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They all collapsed because Howard Dean gasped awkwardly once.

Nadler? Are you kidding me? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.....

Yankees picked up Chapman in '16 and set him to the Cubs in July, then got him back for '17. Stayed thru '22

Yup. OPS for his 2nd hundred PA dropped to ~500 but he has rebounded to more like 750 over his last 50.

and Max Clark with a grand slam today.

If Biden actually wins MI by 5 he's a shoe-in, but I'm not sure I believe it. Was in the TC area before the 4th - lots of Trump support visisble.

Hinch undermanages his way to success!

OK - go get him NOW. Not when it's 5-4

I'd much rather sign him. You can't go into next season assuming Dingler will do anything against MLB pitching and Kelly has just outright passed Jake as the better player. It's been years since we've had a catcher who approached being a two-way player and Kelly is rounding into the that guy. If you are ever actually going to improve you have to pivot to retaining talent. There is never any time like the present.

that would be seriously tempting fate - but since he's already faced 3, you can at least go get him after the 1st baserunner.

he didn't manage 4/4, but he earned his meal money for the day.

Wenceel, Parker, Riley. That should be the Tigers set it and forget it OF.

Miller apparently next up from the pen. They'll need Bert's 6 to have any shot.

So with Dillon Dingler starting to look MLB ready, what will the Tigers do at C? Kelly will be a free agent, but has performed better than Jake - who is cheap and controlled for a couple more seasons. If they don't bring Dingler up this season for a try out, he will still be a big unknown to count on next season - so I wouldn't be real excited about letting Kelly walk and going to '25 with Rogers and Dingler, but I also doubt they will pay Kelly and move Jake.

so who beside AJ Hinch thought Brieske would get out of that after the 2nd walk? (actually I don't believe he thought he'd get out of it either, but he was committed to his R/L plan)

Hmm - Holton was warming up last inning but Brieske is in.

Faedo did his bit.

Likely buyout candidate at some point before that contract is completed.... ....But not yet.

Vierling is a mixed bag for leadoff because he is wildly inconsistent. He's been all over the map month to month -- from May at 925 OPS to June at 563.

again - you can ascribe this to overplaying on theory. You don't want the pitcher to get comfortable facing the same side hitter *repeatedly*. But is two batters really enough for him to get that comfortable vs the value of grouping your best hitters? Maybe the transition back forth is actually harder if you let him get in a bit of groove each time then shift on him In any case, I agree that in this case I think it's the wrong strategy. (now watch Canha go 4/4!)

but check the 1st column. Yankees have loaded the bases more than twice as many times as the Tigers. You can live with more misses when you have that kind of traffic.

IIRC, he's signed through '28?

Wentz looks good early in the season when he is throwing hard, but doesn't sustain his velo and becomes hittable. Pattern has repeated the last two season, though he's recovered some this year without his results getting much better

it looks like a more compact swing. Parker has huge power, he doesn't need to extend (and slow himself down) all that much to hit it out.

what isn't shown it the FB release vs this other pitches. If the change moved the FB release closer to his other pitches, that could be a big deal in itself. Difference in release point is one way batters pick up what is coming so being able to throw all your pitchers from the same "key hole" as Jim would say, makes you more effective across the board.