Edman85

Only if intelligence is normally distributed.

Except Trump's policies are incredibly inflationary and it could get out of control in that scenario.

I think it is being underestimated how big of a deal inflation is to the masses and how that is successfully being pinned on the Democrats.

I've never seen so much second guessing of the choice of the sixth reliever in an extra inning marathon. It's almost as if re-entry was an option or something. Are we pining for Vanasco?

I'm fine with nobody trying to compete here if the Tigers' World Series run isn't tarnished by excessive presidential advertising.

I hope Sarah Langs is awake and able to weeeeeee

To be clear, with the benefit of hindsight I am okay with signing him to the FIRST deal he did with the Giants, with the opt out, giving us a bridge to Jung. He likely would have been traded at the deadline, and the question would be if that haul exceeds what the Tigers got in the draft (Schiefelbein).

I will admit some degree of wrongness with regards to Chapman. I really didn't think the Tigers should sign him, because the back end of the deal would have been harmful. Sitting here now 5 games out of a playoff spot, he may have been the difference between a forever-flying flag and another dull October. Having said that, the loss of the competitive balance pick may have upended the draft. Just remember that if Schiefelbein ends up being a stud. Also, Chapman would have had to say yes.

CBT calculations, subject to change: Player CBT Total Javier Baez $23,333,333.33 Kenta Maeda $12,000,000.00 Jack Flaherty $9,408,602.15 Mark Canha $7,728,494.62 Colt Keith $4,773,750.00 Andrew Chafin $3,130,736.37 Shelby Miller $3,000,000.00 Tarik Skubal $2,650,000.00 Carson Kelly $2,314,516.13 Jake Rogers $1,700,000.00 Akil Baddoo $1,550,000.00 Gio Urshela $1,336,881.72 Casey Mize $830,000.00 Jason Foley $766,300.00 Riley Greene $766,300.00 Andy Ibanez $766,100.00 Matt Vierling $766,000.00 Zach McKinstry $764,400.00 Kerry Carpenter $761,000.00 Will Vest $760,700.00 Tyler Holton $758,300.00 Reese Olson $752,300.00 Alex Faedo $746,600.00 Sawyer Gipson-Long $743,600.00 Wenceel Perez $703,368.82 Beau Brieske $657,855.91 Joey Wentz $638,308.06 Spencer Torkelson $602,736.29 Parker Meadows $548,234.95 Alex Lange $482,707.53 Mason Englert $432,276.88 Justyn-Henry Malloy $430,149.46 Keider Montero $403,539.78 Matt Manning $394,353.76 Ryan Kreidler $354,497.85 Brendan White $334,334.13 Dillon Dingler $290,520.97 Ricky Vanasco $286,021.51 Brenan Hanifee $238,709.68 Ryan Vilade $231,532.26 Sean Guenther $184,032.26 Trey Sweeney $179,032.26 Jace Jung $179,032.26 Bligh Madris $147,903.23 Ty Madden $139,247.31 Bryan Sammons $134,091.40 Eddys Leonard $120,600.00 Devin Sweet $120,600.00 T.J. Hopkins $120,600.00 Easton Lucas $94,161.29 Wilmer Flores $60,300.00 Miguel Diaz $37,720.43 Donny Sands $29,177.42 Ty Adcock $20,748.39 Buddy Kennedy -$30,407.98 Andre Lipcius -$100,000.00 Nick Maton -$100,000.00 Tyler Nevin -$100,000.00 Eduardo Rodriguez -$933,333.33 Pre-Arb Bonus Pool $1,666,666.67 Player Benefits $17,028,816.00 CBT Payroll $108,136,049.75 CBT Cap $237,000,000.00 CBT Room $128,863,950.25

I'll wait til the end of the season, but I think I've got the Tigers' luxury tax salary calculated pretty close. End of the season is because bonuses still get added, as do some of the promotions/demotions for split contracts. Also, the bonuses for Chafin, Kelly, and Flaherty are split depending on how many of the stats in questions are racked up with the other team.

I saw a few of those a couple weeks ago when I visited my brother in Chicagoland.

No, they call it selecting a contract now. No money exchanges hands between affiliates. Madden gets paid by the Tigers either way, but he was making likely the AAA minimum (don't know it off hand, check the CBA), and now is making the MLB minimum.

I think Gibson knows what FIP is. Based on other things he's said the past few years. It's also 10:45 pm and he is a decade into Parky, so it wouldn't shock me if he is struggling a bit tonight. Or he knows what teams use, which is a lot more advanced than FIP... hence him setting up Jason for xFIP.

Proactively not engaging in politics on social media is good for your mental state.

I am getting flashbacks to my 8th grade DC trip and I was assigned a "buddy" at the Holocaust Museum. The "buddy" proceded to run around and horseplay, and I was either left "buddy"less or keep up with him.

From Will Carrol's newsletter... " Javier Baez has an SI joint issue and his season is likely over. The sacroiliac joint is one of those important and nearly immobile intersections where we don’t really think of them as joints. Yes, it’s two bones connecting via ligament, but the placement, movement, and function are so important to almost everything, it has to be taken extremely seriously. Baez isn’t going to die, but the pain can be such that it might make him want to. This is similar, but not identical, to the issue Baez had earlier this year, which was focused on the lumbar spine. There’s some question about physical changes in that area, which could need surgical fixes. None of them are great for an athletic career, especially someone who relies so much on lateral and linear quickness. Is Baez’s career threatened by this? Yes, especially with three years left on his big deal and declining performance since coming to Detroit. We’ll have to see what the doctors decide is best for Baez and how the Tigers will address this in the off-season. Trey Sweeney will fill in for now and could be the longer-term solution with most of the Tigers top prospects in the low minors."

I was pushing for something like this in one of the playoff years instead of relegating two SP to mopup duty. Let Verlander and Scherzer go all out, but tandemize the rest.

Add Assad to a list of Trump's foreign backers, at least by proxy.

He's playing in the bridge league.

For those that know what Suzie yelled at Cheryl in that scene.

No. He just hits arbitration.

Annual warning that website was wrong last year and isn't reliable.