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Yes, you're right. I errored there.

Baez is quite busy today.

Baez giveth away a base on the throw, and then taketh away on the next pitch with the tag.

It’ll be explained as a semi day off for Canha at DH. I get that. But not if it means Baddoo in RF.

I think his 2023 also played into it. He had that incredible start, but kind of floundered from there. Most ball players have their ups and downs. I kind of wonder if he hadn’t had such a see saw type of season, would he have had a more favorable free agency? I would think so despite the other concerns, but who knows.

The Tigers have traded away Paredes, Candelario, and Castro. Those would be nice bats for 3B, 1B, and a utility player this season.

That’s kind’of a fun proposition.

I was hoping the Tigers could swing a deal for Ha Seong-Kim (SD) this past offseason. The glove plays around the IF. Solid OBP, lower SO%, higher BB%, not much in the ISO but popped 16 HR last season, some speed. He is at $8M this season, arbitration eligible for two more seasons, but I think there’s a mutual option to get into that after this season. So I’m not quite sure what the deal is there. But I thought he would have been a good left side of the IF defender, insurance at 2B if Keith completely fell apart for this season, and a competent get on base guy. I have not looked much at upcoming FA. The current IF needs help offensively. Teams always churn through bullpen arms. I think they’ve got a rock star in Skubal and solid SP in Olson. I’d entertain extending Flaherty, but I suspect he’d want more than 3 years guaranteed (I think that’s as far as I’d go, tack on vesting option or two). Torkelson really determines a lot, I think. He could earn 1B or they could move on from him. I think there could be some internal domino effect related to that.

McMahon is 29 years old and has a career OPS+ of 92 in over 3,000 PA that is due $12M to $16M per season for the next, what, 4 seasons? I'm not sure that's someone to trade for. He's having a career year so far this season. If Colorado wants to move him, this is probably the time. But I don't see the attraction to acquire him.

Deuce might need to drive up and have a word with the boys.

I think this is correct. I think the Tigers still need to be mindful of building up the minors and how they use their prospects in trades. Arenado's bat seems to have taken a step back this last season and a half. Detroit's 3B have a -0.3 WAR so far this season while Arenado is at -0.1 coming off of a career low (excluding 2020) of 2.4. Now, look, toss out -0.1 as a tough start to the season, but again, his OPS last season combined with this season is eye opening. I liked the idea of acquiring a 3B on a shorter term deal. I was on/off the Chapman free agency thing the past offseason. I think what he got from San Francisco was a bit more than I'd have extended to him, but the mutual option on the 4th year kind of makes it a 3 year deal with only a $1M buyout after that. So maybe not all that onerous. Then again, it wouldn't have been just a cash expense, there was draft compensation attached, too.

Even Torkelson.

You're right. Nobody mentioned anything this offseason. Except maybe in this thread.

Dude. You went from CAPS to bold underline? Oh, man, I'm out....

I don't know anything (well, anything really) the SS in AAA. But does Toronto see him as the next SS should Bichette move along? That might make him unavailable.

Do teams do this? I think it was wise for the Tigers to add a RHH OF. I would have preferred CF, but that's tough to come by in free agency, plus they already had Vierling on the roster, so maybe CF wasn't that big of a deal. I'm fine with Canha. I don't recall the exactly, but I think he had a team option that Milwaukee wasn't going to pick up. I like that it's only a one year deal because I want to see Malloy promoted eventually. Perhaps among OF/DH they can roll out Greene, Carpenter, Meadows, and Malloy. There's still a need for RHH OF, but I think Vierling has improved his stock enough to count him in next season. And Perez has shown well so far also. So, I think they could reasonably have internal options for next season with a decent floor. I think if they were going to really impact the lineup, 3B would have been the target over last offseason, and still could be this season (maybe). And who knows, maybe Torkelson flames out and 1B becomes a concern, too. But, going back to Hernandez/Canha, they got themselves what they needed with Canha. I think the one year was better than multiple years. And we don't know if they reached out to Hernandez (or anyone else) or not.

How do you know they didn't inquire on Hernandez?

Cash is just as good as money.

I definitely agree with you about the good position to take on payroll.

Where would Teoscar Hernandez fit in amongst an OF of Greene, Meadows (who at the time was assumed to be the starting CF until his bat disappeared), Carpenter, Vierling, and Canha (who was traded for in early November)? Not nitpicking, but his SO% and BB% are not good. And throw in that it looked like he might be declining in 2023, although it could very well have been a one year thing.

It depends upon what is going into the results. Are there better results solely because of talent? That won't work. Are there better numbers because of a different approach (and talent)? I think that's what the vacation to Toledo is all about.

They've got to be well under way with this aspect. It might be a few years before seeing the impact of players that they've both drafted and had time to develop. But we should see a few players that were already in the minors before Harris' time bubble up (whether they'd been drafted by the Tigers or acquired via trade or minor league free agency or however). That's not to say the minor leagues are as full of prospects as they should be. But the infrastructure should be in place and operable.

The free agency thing is where the lack of response, how shall I say....., the silent response speaks out loud. Trades are a bit more difficult to come up with scenarios. Much like free agency, you have two parties that have to agree with each other. Its just not always as easy to see where teams line up there priorities and valuation in order to think of trades that could be made.

No argument. Like I said, I don't know who the replacements would be. But I'd prefer effective Ps regardless of which limb they pitch with.

What's happened to Justice Bigbie?