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Building on that. Multiple government agencies have open investigations against Tesla and SpaceX. Guess who is currently going over those agencies budgets with a fine tooth comb?

She's an outspoken Black woman, so it must be her fault anyway.

Bottom line is that Tork will either hit or he won't, and if he hits no-one will care how he got there and if he doesn't he'll join the ranks of the barely remembered Brennan Boesches of the world.

I heard Tork doesn't use video because he thinks it will steal his soul

Why would we want Arenado for 3 seasons? I like what Scotty had to day today regarding Bregman:

He's not an auditor. As far as I know, he has experience as an auditor. Anyway, audits are done to detect fraud or error. Auditors do cut funding which is not fraudulent or erroneous.

I have no idea what “amuse” is, but got a chuckle of the bottom of the screen shot they shared 😂

Bootlicking trolls always have a defense to excuse Dear Leader.

Let's hope they remember this if we make it to elections in 2026 and vote their MAGA reps out (Not holding my breath)

That’s some good dancing around Tork’s comments by A.J. Astaire. 😁 I suppose it’s possible that what Tork meant by “I don’t watch video” was actually “I do watch video but I get in my own head about it and it sometimes messes me up”. But I think it’s at least as likely that he meant what he said, and management got to him and said, you cannot say this kind of thing, especially if you want us to find a spot for you on our bench in Detroit versus riding the bus in Toledo, or at least get another team interested in you so you can get a fresh start starting someplace else, which I would bet both parties would prefer at this point. Because I don’t think the org wants to torpedo Tork’s career or anything like that. Far from it, I believe. He’s been around for years, they know him, they’ve invested time and treasure in him, and I think they’d like him to succeed somewhere, if not here. Preferably in the National League, I would assume. Either way, there’s no way the Tigers could let Tork just lip off about how he prefers to avoid video—and by implication, analytics in general—and let his comments just sit out there for the other, especially younger, guys themselves to ruminate on. The org had to get out in front of the comments and control the narrative on that, so they could keep all their players’ hearts and minds dedicated to the program versus questioning its value.

Chinese hack of treasury good. DOGE audit bad.

Tigers' clubhouse manager Jim Schmakel retires Well deserved. He must have so many great stories to tell after 47 years in Detroit plus 10 in Toledo.

I would definitely be fine if he was the generational talent hitter we thought when we drafted him. I also think the comments were semi-suicidal for this organization. Possibly not for the Colorado Rockies which have a reputation for being less oriented toward success.

I would guess Jobe is slated for a maximum of 150 innings based off his previous seasons and how teams try to build younger arms up. How they accomplish this, I’m not sure. As far as cold/climate, that might be a factor in the approach to this season. I suspect it’s going to be more about how his forecasted innings are gated throughout the season. Do they start his season out with shorter outings? Do they have him miss a start here and there when the schedule allows or when Hinch tries a pitching chaos game? Some sort of combination of the two? I know he debuted last season and pitched in the playoffs. I’m glad the depth is such to where they shouldn’t feel compelled to starting him in Detroi on Opening Day if there isn’t a need to. They can afford to be patient with him. At the same time, if his stuff is ready, then how do they find a way to not waste those pitches while watching his stamina? Maybe that’s where he opens and goes through a lineup once or maybe 3 innings total and then he’s done for earlier in the season starts? It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out.

He's walking back his comments. He says too much information overwhelms him and makes his slumps worse. Whatever, hit the ball consistently and I don't care what his process is. Don't hit and pack your bags for Toledo.

Always Be Closing!

I'm not sure a lot of these folks go to church. They've just been brainwashed over the last 50 years or so by Rush Limbaugh and his disciples on the radio. Faux News on TV and the ongoing belief that anything left or Reagan and Newt are works of the devil It all goes back to the belief that those less fortunate than us are plotting to take away our stuff. Something the MAN has always told us.

Sorry you caught me while using my device which didn't have the login to the freep on it. Remembering that login was beyond my capacity.

And the funny part is they are so far up their own ass on it that there is no chance they can step back and see it for what it is.

https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-tigers/detroit-tigers-hinch-explains-spencer-torkelsons-comments

Love it. Ausar missing free throws so they lose the game and he saves energy for the playoffs.

This may be the greatest thing I’ve ever seen on the interwebs.

To this day my oldest brother calls Tupperware "Suckerware." And it feels like Amway has been around forever.

We had relatives going thru a whole mess of stuff like that. Especially pampered chef. That kind of stuff has been going on forever. I'm old enough to remember Sarah Coventry, Avon, Tupperware....

Julio Franco was in the majors the same time as Jim Kaat who debuted in the 50s and Justin Verlander who is still playing in 2025.

The internet has turned this profession into influencer central.

Let alone the cost of office space for federal workers. Nobody above me on the food chain has gotten any work done the last three weeks.

I don't think wanting to go back to what worked in College captures what he said. He said he's trying to become more athletic at the plate which can only mean strength and flexibility to cover more of the zone. IF he does it, he will be leaving his old approach (mostly look for center cut pitches to drive) behind. But it's a very hard thing to do. For every guy like JD who finds greater success with a new approach, there are probably as many or more who learn the hard way that their long years of work has already converged them to the optimum solution for their capabilities and there is no upside in changing the approach.

"I just need 4 of my friends to join me in this exciting adventure..."

I also get tired of people constantly posting about selling things like Plexus, Scentsy, and other things like that. I don't say anything for the same reason (though I will snooze or unfollow the ones who post nothing else.

I don't know, but Hegseth seems to be an idiot. In his first term, your president made some respectable military hires. This time, his whole cabinet seems to be clowns. It's almost like he is deliberately hiring unqualified people.

Having family and friends in the mortgage and real estate industry is very helpful... once or twice in your life. But the rest of the time it's insufferable. Constant mailings, electronic and postal.... tik toks.... my rate is 2.5%. I ain't refinacning or moving. Move on. I realize it's how they stay in business but the constant barrage of marketing is annoying. And you can't say anything due to offending.

Everything we say in a Tigers forum is both pointless, in that it will not affect anyone's decision-making, and speculation, in that none of us are on the inside and have no real knowledge as to what's going on beyond what we have read. As such, this entire forum and all of its sub-forums is practically 100% pointless speculation. In that spirit, your insistence that everything is fine with how Tork is approaching his job is also pointless speculation. In fact, it's even less than pointless speculation, since you are flat out rejecting what Tork himself was quoted as saying as being untrue.

You make a good point about Tork. I speculated a while ago that Tork is a grip-it-and-rip-it guy who wants nothing to do with the analytics, and that the more information he gets, that more he gets confused, and the worse he does, so he hates getting information because he's never had to use information before just to hit. He's always had to just go up there and hit. No big whoop. And he got paid $8 million upfront for hitting that way in college, so of course he doesn't want to change his way of hitting. And at a certain level, it makes sense that whatever worked in college is going to work anywhere else he plays. But, no surprise, that's not how it work in the major leagues, the highest level of baseball in the world. It's a lot a lot different from college, and also, from the minors (where he seemed to do well until 2022). Even a transcendent hitter is not going to go up to the plate knowing nothing about anything except see ball hit ball and succeed in the majors. Not any more, anyway. Maybe Babe Ruth could do that a hundred years ago. Not today. These days, hitters have to be educated about pitchers, what they throw, what to look for in certain situations, and how to react to it when they think they see it. They have to think about and learn the process of hitting during practice in the offseason and during spring training and in the cages between games, so that when they are in actual games, the learning is totally ingrained and they don't have to think about process while they're in the box. It doesn't look as me like that's what Tork is doing, though. Ironically, it looks like he is overthinking when he at the plate during the regular season. That tells me he didn't internalize all this during practice when he was supposed to, so when things start going south during games, it looks like he starts overthinking and pressing to try to shake himself out of his funk while in the box, which is exactly the wrong time to do that kind of thinking. That's what practice is for. To your other point, I would be really, really surprised to learn that the Tigers take a certain kind of individual approach where they tell their hitters, you can choose to see the analytics, or you can choose to ignore them and just swing any way you like, doesn't matter to us. I believe it matters to them a great deal, since they have established a way they want to develop their players and have poured millions of dollars into the resources needed since 2022 to do so. I don't think anyone can reasonably argue that Tork is not failing as a hitter. The organization has presumably been doing everything they can into fixing that. They've made the resources available to him to help him figure it out, and he has said, flat out in the press this week, that he doesn't want anything to do with that, and essentially, the team should just leave him alone and let him do whatever he wants so he can figure it out himself. I just don't see how that makes good baseball or business sense for the Tigers to simply accept that. Maybe I'm just a judgmental person talking here, but my takeaway from everything I have read about what has happened this offseason is that the Tigers are unhappy with how Tork has been approaching his job and they are making preparations to move on from him. And in all honesty, I hope you get to laugh, point at me and yell "See! I told you!" when Tork is born again hard and puts up the MVP season for the Tigers that befits a former 1/1 pick. Because I will gladly accept your derision to see that happen.

ps, he landed in Toledo.

Basically since we moved to Comerica Park, we’ve had 3 horrible team building strategies: 1.) Draft low ceiling pitchers and then try to fill the roster with “5 tool players” who were athletic but not actually good at anything useful in particular (Macias, Kingsale, McMillon, Cedeno, Sanchez, Lombard, Magee, Bocachica, Torres) because the park is big so we need guys who might be able to hit triples! Only trade with Houston and San Diego for some reason. 2.) Go over slot on every first round draft pick and convince them to sign, only to then trade them a couple years later as our top prospects for big name players. Go under slot the rest of the draft and eventually have nothing in the pipeline. Since we have very little talent in the minors aside from a few mega prospects (Maybin, Miller, Turner, etc.) then there’s no need to have a great coaching staff, invest in analytics, or have an organizational identity on how we want to play. 3.) Sell off all of the good players accumulated in the previous regime for pennies on the dollar. Build through the draft, but do nothing to develop any of the talent in the minor leagues-just let them get by on their own natural skill sets. Take a swing on one big free agent who has red flags every couple of years because fans will support a fledgling team with one disappointing superstar. Trade anything of value whenever you can, but only for low minors prospects. This Harris regime is the first time this century where we have a group that is actually trying to put a competitive team on the field in Detroit while also nurturing the farm system, staying current with analytics, and making sound financial decisions for the teams continued growth.

Does this include the stretch where Buxton gets injured for 2/3 of the year?