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The difference in how long it takes to tell when a player is too good for a minor league level is not that much longer between pitchers and hitters. It has taken a total of 23 games for it to be obvious that McGonigle is too good for AA and will not be challenged at that level. Sometimes it's just that obvious.

Detroit this year, no. Although promoting him to AAA for September and then breaking camp with the team is a very real possibility. Somebody mentioned the rookie pick incentive, that is something that will only speed up his timeline, not slow it down.

Jobe had a total of 79.2 IP in AA before being promoted to AAA, and a total of 9 IP in AAA before the Tigers brought him up to pitch in the playoffs. Any suggestion they plan on having McGonigle spending any amount of significant time in AAA is way off base.

McGonigle was promoted to AA after a grand total of 14 games in A+ last year and 36 this year. He played 12 games in A ball and then 60 the next season before being promoted to A+. He will start next year in AAA. And if he performs how he will be expected and projected to at AAA, it won't take more than 50-60 games until he forces the Tigers hand to call him up. Anybody who thinks Tigers are planning to have him spend the majority of season in AAA, let alone mention AA lol, is kidding themselves. Nothing Harris has said or done should be interpreted to suggest the Tigers think McGonigle needs a lot of seasoning or reps at any level where he proves he's too good.

Threw me for a loop when the Tigers played there to open the season.

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I learned about dependent and independent variables in middle school science. I guess a lot of people missed out on that lesson.

I'm shocked to hear Twitter is full of dumb comments.

There is a much bigger sample size which shows he's worse in the 9th than the 7th and 8th.

I also had the wrong stats where it was sorted by primary position of 3rd base and not actual production at 3rd base. It's actually 17th in WAR and 24th in wRC+ as a 3B. Luckily for us I heard somewhere that that is backwards looking and past performance is not indicative of future results.

Tigers are 8th in WAR at 3B and 10th in wRC+.

You mean a package based around Tyler Mattison wouldn't have gotten it done?

Tried to tell people that when they thought a package based around garbage would get it done.

Fundamental misunderstanding of how odds work.

Do you think any pitching additions will result in our pitching staff giving up one full run a game less over the course of a season?

The booms and busts have been so extreme this year.

I trust this years offense to win those games.

You're definitely misremembering something. Verlander and Ichiro were both on the AL team.

125 is good, but not too good that there's no reason to keep you at the level. Franyerber is not really the level of prospect that jumps levels every year, he's more of a spend a whole year at one level kind of prospect. At least until he forces his way up

Another article that is cited in that detailing Greene's new approach at the plate this year. From few weeks prior but I had not read it yet. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/riley-greenes-strikeouts-arent-a-dealbreaker/

I don't think Hinch is looking at Olsen and Flaherty as unreliable pitching.

Thinking it could be possible to get Miller without giving up a top 100 prospect is some of the most delusional trade talk I've ever seen. Miller would net a top 100 prospect if he was a two month rental, and you're getting him for 5 postseason runs. You'd have to absolutely blow the As away with an offer, they have no desire to move him now.

That package for Miller? Do you guys not realize Miller has a 14+ K/9 and has four more years of control right?

Miller will require at least two of Clark, McGonigle, Rainer, and Briceno, plus some extra.