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Yes, and I think it’s a pretty good slot to put a low on-base guy who can run bases really well. I’ve done that in my old-timey sim league.

The Zach McKinstry Sucks Club is a bit chastened at the moment. 😁

Honest question, why do you believe this? Is there something you read about him that leads you to believe this? If so I'd love to see it because I haven't come across anything either way. Or maybe it's basically a feeling you have about him?

No reason to eat it, like, ever? Or just today on June 4, 2024? Because I agree with that latter, if for no other reason then we have no one in-house whom we know is better. As for value on defense and baserunning, yes, he probably has positive value on both, but sometimes that's not enough to overcome truly execrable hitting, and all parts of the game are additive in terms of what it means to wins. The problem is, Javy may not have as much of either going for him as we think. B-R has him at 0.2 dWAR so far this year, and Fangraphs actually has him as a -0.1, with minus-1 defensive runs saved and minus-2 outs above average, mostly because of his throwing woes, but also, the ball is clanking off his glove too much. I know FPCT is a discredited statistic, but he is no better than middle of the pack in it, for what that's worth. I understand it's hard to believe Javy even might be a minus defender, because he makes such visually spectacular plays, but remember how Derek Jeter compiled a historic highlight reel of appealing defensive plays, and he was still one of the worst everyday defenders at shortstop in the game. As for baserunning, again, take this for what it's worth, but Fangraphs has Javy at 55th of 155 qualifiers in XBR, which is Statcast baserunning above average, putting him behind Riley Greene, Matt Vierling—and Mark Canha, believe it nor not. Javy is above the fold, yes, but not by as much as we might imagine he would be. Add it all up, and if we had a better alternative ready to go, I would conclude that Javy Baez's defense and baserunning would not be enough to keep him employed here for much longer.

Exactly. Kreidler's role on the Tigers would be stopgap until we were to get someone permanent there, and there's a good chance he won't be as good as even Javy today is.

The hire of Ron Gardenhire was proof positive that everything Al Avila said about the importance of analytics was horse**** lip service.

“Vote for me or the Jew reporter rots.”

Sounds like a witch hunt to me. 😏

I envy you.

Maybe because he’d been primarily an American League manager before that.

Problem solved. Nothing more to see here.

From the Department of No Sht, Sherlock

My guess is that if it comes down to it, protesters would part to let an ambulance through to the medical center, because I doubt they are cartoon villains. But then, it only takes one to break that convention, right? Fun to speculate about.

I've long figured that Trump and and Trumpublicans would run against the judiciary, and we are almost fully on to that, but I didn't imagine him running against the military.

Tell it to the tribunal.

Fantastic, thank you. If he goes 0-for-4 you get all the blame. 😁

Is this what you meant?

I'll be seeing Tork in Toledo a week from Friday and will file a full-ish report.

Pyrrhic victory tho

Invision for iOS really sucks.

I don’t know who the hell Adam Adrzejewski is, other than Google telling me he is the founder of something called OpenTheBooks.com and he wrote a book in support of Trump draining the swamp, but when I read a story about this from an actual journalist, then I’ll start paying attention.

Did protesters block an ambulance from going into the medical center?

I was assured that Torkelson being optioned would immediately improve everything.

Yes, and also, AL managers had to figure out which nine guys to put in the order and where they should all hit. In the NL, the pitcher practically always batted ninth, so convention made the decision for managers.

I was contemplating McKinstry not long ago and, I gotta tell ya, he’s had a much better career than he could ever have been expected to have. A man of slight talents and drafted 1001st overall in 2015 right out of high school, he’s just a few weeks short of hitting the three-year service mark, which means he’s made a couple million dollars in the game, way better than most 33rd-rounders could ever dream of doing. He’s arb-eligible next week so it’s almost certainly the end of the line, but in any event, good for him.