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Miguel is a feature of this offense, he's not an exception.

You don't need to convince me lol

Miguel is 2 for his last 35 and can barely run. And he was thrown out on a play in the 9th that almost everyone else in the league would have at least had a chance to beat out. He's a legend obviously, but there's basically nothing exciting about his play right now. When you look at this team's body of work over the past 10 games, he's a feature of that that stretch, not an exception. Maybe Kerry Carpenter isn't ready for prime time and never will be. But at least trying different guys out when you are 28 games under .500 can engender at least a modicum of hope in the fanbase. And get used to it... I suspect the team will be doing more of it for evaluation purposes as well. I love Miguel, but there's no hope remaining there. It just is what it is.

Everything that happens benefits Trump, hurts Dems. Rinse, repeat, etc.

As good as Parker Meadows was tonight, seeing Reese Olson have 6 innings of 1 hit ball (1BB, 10Ks) may be the best news

No-hitter incoming

Another day, another homer for P.Meadows

Somebody inform Shep that the guy who built this Pinto has been relieved of his duties. Not that Dan/Jim have been slappies, but even so, they have had a marked tone change since the firing. Why shouldn't Bally?

Wow

The big thing about Meadows production is that his overall numbers at Erie are largely tempered by the first month at Erie, presumably making the adjustment between High A and AA. It suggests something really may be clicking with him.... I doubt that he's a dynamic player in the long run, but it seems like he's ready for AAA and would warrant protection on the 40 man. At least IMO.

Consider the source, but apparently Brietbart got a hold of the warrant

Sure, but assuming he's healthy, Meadows also is at least capable of a 2 WAR season at this point of his career. Can't really say the same for Miguel at this point.

There's a chance that whoever comes in will have to accomodate him or will decide it can work within whatever plan they have. But I really dislike the idea that whatever moves they want to make in the offseason (of which there could be many) are going to be impacted to accommodate a player that is at the stage that Cabrera is at at this point. Whoever is hired is going to be hired with the idea of evaluating the product on the field and should have full latitude to do what they want in order to do improve the product. Purely hypothetical here, but if the next person comes in and wants to approach this roster through improvement of the position player core and sees upgrading outfield pieces in free agency as a path they want to pursue, and knowing that Austin Meadows has the deficiencies that he has defensively, it's easy to see how Cabrera can become an obstacle, for instance

The important thing to remember in all the obfuscation and excuses and the whataboutisms coming from the Rs is this: If any of us made off with any of these documents, we would spend the rest of our lives in jail. Donald Trump will not.

No worries, folks, the docs clearly aren't "double secret classified", they are just classified, no biggie!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Byrnes The more and more I read about Josh Byrnes, it seems like he would be a pretty ideal fit if they went the President of Baseball Ops + GM route.... also has AJ connections + comes from the Dodgers, from whom they've done a lot of hiring the past few years. He's not Theo, but he looks like a guy who can fill that kinda role.

We've come a looong way from "we must protect all judges"

We'll see.... he could always come up with some condition, like with his taxes, that causes him to flip flop

https://theathletic.com/3498300/2022/08/12/tigers-next-gm-search-opening/?source=emp_shared_article Behind the paywall, but Cody largely nails it in terms of the desirability of this job. Among other things, he makes the point that has flown under the radar: the AL Central. Whoever gets this job isn't Mike Elias, rebuilding only to be thrown into the frying pan competing with Toronto and Tampa for a WC spot.... there should be more runway to win a division than a team like Baltimore has.

This much is true.... was able to see a lot of great individual performances during that timeframe. I believe there was a game in 2002 or 2003 where CC Sabathia nearly threw a no-no... one of those rare moments where you ignore rooting for the Tigers and just root for the accomplishment. Hardly anyone was there but it was fun to watch.

I was born in the late 1980s and missed the Cecil and Fryman years for the most part. I stuck with the Tigers in spite of it because baseball was my favorite sport, but for the most part people bailed on them in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I remember even getting jokes for wearing a Tigers hat around town on 2003. Another poster made a comment about how hard it is to attract fans when things are bad... well, that was a time when I'm guessing they had a tough time bringing in new fans. All the "life long" Tiger fans showed up in 2006... lol

Still waiting apparently