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Baseball America has been doing this for years and they are almost always wildly wrong. It would be hard for this team to have a trajectory similar to the 78-84 Tigers simply because it is rare for any team to come together as beautifully as that one did. It's possible, but it's a longshot by definition. First, they would have to develop Whitaker, Trammell, Morris, Petry, Parrish and later Gibson. That is a remarkable collection of homegrown players. Then they have to be smart enough to make trades for Lemon, Hernandez, Lopez, Wilcox, Berenguer and Herndon. They only signed one free agent (Evans) and he wasn't even a big part of the championship team. There is nothing about the current Tigers organization which makes me think they are going to pull all of that off. The belief that they will do it is totally based on faith and not based on any likelihood.

I remember my dad watching the 1984 World Series, and having my earliest baseball memory watching with him. He asked me who my favorite player was. My response? “Blue Vinegar”.

The St. Louis Cardinals have had 1 season under .500 this century. Their payroll is usually somewhere between 10th-15th in the league; they don't spend like the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets, etc, yet they spend their money wisely. They are a mid-size market. The don't ever rebuild but always have a pipeline of competent pitchers coming up from the minors to help keep them in games. They don't overspend on big time players but aren't afraid to sign a guy to a reasonable contract. They always have great attendance because fans know they will put a quality product on the field. St. Louis, to me, is the best run and ideal franchise in pro sports. This is what the Tigers need to shoot for.

Taxing buy backs is fine with me. IDK if I'd rank it that far below carried interest on my list of abuses. Buy backs benefit primarily big holders, but the effect does also percolate out as gain to every holder of that stock which does include a lot of people. Carried interest benefits very few and probably harms more by making outfits like Bain Capital more profitable. So on the grounds that carried interest encourages outright destructive activity whereas buy backs are basically just one of many ways for the rich to get richer, I'd have preferred carried interest to have remained in the bill.

It's ok. We give people around here 7+ years to prove themselves.

I'm just talking about 2022 and 1984 (since the theme of the weekend is Lou Whitaker). I am not attempting to dampen your optimism about the fantastic re-build in any way.

Tampa Bay Rays (57-49) at Detroit Tigers (42-66)

Well, good luck finding some salt of the Earth type that happens to be a billionaire to replace them.

Did Shep just kick Lou out of the booth? So much for the tears shed earlier.

The Castro boys!

Hope the offense wasnt playing a pingpong tournament in the back when Lou was giving them advice on being/staying focused and not taking being a Tiger lightly...

At least they didn’t wait until he was deceased like they did Sparky.

They knew what would happen.

I'm glad they didn't acknowledge them. It's Lou's day. We have plenty of time to boo Ilitch.

No. I want nobody currently involved with the team to be the next GM. Sorry Tram.

Well, let’s be honest. Shame on the Tigers for not honoring Whitaker before now (and, yes, before 2020 when this was originally scheduled).

I think Torkleson will be fine. He stumbled out of the gate, it happens. But there needs to be more out of top of the round slots and more out of this emphasis on building from within.

The other aspect to it will be the commentary during the ceremony about being snubbed by the hall of fame. MLB won’t want to broadcast that.

Yep, plus there are more trials after this one. He seems to have weak lawyers on his side right now, will even those guys bail? How’s he gonna pay them? The wheels grind slow, but he’s going to suffer. I remember Ballmich on the old site being a Info Wars guy. 🤮

the board needs more guys like 84. all the rest of us just bitch about how much the tigers suck.

Playing games with hiding him on the roster defeats the purpose. Either you DFA him or you make him a part of the team in some regard. I vote for the latter, but in a reduced playing time scenario. Let him retire as planned—we’ve gone this long, why sully the relationship at this point? He retires as a Tiger on his own terms. We have enough versatile position players, that we can carry a part-time DH.

Dems in... array?

The part about future roster exercises I find most entertaining is that they never contemplate any trades, free agent signings, prospect surprises or player flameouts. They are always our organization today plus X years. Practically by definition, I guess.

Late bloomer. Like JD Martinez.

It will collapse. I don't know that I feel right blaming them for what will likely occur. They've done marvelous work in the first 4 months of the season when considering the health of the pitching staff. An adequate offense should have this team around .500.

Kerry Carpenter still has an OPS above 1000 and his K rate since his promotion is still <20% Tork 9 hits (2 HR) and 3 walks in his last 7 games.

Interesting https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-russian-hypersonics-lab-arrested-123032785.html

Don't worry. Chasfh guaranteed that we would love him. Be patient. 😄

Barnhart catching Garcia struggling swings at the first pitch to help Bryan rest.

as they say in the south: "well bless your heart."

So a couple BP guys maybe... Skubal as 5th starter/ swing guy... Greene as a bench guy... Maybe... HAROLD CASTRO on the bench!!!!

BBBBBryan Garcia

I understand that. Nowhere did I ever say he wasn't going to get paid. Cabrera has always been a loyal Detroit Tiger and the organization isn't going to embarrass him by releasing him, etc. If the Tigers had any chance of being a contender next season, maybe they ask him to retire, etc. but it really isn't going to make any difference at all because they will be fortunate to win 65-70 games, they aren't going to sign a big bat to play DH next season, and there isn't anyone in the minors that Cabrera will be blocking.

I am talking about 2022 and 1984. I am not talking about 2025.

No NSFW warning?

Pretty clearly she was bought off on that on by donors. Odd too because Manchin said getting rid of the carried interested exemption was a big deal for him.

I want a new GM making the selection