4hzglory

Definitely agree. It seems like more often than not, the Lions have not scored on their first possession of the game, but have dominated the 2nd quarter and 2nd half. Not to mention the possibility at the end of the first half playing so you have the last possession as well as the first of the 2nd.

I personally believe that the reason he is coming over now is because he is so confident in himself being a superstar (Ohtani was similar when he chose the Angels) and those people don't often want to be 2nd fiddle to an established star. I see him going to a team where he can be the Japanese star. I think it's most likely San Diego, somewhere on the west coast, or NY/Tor. The only things we have going for us are Maeda who could be a mentor and being an up and coming team with a reputation of developing pitchers.

Or NY/TOR where there are large asian populations and markets, but it's also why he isn't likely to sign with the Dodgers (and maybe the Angels?) as he would have 2 other Japanese stars competing for endorsements.

We are currently projected to sign OF Chris Rodriguez who MLB had as the #3 ranked International signing as of 9/24 & BA also has at #3 as of yesterday) neither list doesn't include Sasaki)

Arnold being Full Practice is good at least.

Yes it is unfortunately. And the city is required to repair the roof-which is why they were voting only on that part and not all the other repairs.

IIRC it’s voted on right after the regular season.

Correct. It needs to be tourism as the revenue is from tourism tax. Living in Sarasota now, I hope they stay in the area as it’s nice being able to see the Tigers a bit over an hour away.

I know you mean against Ohio State, that is the 23rd. Indiana has a bye week this week.

If they would sign Kim, I could definitely see Baez getting a reasonable chance until Kim is ready. If they don't sign Kim, I'd be shocked if they go into the season counting on one of Baez/Kreidler/Leonard having to be the platoon/backup shortstop. I think they at least get another right handed option who can play short in case Baez doesn't show improvement rather than counting on Kreidler or Leonard.

Actually only different GM-same owner and manager.

They may not get the attendance, but they have some of the highest TV ratings IIRC.

It isn't quite that extreme, but they have a $25 mil deductible and max coverage of $50 mil now - they just lowered it in March to save a few hundred thousand per year.

According to an article I read, the roof membrane was a few years past its ability to handle over 130 mph winds. (I think it was still good for 110-115. But since there was no danger of it collapsing on fans, and they knew the Rays weren’t staying there, the city of St Petersburg understandably didn’t want to put the money into replacing it when the odds were minimal of what happened happening.

The only ones new compared to past couple weeks are Decker and JRM (who was expected). Decker definitely hurts, but I trust Johnson & Fraley to have a good plan

Yeah, no way was definitely extreme. For some reason I thought he had a $20-25 mil salary. He still k’s way to much and I don’t know that I’d consider him a “much better” defender. But at $15 mil it’s definitely better than $20-25. Still prefer other options.

No way do I want Suarez in the deal. I’d much rather go with Jung than have him at his $ and hitting profile.

One could reason that his best 3 years were his 3 previous to last year and not signing until he did affected last year. I don’t think he’s worth anywhere close to $25 mil, but getting rid of Maeda’s 12.5 mil and getting a comp pick would be worth it to me as he’s a better bounce back candidate than Amara as a starter imo

Exactly. If they think he’ll be up at all, which they’ve already made clear they do, they would be foolish not to start him in the majors for the chance of the pick. They can always send him down if they need to and would then be in the same situation (no chance of the pick) as starting the season in the minors. Really no benefit to not starting in Detroit.

I don't see the Lions trading their backup QB away during the season. If Goff would go down for 3-4 games, they'd be completely done for. With Hooker, there is at least hope he's been in the system enough to win 50% of the games and keep them in contention.

OTOH, if we win 2 bullpen games including game 4, you then have Skubal available for Game 1 of the ALCS. If he pitches game 4, he wouldn't be.

Exactly. Having to win 1 non-Skubal start no matter what, I'd feel much better it being game 1 after 2 off days or game 3 on Wednesday with a Skubal start and 2 off days in between, and have Skubal for a potential winner take all, compared to having to win with Skubal doing something he never has before (pitch on short rest) and if he happens to win both, but we have a game 5, then having the chaos game on a winner take all game.

Of course if he pitches on short rest, he may only be able to go 5 on Saturday (and it may not be normal Skubal) and we lose that game anyway. Overall, I think they go 2 and 5 as his long term health is also a factor. They have been able to win with the matchups, I think they will trust that again. Reese is completely ready for Saturday as will be the entire pen. Trust the matchups Saturday, Let Skubal go Monday, hope to get 7+ out of him, and have a fresh staff for game 3 again on Wednesday.

I don't think they pitch him on short rest since he can still pitch twice. Maybe they will, but he's already well over his max innings and isn't used to pitching on 3 days rest.

Isn't Skubal more likely to go on Monday? He could still get 2 starts in, but not be on short rest. Sunday would be normal rest, but is the off day.