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I think that is because many fans believe the Tigers can get more for one year of Skubal than they likely will.

The wife pointed out that we gave Libertarian leader Millei more in one go than the entire USAID budget. Pretty much encapsulated the situation. Welfare for the Oligarchs and ****all for the poor, the sick, the needy. That camel ain't getting through that needle eye.

I went to bed after 9 innings. Did the Blue Jays announcer do a game re-cap?

I'm in the minority, but I would roll with Skubal in 2026 through the season, regardless of where we are at the trade deadline. I don't see any team giving us the OMG deal either this winter or in July. It's definitely a gamble, but as Skubal is taking a gamble on himself, the Tigers should make the same gamble, even if we only get a draft pick. Yes, they still need to pick up another front line starter this winter, a couple relievers ( though I hope Madden & Dylan Smith can take a step forward in 2026), and a big RHH preferably RF.

probably a response to the clickbait rumors and that generated chatter.

I can see one guy from that core being moved, but otherwise for good or bad, that's it. If I'm going to play armchair GM, and I feel I have to move a core player for some pitching, the guy I'd like to move would be Carpenter. I'd have to buy out most of Javy's deal to move him, besides he's my safety net in CF. If you get a catcher who can receive and throw, and even hit some, you hold onto that for dear life, so I'm not even answering the phone about Dingler. Torkelson might bring back something of value but I'd just have to turn around and shop for a RH bat to replace his production. That leaves Greene and Carp and I think Greene crimped his value last season. I'd rather risk that he gets back on track than sell low. That last part is the gamble. I'd rather know all that the coaching staff knows about Greene's season from the inside before making that call.

When you look at Whitewater... it's such small potatoes. Seriously. The scandal responsible for much of the drama in the 1990's.... go research it. It wouldn't even get noticed today. Every person who ever criticized Bill Clinton but supports the current guy is a hypocrite. Trump is Clinton on steroids, super soldier serum, and everything else. He's all of Clinton's flaws multiplied exponentially.

This team needs to stop trying to play traditional basketball and embrace the chaos. They don't have the skill or roster makeup to play a beautiful half court game. They do have the athletes to play fast and create chaos. I know it's only four games, but their current pace is 14th in the league. With this young and athletic roster, they need to be top 3-5 in terms of pace. Think about the best basketball we saw last season. It was always when they played fast, both on offense and defense. High pressure defense, and run run run on offense. Embrace the chaos.

Can you imagine the apathy if not only do you take a team out of contention by making the team worse this year and then have a work stoppage in 2027?

They need to keep him unless they get overwhelmed with an offer. Trading your ace pitcher when you are likely going to contend is not a good move. I would think the players would not like that much.

Cruz is not a good source for that kind of crap. and why is the right wing so obsessed with this race? I wish I could put my finger on it... actually I can

I don't see Harris trading Skubal unless he is offered a crazy deal. If Detroit keeps him through 2026, I have a hunch he'll sit a while as a free agent, as it's likely there will be a work stoppage in 2027.

How do we know Boras is negotiating? I’ve read that the Tigers have made offers, which may or not be true, but do we know if Boras has countered with anything?

The Dodgers’ radio of call of this was interesting. It’s their home park but off the bat Stephen Nelson didn’t sound like he expected it to go out. Then he gets a bit more excited as Varsho drifts back and then holy crap it’s gone. A couple of balls that looked like they could dangerous earlier in extra innings went for long outs, like one by Will Smith.

The Evangelicals are used to watching their pastors get rich (on their backs). 🙄 They love it, proof of God's favor.

I think Tackle will be the first round pick in 2026 - because even if Decker does come back, he's not going to play much longer.

If anyone here either is in need, or if they know of people who might be, please share this information. www.findhelp.org Or, just share this info on whatever social media platform you use. For sure, there will be folks who may have real difficulties in the very near timeframe.

God bless the Chicago Public Library.

Never understood why nobody hits him. Lay him out once and he won't act like this.

Plus he's ignorant, which is one thing you could never say about Bill Clinton. Despite whatever character failings he had, he had a firm command of both facts and policy.

I agree. I'm just pushing back on the idea that Vlad was robbed of an at bat had he held at third. He was never going to get an at bat either way—just a plate appearance at most.

Chip shoot? Comp shoot? Cusp shoot? Clap shoot? Am I close? 😉

All in for 2026, you keep Skubal ( yeah, maybe he gets the injury bug this year, or the main piece in return for the trade does ?? ), every year is a c**p shoot each year. He is your best option to lead the team for 2026, each year is a whole new ballgame. Try to get Bichette, he can play SS for a couple years while you determine where McGonigle, Keith, Lee, Anderson play or get traded. A RH hitter for the OF. Then Dingler, Greene, Meadows / Clark ? , RH OF, Tork, Bichette, Torres / McGonigle / Keith. Skubal, #2 SP, Mize, Melton, Jobe (2nd half ?), Olson, Flaherty. Start there and see what flies or sinks....

Harris already talked about not blocking young players so they probably don't go after any position players. Maybe a qualifying offer for Torres.

I don’t think fans want to see him go, but are resigned to it, so would like to see us get players in return. I don’t share this view—I’d prefer going all in for 2026.

I was going to make a joke post saying pretty much the same thing as this. I'd be fne with it, but I don't see Harris/Ilitch signing more than one expensive player. If they sign one of those guys it would be a big deal.

But if this is an issue, isn't it going to be an even bigger issue if he walks for nothing at the end of '26 as compared to getting some talent back this off-season? The players know the set-up as well as anyone. I assume most of them and us want the team to be able to continue to contend beyond '26? I'm not saying it's not a potential issue, just that you are going to face it either way - it's just a matter of when.

I don't trust anybody who tells me MLB teams are losing money, even business journals that get their information from we can probably guess what sources.

And that crazy deal would have to make us not worse this year. No way Harris intentionally sets the team back on their momentum.

Jay's batter swung and missed at ball four with the bases loaded in the 17th or 18th (? it's kind of a blur!). The door was open but they couldn't walk through.

Wow, JJ McCarthy better be ready. The Lions are going to throw everything at him. Who is the Viking backup now? The Lions would need to sweep the Vikings for 18 years to have a better record. Wow.

Under this idiocracy that we live in, expect to see more and more headlines like this. But their stock will boom and Kool- aid drinker and other old white dudes that live off of Fox News and Newsmax will scream that the Trump economy is great. Hell, they even fired the people that gave us the real numbers and replaced them with maga-holics. https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/amazon-targets-many-30000-corporate-job-cuts-sources-say-2025-10-27/ Just imagine if Biden or Obama fired the people that kept track of unemployment and inflation numbers because they didn't like what those numbers said. They'd be spewing kool-aid all over the place at Fox. OH YEEEEAAAHH!!!

I'd prefer if the game goes past 12 innings, then you have a runner start at 2nd base starting inning 13, or something like that. I agree about potential injury. With the game today, that's basically 3 full games in 26-7 hours. Yamamoto was warming up and would have pitched had it gone to 19. And no need for scarlet A on your jersey. Consider an Earl Wilson patch instead. He doesn't get enough love

these kinds of claims are still BS though. In the end, all dollars are fungible. I'm sure there are some donors only interested sports, but there are a lot of donors that might have endowed a 100 scholarships or built a chem lab if they have gotten the same pitch from a different development official.

I hate the Dodgers

Freeman the hero! At 10 minutes to midnight.

I’d offer QO to Flaherty and Torres and try to resign Finnegan as well from last year’s team. I’m probably trading some players like Ibanez, Malloy and Jung even if it’s not for much just to clear space. As far as additions I’d like to bring in a 1 year SP and a lefty bullpen arm. The big acquisition I’m making is probably Bichette for 7-8 years near 200 million to play SS and 3B over his career here. The big question is Skubal and I’d probably trade him if you get the right offer but then you need another SP. I’d love to watch him another season but I don’t see anyway that he resigns here and to only get a draft pick back and still need to replace him would be tough.

It’s really neat how the Blue Jays can score runs and not strike out 17 times and just shrug it off.

I have been starting to realize that not having to care may be the only benefit of growing older. I still have a hard time mastering it though.

When the Blue Jays screwed the pooch and didn’t score in the top of the 2nd, then Hernandez hit that home run for the Dodgers in the bottom of the 2nd, I was really upset until I remembered I don’t actually have to care about this. The sense of freedom in not being obligated to care is a real delight.

This is why peacock sucks. After that Paul Reed dunk I need Blaha to say, don't look now they are only down 28.

you replaced beasley's insane production last year with joe harris 2.0. you replaced shroeder's production with an old, injured caris levert. and we expected them to be better this year? they are back to the same problems they had before last season: no shooting and no one else to handle the ball except cade. no ivey is just murdering them.

This game has had one of the most egregious strike-that-wasn’t-a-strike calls you will ever see. ABS can’t come fast enough.

I would offer qualifying offers to both Torres and Flaherty. I would try to resign Finnegan. I wouldn’t exclude any Tiger from last year in a trade. Obviously the market will bear different values for each player. Specific to Robert, I suspect he’s a looks good as an acquisition until he’s acquired. He’s another high strikeout batter, which isn’t what the Tigers need. I’m not adverse to dealing Meadows and Malloy, but I’m not sure this is it. I would rekindle chats with Bregman. And obviously there’s that extension stuff with Skubal to deal with. I’m open to turning over a decent chunk of the roster without giving up too much present and future.

I guess Max is the Blue Jays starter for game three. I don’t particularly have anything against players that are traded away or leave through free agency, but I am resentful at the success they enjoy elsewhere and experience it as a betrayal, even though it’s not. So I am all for Max tonight although I don’t think I’ll watch the game and I’ll just probably peek in here and there.

It’s actually two boys playing on a tire swing and it was in the Boise mall for years and when new ownership took over they threw it away and some one saw it on the scrap heap at metal recycling facility and they knew the artist so they retrieved it and the artist repaired it and put it in the botanical garden. It was a beloved piece of public art that a lot of people recalled fondly from a more innocent time in our city’s past and it was kind of a big deal to reclaim it. Absentee ownership moves in all sorts of places and erases public memories, but this was one memory that in the end, and only by happenstance, was not erased.

Meth belt?

Jordan Love is just stupid lucky. Just throw the ball up in the air for your guys to come down with it.

Thompson and Holland look they are going to be making significant gains this season. 2 of Stewart, Holland, and Thompson on the floor at all times, please, just for some defensive havoc.

Easy there, whippersnapper.