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Genuinely surprised

Good spot for him. Did you all know that Dr. Santos single-handedly invented the integrated circuit?

Aaron Rupar sucks, but blaming him for decisions that Solomon Pena made of his own accord is a bit of a stretch

Correlation =/= causation, but San Diego is also a few years removed from becoming a one-sport town. Can only imagine that helps further bond the city to its one remaining major league sports franchise.

Curious to see some polling on the GOP Race now that the immediate aftermath of the Midterms are behind us. DeSantis had a boomlet initially, but I suspect it was temporary

McCosky's writeup heavily suggested family was a decent sized factor, his son being a talented pitcher for a high school program up in The Cities... along with Bally budget issues. The latter makes a lot of sense as well... whatever you think about Craigger, there's no doubt that his price tag is likely more modest than that of Jack Morris. (Despite all the colorful suits lol)

Minor League Deal as well....

Probably wouldn't happen and he may not want it, but Greg Gania (from the Erie broadcasts) is really really good at what he does and would do well on the TV Broadcasts imo. Even when he does spot-work for DD, he sounds better informed on the team and org than the typical crew Bally would run back.

Maybe. But that seems incidental to the action of Morris and Bally parting ways... the truth is that we don't know the reasons that the action happened and it could be as simple as Morris wanting to spend more time in Minnesota with his family. Versus anything even performance / appeal related involving Morris or Monroe.

The whole TV booth kinda needs an overhaul... even less Jack Morris, they still have Gibby doing games as well... and as much as I like him (and remember his days with Josh Lewin), I kinda wish he would pass the torch as well. I would also add that with respect to Monroe and the whole discussion about "millennials", it kinda comes down to talent... there's a reason that guys like Steve Stone and Jim Palmer are well liked in their respective fan bases across generations and Jack much less so... those guys are simply better at the job, provide better insight and don't say stupid s*** on a regular basis

Kinda goes without saying, right?

YMMV, but I dont find it insightful when the color guy on the broadcast insinuates an injured pitcher is a wussy

This is overly harsh on Craig in the sense that for his flaws, he still generally doesn't make it all about himself or "back in my day" in his analysis. That alone makes him better than Jack Morris... not to mention the whole Ohtani thing or (just as bad imo) how Jack insinuated that Matt Manning wasn't tough enough when he came out of his start last year (prior to his long IL stint). I tend to listen to the radio feed more than use the Tigers TV audio so maybe that skews my perception (also heard Craig on the radio with Dan, where he comes across better than on TV), I dunno. Craig is a bit of a hot dog and is too much of a homer, I get it, just feel like he's better by default due to Jack's flaws as color guy.

Craig actually does the analysis side of his job well, he just comes across as too much of a homer much of the time for my taste. If he's picking up Jack's workload, I consider that a win overall, although better options may exist outside the org.

If Chafin doesn't work out, Will Smith would be an interesting alternative

Relief and possibly 3B, I'm guessing

Also part of why I listed Maton in the starting lineup despite McClanahan... hard to see either Nevin or Kreidler getting that start on Opening Day. Although they may take a more utilitarian approach, we'll see.

I took that into account when filling it out... these are fair comments, Nevin or Kreidler could play over Maton for sure.

(Assume Opening Day, lineup will change a LOT day to day) 1. Riley Greene (CF) 2. Matt Vierling (LF) 3. Javier Baez (SS) 4. Austin Meadows (RF) 5. Eric Haase (C) 6. Spencer Torkelson (1B) 7. Miguel Cabrera (DH) 8. Nick Maton (3B) 9. Jonathan Schoop (2B) Bench: Donny Sands, Ryan Kreidler, Tyler Nevin, Kerry Carpenter

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Minnesota now making Daniel Jones look like Michael Vick lol

I dont know what the likelihood that Trump would be charged in the documents case would be regardless of these recent developments. Georgia seems like the one where his liability is the highest, although I doubt any of it prevents him from running and from winning during the primary season. Until the median GOP Primary voter indicates otherwise, just hard to see any of it mattering

Maybe Trey Wingenter will push Cisnero for the honorary "large bullpen guy" roster spot

No doubt, for as much as you saw complaints about Reyes or Castro^2 or Soto in season, there's like a Stockholm Syndrome type thing that some of the fanbase appears to have toward them now that they are gone. The devil you know vs the ones you don't maybe? I dont get it As far as the Vierling comparison goes, again, setting aside even just metrics, he was good enough to be on the playoff roster for the Phillies while Reyes, this offseason, couldn't land more than a minor league deal and ST invite. The assessment from the league couldn't be any clearer on this question.

As I stated, I nutpicked a dumb opinion from Tigers twitter lol. I dont care that much, it just caused a double take on my part