His calls in big moments last night wete probably an improvement over previous years. But that doesn't mean they were good lol.
In general, I prefer him when he's paired with Petry too. But Petry, along with Cam Maybin, are the cream of the Bally crop lol
Regarding Junior Valentine, it has to be stated that his zone was pretty wide all game and to both sides. The strikeout called third early on to Haase with men in base is a good example. And he was calling those balls at the bottom of the zone fairly consistently.
Not saying he got those calls right or wrong in the 9th, but it is what it is
Not sure where to put this, the whole interview is interesting, but the comment above is really fascinating given GOP messaging more broadly.
Coupled with the Vallas loss in Chicago, it suggests that crime isn't moving as many people now as it did a couple of years ago / during COVID.
IDK, I think I'm OK with them missing on Skenes because, on one hand, they should take him if he's available but, on the other hand, he's a pitcher and pitchers in this org tend to have bad things happen to them lol
At least in my view, outside of the people you would expect anger from toward any Democrat (ie. MAGA Heads), Biden doesn't inspire a ton of strong emotions one way or another. Even among some of those who may register as disapprovers when polled.
FWIW, I believe that Tyler Holton's 87 is the first time in team history that number has been utilized.
EDIT: https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/baseball_uniform_numbers.php?t=DET
Apparently only second instance of a number above 80 (along with Jose Mesa in 2007, who wore 94 and played like a number 94 lol)
It's really why we should all be big Andy Ibanez fans right now... the better the AAAA depth vets do, the less we are stuck having to leverage young guys.
I do wish they would have gone out and gotten Brian Anderson tho as opposed to hoping Nevin/Ibanez worked out