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also noticing that the system is improving, even with a decent number of guys stalling out or washing out or getting demoted, as you would expect every year. Pacheco, Santana, Graham, Sequera have all disappointed Couch, Serretti and Cruz flashed for a few months, but not much talent there IMO Workman got demoted; Cabrera looks done

he and Alvaro Gonzalez both moved to Toledo because, to be blunt, they are not priorities so no concerns about how moving them will effect their development

Jobe again has no walks; happy to see a young guy throw so many strikes

On Earth 654, in 2022 Avila got a contract extension when the Tigers finished 1 game shy of the Wild Card because Greene does not break his foot at the end of ST, Austin Meadows does not contract Covid, Candelario hits 50 doubles, Robbie Grossman does not turn into a pumpkin, and ERod’s wife never finds out he is sleeping with the nanny.

was mentioned earlier, but Malloy and Keith don't need to be added to the 40 this winter, so in (I assume) April 2024 they will be added to the 40 and 26 man rosters and come North. the tigers have at least a rational reason (defense) to keep them at Toledo now. that gives Harris two 40 man roster spots to churn all Winter.

Incomplete. It's very difficult to separate Avila successes and failures from any analysis of Harris. A vast majority of the major and minor league players and coaches and staff are Avila's guys. Harris has a few clear, but not crippling, self-inflicted hits: Candelario let go to save $2M with no one lined up to replace him; losing Chafin over money and then downgrading to Schreve; bringing back an obviously cooked Schoop; whatever part of the ERod fail that falls to him. The transactions he has actually made have all generally made sense, both from a big plan perspective and a talent perspective. What I wanted from him was more moves. And that is what I want this Winter. Doing just a handful of transactions this Winter would be hugely disappointing. But I suspect he is going to use 2024 to fold in Meadows, Keith, Malloy and others, and ignore acquiring establish hitters. And that will mean a lot of growing pains. Yet again.

Turnbull was supposed to start for Toledo tonight, but Lael was called up from Erie to start. They need to make room for Diaz. Maybe Boras found more Turnbull injuries?

judge got played

actually, he is a convicted felon; not a hero; these people are delusional

we over-incarcerate in this country all the time - and we shouldn't. the for-profit prison complex is a national embarrassment. I see the DOJ is appealing some Oath Keeper sentences as too light. Maybe they do it with Proud Boys. And the Trump appointed judge accepted the terrorism enhancement, but he just kind of ignored it because these guys weren't Islamic terrorists. Not a great reason, but 15-18 years is a lot of time in jail. Hopefully when they get out they will be old men who can do no further damage to the country.

Manning is so weird; a BB and then 3 Ks on 10 straight strikes

I keep thinking that, now that it is "his" team that is embarrassing itself at the plate, Harris will feel compelled to add some established offense through FA or (more likely) trades. And I don't mean Carson Kelly. There will be a lot of growing pains integrating Meadows, Keith, Malloy, Perez and more from Toledo for sure (at the extent that those are not the guys traded.)

.05% is way too high.

is he the best option for 2024? who is better?

need a constitutional amendment

GOP state rep arrested; does not live in his district; comically tried to pretend he did All of that despite everyone in the Alabama Republican Party – a party that had spent the last two years talking about election integrity and securing voting processes – knowing full well that Cole had, at best, skirted residency requirements and had likely committed some level of fraud in doing so. They didn’t care. In fact, they so much didn’t care that after an election challenge was filed by Elijah Boyd, a Libertarian candidate who lost to Cole in the general election, and the challenge was exposing, – under oath – just how absurd Cole’s residency issues were, some Republicans in the House attempted to sneak through a change to state election laws to get Cole out of trouble. https://www.alreporter.com/2023/08/30/opinion-theres-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around-in-the-david-cole-case/

default judgment against Rudy + pays attorney fees

Harris has been deliberate with his promotions (or slow if you prefer). Not sure 77 really good PAs by Leonard will force his hand. (And Baez isn't opting out.)

Tol scored 24, 7, 5, 16, and 10 runs this week, losing the 5 and 7 run games. Must make it difficult to evaluate these guys with the pitching so poor. Wenceel looks great since coming up.

that would be great, but how likely is it that Keith and Wenceel are both starting infielders, with Meadows in CF, and Malloy at LF/DH?