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Especially with how of some of these divisions are shaping up and a possible work stoppage after this season. There’s a lot of teams that aren’t where they want to be and a cy young level ace would be a massive boost.

No loss today!

I'm sure the Pacers will be a playoff team with Carlisle at the helm, but Turner's offensive ability was a big part of their success. Also Haliburton has a long way to go to get back in shape. I wouldn't put them in a tier above the Pistons. Boston was already the #2 seed and got bounced in round 1. They were already in the playoffs, so no change there. Giannis coming back and going to Miami could add a new team to the playoff mix. It's not like the Pistons were the 7th seed, so we don't have to worry about a couple new playoff teams coming in and pushing us out the bottom. They'll be in the playoffs again and probably for the next several years as long as Cade and Ausar are here.

I'm aligned with what Bryce said on Duren. The most he's comfortable with offering is around 28M. That's where I'm at as well. It's also what Allen makes and he outplayed Duren. Now, he also said he thinks they'll wind up paying more that that, which is probably also true (sadly). End of the day, I'm not going over 30M. If he wants more he needs to find a sign and trade. Of course, I expect that Sam is right and the team will sign him for somewhere between 35-40M because they feel like they have to.

Time will tell, but we differ there. I think Skubal draws 2 gold plated prospects.

I feel like they're close to competing, they just need to reset the team a bit. I think they need some players that irritate you if they're on an opposing team. Jahmai Jones and Wenceel Perez get under no one's skin nor do they motivate their teammates. We need an edge.

I will get interested as it gets closer to the deadline, but right now it's depressing to think about. I am Tired of the Tigers being so bad that they have to sell at the deadline.

1982 was interesting, because they had a winning record that year. They were tied for first before they collapsed in June.

Trade deadline is August 3. They have a couple months to turn it around. If not it should be a very active and interesting deadline. The odds Skubal gets dealt are going up by the game.

Me too

the argument going into the season was that if you had a chance to win, keeping him through the season would be worth more than any likely return. So the part about the return not being great hasn't changed, what's changing rapidly is his potential value to a team that isn't going anywhere. How good does the return have to be to be more valuable than the difference between finishing 4 and 5th? Chasfh is correct you can't really do anything until he is pitching again, but that could still be substantially before the deadline.

mistake was probably made years ago when they decided to have one super fund instead of breaking things up by municipality or district where each fund could be judged against its peers. Now trying to reform it is a too big to fail situation.

That's more stupid than violent. It amazes me that so many people will think that's funny.

Never underestimate the stupidity of GMs. Duren is a 22 year old All Star with a lot of physical tools that GMs drool over and perceived growth potential, even the biggest haters have to admit that he did improve this regular season. There's no way in any scenario that he's getting less than 30m/yr long term regardless of a 14 game playoff sample size. I'm far from a Duren fan and have stated as such around here for months that I don't think the Pistons should pay him what his market will likely dictate but I do believe there will be a pretty significant market for him despite what we saw in the last month and that number starts with a 30 at the very minimum IMO. Just look at the Ayton example for one.

They sold off their radio stations a few years ago. With fewer radio stations, outside of Trumpservative talkers carrying any sort of network news, the move was probably inevitable.

Maybe I am underestimating what they can get, but I don't think they are getting a McGonigle level prospect for a two-month rental though. They may get a package, but I don't think the best player in the package will be guy who has received an 80 scouting grade for hitting.

I think if any GM is unwilling to give more value than that (assuming he returns in mid June and makes 6+ weeks worth of Skubal-level starts), then they should all lose their jobs. The value of that pick is a guy in the back end of a team’s top 10.

The only reason I'll watch is that I like to be hurt. Banging my arm in the car door isn't doing it any more. 🥹

I don’t think I could estimate what a collective group might be expecting, but I do think we may have something close to an actual efficiently operating market when it comes to selling Skubal, because I don’t think anyone is going to be able to get away with making a lowball offer and expecting it to be accepted because of a lack of better offers. This is not Eduardo or Jack Flaherty. A team cannot go elsewhere and get another comparable version. But yeah, of course there will be a limit. The easiest thing to do in these cases is to simply try and put yourself in the other side‘s position. If Paul Skenes is on the market in the same situation three years from now, and the tigers are contending, would I be open to them trading last year’s McGonigle? Maybe. I wouldn’t have done it for Mason miller, as much as I like him. So it’s always going to come down to specific needs and personalities.

No! Tell us this isn't so. With markets at all time highs no less. Nation’s largest public pension fund plagued by secrecy and underperformance, probe finds - Bubblevision There is never only one cockroach. This fund has been a swindle for years. And we are at high tide.

Howzabout a merging of an Earl Weaver cursing head inside of a circled CHARM CITY with a voice cloud coming from his mouth and the Maryland flag replacing ####! for the obscenity coming out of his mouth?

That’s an interesting concept. Create the sleeves to mimic the Maryland flag, maybe using orange in place of the red and yellow? I generally prefer simple, but a tie in to the state flag seems unique for a one team in the state team.

Well you’re no fun.