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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.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-tigers-rotation-is-suddenly-flush-with-options/ It doesn’t sound like Detroit has an appetite for a six-man rotation to start the season, which means one of Manning, Mize, or Reese Olson could start the year either in the bullpen or in the minors. With Gipson-Long waiting in the wings and a host of other spot starters like Wentz and Alex Faedo on the 40-man roster, the Tigers have the luxury of bringing some of their top pitching prospects along slowly. Wilmer Flores and Ty Madden both reached Double-A last year and look like they’re on the fast track to the majors, and the Tigers’ top pitching prospect, Jackson Jobe, isn’t that far behind. With the depth the team has established, Detroit can really give that trio of young pitchers all the development time they need when they’d otherwise be lined up to make their debuts this year.

politically, easy to spin this as Biden will go to extra ordinary lengths in Gaza but not Southern border. not a good look for him

Dems could not have asked for a better outcome than Lara. Big $$$ people won't return their calls now, and this just seals the deal, as they sit this one out. Down ballot people will get pennies at most.

Trump posts 91.6M bond. Maybe Elmo or Orban gave him the money at MAL over the weekend? The great news is that as soon as appeals are denied, Carroll gets the cash without a fight. That's when Dump will really melt down.

again, Fox Business super, super pissed at good jobs report; suggests numbers are cooked for election year; wait until they cut interest rates to juice economy all summer!