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Good news is it’s true, he will locker next to Ohtani. Bad news is it’s Jimmy Ohtani’s locker.

Indeed. 2 for $24M? Really? Did Harris lock in a Black Friday deal?

We're gonna need a bigger car.

Indeed. If he were able to do that without sacrificing BB9 and SO9, then the Tigers have a two headed monster between Mize and Skubal at the top of the rotation. Both are under control through the 2026 season.

Ryan Day doesn’t have the odd random out of nowhere unexpected loss to Purdue or Iowa like Urban Meyer does. He’s lost twice to good Michigan teams, his only 2 losses in the Big Ten. He’s lost to eventual national champion Georgia in the playoff. He’s lost in the national championship to Alabama. He’s lost at home to Oregon which, rivalry aside, is probably his worst loss. He’s maintained the level of talent that OSU has had for years. I don’t want to swap him out for Meyer, not a flippin’ chance.

I thought it looked like Mize was turning a corner in 2021. But I agree with you, I think Skubal seems the best bet of the bunch to be an ace.

Feel free to put whatever stock you want to into this, but MLB Trade Rumors predicts 2 for $36M.

I’m concerned about Mize. Even if he is healthy, how many innings can reasonably be expected out of him in 2024?

No picture today. Pictures are for winners, kids.

I’ve got some other ideas, but Harris isn’t returning my calls.

Imanaga has been throwing 150 IP per season and over 6 IP per game since COVID (baseball reference shows only G, not GS). I would think he’s going to find a SP role in MLB. I think another LHSP would be good for the Tigers. Now, if they were to acquire him and he’d be bumped to the bullpen due to the rest of the rotation being stout, well, I wouldn’t necessarily be adverse to it. But the price tag likely exceeds the role at that point. The bullpen could use another LHP, maybe more so than the rotation. I think they can adequately fill that role at well below what Imanaga is going to receive.

Imanaga intrigues me. There is the obvious age difference at play between he and Yamamoto, but I wonder if Imanaga might be a better value for the price tag and allow for more investment elsewhere on the roster?

I’ve never seen the butt fumble until today. Wow. I’m going to need to reference that the next time I’m feeling down on myself.

Ok, Boomer.

Bring back Masao Kida. Aren’t the looking for another coach?

That’s one way to kill time over a holiday weekend.

Why? Its the MLB playoffs. They both beat and lost to teams with better regular season records.

God bless.

84 wins hasn't won a division since the 2008 Dodgers won the NL West. 90 wins is a playoff team. Build to win 90 games.

Did you have Arizona as a playoff team before this past season began?

I think in this day & age with 3 wildcards, a team that wants to make the playoff aims for 90 wins as a target.

I think they need to and can aim higher than 84 wins.

I like Maeda's ratios. But I'd like to see some more IP brought in. They can bring him in, and hopefully they can get 150ish IPs out of him. But I think they'll need to bring in another SP that will be expected to be in the front part of the rotation.

It was well played.

The training/health aspect of this team isn't exactly covering itself in glory so far this season.