Edman85

Note to self if I ever take over baseball ops for a team. Keep the prospects on the farm as long as possible so you can point to the strong farm system. Once they are promoted, you are actually held responsible for the shitty results.

When else would it be? Now's kinda the lull for front offices. You don't want to cut the legs out from the draft or the trade deadline.

Too convoluted to be meaningful. So if I have this right, this throws out players drafted at catcher or infield to move to the outfield? If so, why?

Analytics is more than looking up their BR page. The analysts knew the same thing the scouts knew. Likely had bat path data that confirmed.

There is always a throwaway line that foreshadows things.

I agree with your theory in white, MCS.

"Under control" gets way way way overused for marginal guys in these parts. You have Juan Soto or Ronald Acuna under control. Relievers are under control until they break. Back end roster filler are under control until they are DFAed in their next slump.

So much pretzel logic here.

While this is true, it does kinda drive me crazy that it was a lot stronger up until the moment Riley Greene stepped up to the plate in MLB for the 130th time.

The odds don't increase at all in the top 3. I posted them earlier in the thread.

2020 had better be an improvement! You are picking 1-1!

I count Foley in 2016. UDFA that was draft eligible should count, IMO. Jimenez in 2013 too. I also count a small sliver of Upton and Zimmermann in 2016, since the second and third round picks were used to get them. Also with 2016, be careful counting Red Sox contributions from Schreiber, since what good does that do? I count Barnhart for the 2019 draft, since Quintana was traded to get him. Granted, his WAR is negative. I also count part of Meadows for this year's draft, part of E-Rod too. On the topic of 2019, that draft has taken a lot of steps forward this year. Lipcius, Bergner, and Carpenter in particular. Brieske too.

There's a lottery

A bunch of guys released from Toledo: Nivaldo Rodriguez, Brady Pollicelli, Jesus Liranzo

Yes. It alternates every year, but I'm operating under the assumption the Tigers are revenue sharing recipients this year. Edit*: Operating under the assumption the Tigers are a bottom 10 revenue team, which makes them eligible for that pick.

There are humidors in all parks now.

If you can use biomechanics and high speed cameras to detect fatigue and high risk markers, by all means, back off for a bit. But the Verducci Effect has been debunked. Shutting guys down for a couple weeks in the middle of July for the purposes of limiting innings is likely counterproductive. Meanwhile, Jackson Jobe just turned 20 and is effectively getting reliever innings in Low A. What good does that do?

I'm coming around on thinking innings limits are dumb, or at the very best, arbitrary.

So that is why we had mandatory records preservation training last week...

Should have kept Greene down to keep the system strong.

The worst part of Gipson-Long is that he is Rule 5 eligible, meaning the Twins were likely looking to dump him in advance of the offseason. If the Tigers lose somebody on waivers this offseason, you can look back on this trade.

If Avila is let go, I'd bet they stay in house and promote Menzin.

Carol Burnett: Cat Videos:: My Grandma: Solitaire

People forget how much of a catalyst he was for pushing Walter. There was a time early Season 3 of Breaking Bad where Walt hangs it up to focus on Skyler coming back, Jesse mourning Jane, and Saul's main role is egging them on and convincing them to make him money. He's doing the same with Jeff and his buddy, and bringing those guys in for a cameo just drives that home. The parallels.