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Wentz probably the least prepared of the guys they have had to use this season. Just a bad situation.

If if makes you feel any better, both Maton and Camargo have throwing errors from the left side for the Hens tonight. OK, didn't think it would....

good skater, big body, plays strong in his own end, makes himself available for the outlet pass. Those all match up pretty well with glaring RW needs. Don't know if he'll be a plus player but it won't be because the fit isn't there.

yea - the Rasmussen, Sundqvist, Soderblom line was certainly fun while it lasted.

well, you have to cut the interviewer some slack, you would never expect anyone who didn't work the word 'organ*I*zation in to the conversation with the heavy accent on the "I" could possibly be an NHL GM.

and goal tending is a huge quesiton mark.

That's the a shot to persuade you that a checked swing broken bat can be real.

you mean for a 2nd then? Ok, sure. At this point every pitcher is at risk at all times. My original post about Skubal was for the langauge joke, not the science. The counter example is maybe Anibal Sanchez. Again, have forgotten the exact details but at the time we got him I didn't think his arm had a chance of going much further after what it had already been through, but the guy made though another 1200 IP after his trade here.

Tigers should probably think about making the organization a 'Perez free' zone. Too many bad experiences with that handle already.

It's just Trumps usual strategy of throwing stuff at the wall in the Court system trying to muddy pools, taking advantage of the excessive forebearance US courts have traditionally had about dismissing nuisance suits out of hand. If there is anything good that could come out of America's experience with Trump, it would be a little more confidence on the part of Judges to refuse to entertain crap cases. People like Trump who abuse the court system that way create just as much denial of justice overall as an occasional unrighteous dismissal would. The idea that *always* erring on the side of admitting cases doesn't eventually create a net loss of justice is a logical fallacy.

Yeah - the 2023 version of Boyd looked pretty much like Matt has always looked so that part was smoke. OTOH, $10M for a single year to 4.5 FIP/90 ERA+ FA is not a serious enough overpay to complain about. Really in baseball today almost anything you give a guy if you can limit it to one year is not so bad deal for ownership.

Hopefully they both are and some misguided GM is willing to give up something better than bag of practice pucks for one of them.

Mercy! I'd still be in PTSD recovery therapy if I'd suffered your fate. Could never stand Barr, Could never stand Allen.

I've seen various speculations that Lukashenko may have an idea that he can use Wagner to increase his own military credibility - either as added leverage to keep Putin at a distance or alternately to defend his own regime if Putin's regime does collapse and he find himself facing a revolt at home with a domestic army he can't trust and no Russian support. So there are scenarios one can spin where Lukashenko has an interest in defending Wagner and Prigozhin. But then you have to get to the practicalities of who's going to pay the bill? The Achilles heel for any private Army is need to pay the bills. Can Luka afford Wagner even if he has some idea of how he might use to his advantage?

I heard that. Monroe was trying to be a little diplomatic instead of just saying Marisnik (or maybe Shep) was FOS with that particular language. Of course no-one can see actual spin on the ball from 300' away. But credit where due, Craig did get to the correct answer that you are trying to read the flight of the ball (effect of the spin, not the spin itself) off the bat. And in CF you can more easily read the hitters swing - whether the hitter is inside-outing or pulling the ball before it ever leaves the bat. The one thing I remember about seeing ball spin the OF is when a liner starts getting closer to where you can see it well and you realize you *can* see stitches - because the ball's not spinning - because it's a damn knuckle ball coming at you and you don't where the hell it might go. 😱

Certainly with Cabrera, the consistent power to the opposite field most guys just are not going to have, and without that you probably don't gain trying to emulate that style.

Of course, on the other hand it was also easy to for Ted Williams to say about that perfect pitch "Don't take it, don't miss it, don't foul it off" because he had the bat command to hit that ball hard every time he got it, most guys *will* foul it off half the time and not get another one. So no question, no matter what your approach it helps a lot be a better hitter!!!

I thought they would just activate Brieske - go figure.

That should jussssssst about do it.

Rookie mistake - as Monroe rightly noted, ball to left from LHB is going to tail toward the line more.

Carpenter hacked that one.

He still would probably benefit from an occasional day off. I really hadn't thought about the fact that the only game he has had off so far this season was the 2nd game of a DH, so he hasn't actually had a 'day' off from the schedule at all.

I might like to see the Tigers shift some of the emphasis in their team hitting philosophy. The "Get a good pitch to hit" mantra sounds nice, but it can put you in the hole against every pitcher with decent command. It was interesting to hear Pudge last night talk about never worrying about looking for inside/outside/up/down, he said he just saw a strike coming he tried to put his bat on it no matter where it was going. Now Pudge was a great hitter, and he said as much as all hitters can;t hit the same way, but Pudge's approach is one that might give you a better shot in games against good pitching. Too much waiting for perfect pitches doesn't seem to be working for the Tigers even if it makes their peripherals look better than last season.

they didn't need a seeing eye GB.

I get that, but it was in the other order for Skubal. He had his UCL in college and then Flexor this time.