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One suspects some of these names may not be in the picture next year lol

Personally, I would love to take the profits in our house and relocate to a place with less housing costs. I don't love where I live despite all the people moving here and the rising costs in real estate. Not to mention the significant increases in property taxes that come with it. But again, that all sounds great in theory (ie. the article above) but in practice is much more difficult. Jobs and the availability of them are a big dictator in people's decisions.

I just think that it's an incredibly entitled viewpoint to assume that people can just abandon their careers and up and move on a whim.... and divorced from the reality that most people live with.

It’s Not A Housing Shortage This piece gets at one of my pet issues in how housing / demographics are framed, which is this idea that rapidly growing areas (including the one I live in) are simply about the wants and desires of those moving to them, rather than simply the availability of jobs. Some of us don't have the luxury of working from home, and the ability to move to West Virginia and find a job that fits those skills. Trust me, I would go back home in a heart beat, but in my niche industry within engineering, it would involve having to change careers, and I suspect that's the case for a lot of people in other fields as well. Unless I could do something remotely, which is a unicorn job in my field. My own view is that elite media types vastly overstate the ability to which normal people can defer income to stay home / rural or have the ability to do remote work, in part because journalism jobs are easy to remotely.

This is all probably correct and it probably is the path of least resistance to bring him along for at least the first couple of months of next year. In general when this conversation comes up though, it seems like some downplay the impact of him holding down a roster spot; that's one less 26 man spot for someone who could be acquired through free agency, trade, or from the minor leagues, and subsequently one less 40 man spot for someone who could be added as well. Granted, as Ed has suggested in the past, concerns about the 40 man can be overblown as there is chaff that can be removed, but if you are an incoming GM who wants to improve the roster via trade or free agency and / or evaluate the talent that this org currently possess (which he no doubted has been charged with doing), that roster spot being off the table is not at all ideal. And it's easy for us as fans to look at 2023 as a write off, but Harris did not give that impression at his presser nor in his work with the Giants; he sounds like a man who wants to improve the roster as it is currently built and put the best possible product out on the field. I love Miggy, but he's an impediment to that for better or worse.

I can't help shake the belief that Judge's chase to overtake Maris is a team-specific story masquerading as a national story, because of the Yankees outsized impact on baseball media. Don't want to take anything away from Judge, hitting 61 is impressive, especially in this environment... but as Ed alludes to, if we are to wipe away Bonds and McGwire and Sosa, the logical end to that is an asterisk next to all of the championships that happened in the era they played in.

Harris may choose to make it work, but as a new PBO who will be judged on what happens going forward on the diamond, he should have the flexibility to discuss Miguel's status and how / if he fits in with future Tiger teams. Going back to the Harris press conference as well, I was left with the impression that he doesn't like applying labels like "rebuild" to the team and basically wants to use every tool at his disposal in order to put the best possible team on the field. For better or worse, Miguel hinders that ability; not because of the money (that's just a sunk cost at this point) but by hindering roster flexibility

With his zeal for Russia's "special military operation", one wonders why Lord Fish Sticks hasn't flown over to Moscow to join the fight.

There will be a lot of churn on the 40 man roster, but I doubt it hits the Brieske or Alexander's of the world unless it happens via trade.

Definitely a chance

Pitching is the one area where Harris can leverage his second core plank as he explained in his presser... This org has shown enough to suggest that guys can come here and improve under the Fetter and the pitching dept. I don't think they are getting multiple new starters, but one would be good - particularly if there's another Carlos Rodon type who can be signed for a shorter length

They have another series to go... believe they have only won the semis

This is one thing that particularly bothered me with how this year played out... one of the worst offenses in the modern era and yet (at least until Al was canned) tepid interest in making 40 man moves to bolster the roster. Even if they were marginal or involved some risk. The Giants did a lot of this. But also teams like the Orioles who have risen in the ranks have found value on the waiver wire and have found contributors in the process.

It's an interesting question. It seems like a wise move for Farhan and the Giants to extend him given the circumstances

Eric Hosmer...

From your lips to God's ears...

The proof is gonna be in the results, but first impressions are that he nailed the press conference

It's a fair point for sure...

Maybe them actually hiring a GM away from San Francisco doesn't technically disprove it, but RJ Anderson's take that Detroit was a "bad job" looks worse after hiring a guy who turned down the Mets last year

I really like this hire, and it is nice to see the franchise upend people's expectations in terms of being creative and casting a wider net. Harris wasn't on many radars.

I like him, although the big question is whether he can develop any sort of power stroke.

Serretti starts at Erie next year, one imagines