gehringer_2

So you are one of those excessively moderate types. 😉

LOL - just parenthetically you do have a name that is often misspelled and/or mis-pronounced? I do, it's so common for people to get it wrong (like 99%) I'm long past being bothered by it. I happily respond to whatever comes close.

I'm not sure what your point is - do you mean that a year of Skubal isn't worth a top AAA player? That's certainly debatable but not really what I was arguing. If we posit that Skubal could/should bring good value back but that that value won't be in the form of current MLB players because the teams would sign Skubal are not in a mode they will give up current players but that they are willing to give up value - then my argument is that that value can still help the receiving team in the very next year. If you are arguing Skubal does not have that much value - OK, but that's a different angle on the argument than I was going for.

was the Cabrera deal done virtually when he arrived? I guess I'd wouldn't mind seeing MLB add 'Sign and Trade' as an allowed option. I think it would give teams losing players better return on their loses and thus would be a parity help and I don't see that the union should complain - I don't think it would make deals any smaller. Plus you know there has to be back door stuff going on under the table anyway - you can't break human nature.

which is no way the way I would manage an elimination game. You get a guaranteed 4 more games if you win to sort things out, you have to put everything on the table to get there. If Hinch was actually managing Saturdays game with Sunday in view he's an idiot and got what he derserved, which is a longer golf vacation.

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Because people actually don't know if it's 'Olsen' or 'Olson' (both common) and aren't going to look him up just to mention him in a message board post when everyone will know who is indicated (i.e. - object of communication will be accomplished anyway)

We don't know the details of the Trust agreement, but typically the managing Trustee has a lot of control in terms of Chris being able to tell his siblings to shut-up and just cash their checks for a long as he lives. But I think the big unknown for both the Tiger and Lions is the remaining presence of the Matriarch. To me the wild card possibilities are around that impending passing forcing/triggering some major re-arrangement.

I don't think this is necessarily true. Austin Jackson was 5 WAR player for the Tigers in 2010, he probably wasn't going to play for the 96 win Yankee team that year. As always, it's a matter of choosing wisely! the same might be true for Aiden Miller since the Phillies have Trea Turner in place. While I agree that competitive playoff teams are least likely to want to part with current productive players, they are also the most likely to have blocked MLB ready players.

I don't want to argue the point about over using Cade which I think is pretty clearly true, but I'm not sure auxiliary scorers is the only possible measure. Scoring is a load on Cade because he is also the primary ball handler/assist generator and he's generating his own offense. A 10 point/game high assist ball handler could take as much energy load off Cade as another 20 pt scorer - though I suppose you can argue another playmaker will also drive higher point totals for other players - ergo more 20 point scorers, but the theory would be a little different.

Twins moved Santana with a year left (I thinK) when he was arguably the best pitcher in the majors. They got 4 players - all bust IIRC.

This. In a sane world someone at PSU or Harrisburg, or both ought to be broomed for that kind fiscal irresponsibility. ..yeah - I'll keep dreaming.

Very True. Porcello was just a weird outlier though. He never duplicated that season before or after, but I remain convinced that Ilitch and the Tiger org bungled the handling of Scherzer even before his contract was up. Just a bit more plantation mentality than Max would stand for.

I thought it had been reported the TV ratings were very good this year. No? Even if they are, they clearly do have a live attendance issue. The move back to more weekday day games can't help. Day games on sunny days are torture at COPA. Being retired they would be perfect for me but I'm not willing to be fried like an egg to watch a ballgame.

SW for 3-d space mapping based on photos is really slick. I saw the first versions of this years ago (and phenomenally expensive at the time) when they would come in, set up a bunch of markers and then take bunches of photos of big outdoor process equip (e.g in a refinery), piperacks etc and then generate a 3D map of a unit on which they could route new piping additions. The most recent example was my Dentist now has a little camera wand he runs around your teeth and it generates a 3D model of everything with exact alignment which provides the exact geometry for a new crown instead of taking casts.

I've sat and watched a game with fanduel and gameday up on in side-by-side windows and in general the network box is smaller and doesn't always adjust to the batter's height like the gameday box does. Not unusual for a pitch that's outside the TV box to be a strike on the gameday box. Now granted it's probably been a couple of years since I did a serious side-by-side like that but at the time I didn't think there was any question they were using different sources/algorithms/adjustments for their geometry.

It's the value what you can get in trade vs the value of a comp pick plus one year of service. I know it's probably counter-intuitive, but I would say that that most hard-header view would be trade him if you think you can make the playoffs anyway - once in the playoff anything can and does happen. Second case: If you are going to be bad and won't make the playoffs with him, trade him. Third case: Only if he's the difference between making and missing does his one year value likely make up the difference between a comp pick and what you can get back. The Tigers will be in one of the latter two categories, but only Harris knows which the org is willing to settle for.

Carpenter is very on/off hitter. He had 9 games with 3 or more hits, 30 games with two or more, but 61 with none.

Edvinsson looked really good. Kane was playing like he was 25. Fair question whether he can keep that up but it was working tonight. After the 1st I only remember one really bad breakdown, which came on a 4 on 4 but Talbot made the stop.

pet peeve: the curvier font numbers on the jerseys are harder to make out.

you can go back into MLB gameday for any past game and look at the pitches for any particular AB. And I believe the box there is more accurate than whatever any of the networks use. There is an 'umpire scorecard' site that give summary ratings and biases for games but someone said it didn't post playoffs - I have no direct knowledge on that.

and then the wheels fall off.

Momentum of a great play ruined by truly stupid 2 pt attempt call. Was someone questioning Moore?

one of the worst goalie pulls you'll ever see there. Wings scored almost before he even got to the bench.

Do you still fry ants on the pavement with a magnifying glass on sunny days?