Edman85

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NFL isn't dependent on RSN's. College football and basketball aren't either. MLB, NBA, NHL are. I guess they all hurt a bit when ESPN loses subscribers, but streaming services offer ESPN. Now, I forget if it was the write-up in Fangraphs or BP (both were good), but it was pointed out this doesn't mean the RSN model is dead and kaput. It was a mismanaged situation by Sinclair/Diamond and they just racked up too much debt on the deal they couldn't stay afloat. This does not mean an RSN can't be profitable, but it certainly isn't the cash cow it was 15-20 years ago. The cable model revolves around bundling and making sure people are paying for stuff they don't watch. Not everybody is a sports fan, but every cable subscriber has ESPN. Every cable subscriber has Fox News and MSNBC, although I doubt there is anybody who watches both at this point.

Norris has decent projections too among old friends out there. I suspect they may have a deal with one or two of those guys but are waiting on the roster spot from Mize/Skubal next week.

Edwin Jackson was solid in 2009, and was a big part of the Scherzer/Granderson deal. I'd say the Tigers won the Joyce/Jackson trade. If Reese Olson gives the Tigers anything, a small portion of that value can be traced back to Matt Joyce.

Well as long as Emily Waldon is on the BA payroll...

Sorry but this isn't true. I can say for a fact that he is more reputable than every single one of the Tigers specific prospect writers out there after Tigstown shut down. And other team specific sites have the same issue. As prospect writing has become democratized and social media engagement has become the main goal over accuracy, the bar has lowered significantly.

I think a lot of guys took steps forward last year.

Found it... https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN201708160.shtml Mets had some injuries so they had to move Travis d'Arnaud to second base, but switched him with Asdrubal Cabrera so that Cabrera would always be on the pull side.

The reason is likely related but more that it was explored and they realized it was a declining business model.

Didn't the Mets do that a couple years ago? Was Alderson in charge of both teams? Was he the common thread?

Apropos of nothing, but people confusing resign and re-sign will never not get old.

Best, and I have witnesses: 2015 Michigan/Michigan State before the punt I said Michigan State was going to win because a punt introduced the only chance of disaster. I suggested scrambling and chucking it down field out of bounds to kill clock. Worst, after the 2004 draft I said Eric Beattie was going to be a better pitcher than Justin Verlander.

I noticed Andy Ibanez on Team Cuba for the WBC. So he will be out of camp from roughly March 1 until Cuba is done. Should be plenty of infield/dh at bats to go around, assuming Baez, Schoop, and Cabrera are playing as well. Cuba and Netherlands (Schoop) are in the pool in Taiwan (Please call it Taiwan. Chinese Taipei nomenclature is Chinese propaganda), so that is a bit of extra travel time/adjustment.

Avila has his mind on other things tonight.

Parker? He's on the 40 man and doesn't need one. I don't mind the Davis signing. In terms of controlling the zone, he does that. Similar to Vierling, a right handed counterpart to the Meadows/Baddoo/Carpenter crew at least is a complement.

They should have kept Greene down until August so he would show up in prospect lists.

Fwiw, I did games from age 12 to 20 of increasing levels, calling balls and strikes for 7 years, one of the most sought after umpires in the area before entering the white collar workforce. Also worked a tournament at 23 the year I was out if work and living at home. My parents said when I was away for college, former Tiger Heath Murray called asking me to do games. I'd estimate in that time I called somewhere between 300-400 games behind the plate, culminating in summer high school tournaments the last couple years. Probably could have gone down that path if I wanted to, but chose not too. I had the rule book down pat at the time. Just getting credentials out there...

Anybody here ever umpire and call balls and strikes? You have to stray from the rulebook zone for common sense sometimes. Doing youth games as a kid, you get a lot of loopy pitches and catchers too far behind the plate... In other words, called strikes in the dirt. Obviously that corner case doesn't happen at the Major League level, but the strike zone as defined in the rules will surpise some people.

Dammit, Kenji deleted his twitter account. He had some great zingers mocking air friers. I got one as a gift a few years ago, really the only thing it was good for was broccoli. It died a couple months ago, and I really don't want to replace it.

... and one played center field, the other played first base.

Raw OPS in 2022 is misleading given the leaguewide environment and the way Comerica played. OPS+ of 99 tells a different story.

Henceforth, I will use Caleb Thielbar as an example of the Avila era reluctance to churn resulting in the Tigers missing out on a piece.

Woofmaker.com You are welcome.

Opt outs tend to be of the form where a player can declare free agency if they aren't on the MLB roster by a certain date.

Cash considerations was because he had an opt out and was going to use it. I've brought him up because I think the new regime would give him a shot instead of giving him away for free, not afraid to churn the Reyeses/Castros of the world.