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Maybe ADHD or Dyslexia. When I saw some symptoms of ADHD it sounded very familiar to what I experienced. I could ace tests but would get a C in class because I didn't do the daily work. In college classes I would get bored after about 20 minutes and drift off. I had and have no problem reading things, like if you said "Read the first 4 chapters of this tonight and tomorrow's a test" I would ace it. But if you told me to fill out this worksheet every day..... nope. I was "smart but didn't apply myself". We took a standardized test my senior year in HS. When the award ceremonies came out they announced some scholarship thing and were rattling off the usual "smart kids, the all A students".... then me. I got $500 a semester from that, twice a year not spring/summer my entire college "career" because of that. And back then that covered like 25% of my tuition. My son is the same way. I just figured I was lazy but I'm not sure now.

That, and they would like to have a reasonable expectation of getting paid… which they do not believe they do.

You don't rebuild through the draft. I went through the first 3 rounds of every draft since 2016. Here's what I found for "good" players. Will Smith, Dodgers. 32nd pick in 2016 1st round Pete Alonso, Mets 64th pick in 2016 2nd round Bo Bichette,Blue Jays 66th pic in 2016 2nd round Bryan Reynolds, Giants 59th pick in 2016 2nd round Zach Gallen, Cardinals 106th pick in 2016 3rd round Sean Murphy, A's, 83rd pick in 2016 3rd round Shane Mclanahan, Rays 31st pick in 2017 1st round It's development. x100. Some orgs can develop much better than others. You can't tell me the teams are sitting on gold players after the first 2 rounds just hoping they slip through.

I didn't see Schoop or Cisnero.

Chris Ilitch has lost the room:

Big difference though. Texas has no income tax. Not saying that was in the only reasons, but it is a benefit to just take the money there vs take the money in Detroit.

That's fine & dandy on the surface. But teams face each other for a week at a time now. They wouldn't make any adjustments in games 4-6 of a series from what they've learned in games 1-3 of the same series, plus whatever advanced scouting is available (which to be honest, I don't know how much is available at different levels).

Perhaps at the macro level, but on a case by case basis, the factors that make individual free agents tick are much different. And simply put, I largely don't think fans think about that or care... I bring up Brandon Drury a lot because it ilicited a visceral reaction on this board when he signed with Anaheim last offseason. It later came out that he said that he, iirc, he accepted less money to stay on the west coast and closer to his family. We don't know if the Tigers were in on Drury or not and probably never will, but even if they were, probably the only way to obtain him is to offer a dramatic overpay and pay him way more than he is worth. Obviously as fans, it's not our money... but from a fiduciary perspective, among other reasons, I am not going to blame any organization for not desperately offering a dramatic overpay to a mid-level free agent. And if they did sign him to a dramatic overpay and he didn't perform to the level of his contract? I'm sure the fanbase would complain then too. Great example of that over in Kansas City in Jordan Lyles, who somehow got 2-$17M to put up a 7 ERA through the first half of this year

This made me happy to read. Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth (DeSoto & Gage) from Emergency! have remained very close friends ever since. They live right by each other and see each other all the time and give each other a friendly hard time like the characters did. When you hear about co-stars hating each other (Bruce Willis & Cybill Shepherd, Bea Arthur & Betty White, Shelly Long & The rest of the cast of Cheers), it's refreshing to see this. Tighe was Best Man at Mantooth's wedding 20 years ago and went over and hung out with him while he recovered from cancer. It's funny. I think of 7 year old me watchin Emergency! on my little black & white TV in my room (My mom telling me to turn it down because of the omnipresent sirens) and I never would have thought that Hey, 50 years from now I will be watching this in the morning every day. It's also amazing how much of it I remembered.

Careful what you wish for—players who leave because they hate it here tell other players how much they hate it here, which will make it that much harder to attract free agency talent when it comes time to really compete.

I don't think most young liberal women want to remain single. They don't want to settle for mediocrity.

Right. What moves would you expect the Tigers to have made for this org? Sign a bunch of free agents? That’s why we are stuck with Baez. You can’t criticize for not signing free agents then complain about his deal and the predicament it left them in. There isn’t a mythical store of players out there waiting to be purchased or traded for.

I saw her in Sweeney Todd on Broadway (a few decades ago) She was amazing

I vaguely recall really wanting to see the Tigers get guys like Jo Adell and Keston Hiura in deadline deals a few years ago. Florial seemed like an impossible ask. It really is a crapshoot...isn't it?

Solak came and went without me learning his first name.

some interesting names here https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trade-candidates-change-of-scenery-2023

To wit...Fred VanVleet will decline his $22.8 million player option and become a summer FA

He's been building his trade value in the last ....week....or so.

This is a case than any reputable lawyer would have to advise his client to plead out for the best deal he can get, but of course there is zero chance of Trump doing that, and who wants to take a case when your client isn't going to listen to your advice?

I had the pleasure of seeing her on stage in Blythe Spirit several years ago in London. Classic play, marvelous actor

Go look at her in 1944's Gaslight

Just to clarify, when I state that I believe Spencer Turnbull has no role on the Detroit Tigers of the future, I am not saying dump him now. And I am definitely not implying that we should dump every player in our system who has no role on the next Tigers playoff team however many years from now. The Tigers are not going to be any good for the rest of this year nor probably next year, at minimum, but they still have to put a team on the field tonight. Not just because they are contractually obligated to, but because the Tigers major league team is still in the business of trying to win ballgames now, which is crucial to maintaining interest among their primary target market of people in the Detroit area who like sports for however long it takes for them to be good again. So they have to put guys on the field obtained for a reasonable price who have the best chance of giving them a chance to win today, irrespective of their potential for providing future contributions to our ball club. That means guys like Matthew Boyd, Michael Lorenzen, Chasen Shreve, Jose Cisnero, Tyler Alexander, Garret Hill, Eric Haase, Andy Ibanez, Jake Marisnick, even Jonathan Schoop—and yes, Spencer Turnbull—all have a place on the 2023 Tigers, even though not one of them will be on the 2026 Tigers, that team which at this point stands the best chance of making the playoffs. None of these guys are first-division regulars, and none of them have a real future in the game. And that's OK, because that's not what we need from them. We just need them to be on the field right now, trying to help us win this game, and keep the business of Tiger baseball going while the front office builds the organization behind the scenes, hopefully putting us in a position of never needing players like these ever again.

I remember posting on the old board maybe a decade or so ago this nascent idea I had that just about any player in the major leaguers could be an All-Star, if they lucked into being in the right organization. I had not formulated much thinking around player development or even the Tigers' lagging behind on that, but I knew just from reading around that enough players were succeeding with some teams after failing with others that there had to be something in that.

I see they figured it out at some point.

And so, therefore, we're going to take two of three from them, because baseball.

For us true, for the Ukrainians, who don't actually exist anyway, not so much. Amirite? and of course there was a time we might have said the same things about red lines and Russia trying to manipulate US elections.

The NYPost is pretty legit tho. They hardly represent the propaganda drive of a single Australian media mogul's political desires. Oh wait, they do.

Parker has been hitting at a very steady 720 OPS. The oonsistency is good but he will need to take another step up if he's going to make it.

I love this album. Midlife Crisis, Easy, Land of Sunshine, and Be Aggressive are great tracks.

I am not suggesting they should have signed any free agent last off-season or that they should sign anyone this off-season. I am just saying that I think the difficulty Detroit has in attracting free agents is over blown.

He was on the field for 120 games last year and it didn't work out. And if I were a betting man, it probably won't work out this year either. Ohtani is a generational talent, but this isn't the NBA... having a couple of stars without a decent enough supporting cast doesn't really work.

Sixers assistant coach Dan Burke ‘expected to join’ Detroit Pistons’ staff

Ish Smith is also on the Nuggets roster. I always liked him. The ultimate journeyman. I believe his second year with us was the first time he started a season with the same team he ended the previous season with. Dude still made $40M in his career.

If we don't draft ****, I hope Orlando does. Their back court could be Suggs ****.

I'd be concerned with how LSU's coaching staff is using Skenes. They had him throw 124 pitches in a blowout about a week ago.