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Kept him through arbitration, so that's a plus, right?

No Tiger fan wants to go back to 2003.

It is highly possible he likes it in Detroit, sure. And I agree, some people would prefer a smaller setting than a bigger setting. I guess we'll see how much he likes Detroit at when its time for opt decision.

They're 8-7 in extra inning games. Basically .500 which is probably what would be expected (maybe 7-8 since they're a below .500 team). In fact: Its a crude analysis, but the problem is getting blown out and not blowing out the opposition.

Rodriguez' next home start will be vs the Twins, probably on Tuesday, August 8 if the 5 man rotation holds true.

If he pitches clean and healthy to finish the season and for some reason he opts in, does his trade value increase because of the known contract control or does it decrease because of the incidents? Or to what degree do these variables factor in?

The heart broken Jake Rogers loving Hollywood starlets.

I would also like to know what other 9 teams are on Rodriguez' no trade clause. I've either searched in the wrong areas or its buried within the recipe of fruitcake. I don't begrudge the use of the no trade clause. It just seems to me that there wasn't good faith negotiating somewhere along the way. There was a deal in place, the participants knew there was an obstacle, but it wasn't addressed until, what, 2 hours before the deadline? This doesn't sit well after last year's episode where the specific issue wasn't the fault, it was the lack of communication from Rodriguez and his agent. I guess from my position, and I understand I'm completely on the outside looking in, one of these incidents by itself is a one off. But one after the other is a bit of an eye opener.

It all depends on what the return is, which, we may never know what it was. I don't know how reliable the ratings on MLB pipeline are, but the Dodgers have 6 catchers among their top 30 prospects. They are mostly younger and lower level, but there's also one at AAA. Maybe among the package are the AAA C and a younger C (as well as other prospects).

In an alternate universe, the prospect hounds are ecstatic beyond belief.

I gotta be honest, I don’t think I like larger conferences. 10-12 teams, that’s fine. If they pull in more PAC teams to get to 20, they’ll eventually get to 24 if Notre Dame joins the conference.

Rogers is already 28 years old. He may not have a lot of MLB experience, but he’s no spring chicken either.

White Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks to undergo Tommy John surgery. The poor chap just defeated cancer earlier this year, and now this? I suppose the good thing is it’s only TJ and not a reoccurrence of cancer.

It depends upon what the Tigers would have received. If there’s a young MLB ready catcher coming back as part of the trade, that’d be fine.

That’s the only contract decision there is to make. It’s his to opt in or opt out. There shouldn’t be an extension. The Tigers can look to trade him for a bat if he opts in.

I think he deserved a stronger vote for the hall of fame than he received.

Easy on the writers. Some of them have noted the draft compensation should Rodriguez decide to opt out.

When can we go back to chatting about Candelario?

Do we know who is on Rodriguez' no trade list? Does the list remain the same if he opts in?

Sorry, I wasn't necessarily directing that at you, nor trying to argue with you. And I have no idea who Bob Quinn is.

Oh, and we're ignoring Avila for offering the contract to begin with.

Well, here is how I look at it. It stinks that the Tigers couldn't make a deal. I don't think we know enough to accurately assign blame to anyone in particular. We can make all of the assumptions and generalizations that we want to, some of which can be pretty plausible, but we won't know enough of the story to determine how bad some of the actors were.

Hence why I said reasonable. I am fine with holding the line. I think it needs to be done, particularly at his first trade deadline. Cisnero and Shreve, if they were dealt for meh, so be it. They are relievers with inconsistent histories, so that's fine. But players of higher quality, get quality in return. Now, they need to continue to hold the line. Unless they completely fall apart, they need to keep Cisnero and Shreve and not allow teams to pick them up through the rest of this season for nothing. I heard a theory about Shreve maybe being released in lieu of bringing up younger pitchers. I don't know, seems foolish when the AAA goes into late September. It seems odd to me that the Dodgers may have been the only team that offered anything worthwhile. But I suppose it is possible that the timeline for those other deals fell apart once Harris thought he had a deal with the Dodgers. Other team(s) may have pivoted to their other options. Teams are probably scrambling around yesterday and depending upon what they have going on, they might cut bait with options that appear bleak.

If this is true, were there other reasonable deals lined up? Did any of those deals involve teams on his no trade clause? We'll probably never know unless other GMs speak up.