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    The biggest problem I have with the Grossman discussion isn't the insinuation that the Tigers are behind on being able to address problems with batters - if anything, the downturn / underperformances of so many of their regulars would suggest a systemic problem of some kind. It's more that it's backwards looking - if Al Avila were still GM and were still making personnel decisions with this club (both in terms of players and in terms of front office hiring), it would be one thing. But we are in an interregnum period between his stewardship and someone else, name to be revealed later - the problem that exists today doesn't have to exist a year or two from now, and it may not depending on who they hire to take this thing over. I understand why this stuff has traction, obviously, but the context is a lot different when the architect of the front office is now gone - someone else will get the opportunity to correct the mistakes, and for that we should at least be somewhat hopeful.
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    Regarding the public narrative thing, optimism sells in Spring Training... particularly when you go back to March and knowing the Tigers finished strong last year, that's what the public wanted to consume. Fast forward to now, with the unpopular GM having been let go, stories about the resurrection of former players in different uniforms are what drive clicks. Not saying there isn't a story, there likely is. But the incentives are there for those who write a story about Grossman's (SSS) resurrection in a Braves' uniform. Especially with Al now gone.
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    It's admittedly hard to focus on the inflection point because there's a season still ongoing and we don't know who the team will hire and how much turnover they execute on this particular offseason. But as much as it sucks seeing Grossman do well elsewhere, the only thing that really matters is, to the extent that the Tigers analytics failed Grossman and possibly others, is how they remedy the failures going forward.
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    Alternatively, maybe the Tigers tender Candy, then hire a new GM who then hires new people to help players like Candy revert to decent prodcution. Maybe Dana Brown, for instance, can bring some Braves folks into the Tigers org.
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    If they manage to hire someone even decent, I wouldn't underestimate their ability to find some guys with the assets they have It's hard to see at this moment, but let's see who they hire and what they do
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    To paraphrase R. Lee Ermey... Parker is born again hard
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    Good games for Riley and Eddie... That's about as good as we can ask
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    Eddie looking like the guy who got the big contract so far...
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    I do like the fact that he works a pretty good AB, but this is right. The odds are that he's Boesch or Shelton, but who doesn't love an underdog? Especially with this team that otherwise doesn't score or hit home runs with any regularity?
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    To that end, none of this seems particularly surprising. People will be enraged, as they should, but Al is now gone. The question is what, if anything, they (and presumably whoever they hire to replace Al) do to fix it.
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    Whether it's luck or not, it's crazy that the Tigers have gotten so few wins off of the results they have had pitching wise, particularly in this latest stretch.
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    I dont want to take anything away from Cy Sandoval, but Good Lord this offense blows
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    Skubal did once I believe
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    Thread... seems like it all worked out and he's welcomed back
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    He wasn't pitching much recently, which was maybe a tell lol
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    Right. Just seems like there's very little daylight between thinking "AJ is the best thing that has happened to the Tigers" and "AJ Hinch is trash".... the reality is that he's a good baseball man who has had success in this league and has a ring, the Tigers are lucky to have him under the circumstances, but that he's also not perfect and has likely made some mistakes as well. Like a lot of subjects around the Tigers, it's just one that generally doesn't have room for nuance.
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    I like AJ Hinch, believe that we are lucky to have him given the circumstances and agree with those that believe he isn't remotely the biggest problem with the club right now. But I don't believe that he's fully clean of the issues going on with the club either.... Coolbaugh is a good place to start, as one imagines he has sway over who is and isn't on his coaching staff.
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    The official line is achilles... not into conspiracies, so gonna go with until known otherwise
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    Regular season game
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    People have joked many times about the likelihood of seeing Parker before Austin in a Tigers uniform. Not happening, but at this rate, it may end up being too close for comfort lol
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    Brant Hurter has had quite a rise...
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    Chas is referring to Pipeline's Overall Top 100 list.... Flores is unranked on that list.
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    Chas is referring to Pipeline's Overall Top 100 list.... Flores is unranked on that list.
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