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That’s gonna be an interesting discussion because Tampa has got leverage now, since Baseball definitely does not want the team to leave. And the Tampa pol was quoted in the article saying he wanted a deal that was favorable to the taxpayers. Seems to me at first blush that the Rays’ only chance to soak the taxpayer is embed themselves inside Tampa or Hillsborough government and grease the right people.

If Parker’s out for months at a stretch, that might well torpedo our playoff chances, because we were really counting on him to take a step forward all year long and put up maybe three or more wins. I don’t think we get three wins in center from a gaggle of replacement parts.

If another ownership group can buy the Rays and manage to convince the other owners to let them move to Nashville, that might open the door a crack for Montreal. That would still be a huge long shot, but that would be better than the no shot they have now.

OK, that’s cool, I assumed you were still talking about the specific since that’s where I’d left it before that.

Good lord, another “frustrating situation with little clarity” with another Meadows on this team? Seriously? And no progress since it started? I’m starting to get worried about this.

You’re already concluding that signing Torres to play second for a year and moving Colt to first because Tork has been laying a huge turd there for three years running, all while apparently ignoring instruction, was a strange turn, even before a singe game is played? I don’t agree, seems pretty level-headed to me.

Buying a Cybertruck has got to be some sort of litmus test. People—overwhelmingly bros, I assume—don’t buy it because it’s a well-thought out, well-constructed, well-performing vehicle. They buy it because they like the guy and believe in the guy and want to show they support the guy.

Yes, they're projecting. That's all anybody can do, even the professionals. I'd bet they have taken all your contingencies into account, plus several you haven't even thought of. Nothing is certain. That's why they play the games. If it fails, you can write to Scott Harris and tell him you knew it all along. sharris@tigers.com ... that should get there. 😉

He probably doesn't have more value at second base than Gleyber Torres does.

Here we go! Wheeeee!

Found an interesting article on mlb.com, of all places, discussing teams' player turnover from last year to this. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-teams-with-most-roster-turnover-in-2025 So many teams have made moves toward contending in 2025. But which clubs have done the most? Let’s take a look at the teams that have changed the most since last season -- whether for better or for worse. Using FanGraphs depth charts projections through March 5, we calculated what percentage of each club’s 2025 plate appearances (for hitters) and batters faced (for pitchers) will go to players who did not appear for that team in 2024 (represented as "turnover rate" below). Here’s the full list of turnover rates from 2024 to 2025. 1. White Sox: 42.3% 2. Angels: 36.5% 3. Red Sox: 35.6% 4. Marlins: 35.2% 5. Nationals: 34.5% 6. Cubs: 34.5% 7. Pirates: 32.7% 8. Dodgers: 32.5% 9. Reds: 31.1% 10. Astros: 30.5% 11-T. Athletics: 29.9% 11-T. Rangers: 29.9% 13. Yankees: 29.6% 14. Mets: 29.2% 15. Guardians: 27.3% 16. Rays: 25.9% 17. Brewers: 25.9% 18. Orioles: 25.6% 19. Blue Jays: 24.4% 20. Padres: 22.7% 21. Braves: 21.1% 22. Phillies: 20.3% 23. D-backs: 19.0% 24. Rockies: 18.0% 25. Giants: 17.2% 26. Tigers: 16.1% 27. Mariners: 16.0% 28. Royals: 15.9% 29. Twins: 13.9% 30. Cardinals: 10.3%

Right, but I also think Democrats give him that kind of pass as well, because they are not doing an effective job of leading us to believe any different.

Defensive stats are notoriously inconsistent, as you know, and the default answer is not necessarily whichever stats show him to be better at the position. Whatever analytics the Tigers use tell them that a combination of 2B Gleyber Torres and 1B Colt Keith projects to be worth more wins, taking their combined defense and Keith's reduced offensive value at first into account, than a combination of 2B Colt and 1B Spencer Torkelson would be, considering their combined defense and Colt's elevated offensive value at second. I'm willing to give the front office the chance to prove they know what they're doing in cases like these, until they demonstrate to me that they don't.

Trump’s established reputation lowered the bar in some ways and disintegrated it in others, so he is never going to be hurt by saying the most outrageous things possible. If he publicly dropped an N-bomb today, it would recede into the background and, if not forgotten, then considered relatively unimportant by next Friday.

It depends in part on how his defense at first compares with his defense at second. If he can be an average first baseman versus a minus-one-win second baseman defensively, that would probably wash out the hitting.

Well, I certainly wouldn’t want Tork to turn into Nyjer Morgan.

I could see it. He’s a former 1/1 waiting to be unlocked and help a team start winning right now. I think there are any number of organizations that believe they could unlock him and would gamble with giving up uncertain futures from “prospects” for that.

Vierling going down really did throw a monkey wrench into the thing, didnt it?

My thing since I started seeing them last year was to point at them and laugh. They’re so ****ing ridiculous-looking. How pathetic do you have to be to think they look cool?

To be clear, once Trump makes any move against Greenland, that is a de facto withdrawal from NATO, which Greenland is part of.

It’s almost as though we need a parliamentary system, since Electoral College rules practically preclude any permanent third party from taking root in this country.

I think this is a closer representation of AOC than is anyone's convenient characterization of a hate-all-Jews AOC. https://www.timesofisrael.com/rep-ocasio-cortez-slams-antisemitism-on-left-but-says-term-weaponized/ Washington, DC, on November 14, 2023. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP) New York Jewish Week via JTA — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned antisemitism but accused her critics of “weaponizing” the term in a rare public discussion with two Jewish activists who have shined a spotlight on bigotry against Jews in the pro-Palestinian movement. “Antisemitism, hate and violence against Jews because of their identity is real and it is dangerous,” the New York City Democratic congresswoman said at the start of the virtual discussion on Monday. She added, “When the Jewish community is threatened, the progressive movement is undermined.” ... But later, she said, “It is also true that accusations and false accusations of antisemitism are wielded against people of color and women of color by bad-faith political actors, and weaponizing antisemitism is used to divide us.” This sounds like a very reasonable position to me.

AIPAC is not "the Jews" They are a radical political organization which does not fairly represent American Jews who support Israel, as they themselves support only right-wing Israeli policy and viewpoints, which is why MAGA and the Red Hats profess to love them so much. By way of example, AIPAC lobbied Congress to invade Iraq in 2003, and then spent time and treasure for the next several years defending their lobbying of that. They were also a principle player in the Lawrence Franklin espionage scandal in which the DoD employee passed classified intelligence about Iran to them, which they turned around and gave to the state of Israel. More recently, they publicly backed dozens of racist, homophobic, QAnon-drenched election deniers during the past few elections, including Elise Stefanik, Scott Perry, Buddy Carter, Kat Cammack, and Burgess Owens. I don't think "the Jews" should be held responsible for the actions of AIPAC any more than they should be held responsible for controlling the world's banking system. You can equate Zionist extremists as "the Jews" if you like, and that's your privilege in a still-free-for-the-moment America. But I will continue to reject that idea.