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Maybe I am pessimistic, but I really don't see Torkelson ever being anything more than a bad version of the San Diego era Eric Hosmer. I know they are still kids, but lots of guys that never found success in the majors were kids once too. It sucks too, because if these guys are busts, the Tigers will have to basically start from scratch again in a few years.

Lots of reasons why baseball is dying out among kids in general. It's not a very exciting game to play compared to basketball or football. If you live in a city, baseball is tough to play just because of how much area it takes up while there are basketball hoops all over the place. It doesn't require the athleticism that other sports require, so it gets ignored. You don't get paid right away like basketball or football. There are plenty of other reasons, but baseball is now simply a sport that people in the Caribbean/Latin America and some parts of California/Florida and a few other states play. I can't remember the last time I saw kids playing baseball at a park or having a pick-up game. On a side note, I also think the pathetic results from the Tigers over the last 7 or 8 years also affects kids in the area wanting to play the game. When a team is as bad as the Tigers, many parents of young kids just don't follow baseball and in turn don't expose their kids to the game. I grew up in the 80s/90s, played 2 years in college, but just stopped following baseball because the Tigers were just so bad. It's really hard to care about an organization that doesn't value winning. I played catch with my son and threw batting practice when he was growing up, but he never was excited about the game and we never watched games together because the Tigers were so bad all those years. I have a feeling the Tigers are going to be bad for a long, long time.

Sometimes it's hit em where they ain't, but if guys like Torkelson and Greene aren't driving the ball with authority, they will be out of the league in about 2 or 3 seasons.

Why does it matter what the racial makeup of players is?

Give him a nice bang on the top of the garbage can to salute him.

That was the whole point of my post.

Good for Miggy, but it is kind of sad to see how one of the greatest players in our generation has fallen

Crawford, Hill, Burrows, Manning, Faedo, Mize, Greene, Torkelson, Jobe, Jung. Those are the first picks from the last 10 drafts. That is a rough group (Jobe and Jung--too early to tell). For whatever reason, none of these guys have worked out so far. Pitchers are so injury prone and nowadays they only pitch 5 innings anyway. No more first basemen...they grow on trees. I think both positions are bad values. I would prefer to just pick shortstops or outfielders with the first pick.

This might be the most potent and feared Tigers lineup to appear this season. I am surprised they haven't exploded for at least 3 hits so far.

Can we do after 10 games? Because I am feeling that the team isn't going to get any better anytime soon.

It is indeed. Everybody has anxiety, the difference is normal people have to just deal with it. They can't take years off from work because they just feel like it and expect their employer to just pay them. I feel bad for him but also see him as entitled at the same time because his anxiety over baseball seems so trivial compared to the anxiety that people in 3rd world countries feel 24/7 with just surviving.

It feels like the early 90s all over again... Terrible roster construction. At least the pitching was serviceable to good last year. Not so much the beginning of this year.

It is completely irrelevant and pointless if the Lions win. Trying to keep the Packers out of the playoffs really doesn't matter one way or the other. No one who is a Lions fan will care one way or the other who wins this game by tomorrow afternoon.

"Goff has been playing just as well as anyone in the league, and that includes Burrow, Allen, and Mahomes. " Perhaps if you re-read what I wrote, you will see I said he has been playing just as well. I don't want to make enemies on the board, but sometimes embellishing and exaggerating what other people post is kind of a "jerk move." But you do you. Guess the only way you can be considered a good QB is to run around and make sidearm throws. I don't recall ever seeing Joe Montana doing anything like that. The purpose of a QB is to make great decisions and deliver the ball to play makers. And 15 TDs to 0 INTs, well if that isn't good enough for some people, I guess you are just never happy.

Not that I have watched an NBA game in about 25 years but the home team free throw advantage is so ridiculous.

I think the Bengals may be the team that ends up getting screwed the most. I believe they were going to beat the Bills and probably crush the Ravens this week. I also think the Raiders have a good chance of beating the Chiefs on Saturday. The Bengals would have been the #1 seed. Instead they will probably get the #3 seed now because they can't get as many wins as the Bills or Chiefs now.

I think the only route for the Lions will be to draft an edge rusher with their top pick some kind of help in the defensive backfield or a WR with their other first round pick. I think Holmes has a lot higher IQ than Bob Quinn, so no TEs or RBs with first rounders (and no slow CB who played against lousy Big Ten WRs and QBs at #3). Positional value in the draft makes a lot of sense-Bob Quinn had no clue based on his draft picks. I have no idea why people want to replace Goff. Goff has been playing just as well as anyone in the league, and that includes Burrow, Allen, and Mahomes. He doesn't make the mistakes and turn the ball over like Stafford. I am not sure what else you want in a QB. He distributes the ball to the playmakers. And anyway, Stroud, Levis, and Richardson will be busts anyway. Young might be as good as Goff one day, but none of those guys are any sort of improvement over Goff.

Pujols years with the Cardinals stand with the greatest run of anyone ever in MLB history. Trout, while spectacular, isn't on the same level as Pujols for the first 10 or 12 years.

Like I said, he would be the best hitter in the Tigers organization the minute he steps on the field. The Tigers have the worst starting 1st baseman, 2nd baseman, and 3rd baseman in the majors. The starting catcher, outfielders, and DH (just because he has zero power) are all at the bottom. This is the worst Tiger's offensive team I have ever watched. The only 2 players that even hit the ball regularly with authority are Haase and Baez, and those guys sure do like to swing and miss a lot.

Drafting a catcher high in the first round is just such an awful use of a draft pick. It's such a taxing position that many teams want to move a great hitting catcher to 3rd base or something usually. I am also not a big fan of drafting a 1st baseman very high. Good hitting first basemen are everywhere and unless the guy you pick is going to be that much better than the other ones, it is a terrible pick. I know many of you think Torkelson is going to be a great hitter, but for using the top pick on him, he better be top 3 at his position starting very soon. I am not just saying this because Torkelson is struggling but it's just a bad use of capital at that spot. I know...I know...he was the consensus best pick in the draft so five or six posters don't need to point it out (even though some will). Also, they are locked into that position, so if there is someone decent ahead of him, there isn't a spot for both of them. Most aren't athletic or versatile enough to play other positions I prefer to target outfielders, shortstops, or college pitchers. You can never have enough pitching, and shortstops are usually able to play the other infield positions and can convert to outfield if needed. There is always room for more outfield bats.

If Abreu played every game against the Tigers, he would own every record in the book. That guy just destroys Tiger pitching.

Best at bat of the night for him for sure. It looked like Sousa was trying to go outside and just either missed too far over the plate or challenged him on the fly out.

MLB pitchers are going to make his life miserable until he does something about it. There is no reason to throw anything to him other than on the outside corner.

I think they strike out enough without any help.