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I’ve had an emotional week, so nice to be able to veg annd watch Wings @ Flames on Sportsnet tonight. 2-0 Wings 5 minutes in.

I continue to be knocked out by the idea that so many Tiger fans will be disappointed to see Tarik Skubal suit up in a Tigers uniform on March 26.

Baddoo to the Brewers.

Chas and I are agreeing on something again. Feels good. 😄

Sleepy Grandpa Trump yelling at clouds again Three cognitive exams? Why so many?

It might be less that the government is unable to produce evidence of a deportation order, and more that they believe they don't have to produce a deportation order simply because they're the Trump administration.

Apparently the source on this very distracting story is a lesser-known insider, Marde Wanuel.

I don’t wish harm on anybody but I’ll save my sympathy for someone that deserves it. Sherrone is a total scumbag POS. I feel sorry for his wife and kids.

I will be happy (and I expect him to be Tiger), but I'd like it even better if more talent was added to support him.

Same old, same old MAGA whataboutism. They can't help it, they're wired that way, No interest in serious or semi serious discussion. No desire even try to find a middle ground

All bark, no bite. Typical. Gutless. No balls.

jason eck is intriguing...

can we call jim hackett?

That leak to Auerbach reeks of somebody being frustrated that Manuel is safe.

HR and legal 100% should have been there. It's just another data point that things are not well run in AA.

That makes ALL the sense in the world... which is why it won't be Germany.

this offseason has literally gone just as many on this board predicted: Flaherty back (maybe in a surprising way), Torres and Finnegan back, and then a few million pissed away again on a rehab starting pitcher project. Harris is just trolling us with his GM 101 box checking.

The draft lottery has really changed the incentive structure around tanking. The value of draft picks is pretty high at the top of the draft, but the worst teams are not guaranteed to get those picks, and also get blocked out of the lottery if they win too often. The math has changed for the better.

I think the response here is, "Duh." Today's sports news consists of one guy saying "Team X could show interest in Player Y at some point in the future" and then a hundred outlets reporting that as sourced news for clicks.

3/45 for Saurez is painfully reasonable in both years and dollars

Yes the stats say it is. Because while yes picking fift hmight mean half with less than a 0 war, but that means half are better. It also means at pick six, seven, eight, 14 that rate goes up even higher. So its 51 percent (just pulling out of my tail for discussion) at pick six that fail, in the aggregate form. The stats say pick as high as possible because that is your best chance to get that team controlled superstar. And the best chance is to pick as high as possible. If you get that superstar its improve your odd of winning in year 5 and 10 and not still be stuck in the mud. And other studies on attendance have show there is really only significant different between massive winning and massive losing. Losing 89 instead of say 96, does almost nothing to improve attendance. The only real attendance swings happen if a team goes from signficant winning to losing in a year or two or visa versa. So its not really losing revenue or interest to say lets lose 106 instead of 99, 91, or 85. But again its just in theory no team or player is actively gonna go try to lose. For me its just an argument of in a lost year I'd rather have hte best odds to get better in the future than win an extra game or two and miss out on that superstar for just some instant gratification that isn't even that cause its still a bad team.

If you weren't so ****ing obstinate you'd feel good a lot more! 😉😂

Average is deceptive, because there is a small number of top players that inflate it. The median player is much closer to zero. It is good to get high picks, but the value gets overstated. I don't believe the risk/reward is worth going through multiple years of crap teams to try to get good again.

This is the advantage to living in Illinois—they will not simply hand over voters rolls to the regime, which pretty obviously wants to use them to persecute, and perhaps even arrest and prosecute, voters who vote disloyally against the president.

The offense with the Harris pickups is more promising than with the Avila pickups, particularly where strikeout and walk rates are concerned, something I showed in a comparison after the season. I do think other things being equal, the Tigers will get better on offense just by increasing the Harris/Avila player mix.

Not surprising.

Butch Jones

So if the median value of a fifth overall pick is zero career WAR, then why was Avila tanking the franchise to get a pick that high in the first place?

"I love minors!" - Donald Trump

Chaz Lanier played his 1st G Lg game tonight. 9 3pt, 40 points on 71% shooting. Not bad

that's good to hear. one week of sparty is probably still enough to scar a man, but its better than 52!

I feel bad for his family and hope he gets the help he needs.

I thought this was known a month ago. It not being officially official may be why I haven't gotten my invoice for next year though.

I wonder what Joe Cullen ordered that night. Spicy Chick Sand combo?

Likely fake. Maybe Moore picked up Plan B himself by driving naked through a drive-thru Walgreen’s.

Ha, we all had the same thought.

The only thing that would increase this story’s entertainment value is the appearance of a white Ford Bronco. I thought this was a botched hire from the start but it has ended as a debacle. Warde Manuel, it’s time for accountability.

It specifically says not Connor Cook on the handle lol

Peoole forget that you don’t build your playoff team in December or March. It’s built in July and August.

I will be disappointed if Skubal suits up in a Tigers uniform on March 26 AND the Tigers have done very little to add to the roster. I don't think 2026 Tigers will be significantly better if other pieces aren't added. I expect them to be a fringe playoff team at best. IF the Tigers aren't going to seriously try in 26, then trade him for a load of talent. If they are going to try, then keep him around.

My god, back in 2016, 2017 and 2018 Avila was working pretty hard at making the Tigers suck. By 2023 the only contribution by the players or their successors from that era was by Jake and Reese. You can't win if you can't maintain and develop assets that produce over time and Avila was terrible at that. After 5 years, you'll have a set of high draft picks and maybe start winning some, but once you draft higher and no longer have the obvious talent to grab in the draft you will quickly fall apart and that was Avila's path. Harris' success has been striking. He floundered in the second half of 2025 into the playoff by the skin of his teeth but he did not rob the future an iota. He's done well in garnering prospects through trade and draft that has given us winning minor league teams while putting together a winning team at the major league level. I hope we see trades going into 2026 but I wouldn't cry if they were established players. I do think everyone should be on the table and I never want to see the Tigers make win it all now moves.

Reminders for doctor's appointments. I don't mind a reminder a couple days before or even a text confirming an appointment the day before. I really don't mind having to fill out the questioner before the appointment, it does save time. But the constant reminders on MyChart about the appointment, confirm the appointment, aign. in again and confirm that I confirmed the appointment is a bit too much. I'm 73 not 13