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Parker playing like he wants to join his bro sometime in the future

Hutchison and ERod are my two picks for Peralta/Pineda because of their profiles as long relievers (ie. Peralta is gonna fill that role, Pineda is a starter). As you suggest, Chafin plus the roster trimming means each of the three relievers you mention (Foley, Barnes, Vest) are likely on thin ice, depending on what they do with the bench. Of those three, I'd keep Vest, but would expect that the Tigers prefer Foley given that he made the club relatively early

Acquiring Austin Meadows looks better and better every day

My guess is Peralta replaces Hutchison, Pineda replaces Elvin Rodriguez, and Foley/Barnes/Vest are competing to not be cut whenever Chafin comes back. At the end of the month, they lose two roster spots, even those who stick around could be gone by then as well.

Exactly.... the bullpen is probably gonna take the bulk of the heat for today. And yeah, the job is to hold the lead and they didn't finish the job. But the quality of the plate appearances late in that game just weren't good enough, especially for a team that purportedly has designs on making noise in the division. The game felt over the moment 6th ended, not in the 8th. It's all a small sample size and eventually they will break out of it, but still frustrating nonetheless.

Yes and no. Because at some point, you have to score more runs. 3 runs per game isn't a recipe for success, regardless of how the pen pitches.

Haase really angling for more playing time...

Andrew Chafin will (hopefully) be back soon enough lol

This is a pretty good idea.... Either way, it's a really good problem to have.... hopefully means no more emergency starts from Hutchison and less bullpen days going forward lol

Nice problem to have... any advantages to a 6 man rotation early on?

Tork off the schneid!

+/- on Dan Dickerson messing up Austin Meadows' name today? edit: i'll take the under

One of his better qualities was on display yesterday - he goes right after hitters and just seems fearless. In that regard, he's the anti-Mize. Not that Casey is a bad pitcher or anything (he's arguably the one I trust the most at this point), but he just seems to overthink sometimes.

Meadows has been such a good addition. And as much as we all wish Greene didn't get hurt, he probably wouldn't be here if that hadn't happened. Crazy

Fantastic!

Pitching has done everything possible to keep them in this. C'mon, do something

Figures that Barnhart would get his first hit batting from the side he hasn't batted on in multiple seasons lol

Yeah, it's hard not to get April 2021 vibes at the moment lol I feel bad for Manning, he deserved better off his effort in this one

So, here we are again.... offense needs to help out

Did not have Manning being the best of the young starters first time thru on my bingo card.... just blew Bogaerts away with that fastball!

El Mago is mago-ing again.... unreal!

Walk Number One for Javy Baez....

About time the Tigs had a 1-2-3 inning.... Manning hitting 96!

Everything's going to plan, Putin's a strategic genius, etc. etc.

If Zillow is to be believed, my home (purchased six years ago) has doubled over my purchase price. About 40% of which is accounted for in the past year. Some of that is supply chain, but a lot of is simple supply and demand.... too many people looking, not enough houses being built or listed.