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lol fluffing fulmer

Next time Hinch needs a save, I would bet a dollar to a dime that he will throw Soto out there. I have little doubt of that. In terms of who's throwing better during the season, there's really little debate to be had. It's Fulmer, and whether it's for next the save opportunity, or for one a month from now after Soto will have had two or three more high-profile meltdowns—just to make extra special certain it's persistent—Fulmer's gonna get his chance.

I misunderstood the original question—the first Tiger younger than I was Nelson Simmons in 1984.

I would say that compared with Soto’s Savant card above, this is a pretty good reason to give Fulmer a chance to lock down ninths.

As much as we’re piling on Haase this morning, can we finally start to conclude that Soto is not really a closer? I mean, he’ll do as a placeholder during a rebuild, but when is it going to be our turn to get a shut-down guy?

Haase deserved a shot to extend his fifteen minutes. I think we know now.

Whoa C-Mo is wearing U-of-M(innesota) colors. That’s a definite choice!

Later

Now THAT was a punch in the gut. Oof.

Oh. My. Effing. God.

Wow, way to carve up Kepler there, Greggy.

Oh, Jesus, we’re done for.

Jesus, stats just showed Soto has given up 10 walks in 9.1 innings at Target, and what’s the first thing he does here?

Where does Kreidler play here?

Luck be a Soto tonight …

That was guts pitching by Fulmer.

Well I would except for one thing

Calling it the “Civil War” has developed into a bit of a peeve of mine, because it wasn’t really a true civil war. It was a war between two nation states, and except for areas along the actual border, where you might have seen some brother-against-brother shit, the sympathies one way or the other were pretty clear cut based on geography. On the other hand, what we call the “Revolutionary War”? That was way more of an actual civil war. Sure, an army from another land came from across the sea to fight it, but it also split colonists on a house by house basis all across the colonies, not just in any one corner of it. There was a lot of internecine battling that was among neighbors only, no redcoats involved. That looks a lot more like a civil war to me.

I do like the dumbfounded look on Correa’s face right now.

This Baez kid is gonna be pretty good.

Agreed. I, too, dislike ketchup-flavored potato chips.

Don’t look now—you know, because it’s MLB Network—but Alex Avila is on MLB Network right now, on their Tonight panel.

TO's own Fred Manrique.

What, you don't think Madison Cawthorn has grifted at least $2k or so from red hat dumbasses?