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I tend to believe that is why Mr. Skubal doesn't throw many sliders. JV had a huge spin rate on his fastball as per Brooks - but you can't really compare the old Brooks data to Statcast - different techs/methods. But spin on a fastball can be achieved without pronation, so I would argue it's significance is not directly comparable to spin on a slider even measured by the same tech.

Those are *metal* plates they are putting on the road for the tanks.....

fair point. Being pretty much the senior guy in the clubhouse he was probably the guy who could best end it without being questioned.

it is funny how some guys have bodies that just won't do stuff that is normal for "everyone else". Daniel Norris could not throw a baseball off a mound with a normal follow through - just couldn't do it. Otherwise apparently a great athlete, could not master basic pitching mechanics. Victor Reyes could not lead with his hips when he swung a baseball bat - just could never do it, so a big strong guy was pretty much a singles hitter.

No. OTOH, but that's a slightly different question than "would the Tigers always prefer to have two LH relievers at the beginning of most games" the answer to which I think is "yes". Hinch made his bed by letting Hurter pitch deeper than was probably the original plan - and maybe limiting SGL's outing was the difference that meant a win Tuesday game. It's a question of a win in hand vs marginally better BP options in the bush. If I had a proclivity to bet on anything around this team (I don't) it would that they pick up another a lefty reliever at/before the deadline. The other possibility that may be in play is stretching Hurter out to join the rotation in place of Montero - in which case the need for another lefty reliever becomes even greater.

Good for him. Even given the teams were bad, It was ridiculous the way the Tigers broadcasters tried to hype him into being a good player, but that wasn't his fault. He was just a solid AAAA guy.

I don't think Beau has even been as much of a tease by being occasionally good as Wentz was. Whatever he had last Sept has left the building this year.

That's why I wondered if they would bring Guenther back up since Hurter was off the table. They decided in this case the roster move wasn't worth it - and maybe it wasn't - I don't have a count on how many times he's already made the bounce.

So Casey couldn't throw enough strikes again tonight; Eflin didn't make many mistakes but the Tigers took almost every one he did make; and Colt was screwed by the wall, as that ball easily would have cleared an 8 ft fence 20 ft deeper. On the plus side, Colt made a good throw from 3rd to 1st and his arm didn't fall off. Also this evening may get Beau back to Toledo.

well, it was also Perez, who would probably make the wrong decision even if you told him to be more judicious!

The SO's comment as well.

About as surprising as the Sun rising in the east. At least they didn't screw around for half a season before deciding.

Wednesday is 'hump' day? Middle game of the series? That's weak but I'm missing any other connection also.

well, I wouldn't assume too much. I'm sure they have data on optimum pricing for maximum return, but those numbers are always based on a short term market response.

with regard to orderly homicides, as the 2022 numbers, the suicide rate in AR (18/100K) is 70% higher than in CA (10.5/100K. That's the thing about MAGA, they are basically unhappy, but demand that you live like them, so you can be just as unhappy.

that's an interesting one. He's walking more, hitting more doubles, K rate is stable, going to the opposite field more. All good things in terms of his bat to ball skills but no major breakthroughs and not doing much in the power department. OTOH, McKinstry is on the wrong side of 30 and if Keith can make the move back to 3b his value to the Tigers could go up quite a bit. The biggest red flag is that he's been useless against LHP pitching this year after doing quite well in that department last season. If he can't find his good approach against LHP again he's not an everyday player.

Yup. Terrible starting staff to begin with and then Wells, who was supposed to be the Ace, just went downhill all season after a hot start.

actually I was putting improved LD rate on the non-luck side of the virtual chart but wasn't clear enough.

I know you like to watch the margins but I remain unimpressed, until someone actually wins something unexpected. It's not a parliamentary system, bigger minorities don't do you any good at all.

I think it definitely comes from seeing how full the stands are on TV. I've been in that very situation talking to the SO about do we want to go to a game, do we think we need to buy now or does it look like a lot of tickets will be available etc. I'm sure that conversation is replayed in a lot of places. Now you can reasonably ask does it change the ultimate decision to buy a ticker or just when the purchase takes place - that's a tougher question.

I don't see any actual seat flips there. You know what they say about 'close'

No, there is one place where it matters, and that is if fans see the ballpark is full most of the time, it will drive better advance sales because people will suspect they won't be able to get a decent ticket as a walk up or day of game sale. The extreme case of this is what you had in Boston for along time with a season ticket sale that almost sold out the park, or the Red Wings, for many years they had a wait list for season tickets because no-one wanted to give them up even as the team started getting worse because they wouldn't be able to get a good seat again. That said, none of this relates to the seats behind the plate, but to the the ballpark as a whole. And the team has to be good and stay good for a while for the dynamic to take hold.

Treasury yield data appears to be broken at the Treasury Dept site. Hmm. Appears the data is there but the pages won't format.

That would be 8 rookie adds in 2 or 3 years, plus Seider, which all things being equal, is good organizational performance. He just has to stop torpedoing himself with his in NHL moves.

If you mean 'live TV' for sure. But unless in the absence of data to the contrary my default would be to believe total hours in front of some kind of video stream are still increasing. But I can believe that as people get more and more acclimated to watching what they watch on their own schedule it does decrease the appeal of having to meet the fixed schedule of a sporting event to watch it. Heck, I still watch most Tiger games but I'm halfway to not watching them live. I have them recording and usually start on the recording at some point after the game starts.