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Predicting Maeda suddenly has a gout flare-up…..

I actually like this more than the Jobe news

True. My Fastball-Eephus hybrid pitch is pretty nasty….

We all talk about Mize not really panning out like we thought he would as a 1-1 and lacking a strikeout/put-away pitch…. but if you took his season this year and placed him on the 2003 Tigers, he would lead the team in K/9 by a WIDE margin.

Growing up before regional sports networks were a thing, watching ChiSox games on WGN was all I had unless the Tigers were on UPN50. I share your pain.

Good guys 36, Bad Guys 120

It’s a huge upgrade even if he’s just barely above replacement player level…..

Real talk- how do you go on a run like this after being so far back in the standings and then walk into 2025 with Javy Baez as the starting SS? Or even as a platoon SS? Its not a coincidence that the entire team has a better offensive approach with him on the DL.

The nice thing about making the playoffs this year would be the complete lack of expectations attached to it. If we make it in and lose in the wildcard round, I think we would all still be very satisfied with the season and hyped for next year. Unlike the 2006-2014 years where playoffs were expected and then mostly a foregone conclusion by August most seasons and then not converting any year into a title actually was a disappointment and hurts.

Good

After last nights blowout loss, I had some time to step back from the hype and reflect a bit on this trade proposal. and it’s still a hell no.

Trey trying really hard not to look at her lol

Some of these seem like pretty accurate projections, but others are real head scratchers.

The gambling stuff is out of control. It needs to go the way of tobacco advertising.

FanGraphs

It amazes me that we’ve had the best record in the majors for the past 6 weeks but we are ranked 16th in power rankings by ESPN and haven’t really moved up more than 2 or 3 spots. I wish I wrote articles for ESPN….must be the easiest job in journalism.

Any team still having to play the ChiSox should get like a 20% boost to their odds

Yeah they could do that….as long as he’s good to go for game 1 of the wildcard round. Hopefully we don’t need him to pitch in that last Sox game

I assume those odds are strictly based on the numbers and have nothing to do with team health, recent performance or upcoming schedules…. The Royals are not anywhere close to safe right now.

Depending on how these three games against Baltimore go, I’d wonder if they’d run Skubal on short rest so he pitches vs the Rays and Sox. Would have to see what the wildcard schedule would be if Skubal would get 4 days rest before the series would start. Despite the rotation schedule and opponents, I’d rather not run Mize out there more than once in the next 9 games. If you can get 2 each from Skubal, Olson and Montero and then a piggyback start from Madden/Hurter and a start from Mize, that’d be ideal with how it’s been going lately.

Ugh. Fine. Can’t believe we are trading away our entire 2023 left side of the infield for a guy with a broken finger though.

Vlad Jr and Bichette for Baez and Maeda. Take it or leave it.

This ump sucks but he’s favoring us

Good ol Michael Tonkin for the Twins lol

Our OF defense is elite