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I agree with this if Meadows is an elite defender, which maybe he is, I honestly don't know either way. If he's merely better than average with the glove, or fails to make Quick Pitch with highlight plays, I think he'll still get raked for struggling at the plate. I'm not sure what the calculation is with the front office. Maybe they don't want a repeat of the Tork situation where he got called up too early. Maybe they have plate appearance or time benchmarks where they are telling him basically no matter what, you're not getting called up until September, or until 2024. I mean, yeah, he's doing all right with his 98 wRC+, but he's not putting up the kind of otherworldly numbers where he's destroying the door that's keeping him from Detroit with his bat. So it wouldn't surprise me not to see him this year. But I hope we do. I'm just as eager as anyone else to see how he does on the big club.

Because I said don't bring him up, right?

I've seen where people are now counting on Kerry Carpenter to lead us to the promised land along with TORK! and Riley. That was fast. 😁

Sure, totally fine, bring him up!

It probably should count for something. I say, bring him up. That said, you've been here long enough to see people clamoring to bring up this guy or that guy, only to want him and Hinch to walk the plank together when he flounders, so unless he comes up and rakes like Kerry Carpenter, I'm not sure it would be any different for Parker Meadows. If he did put up a 75 or 80 wRC+ to start with, I don't think people would be saying, well, at least he's better than Baddoo so I'm happy (whose wRC+ for the season is 83, BTW). I think they'll be more like, why didn't Harris sign a big free agent hitter this past winter??

Maybe. He's hitting .262/.341/.471 in 400 trips at Toledo this year but Fangraphs has his wRC+ at 98, which is right around league average. If we believe that number, it's likely he comes up and rakes at a 75 or 80 wRC+ level, which will have people screaming for Hinch's head for running him out there night after night. Of course, if we don't believe that wRC+ number and think he'll hit like an All-Star, then by all means, come on up!

Just like a Rule 5 guy!

Rule 5 for a reason? Might as well keep throwing him out there, though, until we get someone better to replace him with.

Although in the hands of the New Boss, I’m more open to doing a deal like that, until he shows he fails at it, same as the Old Boss.

Given how strikeouts have spiked over the past decade-plus, it’s quite possible.

I know it’s far more likely a mirage than a turning point, but this Detroit Tigers team played like champions today.

Aww, nawww, Jason Foley’s not gonna get a save, boo hoo hoo, bad Zack, bad

Short goes long!

I could see packaging Cisnero and one of the starters, meaning Eduardo, to unlock a numbered prospect.

Watching highlights of Kapler’s time with the Tigers, I forgot he wore #23. Damn.

Especially if the return includes a plus middle infielder or third baseman.

Has Daniella Bruce ever done analyst work in the booth with Dan? As long as they’re rotating everybody and their brother through that booth, might as well give her a try. Seems like she might be pretty good.

One of the better catches we will see Kerry Carpenter make on the fly ball over his left shoulder.

What an outing by Skubal

Aw, darn, 7/9ths of the way to an immaculate inning. Too bad. And that was a hit too.

Maybe he was hanging out with Deuce there and didn't want to get caught up in his bad scene again.

Also, I'm at my wit's end on seeing endless garbage posts. Time to take personal action.

Thank you—I was going to ask for the example of how they said their core customer is "****ty".

Counterpoint: technically imprecise though their usage may be, the terms are still prevalent in the industry. https://www.unifiedmanufacturing.com/blog/how-do-i-know-if-im-getting-quality-vinyl-record-pressing/#virgin-vinyl-or-recycled-vinyl

It always surprises me to remember that SiriusXM is the company and yet there are separately-branded Sirius radios and XM radios depending on the make or even model. Seems silly but I guess there are reasons. Anyway, it might be different for car XM in that they give you all 30 broadcasts in a night, but car Sirius gives us only 15 a night, that is, only the home feed. The phone app gives us all 30 broadcasts, though.