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Clearly there should have only been a single point of entry into and out of this *checks notes* 4th of July Parade. It may be too soon, but with the rationality displayed by some, surprised it hasn't been suggested yet

On the plus side, zero chance Soto is available on Game 2 lol

JARVY! getting one off of Quarinchak!

Oh wow, the rare pitcher spot walk lol

In retrospect, no... Hill exceeded expectations with his performance, and AJ like selling out for Game 1 of the DH

He absolutely should get to start the 7th at this point

Runners at the corners. Pitcher's spot due up lol

There it is, the traditional awkward family interview lol

Reminds of the Brieske some in that he's continually underestimated.

I'll take the over 😆

First major league start, and stuck with that hat design? That's unfortunate

This is the biggest takeaway for me, for sure. Meadows is capable of coming back and playing well, but either way it doesn't say much for the Tigers that they didn't give Paredes more of an opportunity or set him up for success.

So I give you credit for being one of the few people who actually held that the trade was better from the Tampa Bay end (unlike most everyone else complaining about it), and the response is that I'm "calling you out"? Good Lord, Relax.

This response seems unwarranted.

Sure. But that deal is also much more in the past tense at this point, which if anything makes it better / fairer to reappraise the deal. With this deal, the Tigers still have Meadows under team control for a couple of more years after this one. And it seems like some talk about the guy in the past tense or if he's incapable of providing value... and that just comes across as a premature judgment.

I guess Chas can claim the high ground because he was skeptical from the start, but when Jeff Riger is on his Twitter dot com account sharing every single Paredes home run when I dont recall his objections at the time, it's just trolling

The President of the United States (and someone who aspires to the job again) has a much more acute impact on my day to day life than someone playing for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Probably in the minority, but the Paredes discourse is pretty old at this point

As joyless as the team is, the dialogue surrounding the team from fans and the beat writers doesn't help. That's reason enough alone to hope for Al to be canned.

I'm not even sure the significance of this debate really, given that Meadows will be coming back soon (supposedly during the upcoming road trip if all goes to plan) and that Baddoo seems to be going in the right direction in Toledo. And with Grossman still on the roster. I dont know that there's room for either of them in the medium-long run.

I understand. But you said he hadn't hit above AA, and I dont believe that to be accurate given that he did so in a roughly 35 game stretch last year. It hasn't manifested itself as much this year, but he has hit above AA. I'm not passionate enough to get into a debate over it because, after all, we are arguing over guys who will likely never end up more than bench players. But of the two, up until this week, I would have said I'd rather see Cameron. Willi appears to have improved enough where it is more of a coin flip now.

Mayer cooled off some but has had a couple of good games beginning in August. Jordan Lawlar is better though. Either way, I'm with you in that I'd take the troika over Boston's haul in Rounds 1-2 last year in Mayer and Jud Fabian (who did not sign and went back to Florida).

Kinda harsh, Cameron had a .865 OPS in 36 games last year for the Hens. Also had a few big hits and defensive plays for the Tigers during his stint earlier in the year... I would like to see more of him, although with the re-emergence of Baddoo, he looks a little more blocked these days

Lipcius continuing his tear across the Eastern League