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That's intriguing, thanks for laying that out. I'm not sure how to feel about this offseason vis-a-vis next year; they could be a somewhat improved product due to internal improvement and maybe some good external fits, but I no longer have the acumen or time to have a stronger feeling. What you laid out here though shows that maybe (hopefully?) Trajan et. al are looking a few years out.

That's over the top. Everyone knows the math on 3s v, mid ranges, but those are meta numbers. In this case, as was mentioned, .8 is great than 0. Also, there are other dynamics at play in how different actions can be enhanced by new options available. There are more and more coaches who are reintroducing the mid range element to take advantage of how other teams are constructed. It's like arbitrage. fyi - JD will be getting closer to $40 than $30.

All in all, a pretty accurate roster assessment. I'm patient and I always wish for the best for these guys, but the truth reveals itself over time - hard ceiling on a lot of the guys. I know this is a bad stretch, and a lot of team go thru this, but many of the shortcomings are recurring themes. Oh, they might have some good stretches, but this is a limited bunch.

Yeah, but even not winning it all can't be tied to the level of action or inaction at the trade deadline. It's unprovable that picking up this player or that, regardless the cost, would have improved - or hurt - the final results. This stuff is fun to speculate about, and it's what this forum is all about, but we really never know the answers to the what ifs.

Maybe, but "improvement" can be in the eye of the beholder. Granted, if they could acquire someone who would objectively upgrade a position of need in exchange for a future consideration (draft pick), the calculus becomes: To what extent will the reasonably expected improvement change the end results for this year, and what's that worth? I don't mean to state the obvious, but every FO has (or should have) their own way to measure this. Obviously, their job security depends on it. I for one enjoy seeing action at trade deadline and in offseason, but that's because it has entertainment value. I don't have anything important riding on it (except for my mental health during season).

Remember Matt Anderson 😀

A lot of interesting thoughts on 2026, and fair points made on all sides. Some thoughts on the topics discussed so far: 1. I'm kind of in the camp of "why trade Mize?". He's an above average ML SP and, as mentioned, still cost-controlled. Maybe there's a trade scenario in which the Tigers improve their roster, but I think unlikely. Also, I'm totally in favor of having analytics based decision making (hell, it's part of my job), but the body language Casey showed Thursday night was more comforting to me than I've seen from him. I think that means something wrt long term performance. On that note, Melton looks very poised! 2. I agree that Tork has become a "glue" guy, for lack of a better term. I also agree that ABS will benefit him. Glove work has improved, though not sure what the numbers say about that. 3. JHM is a 4A guy. 4. Jones has been super effective in his role. Not sure if sustainable, but he has really come though numerous times. 5. Season ending nose dive notwithstanding, you could do a lotworse than having Wenceel as your 4th OF.

Definitely, but he could pitch well and we still lose. For example, I could easily see Skubes allowing 1 run over 7IP and leaving tied or behind. This is as much about how Tigers perform against Castillo. This game is by no means a gimme imo.

Oh man that’s brutal. I’m totally down with folks having that passion. If you grew up there, you’d most likely be a Mariners fan .

this. Tork could have just as easily had a walk.

KC is the worst, though the huge parking lot works better for baseball than for football. Saw Tigers play there on on Friday night this year and it was actually not a bad stadium experience, other than the fact that you might as well be on a desert island when outside the park. Sure, they have bars/restaurants inside, but of course the prices are exorbitant.

Just took a peek between meetings. Happy to see 1 - 0 , but not as happy after glancing at P x P and seeing golden chance to score more wasted (again). Just get a 3 run cushion guys. Well, at least they've scored 4 runs in the series so far. If we could just push that to a cumulative Bert for the 3 games, we might have a chance. Edit: oh gosh, now it's 2 on with 1 out. I can't bear to look.

Came close! 380 mil? 🙂

Spoke with my son yesterday. He's lived in Portland for almost 10 years and he says that protest energy has been pretty low over the past year or so. The ICE protesters are just a handful of folks. He said the felling there is it will most likely be National Guard folks picking up trash. Having said that insofar as he's been historically pretty engaged with social and political things, I was concerned and told him that he needs stay away. Really HATED telling him that, because I support peaceful protest. But, I guess I'm really cautious when it comes to my own kids, even though he's a grown ass adult. It concerns me though that he's a Black man and could also be targeted as a suspected immigrant.

That's fair.