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Imagine touting an aggregator that shows your guy being disliked by the majority of Americans as some sort of achievement.

Skubal having Boras as an agent tells me he means business and understands the Tigers mean business too. Skubal isn’t fragile. He knows what the Tigers are doing. It’s fine. These numbers and this process will have no impact on his future with the team. It relates to 2026 only. Peoole watch too many movies.

Getting minor surgery on the ear Monday morning. They are inserting a tube and injecting steroids directly into the middle ear and then I will have to put steroid drops in my ear for two weeks. I hope tis works. I'm really scared that I'll never hear in that ear again.

Assuming no one else expires in the next 11 hours, here are the Tigers players who died in 2025. Rick Peters played for the Tigers from 1979-1981, batting .280 with 2 home runs and 59 RBI in 208 games, mainly as an outfielder. The team's starting center fielder in 1980 after debuting as a September call-up in 1979, he was moved to a utility and backup role in 1981 with the acquisition of Al Cowens and the emergence of Kirk Gibson. He was released after spending the entire 1982 season injured, ending his Tigers tenure. Peters also appeared in the majors with the Athletics. He died March 9 at the age of 69. Octavio Dotel pitched for the Tigers from 2012-2013, going 5-3 with a 4.31 ERA and 1 save in 63 games, all in relief. Signed as a free agent after the 2011 season, he set a record with his first pitch by making the Tigers the 13th major league team for whom he played (a record that has since been broken by former Tiger Edwin Jackson). After being a solid bullpen arm in 2012, he struggled in five 2013 appearances before being placed on the disabled list with elbow inflammation, an injury that would eventually end his career. Dotel also appeared in the majors with the Mets, Astros, Athletics, Yankees, Royals, Braves, White Sox, Pirates, Dodgers, Rockies, Blue Jays, and Cardinals. He died April 8 at the age of 51. Chet Lemon played for the Tigers from 1982-1990, batting .263 with 142 home runs and 536 RBI in 1203 games as an outfielder, playing center field almost exclusively until shifting to right field in the 1988 season. The AL’s starting center fielder in the 1984 All-Star game, he was a specialist at reaching base via the hit by pitch, twice leading the AL in that category with the Tigers. Nicknamed “The Jet”, he was known for his diving catches in Tiger Stadium's vast center field. Retiring following the 1990 season, Lemon also appeared in the majors with the Chicago White Sox. He died following an extended illness May 8 at the age of 70. Bill Denehy pitched for the Tigers in 1971, going 0-3 with a 4.22 ERA and 1 save in 31 games, all but one of them in relief. Acquired in a trade at the end of spring training in 1971, he had the distinction of being traded for a manager earlier in his career. Following the 1967 season, the Mets sent Denehy to the Washington Senators in exchange for Gil Hodges (who had originally been traded to the Senators in 1962 to become their manager), at the time the manager of the Senators. Denehy also appeared in the majors with the Mets and Senators. He died June 27 at the age of 79. Joe Coleman pitched for the Tigers from 1971-1976, going 88-73 with a 3.82 ERA in 203 games, all but 2 of them starts. Acquired from the Washington Senators as part of a package that sent troubled pitcher Denny McLain to DC, Coleman was a two-time 20 game winner with the Tigers and appeared in the 1972 All-Star game. He threw 11 complete game shutouts with the Tigers in the regular season, adding another in the 1972 ALCS against the Oakland Athletics. He was sold to the Chicago Cubs after a slow start to the 1976 season, ending his Tigers tenure. His father, also named Joe Coleman, pitched for the Tigers in 1955. Coleman also appeared in the majors with the Senators, Cubs, Athletics, Blue Jays, Giants, and Pirates. He died July 9 at the age of 78. Phil Meeler pitched in 7 games for the 1972 Tigers, going 0-1 with a 4.32 ERA in 8 1/3 innings of relief. Pitching 8 seasons in the Tigers’ minor league system, 1972 was his only MLB action. Meeler did not appear in the majors with any other team. He died August 19 at the age of 77. Daryl Patterson pitched for the Tigers from 1968-1971, going 9-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 9 saves in 111 games, all but 1 in relief. Used both in short stints and as a long reliever, he earned a World Series ring in 1968 with 3 scoreless innings pitched in the post-season. Originally drafted by the Tigers in 1964, he was traded to Oakland in exchange for infielder John Donaldson (who never appeared in the majors with the Tigers) in 1971, ending his Tigers tenure. Later in his career, while pitching for Pittsburgh, he received a tetanus shot after a game in which the Pirates brawled with the Reds and Patterson was bitten on the arm by Reds pitcher Pedro Borbon. Patterson also appeared in the majors with the Athletics, Cardinals, and Pirates. He died August 28 at the age of 81. Tom Timmermann pitched for the Tigers from 1969-1973, going 26-27 with a 3.39 ERA and 33 saves in 195 games, 29 of them starts. After being used by manager Mayo Smith as a mainstay of Tigers bullpens, he was converted to a starter by new manager Billy Martin in 1972 and went 8-10 with 2 complete game shutouts for the AL East champion Tigers. He was traded to Cleveland in 1973 in exchange for pitcher Ed Farmer, ending his Tigers tenure. Timmermann also appeared in the majors with the Indians. He died November 14 at the age of 85.

That's because they are not actual ministering or religious Christians. They are cultural Christians, which makes them secular Christians. The Christianity they flash as social credentials is all posturing and virtue signaling. So much for Matthew chapter 6.

Just a random observation, but while ICE's ostensible charge is centered around enforcing immigration law, it's noticable how little "immigration" factors in to this operation. Or that they aren't even bothering with the pretense that this operation is about "immigration"... It's purely about harassing a large metropolitan area because they can. If they keep this up, they are going to end up turning "abolish ICE" into something the median voter actually agrees with.

Lining up to join ICE?

2026 Tigers are better with Giolito or Bassitt than without, so I am all in on either

Nothing against the people of Iran and their struggle for freedom, but when people can't drive around the suburbs of Minneapolis St Paul without a nonzero chance of being accosted by our own government, it's a little hard to divide one's attention And it's certainly hard for me to take our own government's commitment to "democracy" and "freedom" seriously. Particularly as events in the Cities unfold and as they have endorsed the rump of Nicolas Maduro's government to stay in power after his ouster.

That was pretty nice

Some staffers wife is getting ****ed this weekend

I don't understand the level of negativity around Flaherty and Mize. Flaherty's 2024 was a strong year for a #2 starter. His 2025 era and w/l were not good, but his fip, k rate, and stuff were still good. Fangraphs projects him at 2.6 war in 2026. 2025 was Mize's best year, he was an all star, and he was still recovering from surgery. Fangraphs projects Mize at 2.3 war. Suarez and Valdez do not project much better than Flaherty or Mize, and neither has raw stuff as good as Flaherty. Either Suarez/Valdez will cost a lot and the Tigers could end up paying them into their late 30s. Fangraphs currently projects the Tigers 2026 starting rotation as 3rd best in MLB.

I don’t know. Personally I like the chances of Bassitt going a full season over Mize or Olson. I’ll be proven otherwise when I get proven otherwise. Additionally, I think I probably like the odds of Bassitt pitching deeper into a game than 5 innings Flaherty. Those innings off of the bullpen can add up over the course of a season. Acquiring Bassitt or Giolito solidifies the rotation in 2026 and takes pressure off of expecting a guy like Melton to go the full length of the season as a SP. He’s probably ready to push to 150 IP himself. They’ll use up as many IP from Flaherty and Mize as they can before the next offseason. But what about Olson or Anderson? What is reasonably expected out of Gipson-Long or Montero?

This is so annoying. Are they even considering Ranger Suarez? Isn't he a solid #2 / #3 ? He doesn't seem like a bank-breaking type of pitcher. 161 over 6 seems to be what I am reading. Seeing as Flaherty, Mize and Skubal could all be gone after this year, and cheaper options like Jobe, Melton and Olson, plus whatever they get for Skubal could be their future, there seems to be the financial space for that to work. He's a pretty solid pitcher. Not an ace, but he'll eat innings. Chris Bassitt wouldn't be the worst for a year. He'd be a lot better than Cobb. Giolito had a good year in 2025, so maybe that's not the worst idea. But I'd like to aim higher, a least a little bit. I was the guy clamoring for Jose Quintana last year and he was solid for Milwaukee. He'd have had a better year in our park. Oh, it's just a gloomy Saturday and I don't feel good and my ear is broken and I'm just in a pissy mood today. Can I hibernate until about March 20th, please? I have enough fat stores to get through it.

With Miggy I always think back to a random game I was at with Oakland. He kept fouling the same pitch back. 4-5 times. It was like he was rejecting it rather than just missing. “I don’t want that one…”. Then he got the one he wanted and put it into the seats. I like to think the pitcher was just conceding. “I don’t want to pitch to him anymore”.

LOL

I was not into baseball. My dad MADE me come sit in the bedroom with him to watch the little black & white TV on April 8, 1974 to watch Hank hit #715. I didn't know what any of it meant. Then, my Dad, a native of Ireland who grew up in Boston from the age of 3 had me watch the 1975 World Series wit him and well, I became a Red Sox fan because of the Carlton Fisk home run................UNTIL............ One gloomy Saturday in May 1976 when my dad took me to some pool supply store and while he and the guy at the store chatted away, I watched this skinny weird, wired kid pitch a game vs. Cleveland on the little TV in the store. He'd throw a pitch, get the ball back and barely wait for the catch to get back down before throwing again. He dispatched the Tribe in less than 2 hours with a 2-hitter. And The Bird was Born and my love of the Tigers and baseball with him. What a Summer that was. And the team had a massive turnaround form a 109 loss season in 1975 too.

This is your answer when I ask you to prove your wild statement that was obviously untrue? Huh. This is clearly personal for you. I have no interest in this anymore.

Or….. Your you get tired of a program constantly involved in scandals.

The OL guy from Indiana doing the first down signal when he recovers a fumble, lol

Speaking as a Michigan fan. I'm glad Cignetti is 64 and not 44.

Some stats Fact Check: Do private equity firms own 20% of single family homes?

I thought this was going to be a game after Oregon rebounded after that disaster on the first play and tied the game at 7-7. Indiana is just flat out amazing right now.

Ha - I bet the truth is closer to the fact that the deaths of a large % of existing addicts in is probably what is driving that down. It sort of the natural course for fatal addictions. Fentanyl is so easy to produce illicitly that if the Chinese have cracked down someone else would be filling the void if the demand were not falling.

Unless you are storming the Capitol...

Great—now we have to face him in the World Series

I'm trying to dig up the articles, but the studies out there have not really shown any hurt feeling effect for players who went through arbitration. They really just take the best deal they can. Some re-sign, but not any less than those who don't get their feelings hurt in arbitration. It's water under the bridge by the time free agency rolls around. In this case, the arguments will be less hurtful, more trying to establish precedent anyways. If the Tigers go in saying "He should make what David Price and Jacob DeGrom made," that's not exactly a slap in the face. Anybody expecting an elite Boras client to re-sign before free agency is fooling themselves anyways.

This would definitely be an issue, but, at least in my opinion, a rough few years of figuring out how to get to a better system is not a reason to abandon the better system... that assumes the new system is better of course. And my idea to handle this would be to make the band huge to start with, then year-by-year close the gap. Let's say your numbers are right and the cap would be 202 and floor 181.5 for 2026 if the implemented it right away. So, instead of that let's set the cap at 352 and the floor at 101.5 for 2026. In 2027 the cap goes to 342 and the floor to 111.5. In 2028 the cap goes to 332 and the floor to 121.5... and so on. This gradual approach would allow for teams with super bloated salaries to have time to get some of the major contracts off the books and allow smaller market teams to ramp up their spending rather than just needing to add 40 or 50% of the payroll so throwing it at undeserving players just to meet the floor.

I wish the general public were smart enough to recognize that a well funded local media would be great at keeping our politicians in check and spotting fraud and abuse. But too many expect if they are paying for it then it needs to be on “their side”.

These MAGA people are ****ing animals.

Yep. They’ve done an excellent job of cowing those of us who they haven’t recruited, but it’s becoming terrifyingly clear that this isn’t going to end without an awful lot of us being prepared to put our comfort, employment, freedom, and possibly lives on the line. The choices are only going to get more stark as time goes on.

Chet Lemon hurts the most for me, probably for most of us. He brought a level of joy to the game and was fun to watch in CF. And CF at Tiger Stadium was a canyon.