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We can quibble about whether Jeimer is the 4-win player he was in 2020-21, or whether he's worth the 3 wins he is projected for next year by ZIPs. But if we think Jeimer is worth at least 2 wins, which I believe, then he would definitely be worth the $7 million or so he'd've made through arb. And if he's not worth at least two wins, then why would we want him out there at any price? Why bother handing him the job if only he takes the pay cut? Might as well just boot him, change the locks behind him, and hold a waiver wire sweepstakes. The only way I could accept a justification for their lowball offer to Jeimer is if the Tigers decided they simply don't care what they get out of third base next season, because they don't expect to win in any event, and whoever ends up there is just a placeholder for the chicken that hasn't hatched yet anyway. If that's the explicit strategy, OK, fine, I get it. Then any warm body at third will do in 2023. However, if they were thinking of taking a real shot at recovering whatever the post-May-8-2021 magic was, which is not a crazy unthinkable idea, then they need at least a 2-win guy at third, which is worth more than $7 million, and my opinion is that Jeimer has at least a 50-50 shot of exceeding that with whoever he ends up playing for.

I’m pretty sure Rosenthal was not in on the Athletic gambling deals. If he were, he wouldn’t be whacking his own kneecaps sharing anti-gambling stories. I’m pretty sure he’s just a hired hand, the way he was with MLB Network.

This is exactly my problem with this move. If the Tigers think 2022 is really what Jeimer is, then fine, kick him to the curb and don’t look back. If Jeimer truly is done done, as everyone who called for his head on a spike seems to think, then this is definitely the right move. Instead, it looks like the Tigers would be happy to run Jeimer out there at 3B for another year, as long as a few more million dollars stay in Baby Doc’s pocket. In other words, it’s not about the performance, since this proves they would be perfectly fine with whatever Jeimer’s performance will be. Instead, it’s about the money. They just wanted to play chicken with him to drive his price down. OMMV on this, but I think that’s horseshit, man.

I’d be surprised if someone else didn’t pick him up.

Mere coincidence, I’m sure. The shooter couldn’t possibly have been groomed by grandpa. He was mentally ill. Now—let the schoolbook burnings continue apace.

Interesting. Any idea how this compares with other teams?

If we do that, Campbell’s going to get his Sox years no matter what happens the next four seasons.

OK, now I see what the issue is. The mistaken use of “dominate” in place of “dominant” is a Motownsports running joke going back to the old board. My “correction” literally had nothing to do with you and everything to do with a callback to that running joke.

Hutch!

Are you insulted?

I have heard that it was so disorganized there, no one could produce a complete list of employees.

Are they charging full NFL price for the game?

Have a laugh.

That’s funny, but there’s nothing in it for Musk to do that merge, unless he has the explicit goal of spending billions of dollars in an attempt to destroy social media.

No wonder nobody trusts the courts anymore. Regardless of their high-profile misses throughout history, they were supposed to be the one institution most dedicated to fairness of jurisprudence.

I honestly feel sorry for any children who might be living in the households of this guy and of the people cheering for him.

Trump definitely loves the power that comes with being President of the United States of America. I completely agree he has no interest in the actual work involved.

An infielder doesn’t have to make 100 throws in a game for a 10mph deficit versus average to cost him more outs with late throws than an average infielder would yield over the course of a season. One thing I would like Statcast to start tracking is accuracy of infield throws. Establish a “strike zone” for throws to first, a zone within which a first basemen can comfortably reach for a throw, versus having to stretch too far left or right, or leap way up, or have to come off the bag. Also, throws that make it all the way to first base in the air, or that bounce far enough in front of first so the ball is caught at a comfortable height, versus balls that bounce right at the feet of the first baseman. I assume they’re actively figuring that out, or maybe they already have and just don’t share it publicly at the moment. Statcast could also measure how far in front of the bag a first baseman catches the throw. The longer he stretches, the more inches he shaves off the throw distance, the quicker he catches the ball, the more OAA made during the season. I gotta believe they are working on that one, too.

Average throwing stepped does not include non-contesting throws such as tosses into the infield from after routine single. They separate out only to top x throws that have a play attached to them, and are calculated for a player only after an established minimum number of contestable throws for the position. Baddoo is still below average. Be that as it may, to your point, Baddoo is also inconsistent and inaccurate, which we both agree to be true by applying the subjective, anecdotal eye test. Also, for what it’s worth, Statcast also says Baddoo has a bad jump and the routes he takes are also below average.

Baddoo’s average throwing speed is 84.7, which ranks 29th of 40 qualifying left fielders and sits comfortably below the big league average of 87.3.

Sure it could happen, but there is no way any amount of biomechanics gurury is going to hike TORK!’s 74mph average throw up to the MLB average of 85mph for third basemen. Anyhow, was it you who came on board with me a week or so ago when I hypothesized that the Drivelining of pitching might be a key reason pitcher injuries have rocketed skyward? If infielders start doing those kinds of drills as well, we might see a rash of TJs among them, too.

It would be nice, but TORK!'s arm is way too weak for third. Heck, it's among the weakest of those at first, and they practically don't need an arm at all.

I'm not complaining about the job Harris is doing so far, and I am definitely giving him a lot of rope, at least a couple years worth, in which he has to demonstrate some level of incompetence before I do start seriously complaining. I don't expect to see that—I'm just setting my personal benchmark for that kind of response. That said, within a limited sense, I'm with you. So far it's been a lot of meh waiver pickups coupled with tenders and non-tenders everyone expected even during the season. Nothing on the roster front has surprised or delighted me just yet. In fact I'm a bit disappointed by the Cisnero tender, based on his advanced age, steadily declining strikeout rate, and sieve-like walk rate. OMMV.