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I have confirmation that is MTS Shelton, but he's still staying away. Only here for important things.

19 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Red hats truly, honestly believe that The Trump administration will work for them and elevate them above their enemies, but it didn’t happen last time because the commie Democrat party thwarted them at every turn. This time it’ll be different, and that’s why they are jacked about Project 2025.

The red hat rank-and-file doesn’t care about democracy because democracy is how black and brown (and red and yellow) people achieve equality with them. Red hats don’t want equality, whether under the law or in any other way—they want supremacy, like their grandaddies and great-grandaddies had when, you know, America was Great. And that’s why they are badmouthing democracy as a concept more and more.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/trump-maga-democracy-fraud.html

They can want those things, but not understand the adverse effects even on thsemselves.

They can want it to happen but still not know what is happening, if that makes sense.

Rob Deer gets dumped on because Rob Deer played before people realized that more things matter than batting average.

25 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

So true.....haters get blocked. Who really needs that negativity? I'm probably as impatient as anyone but even I know it takes time. Some of Avila's draft picks are just coming into the picture. It takes a while in baseball...at least 3 years IF there's talent to start. The Tigers are close, no reason to mortgage the future for a hitter right now who won't get us over the top anyway. With Max Clark and Jung maybe coming up in the next couple of years, we may be able to build something that will last for several years. I would rather develop our own talent and pay them than bring in some expensive 2 or 3 year rental just to win a few extra games this and next season. 

To me, it's less haters. It's more, I am trying to avoid passively consuming misinformation. It's honestly why I unfollowed a lot of Tigers prospect twitter, because if you just follow those people, a few years ago you would think Brock Deatherage would have 100 career MLB homers by now. I'd go so far to say the flowery types are even more of a niusance.

If somebody is calling for Hinch or Harris's head, that's likely an instant unfollow/mute/block for me. My timeline is much more clean these days.

It's healthy to seek out opposing views sometimes, but the passive nature of social media scrolling means it is important to prune, IMO.

1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said:

Lower than righties in 2022 and 23.

Higher in 2021 and so far this year.

You win by...

a small sample size...

😉

If you regress his career stats to 1000 PA vs LHP, it is a significant split.

4 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Ibanez has a .307 OBP over 800 PA's over the past several years in MLB.

Is that how you define small sample size?

What's his OBP against LHP?

4 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

That's just so ugly...

So who is nicked up and not playing?

Urshela, Carpenter, and Canha too?

But Hinch has Ibanez of the .258 OBP leading off...?

Let me help you AJ:

Perez

Greene

Vierling

Tork!

Ibanez

Rogers

Baez

Kelly

Vilade

 

Just as ugly... But it makes oodles more common sense.

I was going to mock this post earlier for the small sample size. Now that Ibanez is up to .361, is AJ right?

This reminds me of when my High School AP Government teacher allowed us to filibuster when talking Congress. Eventually 60% of the class got annoyed and voted for cloture.

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

LOL - Can't check roster status for the Hens - the 'Roster Link' on their website has been broken for at least a few days.

My spreadsheet "2024 Toledo" tab, when I am able to keep it updated has recent Toledo Lineups.

19 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

1st Domino

Baddoo, Kennedy, or Malloy

Hiura = dark horse - to see him before the mobility thing kicks in

I want to make a rule that we double check and make sure guys aren't injured before speculating or calling for their promotion.

Ryan Vilade is 6 months older than Tork, 8 months older than Meadows and Perez, younger than Dingler and Bigbie...

8 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Under the radar guy. Definitely on a hot streak.

Also not on the 40 - so the plot thickens.

SGL to the 60 is the obvious move. If another spot is needed, Brendan White had the yips.

Not sure people are familiar with the challenge system, but I think it is the solution.

I also wonder if some of the recently promoted umpires got too dependent on it.

42 minutes ago, kdog said:

This hurts a team that has like 3 rallies a game:

 

7's a strike per that chart. The zone is also 3D, so it is possible 2 and 5 clipped the zone at some point across the plate. Neither is egregious.

fWAR Total from that trade to date:

Phillies 1.3

Tigers 0.8

bWAR Total from that trade to date:

Phillies -0.1

Tigers 0.2

9 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

The GOP used to be mean.  Now, they have become the party of pussies.  

 

  

Must be why they fear/hate dogs.

Swept on the road by one of thee best teams in baseball and the sky is falling. Jeez.

6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

What is a 6/1 mobility clause? He becomes a FA if not promoted?

If he is not on the 40 man roster, he must be offered via trade to all 29 teams. I do not believe he can opt out.

2 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

It's fair...

I so think that if Tork goes down, Malloy ought to be the one coming up. Huira is the popular choice because he's a primary first baseman, but we need to see what Malloy has and, ****ty of a situation as it is, it presents an opportunity for him IMO

Hiura also has a 6/1 upward mobility clause. Worth keeping in the ol' noggin as the month progresses.

36 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Perez does not have any kind of track record, so I am not building an order around him.  I am fine with Canha leading off and Greene batting second.  Over the course of a season, Greene would lose about 36 PA by batting 3rd instead of first. 

It's fun to talk about batting orders, but Having Geene bat third instead of first is probably worth maybe 5 runs over the course of a season and I am not sure it would go in the direction you think.  In the end, batting orders are not that important especially when you've got 4 or 5 .450 OPS guys playing regularly.

 

 

I just double checked his minor league numbers, and I kinda want to push back on this. He was young for his level almost the whole way up, and has put up some pretty good numbers in the minors the last two years, particularly on the OBP side. It was defensive problems that hampered his prospect stock, particularly a case of the yips last year.

25 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I don't know how much Perez can get on base long term.  He has potential, but he wasn't doing it in AAA early this year so this could just be a hot streak.  Everybody got all excited about Meadows last season and now look at him.   

I do think it is a hot streak, but I have two reasons to have some optimism.

1. The Tigers, who have some way to measure swing mechanics and the like, are batting him high. That suggests they may not think it is a fluke. I am a bit more inclined to believe streaks like this early in the season.

2. He had a lot of injuries on the way up the farm. I need to refresh myself on the nature of the injuries, but that could take a dent out of his numbers if he was playing at 80% much of the time. Of course it also makes him more susceptible to future injury.

I'm fine with first or second. The difference between first and third is about one plate appearance every 4 or 5 games, or about 36 plate appearances over the course of a season. There's a reason "traditional" lineups went the way of the dodo bird as smart people took over.

1 minute ago, 1984Echoes said:

Why the F won't Hinch put some on base guys in front of Greene so when he hits these HR's there could actually, possibly, you know, be some freaking base runners on base...?

I know others are annoyed by this...

I'm starting to REALLY get annoyed by this.

We got 1 run last night... and I'm certain batting Greene first played a REAL role in that.

Put your best hitter leadoff. He bats more often.