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Absolutely, you gotta keep those guys logging innings... that doesn't happen if they are in Detroit. Guys like Will Vest or Miguel Diaz or (gulp) Joe Jimenez, that's where your competition is for the final bullpen spots.

Willi is gonna get bumped, and I suspect that someone like Will Vest is more likely than Wentz to be in a bullpen role

Aside from Baddoo, Greene and Tork, can't think of another position player who has made the impression he has thus far.

His initial press conference (where he expressed that he doesn't seen or done much baseball over the offseason) suggests that he's not quite in form yet. May be the same with Fulmer, don't know.

Kreidler with the Grand Slam!

Velocity down in the low 90s....

Man, E-Rod has been nasty thus far....

I missed this from earlier, but Belarus invading seems like a shaky proposition for Lukashenko

I get it. I guess my point is that the Senate doesn't have to work this way and, collectively, it's the fault of the people who elect these clowns for how worthless it has become. There's a reason successful and relatively popular politicians like Chris Sununu and Doug Ducey aren't running in an otherwise great year for Republicans... the Senate isn't a place for people who want to actually accomplish things other than expelling hot air

I'd be surprised if Pineda wasn't the fifth starter whenever he's ready. Between Alexander and how the youngsters have looked, the Tigers appear to be in much better shape going into 2022 than they were last year starter depth-wise. You need 2-3 extra guys beyond #5 in this day and age, and they have them in a way they didn't last year.

Is it his job? Or is it just what is expected from craven Senators who are delusional enough to think they can become President? I caught about fifteen minutes of the testimony today, during Tom Cotton's turn at playing out his delusional dreams of the Presidency. All of it is just worthless kabuki theater. Just get the votes over with, let the 50 Dems + Murkowski and Collins vote for her, and stop wasting our time.

NATO spending for Trump was a lot like NATO membership for Ukraine was for Putin... a pretext to follow through on a long-held misguided world view. I think pushing NATO members to spend more on collective defense is good (Vladimir Vladimirovich has accomplished that more successfully than any POTUS has), but Trump, through his own words and actions, never understood that the money that the United States puts in isn't just giving money away... that we actually benefit from spreading our influence. My own view is he would have pulled out. And that, as nature abhors a vacuum, others (ie. China) would have stepped in to fill the void. Because, at best, he's an idiot who doesn't understand how American influence works.

Truly insane...

There definitely is hope, and I think if the stars align right they could make a run at the playoffs as a wild card. But still of the view that the division is the White Sox' to lose at this point

Ruben Amaro now picking the Tigers to win the AL Central (now i know why the Phillies fired him as GM lol)

May just be because Ruben Amaro Jr. has a front office background, but the Philly broadcast has been talking them up pretty good today...

Drew Hutchison, meanwhile, looks like he's in AAA form... lol

Gage Workman sighting...

Watch out, Joe... lol

Hasn't been rewarded, but has put together some really good ABs

Pretty successful outing for Matt Manning....

Gonna go out on a limb and suggest that this Greene guy may make the team.... lol

The way I would characterize The Beatles is that they were very good (and often excelled) at everything they did, often innovating new forms of music along the way (ie. Helter Skelter with hard rock), but ultimately they were never the best at anything they did. Hardcore Beatles fans may think that's disparaging but it really isn't.... their range in sounds is what puts them damn near the top IMO and was something unmatched by any other band. But if I want to hear a bluesy rock song and am given a choice between "Yer Blues" and "Since I've Been Loving You".... it's really no contest, sorry.