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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.

is michigan a good enough job that you take it knowing the guy who hired you was getting fired in a week? i have my doubts.

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

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

A position with THAT level of importance and THAT amount of money and there was NO LEGAL OR HR PEOPLE. Yeah, that department is A-OK !

if Howard Johnson did not annoy Sparky so much, he would have been a big piece for most of the 1980s

Narrator: it didnt happen

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.

And it's a major league deal. Surprises me, good for him

This. Their entire ethos is that of the schoolyard bully and his in-your-face “What the **** you gonna do about it?”

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.

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.

It'll be glorious when they actually make her and the other elites pay a price for their nefarious actions.

Oracle stock down 13.5% right now. It's a sign

The Democrats catching Secretary Noem in outright lies was glorious. Showing videos of her blatant lies was perfect. One senator even told her to resign or she was going to be impeached. The democrats will make America great again as soon as they retake power and start impeaching members of this corrupt administration.

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?

Yeah, this is why I think it is weird how a bunch of people are like "everyone, this is very serious, he said he is going to kill himself, lets all pray for this troubled man" He is doing the teenage boyfriend thing when their girlfriend dumps them after 2 weeks of "dating" - "I AM GOING TO KILL MYSELF, I SWEAR!!!!!" Dude is a scumbag. His wife, his victim(s?), his kids are who deserve sympathy here.

Moore was following a bunch of OnlyFans models on IG lol

I'll have to ask ChatGPT.

"I love minors!" - Donald Trump

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

On mlb.tv they discussed Tucker. They've been told he is getting offers in the 5-6 year range. They said with the cba uncertainty no teams are going to offer the 10-year contracts. I do think that will affect Skubal. The Dodgers will still do whatever they want and may go 10 with deferrals. But imho this does point to the risk Skubal will take by waiting. If Harris did offer 8/350 now he might consider it. For a pitcher (not counting Ohtani) that's both the highest total and AAV. Ever. To me losing Skubal hits harder than JV. The Tigers had 13 years with him, and it looked like he was in decline. Skubal is prime Randy Johnson level right now.

At this point, first and foremost, I hope Sherrone is OK and those around him are not harmed either. This is a very real situation involving other human beings. I hope no one ends up getting harmed or Sherrone harming himself.

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?

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.

Exactly. It doesn't make sense to not add around Skubal but I guess it's still early in the off season.

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.