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Yesterday I posted about my job being defunded - I'm a therapist who helps homeless individuals in the Twin Cities, primarily St Paul. 2 days ago Trump signed an order that cut 2 b-b-billion in SAMHSA funded programs that support those with mental illness and substance use struggles. Somebody clearly let him know what a nightmare that would cause. Last night he reversed his decision and released the funding. I was just called and restart tomorrow. Also, a judge just stopped Trump from stopping all food stamp (SNAP) benefits to Minnesota. Today is a good day! Judge sides with Minnesota, blocks USDA from cutting off SNAP funding - KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News https://share.google/va0sWMfZMzSNXIQED

I rarely post here, mostly hang out in the Tigers and Pistons forums. Had to vent a bit though. I'm a left leaning independent. I have little faith either main party truly has everyone's welfare in mind. I've been a mental health professional since 1989. I work primarily with the homeless population, which involves a lot of community collaboration. My last job was contracting with Hennepin County (Minneapolis) corrections, working with homeless adults on probation. Feds cut hundreds of millions to MN social services last summer, and my program was axed. I just got a new job working with homeless in St Paul. I literally started Monday. Yesterday Trump cut 2 billion in samhsa grants that fund mental health and addiction services. My clinic was informed this morning. I was told this afternoon my job is gone. There are several million households behind in mortgage or rent at least 3 months. The booming homeless population is likely to boom even more, and soon. There has been so much widespread fraud. I understand why this administration is skeptical and taking drastic measures. But this doesn't punish Walz. It punishes the poor. I'm accepting that I may no longer be able to work on the streets. I'll be fine. This just adds another barrier to stability to thousands of people

None have been pitching overseas, old and on extended IR or recently dfa'd. I'd put the odds at .02%

70 mil is deferred. Not sure yet of the full details. So 21 mil per for 5 years, then 70 mil deferred

Duncan was 5-7 from 3. The rest of the team was 3-infinity. Fwiw Tolu Smith had to carry a lot of the paint load today. He had 14 boards. Yes they lost in the 4th. They hustled and played way above their talent with grit. No shame is losing today imho

Tough game. Played tough. Missed a ton of open 3s, yet still in it to the end. Daniss has played himself into a nice likely career imho.

Josh Donaldson isn't too impressed with Detroit. While I think most of us here understand the 19 million offer, on the surface I see where it can be interpreted as Detroit being cheap. Foul Territory has made similar comments in the past. Not good if players start to view Detroit as being cheap, fair or not. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16pmuMyCRA/

Defense rules in the 1st. Great start

Clev and MN combined to score 90 points in the 4th quarter today. Not sure if I've ever seen that before

If Stew, Cade, JD and Harris are all out, they'll need another miracle game from Daniss, Reed and others. That said, extended rest and mending may be a higher benefit for Cade and Stew.

In his prime, Miggy was the best Tigers hitter I've ever seen. I was born 5 years too late to see Cash in 1961 (honorable mention to Colavito same year). And I agree that Magglio's 2007 was incredible. Trammell's 1987 ranks way up there.

He's going to hit the WS game 7, 12th inning, 3-run homer off of Holton.

Cody on Tigers Territory explained the 32 million. Skubal has 5+ years of service time already, so his arb is not compared to other arb pitchers. He can compare his production to all other pitchers. So he could have even asked for more. I was not aware of the 5+ factor.

I think this is mostly about Boras making a statement. The highest arb ever was Price at 19.75. The largest jump from arb year to arb year was just under 10 mil. Yes these were several years ago and need adjustments. Even so, Boras is requesting the arb jump to be 22 mil, more than double the largest jump ever. And his request is 12 mil over any arb ever. To me Boras is making a statement to forget about what any other pitcher has ever made. This is Skubal. And I think Boras' initial FA expectation for Skubal will be similarly historic, something like 10/500. He won't get that, but barring injury or huge drop-off this year, that's what I expect to see next off season. Of course the CBA issue could change everything.

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Yeah, no way he gets 70+ mil/yr with his injuries

Heat at Bulls was rained out, literally

True, but Detroit hasn't been linked to any of them. Of course Harris does play things close to the vest. But he also said having the same players next year doesn't mean it's the same team. So I highly doubt they're in convo for the remaining SP. Bottom line, Greenberg said their priority was to improve SP. They did that with Anderson and non-proven MLB SP. I'm all for looking for a diamond in the rough. Someone else posted here recently that a balance of that, and adding proven (non injured or old) players via trade or FA might be the better approach. Harris did well with Flaherty. Very poorly with Maeda, Cobb, Paddock and Morton. In no way am I in the fire Harris camp. The Tigers have mostly flourished since he came. I've heard many times that going from 60 wins to 80 can happen in a year. Taking that to 90+ is very difficult. I'm a fan of Fetter and the development Harris has brought to the entire system. I would enjoy things more as a fan if once in a while Harris would take a risk on someone like Imai. Maybe he did. I doubt it

Truth in that. I'm a mental health therapist, not a management person. My sarcasm is pointing to the fact that Greenberg stated early on the priority was to add pitching. I assumed that would mean looking to add from proven mlb pitchers. They added a 38 year old in decline, who should help. And brought back Finnegan, good. Flaherty chose to stay. Other than that it's non-proven mlb pitchers who have signed. Of course it doesn't hurt to take fliers on guys and hope staff can help them. It's to a point where going forward, if management states a desire to fill a need, I am going to expect that means filling with non-proven players......or perhaps older players coming off injury. There is value in those additions. But imho there should be more balance of adding proven players as well.

Harris is at it again - Tigers sign non-mlb pitcher Burch Smith to a minor league deal with an invite to training camp. I have a hunch this MO will be repeated 194 times during his gm tenure Tigers Sign Burch Smith To Minor League Deal - MLB Trade Rumors https://share.google/N4VTaGTVzXFeD6sw4

Daniss with 15 assists.

Short McGonigle hustle clip

I live in Minneapolis and have been watching the TWolves. I think they will match up well with Detroit. Looking forward to those games. They remain a sleeper for me in the West, especially since OKC has shown vulnerability

He needs to add strength, but I see a potential ceiling of D Wade. He has an aggressive and confident manner

My favorite rendition. I was 17. Marvin became in instant favorite