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I'm a Catholic and find it really offensive, although it's unsurprising

It's one series, and the Jerk Sox aren't exactly prime cut in their current iteration, but there's a lot to like about this team on the pitching side. The league is sleeping on them, I'd go as far as to say. And despite their flaws, AJ has enough tools at his disposal to play matchups like he would like probably for the first time as manager, on both sides. But they are going to have to score more runs this season than in years past in order to really compete for this division.... they probably will to an extent, but at least in this series, there's reason for concern. But it's still really early. It's the million dollar question with this club... can they manage to be around, or at least within shouting distance, of league average offensively? Or be close enough to first place in the division to make deals to fix that flaw? It'll be interesting to see, but I like the overall direction they are going in a lot.

In case it wasn't already obvious, Mark Canha's performance today is Exhibit A in why it's best to qualify ST performances.

Tigers Win!!! Low-key impressive win here.... the bullpen kept them in it, gave the offense the chance to dig out of the hole Maeda put them in, and they did just enough.

Nice to see it, particularly with people eyeing Eric Haase after his spring performance.

Man, Carson Kelly....

Will Vest always seems like the guy tasked with cleaning up Lange's messes haha

There's also talent behind him in Toledo that would gladly take his job

Excellent come back... credit to the pen for keeping them off the board so far!

Chase Anderson and Zac Houston never threw a single pitch for this org in a regular season game. That's insane.

The band of possibilities going in seems wider than in the past, although that may just be because the bar (and stakes) seem legitimately higher going into this year. I think they'll be around 83-79. If they can make significant steps forward offensively, they can overperform that prediction.

Not sure I agree with this, at least to the extent that his operation is up and running a lot earlier than Obama in 2012 or other reelection efforts.

Yikes

I, for one, always value the expertise at Jones, Tate, Catturd and Associates when it comes to structual engineering needs

Never let a crisis go to waste.... even those that clearly have nothing political to do with them.

It's way too early to know the actual details at this point, but bigger picture, there are very few, if any, bridges that would be able to withstand a large container ship of that size taking out one of it's supports. It's not an infrastructure funding issue, it's not a political issue, it has nothing to do with Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden or any other politician.... it's an engineering mechanics issue. Anybody trying to politicize this stuff, particularly while search and rescue efforts are ongoing, can get lost as far as I'm concerned.

I know this is what you are getting at, but one thing you really notice as a civil engineer is that when stuff like this happens, it really shows how little the general public knows about infrastructure or the DOT. That's particularly the case since Buttigieg, who has a not-insignificant chunk of Democrats who hate him, became DOT Secretary... he's probably the most effective member of Biden's cabinet, and for the people actually affected by things that have occurred that have entered the DOT's realm, he's won a lot of praise for managing these situations.

No joke... it's not like Reese Olson or any other guys battling for a spot on this team gets a "whoop!" for making the team

Tarik Skubal wins the Cy Young

It's bold, but it wouldn't surprise me.... this division isn't the best, and this team is a lot better than in years past. As far as bold predictions go, I think the league / national set (outside of maybe Pitching Ninja) hasn't quite caught onto how good the starting pitching staff is in Detroit, and by the end of the season, that will change. I wouldn't be surprised if they are Top 5-10 material

Olson was probably the easiest to send down, just think he pitched too well this Spring.... he may have been the best of the three.

It's surprising, although I don't know how surprising it should be.... the expectations from the podcast/beat writer set seemed to assume Manning was a lock, but while Mize and Olson had flaws of their own (Mize in particular with walks), they both seemed to give up less hard contact as well in their starts. The level of competition is just higher to make this team, and that's a sign of progress.

LOL at the comment below Cody's post complaining about Manning going down because they signed two starters. Just cannot win with people on the internet