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Otoh, the original scouting failure was…

Up to .181 and .527 OPS, or less than half of Goldschmidt’s MLB lead and 0.07 clear of Javy Baez. Hopefully that homer brought him back and took all the pressure off his shoulders. We shall see the next two series if it was permanent change or just a temporary Tigers’ blip. (In fact, Detroit now has 4 of the 6 worst qualified hitters in the entire majors by OPS.)

Now imagine the lineup with Grandal and Jimenez healthy and with their legs under them, TA7/11 (Charlotte #) back, and Burger.

https://www.mlb.com/video/yoan-moncada-s-monster-game

White Sox have played just 5/38 (total season) home games against Central. Just wow. Won’t face Tigers again until July.

Astros series over the weekend Giolito/Valdez Cueto/Verlander (uh-oh) TBA vs. C.Javier Just need to get 1/3. 2/3 would be a minor miracle. Guess stranger things have happened. Just don’t let Alvarez or Tucker beat you. Bregman having a very pedestrian season so far.

Or Jimenez returns hitting like Vaughn and Burger…that’s enough for this division.

Let’s be honest. These are the Tigers, the one Central team that we own the last four seasons. What’s more important is Moncada’s confidence hitting against Houston and Toronto…then Minny/CLE. But obviously a very positive sign.

Yep, that was quickly broken. We did the same thing to Martin Perez but shockingly lost that one behind Giolito and the pen.

93 is right there a notch below VV and right there with Giolito recently and Lynn last night…and just above Cueto. Generally, that’s a FB speed that now gets you kilt in MLB. Unless you have a ton of movement and pinpoint location. Or face the Tigers.

Trade him ASAP! Teal/green. Let’s wait for him to at least get to .200 before we celebrate that “he’s finally back.”

Hadn’t homered in 21 games. May 14th vs. Yankees. The heat seems to be helping. Btw, Abreu 33 walks and 41 strikeouts. Career high is just 51 in his 2014 rookie season.

Tigers 38 total runs behind the Pirates for 29th in MLB. White Sox averaging 7.7 rpg last six games and still just 26th in total runs. On the plus side, only 14 runs behind the Astros.

But then they’d only get about 60-65% back…? Makes the Kimbrel move/s even stranger.

Did anyone see Harold with radar gun in hand shouting to the heavens, “Just give Kelenic one more shot, one opportunity….Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him,”

Except Greg doesn’t waltz off with a young Courteney Cox…

Ron, who would you recommend trading? Opposing GM… ”Well, Cease or Kopech look pretty good, and you don’t have a position for Vaughn, now do you? How about throwing in Robert to sweeten the pot, he’s looking more like an opposite field singles and doubles hitter with limited patience a spotty injury history. In fact, Rick, no RHP has gone four starts in a row with over 100 pitches like Cease…he has a TJ in his past, and he’s taxing your bullpen by going just 4-5 IP each time out. The main benefit is more time for vendors and concession stands to maximize revenues during his starts.” Other than Graveman and maybe Pollock (B/C prospect), what are going to get back for the rest of the roster that nobody wants or can afford? Sell off Cueto? Gio, Lynn, Abreu and TA7 instead…? Reinsdorf won’t you let trade off the latter two, Lynn and Kelly are LaRussa favorites…so it’s basically Giolito and Graveman, pretty much the extent of it. Wait, how does that help in 2023, exactly? Which means you have to go back out in FA and spend even more $$$ replacing those two since nobody can trust him to actually work out another favorable prospect trade again at this point.

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Sometimes you take away one of the most important players on the team and it can actually have a positive effect as others rally and pick up the slack, like the GS Warriors growing and maturing their roster while Klay Thompson was out… Graveman gets to go back to closing again, for example. Kelly moves to the 8th and other relievers (Lopez, Foster, Ruiz) have to cover the 7th. That said, him missing the rest of 2022 and at least half of 2023 would be a disaster of epic proportions.

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Bottom 8 out of 157 qualified hitters in OPS, all from the AL Central. Plus Avi Garcia, 9th from the bottom, haha. #157 Baez/Barfz, #156 Grandal, Schoop, N.Lopez, Candelario, Torkelson, Merrifield, #150 M.Straw Ramirez #3, Buxton #12, Arraez #19, Abreu #43 Only 4 hitters in MLB Top 69 from Central

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Not even Greg775 or Parkman are capable of this counterintuitive troll/jinx... As we speak, the Sox are going to be 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 behind the Guardians and likely just 5 behind Minny if Seattle 4-0 lead holds up out West. Everything will be much clearer 36 games from now around the TDL when we have head to head matchups with both those AL Central-leading teams. Edit: Guardians escape 1st and 3Rd no outs in Denver to go up +3 over .500 due Emmanuel Clase.

Mazara 355/762 Gonzalez 304/784

mikolas at 115 pitches and injury history going for no hitter against Pirates for DH sweep