FredLynn
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The Tigers have flopped big time, but two teams can both flop in the same season. One team flopping doesn't exclude others from doing the same thing.
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Exactly. And if they blow it are you ready to label them as FLOPS?
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Its hardly "spin". YOU might be satisfied with a good effort; I am not. If we do not make the playoffs this year, a very real possibility, then this team will have completed the FLOP and can join the long list of other FLOPS teams that choked down the stretch.
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Lowe needed a change of scenery. Its hard I would imagine to get motivated to play for a team that is just playing out the string. My guess is that it would have been the same with Ryan. There is no way you can say that Breslow achieved his goals at the TD. He WHIFFED.
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Success and failure in baseball are TEAM EFFORTS, from the owner to the GM to the coaches to the players. If they FLOP, which is a very real possibility, the entire team flops.
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Not for me. Getting in is enough progress. Not getting in for me means our GM and manager didn't do their jobs well enough.
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The proof of the pudding is in the eating. On Sept 1 we were challenging for first place. Instead of putting their feet on the gas pedal the team is coasting. If they make the playoffs the Flops label goes away. Otherwise they join the many teams that choked in September. .500 ball at crunch time isn’t good enough.
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Probably because here at crunch time they are playing, essentially. .500 baseball. This is in part because Breslow whiffed at the TD. Seattle got Suarez and Naylor to bolster their lineup . We got M&Ms.
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Which other teams are involved with that magic number? Detroit? Houston?
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If we were 10-9 and needed 14-5 to make the playoffs then it’s a choke. 10-9 is barely over .500. Not good enough for a team trying to make the postseason. So again: if we manage to complete the gag job then the 2025 FLOPS can join the choke club along with so many other Flops teams. If the make the playoffs they are exempt. This franchise has a long history of blowing it. Let’s hope the 2025 team doesn’t join them.
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Time will tell if your assessment is correct. If they don’t make the playoffs then they are no better than the teams that flopped. On September 1 they were 2 1/2 games out of first place. Now they are fighting for the last WC. If the choke job is realized then you can add this year to the list of teams that flopped.
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The big 3 all have ERAs under 3.50 for the year. Harrison and Early haven’t pitched enough to be able to assess them. Both have been evaluated as having a ceiling of depth SPers from what I read.
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We actually have three very good SPs too. It’s not the pitching that is the problem now.
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Big win The pitching matchup was bad but the Flops won anyway
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Feel free to object. But I’m right Rafaela isn’t Yogi
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He killed my dog in a previous lifetime
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I don’t hate Cedanne. I hate the way he plays with a bat in his hands. He has zero plate discipline and at times looks silly at the plate. The only time he can hit the baseball is if the pitcher makes a mistake. His OPS is under.700. Next question
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Bichette is out. He makes a big difference for them
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Gio only ended up giving up one run
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I’ll finish your sentence: ”hoping he’ll hit .300 the rest of the way.”
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Two horrible strikes called on Rafaela. He doesn’t need help striking out
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Sure Max
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A couple more runs should do it
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Take Wilson out
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Huge hit by Narvaez