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he's not going to exhaust his rookie status this year; in one month, he will put up about 0.8 WAR, based on average offense, great baserunning and defense; other prospects get more hype, but with his floor, hard to see how he is not a Top 100 Prospect for 2024. And that matters for PPI.

I assume Miggy will play in every game, at least as a pinch hitter. Does he play 1st on Sunday?

Lynn's an odd dude; I cannot tell when he is just riffing his own thoughts, making up contract clauses that don't exist, or has a real nugget of real info from a real source. Not only is he hyping Jung at 3rd, but intimates Jung is the in majors next year, a lot early than just a September look. Keith at 2nd, Jung at 3rd, Carp in RF and Malloy in LF would be, umm, an interesting defensive line up.

they will have a Top 10 offense by 2042

assuming Keith and Malloy are likely on opening day roster, a versatile defender like Kreidler might be a better fit than than Ibanez

lots of guys who were injured and did not get playing time they wanted; reading way too much into this, but interesting that Jung is going - 575 PAs already

3 years!

President, Baseball Operations - Scott Harris Greenberg Vice President, Assistant General Manager - Sam Menzin, Rob Metzler, Jay Sartori Vice President, Player Personnel - Scott Bream Vice President, Player Development - Ryan Garko so Harris looked far and wide, and hired his Cubs friend. I wonder how this impacts Sam Menzin and Jay Sartori.

after they sign Josh Hader, we won't see much of Lange in the 9th

Greene with season ending surgery. Tigers not clear how bad an injury he had. Hopefully not TJ

yes Haller also noted a combative public statement Tucker issued through his attorney last Monday as another example of him breaking his contract. Tucker's contract said he must "keep positive and constructive in tone any public comments about University policies." In the statement, Tucker called a pending hearing about sexual harassment claims a "sham."

Communication is great, but they could tell him they are converting him to 3rd string catcher and it wouldn't change the fact that he is not opting out of $98MM.

yes. injuries - plural. the broken foot is a fluke. But stress fractures in a young guy? elbow injured as he plays recklessly. not a fluid athlete at all. another reason to not have full time DH

one of the best orgs in MLB sees him as just that, so maybe yes but on the Tigers, he's easily the starter

if he got traded to LAD, it would have seriously affected his career, stuck behind one of the best Cs in baseball for 3.5 years, getting 60 starts a year

Henning has a piece out with Iapoce talking up JHM at 3b, Keith at 2b, Kreidler at SS. JHM: Iapoce says it’s better to focus on improvements. “The work behind the scenes — people haven’t gotten to see all of that." “He’s gained confidence. He’s been making plays. He’s been good.” Keith: “He’s improving at second,” Iapoce said. “His detail, his maturing in his practice work — what you come to understand is it’s not about the rep, it’s about respecting the rep.” “In his work since then (Trammell's visit),” Iapoce said, speaking of Keith, “you can see a little different focus on the details. He realizes it’s more than just taking 100 ground balls." “He’s maturing in his work. And it’s pretty cool to see.” Kreidler: “He’s a game-changer at shortstop."

JJ has 3 errors in 134 career games; he's 22; 23 in Oct; so possible he will get at least a brief look in the majors at 23

There must be 100s of angry guys pitching at AAA who think "How the **** did Buck Farmer pitch in 10 different MLB seasons?"

I am mentally preparing myself for another Winter of "Gosh, not just yet" as Harris sees what Avila-sourced players like Meadows, Keith, Perez, Dingler, and maybe Jung and Bigbie, can do. Without significant transactions, the payroll will be well short of $100M, which should get Harris a sweet bonus form Ilitch.

one of the worst things Obama did was to expand Title IX to force schools to become investigators and adjudicators in cases that can destroy young lives (and it is almost exclusively young men facing down these tribunals.) Think about all the times professionals get it wrong, and now we have amateurs doing it. The lack of due process protections is just horrific. (And Tucker is an idiot who deserves to be fired.)

so, she politely waited for him to ejaculate before ending the call? Tracy said she thought to herself, "Oh my god, this is happening, and I can’t stop it." In the moment, she said, it didn’t occur to her to hang up. Eventually she said something along the lines of, “If you do this, I don’t ever want to hear about it, we are only friends, that’s it.”

Joe Rogan's shaman is going to rub garlic and sauerkraut on Aaron's ankle; should be back to start 2nd half.

Avila sat on a valuable asset - a young, cost controlled starter, ROY, All Star - until injuries set in and that asset became a middling, old, blah reliever. If GL joins Wentz and Olsen in the 4th to 8th starter roles, great! Avila perhaps got a useful piece yet again. Fulmer just another example of Avila's failure to maximize his assets.