; all are catchers.

wonder what Cahna thinks of Tiger's hitting approach - advice - tech

was the B team today for position players: Vilade, Madris, Benboom and Kennedy. but Hurter and Wilmer did not have great AAA debut

Mets are going to be testy after Brewers and Hoskins swept them. Should at least get Monday's game in.

Mattison out for the year; TJ surgery 2 weeks ago

4th best prospect at Erie after Jobe-Madden-Melton? might be Lee or Lockheart or Wolf, or Workman if you believe in miracle turnarounds. Yikes, that's bad. Best prospects at WMI? If not Anderson, its Smith and Graham who have shown little/been injured. Yikes, that's worse. Santana's 3rd year at Lakeland? Not good And no idea who these catchers are: Stephen Scott (Erie) and Jose Sibrian (WMI). 1984 is right - if you perform, no one is blocking you at the next level.

the goal is not to talk to MAGA; there are a huge number of reachable republicans*; it is about getting just a million, or even half a million people over 8 states to not vote of Trump; that would be impactful *my next door neighbors are hard core GOP people who hate Trump, but think they have to vote for him because Biden is close to goal destroying the country. Bush would give them permission to not vote for Trump (they would never vote Biden)

odd. if they has called Keith up for a day in September, adding him to 40 and 26 man rosters, he would be eligible to create PPI pick. I am more annoyed that Meadows, who has an puncher's shot at ROY, would not create PPI pick because he was not on some media persons list.

I am naive enough to think it would be effective. He can see what we all see. And you only need to move a small number of people off of Trump (not necessarily onto Biden) for it to be impactful. I don't think the chances are zero, but they are low he says anything.

Congress took 5 days to get a bill to Bush when bridge collapsed in MN

Foley up to 101!

Tigers win ALC with 83-79 record

first Biden lets terrorists take down the Key Bridge, and now the POW/MIA stand at the Lincoln Memorial is on fire. If you can't see the connections, I can't help you.

FWIW, Eric Longenhagen at FG is pretty bullish on Madden, slotting him at #5 in the system. "Madden has a prototypical starter’s scouting package, with a classic, innings-eating frame and a deep repertoire. ... I consider him a high-probability no. 4/5 starter." Either he's right or he's wrong. Time will tell. It may very well be they don't want to demote someone from the Toledo rotation (to either the BP or Erie) once/if everyone is healthy.

"Sorry, who are you again?"

for the DD fans out there, FGs project Phillies BP to be the best in 2024. TIgers at 23. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-positional-power-rankings-bullpen-no-1-15/

for one random Tuesday game this August, every player AJ uses on the 1st place Tigers will have been acquired by Avila - which will enrage certain people.

Al’s incompetence is obvious; not sure why we need to pretend that he didn’t have a few successes, almost all of which occurred in the latter years of his reign of befuddlement

no real reason to think that Martin will pass Levi anytime soon. Holmes is like any other GM, his guys will get longer looks, so Levi is going to get every chance to stay in 24. besides, right now he is the 3rd best DT, at worst 4th if you think Paschal is a DT.

100%. 2 year contract with an exploding salary cap is not ever going to be an obstacle for signing anyone.

Holmes got a OG, CB and DE. Before draft, probably going keep shopping and get DT, WR and maybe a S. Would love that depth but still hoping for impact move that probably is not coming.