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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.

I don't think he pitched well enough this year to earn his option in arbitration and the option will be declined.

On the topic of saving money, very preliminary calculations show Riley Greene being well short of arbitration status. Your arb guys this year are... Tarik Skubal Casey Mize (if option declined) Jake Rogers Will Vest Zach McKinstry Jason Foley Matt Vierling Andy Ibanez Beau Brieske (probably) Riley Greene (doubtful) Akil Baddoo (if he spends three more days in MLB)

White Sox can't pick higher than 10th because they got a lottery pick this year and are revenue sharing payers.

More than "might." I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I'd say that's even probable.

I'm going Sunday. Brother lives in the area and his boys have never been to an MLB game, so it's going to be their first. We are operating under the assumption tickets to see that White Sox team will not be cost prohibitive.

My read of the contract means it vests automatically if he hits that or has a player option if he doesn't. But I could be wrong.

Double that and you are at least in the ballpark of their asking price. Verlander will have a 35M player option he would have to turn down to be a free agent.

Glad to see McKinstry die a hero.

Out of options next year of guys currently on the 40-man: McKinstry, Wentz, Faedo. Maybe Madris if he spends 20 days in Toledo.

This is his final option season, but he should be eligible for a fourth option. A lot of guys will be thanks to the lost 2020 year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/15/kamala-harris-price-gouging-groceries/

Agreed 100% on Flipowski/Rupar/etc. A majority of the tweets in here are from accounts I've muted/blocked that have made my Twitter timeline so much more tolerable in this, a year divisible by 4.