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And attempts at dialogue are idiotic.

But I also think you can’t assume some of what we saw repeats itself. Granted, Cabrera is in decline, so I wouldn’t expect much out of him. But I think Baez, Meadows, and Schoop underperformed so much that there’s reason to expect a recovery to closer to career norms (I’d add Candelario to that, but he’s gone). I also think we’ve seen the absolute worst of Torkelson. So right there, that’s 4 everyday players that we should reasonably expect better things out of in 2023.

Cunningham is done for the season, will have shin surgery.

Per season?

I guess the other thing would be can you trade LHH OFs for something of use? Can you get the LHH IF or a RHH CF in exchange of a Baddoo or Carpenter?

Are we talking $100M to add for the 2023 season, or $100M in total salary commitments? Mitch Haniger's deal would fit nicely into the $100M budget and addresses an area of need. I like the timing of the salaries given the timing of Cabrera off of the books as well as possibly Baez and/or Rodriguez also off of the books. Haniger as the everyday LF/RF*. This might not be popular, but I would have kept Candelario and rolled the dice on a bounce back season. That's another $7M-$8M. Candelario as the everyday 3B. I'd also go after one of Wil Myers or Trey Mancini as a RHH OF to platoon with Meadows and offer insurance at 1B. *So, this might need to be accomplished with Mancini in LF and Haniger in RF vs LHPs or Haniger in LF with Myers in RF vs LHPs. Either way, the RHH bat plays vs LHPs while Meadows sits. What I don't like about this acquisition is that it doesn't bring a natural CF to give Greene an occasional day off, but that can be accomplished elsewhere. What kind of contract are they going to require? I would think they could be had on a one year deal, max out at $7M-$8M? I'm curious what happens with P Chris Bassitt. I suspect he becomes the forgotten SP, so to speak, this offseason. I think teams will look at his age (34 next season) and back away a bit. Does this keep him at a 3 year deal, maybe with a team/mutual/vesting option for a 4th? What's his AAV line up at? This one is tricky, probably goes back to whether we're adding $100M total or $100M in 2023. My guess is the former, so Bassitt might not happen. We've got $43M for Haniger, $15M for Candelario and one of Mancini/Myers, so that's $58M. Its probably unreasonable to expect Bassitt to agree to 3/$42M. So maybe go back and start with Haniger and Bassitt, get the Jace Pederson 2/$10M deal and have him platoon at 3B with Kreidler, and try to scoop up a RHH OF that can play CF on the cheap. And I know this isn't a popular idea, but he's a RP and RP arms can go poof pretty quickly, so what is Lange's value on the market? Can the Tigers plug a major league position player roster spot that way, young player for young player?

This is probably not a good look.

I agree. Its just going to be a matter of how much of a rebound they have.

There are some issues for Harris to deal with, sure. I don't know if I'd say his hands are tied behind his back. The salary situation could be pretty minimal next season. If Baez & Rodriguez decide to opt out, everybody that remains (from the current roster) is on the cheaper end. As far as prospects go, I still think Greene & Torkelson are everyday lineup cornerstones. If the pitchers can get healthy, I think Fetter can get that side of the ball in pretty good order. Shorter term they'll need to add some offense for sure. But again, with a bit of a blank slate as far as salaries go, there should be ample opportunity from the roster/demand side to add to the mix. And I'll go back to the beginning of the Harris era (which probably includes the offseason) being more about getting systems in order rather than cutting all players that don't fit the mold and replacing them all with players that do fit the mold.

He had to sign off on the Baez and Rodriguez contracts last offseason, didn't he?

Somewhat the same with you about flu shots, although that definitely changed with kids. The adage about, "well, if I die, I die". Yeah, that's great selfishness for those with dependent children.

I am not convinced Baez opts out unless he proves 2022 was a bit of a fluke. But if he rebounds, I think he's gone. Rodriguez also has some things to prove in order to do better than 3/$49M that he would be walking away from. Given the price tags that we've seen this offseason, it might not take much, but right or wrong he also has a bit of baggage attached to him. Cabrera will finally be off of the books. The early read on the 2024 payroll at this point is a bunch of arbitration or pre arbitration players. Figure out a way to hit on those players, and maybe it wouldn't take much in the way of additions to compete in the division. And with the low payroll, there should be ample resources to augment the on hand talent.

Yes. Julian calendars are part of the basis for our batch codes assigned to production. These are essential in the unfortunate event that we need to perform a recall. This is the one that I have at work. Julians are in small font in the top right corner of each day.

How so?

Not a bad line for one quarter of work.

79 years old? It doesn't seem possible, although its probably just a sign that we're all getting older.

That's interesting. Its a picture of a holiday style Pabst Blue Ribbon sweater. I can see the picture in my post and quoted in your response. When I click on the picture in my original post, it brings up the sweater in another window. When I click on the picture in your post, I get that forbidden message you are referring to.

If you’ve still got eligibility remaining, you’ve still got a chance to win it.

You’re in the wrong forum.

We gotta get these for next year's draft party.

Los Angeles Lakers vs Detroit Pistons

Whatever happened to measles, mumps, rubella, polio, small pox, chicken pox, etc, etc? Thank goodness we didn’t have Twitter doctors then.

You do you. I still wear a seat belt even though I could be toast in a head on collision.

Me and my immediate family.

Yes, it was a bad situation for all announcers involved. I wonder how the conversation went from the Rizzs/Rathbun side of the negotiation to replace Harwell/Carey. I wonder what kind of discussion was had about the shoes they were trying to fill in. And from all sides of it, from WJR, from the Tigers, from whomever helped represent Rizzs/Rathbun.