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Not sure I understand why people on SM are worked up over the McKinstry trade tbh

Aside from the absurdity of embracing "hardening" schools as the only solution is the fact that the United States has thousands of schools and higher education institutions. And along with that have facilities that are in varying level of condition. The kinds of security enhancements discussed, at scale, require a lot of money, and more than many school districts (particularly rural) can budget for. One imagines that full on replacing if buildings would be required in some cases. I dont think people think about how expensive and impractical a solution it is... I'll take Tigeraholic at face value in believing it to be a solution at scale, but (just as I remember saying after Uvalde last year) I'm more inclined to believe that policy makers who run to that solution do so for the same reason that they run toward mental health as an excuse: to run out the clock on the discussion of the incident until the event passes from the collective consciousness. And when the next one happens that goes viral to the degree that this one did, those same policy makers will pull the playback out and run it again. And again. And again...

It'll be interesting to see how this season develops, but I do expect this new administration to utilize I-75 a lot more than than the previous one did just in general. So I don't think it'll take Baddoo long to be back.

I kinda went back and forth on it because, really, both Baddoo and Carpenter deserved to make this team. But I think it comes down to the bat.... this team, while likely to be better than last year's team, needs offensive production from it's regulars and bench players, and Carpenter is just a little bit better on that right now. It's not hard to see him pinch hitting and having success over Baddoo as well. With Baddoo, it's the same as it ever was.... if he can hit consistently, he's a big leaguer who will see plenty of playing time. But that's the rub.... can he hit and get on base in the way that he needs to? He showed some signs toward the end of camp but the consistency is still a question mark imo. As far as trades go, that absolutely seems like a possibility.

Also really surprised about Cesar Hernandez getting cut, but looking at his numbers, he really hit the skids down the stretch in Spring.... his performance may have precipitated going out and getting McKinstry, I dunno

Unless McKinstry gets that spot.... he doesn't have options at this point Surprised by the trade. The bench is gonna be really lefty heavy outside of Vierling.

Cody Stavenhagen speculated on his pod that Zack Short might still be here because other teams actually like him and he could be a trade piece. Sounds far fetched, but who knows...

The "anti-anti-Trump" crowd may be the only folks surprised by this

Kreidler is coming off of missing most of last year with a broken hand. Some consistent ABs In Toledo would be beneficial imo

Not the most important detail, there's a lot going on in this clip... but it's hilarious how badly Trump botched the timeline given that DeSantis had already been elected Governor and was out of Congress during both impeachments Maybe he's just getting senile and losing his fastball, I dunno... many people are saying lol

X If it's a thing that exists, it's almost assuredly too "woke" for today's GOP. lol

Kreidler should start the season in AAA, he needs consistent ABs. If they are comfortable with Vierling as a corner IF, that's the easiest path to carrying both Baddoo/Carpenter.

I missed this from last week, but Christ.. lol

Carpenter with three hits today too... he's made a real case for making the team

One imagines with positions still unsettled that Mr. Harris could move on some last minute DFAs from other clubs

Another Jimmie P moment... "can't make it up, folks!"

Last I checked, there were 5 reporters for every protestor in NYC

Clearly another example of why there shouldn't be a WBC /S

Caveat being SS and somewhat of a B team lineup, but the lack of hitting today was a little concerning

I'm not sure how anyone who watched the 2022 Model Detroit Tigers could complain about pitching depth in general.... they had to start 17 guys last year!

On a slightly related note, is there away to ignore quote posts of people you have on ignore?

Or to paraphrase Jimmie P, "the art of grifting is strong"

The picture from Tony Paul makes it look like there's going to be a physical wall behind the fence where the old aux. scoreboard used to be. If so, gotta imagine that is prime real estate for new number retirings lol

We just disagree here.... maybe there's a varying level of value based on competitiveness, but it doesn't matter whether you are a bad team or a good team, roster spots are valuable. Wasting them on players who aren't going to play that much anyway is suboptimal

Whether it's going to be a long year or not seems irrelevant to this discussion, at least to me. It was the same last year when people were being mocked for wanting Kerry Carpenter to be brought up, it's the same now.... personally, I'd rather see the young guys play over Cabrera. I know that isn't going to happen, and the Tigers feel differently, but it is what it is.