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Good Lord, what an idiotic argument....

How's everyone feeling about Torkelson? A little more relaxed?

He needs to mix in a "Trust your stuff" and "keyhole" every now and again lol

So, if my math is correct, Bobby Scales and Cam Maybin will account for around 85% of road broadcasts this year? That will be better than the carousel they had the past couple of years anyway

Vierling hasn't played much, but I tend to believe him+Carpenter/Baddoo will be respectable enough. At least offensively, they badly need Meadows to show signs of his old self, but still some reason to have faith. No argument on 2B and DH.

OK

The fact that there's an established pattern of Purdue playing down to sub-13 seed competition in the First Round suggests that angle may be easier said than done.

Kinda to my point as well.... there seems to be more certitude about Jobe's injury/prognosis than warrants based on the information we actually have. People are gonna do what they are gonna do, but there isn't any harm in keeping one's powder dry until more information becomes available.

I'm not sure fans should be emotionally invested in any prospect making it tbh.

I rest my case.

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Does Shep have to sound surprised every time someone hits a homer?

Multiple posters have suggested that they don't expect anything from him going forward. "Write him off" seems like an appropriate euphemism for that position. Given that this is a message board and people are allowed to take differing positions, I am expressing that while I understand tempering expectations, I think that it is premature to take that position that we shouldn't expect anything from him going forward. Others are free to disagree, as always.

Trust me, I'm aware.... this conversation has been covered endlessly since he was drafted. First of all, even before Harris was brought in, we have seen in a couple of cases (Parker Meadows and Wenceel Perez most notably) prospects who were written off have some of their stock recovered, and that Garko and others may have had a hand in that. (Certainly Stavenhagen and others seem to think this is the case) Second, just because the administration is new doesn't mean that they shouldn't be afforded time or some faith to implement their program. As much as people gripe about Pizza Jr., I'm pretty sure he didn't hire the guy with the expectation that he would be a failure. They have had a lot of turnover in their medical and strength and conditioning staffs since Harris took over.... this was widely reported at the time.

I'm not concerned. I just think it's premature to write him off and it shows a lack of faith in the new administration. Others are free to disagree.

Isn't that where he was prior to the injury as well? I get it, people don't like the draft pick, we've had the conversation endlessly about that. This is just another log on the fire. But the guy who drafted him is gone, there has been a lot of turnover in the development and strength and conditioning staff since his ouster, and I would like to at least give them time to work with him and see if he will improve before writing him off completely. That was my feeling before the injury news yesterday, and it's my feeling now.... others may feel differently.

It's fine not to expect much from Jobe going forward - really there's a large variance in results that happens with MLB Draft picks and it's probably best not to have too high of expectations anyway, particular when Avila was picking them - but wholesale writing him off seems premature at this point. And at some level shows a lack of faith in the new people the org brought in after Avila was fired.

Shot: Chaser: If we are going off merit here, Wentz has pitched better than Manning this spring.... and Manning shouldn't feel safe and secure in that spot.

Incredibly Anti-American statement from a guy who purports to wants to lead the country

According to McCosky, AJ apparently went thru each AB in his 1-13 WBC effort. Yeesh

The same could be said for Casey Mize, fwiw... he had a similar surgery.

That's fine.... but I don't think either Carpenter or Baddoo are good enough offensively to carry both of them. And I don't believe the organization thinks they are either.

As an aside, I tend to believe that Vierling isn't going to be a pure platoon - he'll get some looks against RHPs as well. I think we are underselling him some. The thing about Maton is that while he's extremely versatile, he will likely be the only serviceable backup to Baez as well.... Baez will play most days, but he will get days off here and there, so if Maton has to cover SS, or if Baez has to cover 2B and Maton SS, it would help from a versatility standpoint to have a second utility IF as opposed to dedicating that spot to a second LHH OF

No question.... but ST playing time, and how players are being stationed in the field, is probably the best piece of evidence that we have in regards to the Tigers thinking at this point, along with the words of the people in charge (ie. AJ). And neither piece really shows much evidence that Carpenter and Baddoo are likely to both make it.

Versatility is great, I'd rather they have a lot of it than not. I just don't see them carrying one true infielder on the bench and having four LHH OFs. And given how they have distributed playing time during games this spring at the 1B position, I haven't seen much indications from the Tigers that they plan on leaning hard on alternative sources at that position. And regarding how "AJ likes it", he's said a lot of really positive things about both Nevin and Ibanez as well and seems to like those guys. Either way, if we are looking at what the team is saying and some of the decisions they are making in regards to playing time during games this spring (because teams tell you what they think by the decisions they make on this front), they aren't signaling a likelihood to carry both Carpenter and Baddoo IMO. That's what I see, maybe what you see is something different.