Edman85

The Jobe selection rightly gets some heat, but the 2021 draft looks pretty good right now. All 21 are still in the organization. Some lower round guys are performing. I just wanted to point this out.

The playoff odds factor that in.

To me, the "buy" or "sell" discussion hinges on playoff odds. Loitering in the 2% range isn't enough to push in chips, but if you are trading an anonymous lower level pitching prospect for a veteran rental, is that really going to set back your rebuild? There's also the "Reconfigure for 2024" trades where you buy low on a guy or two who could contribute next year. Finally, 40 man roster considerations are abound at the deadline as teams start to look at potential crunches this offseason. The Tigers are in a spot where they can add, and might be able to get a rule 5 eligible guy or two from a team facing a crunch. A simulation exercise I did last week suggests the Tigers have plenty of room to spare.

Well, to be fair the fanboy accounts tweet out highlights and can be misleading.

I didn't know Kirby had 99 with arm-side run.

I see Ryan Kreidler's rehab assignment is starting up today.

Mike Ferrin in the booth with Dan.

We know Hamm is under slot. I'd bet the others are as well. As a said, get your under slot guys signed first so you know how much you have to work with, and in case everybody is hit by a bus so you aren't over 105%.

Fenech for a while. Morosi before him.

So I cheat on my Tigers only one, but here's today's with a Rarity Score of 6. Tigers only. I do not remember Greg Cadaret on the Tigers.

They changed Immaculate Grid this week to implement playing time minimums for single season rate stats, so my Alex Ochoa middle right attempt ended up being incorrect.

Please tell me that was Jordan Zimmermann that was just booted.

Some of the under slot guys HAVE to be signed already, just not reported. You can't sign the over slot guys first just in case everybody is hit by a bus and your denominator is thrown off.

One of the joys of being blocked is not being subjected to clumsy grammar/word choice. I feel for the BA editors.

Yep, I had his release baked in already. 173 as of last night, about 9 guys who can move to the minor league 60 day IL, so 164. 21 draft picks, 2 known UDFA... 187 give or take.

Folks... I figured out how the 180-man minor league roster limit works. TLDR, expect about 5-10 players to be released in the coming weeks as draft picks and UDFA start to filter in...

Kelly killing the kid wasn't even the worst thing he did. Sweeping his player's rape under the rug and demonizing his victim into suicide takes the cake.

Santana has been pretty darn consistent at Low A, and that is the problem.

Teams would be wise to hold off on overshot signings until finalizing the deals that guarantee your denominator for the 5% rule.

Fyi, Lipcius to the IL.

So that Torkmoil account is not very reliable, but I did see a tweet from a Canadian former Blue Jays/Expos writer with a couple thousand followers before the Torkmoil tweet that reported that, and that catcher is Canadian so it is possible that is well sourced. Anyways, if you believe Clark signed at #4 money, that is 640k saved there, and you have about 750k to play with in the 5% buffer. Throw in any savings in the back half of the Top 10 and that is what we have to throw around. It would be just like that Torkmoil account to lift that info and pass it off as his own though.

UDFA

Cerkowycz is Draft and Follow eligible, I believe. I honestly don't know if any of last year's draft and follows were actually signed after the follow period.

Only Tigers... In case the spoiler tag attempt doesn't work, it's late enough in the day that I hope it doesn't spoil anything. [Spoiler] [/Spoiler]