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It would not surprise me to learn that Herschel Walker was relieved at losing. He seemed really half-hearted about the whole thing at the end. He is a deeply stupid man, but he's probably smart enough to know he wasn't qualified to be a senator. Kari Lake, on the other hand, strikes me as lusting to become Donald Trump's heir to become supreme MAGA leade. Arizona governor was just a stepping stone in the career trajectory in her mind, I think.

Is that your memory of it at the time?

Yes, although not just the baseball cognoscenti. Regular people who weren't even baseball fans, even Michigan fans, lost their respect for Bo. Which is the say, they finally saw him revealed for what he basically was: Woody Hayes North.

The market has changed. Teams seem more willing to to sign longer deals for lower AAVs, probably as a way to mitigate the luxury tax. Plus, there's a good chance some of these GMs won't even be with their team by the chickens comes home to roost.

Bo was a god in Detroit, I assure you.

True, although he carried his god-like status into the job and it was still intact when he went to war against Ernie. It was the Ernie Incident that cost Bo everything. Bo practically died in disgrace as a result. It was one of the grossest miscalculations of one's own stature versus that of another that I can recall.

How many classified documents are lost for good because they are in the hands of someone who's not within our jurisdiction?

They don't have to pay him while he's on suspension.

Bo was considered one of the all-time greats when he was at Michigan.

Too bad you’re not the Padres GM!

I was actually wondering just the other day who the most recent major leaguer is who was active-duty military. I have no idea, but I’m guessing it was a Vietnam vet, somebody like Garry Maddox.

I believe the issue at the time was that Bo resented Ernie’s stature in general, and when Ernie crossed a line with some career demand, Bo decided he was going to run him out of town. For anyone not around at the time, it is difficult to overstate just how god-like Bo was around Detroit during his tenure at Michigan, certainly the equal if not the greater of Ernie. But Bo lost the battle mainly because he wasn’t beloved, and Ernie was.

This reads as though his biggest challenge to overcome to succeed in the majors will be hitting plus velocity at at least an average clip. That may be what he primarily works while on the farm.

Picking up Bogaerts might say more about the Padres than about Tatis.

Don’t you worry, that’ll come back around! 😉

This is actually the slightly-damning statement Harris made about Higginbotham!

“Shapes and power”. I quite like that.

Justyn-Henry Malloy looks like a walking, slugging beast with AAA experience. I think there’s a good chance he treads Comerica at some point next year.

What is our responsibility for players picked in the minor league phase? Is it any different from signing them to a minor league contract, in terms of roster spot guarantee or anything else?

One thing we don't always remember about Rule 5 picks, because we don't see it a lot: if we don't want to keep him, we can offer him back to his former team for $50,000, and worst case, release him and let him go back on the market and eat the hundred grand.

Per the other thread, Mason Englert was chosen by the Tigers in the Rule V draft. Good news: he has shown that he can control the plate, and he had a sub-1 WHIP in more than 100 innings at A+ last year. Bad(?) news: He has thrown exactly 15⅓ innings above A+ ball, and like it or not, for better or for worse, he is going to be on the Tigers' 26-man roster all year long. He will get plenty of opportunities to find his footing.

I think a big part of the frustration some folks have might be their need to see something different from the new guy right away, in terms of changing the big league roster, and it not happening as they watch other teams making their moves. Yes, we dumped a lot of guys off the 40 man, we got a lot of waiver churn, and we signed a pitcher who was a devil we know, and those are changes. But, rightly or wrongly, a lot of people frankly expected more than that by now. Patience is a virtue, sure, but on the other hand, fans gonna fan. I think that if Harris had by now made one signing of a guy who had never been a Tiger, or one trade for a major leaguer people have heard of, we wouldn’t be hearing much whinging about lack of movement. We may continue to hear the whinging until he does make whatever that first big move.

Per the article, Biden is kiliin’ it.

It was always going to be the Yankees …

If nothing else changes, we could see another 100 runs and maybe 20 more batting average points per team in additional offense next year. We may also see strikeouts rise slightly as more all-or-nothing batters roam the Earth in the quest for more launch angle and more home runs. If they liven the ball back to 2019 levels as well, then Katie, bar the door.