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But the milestones.

Is Gipson-Long someone that is going to be drafted in the rule 5? Just looking at his age and stats, it seems a little far fetched. Although, who knows, maybe Avila will draft him. I may be wrong, I don’t know, but if this is all the Tigers could get for Fulmer, just keep Fulmer. Don’t allow teams to bully you down to absolute nothingness as a return. Don’t perpetuate the notion that you’ll cave in for anything at the last minute.

If we're going this route, shouldn't it be "hot and ready" rather than "gin and tonic"? Do they still do the hot and readys?

I hadn't heard that, but it wouldn't surprise me. It was only $5M for the season, so, what, about 1/3 of that remaining?

Fun fact: Eric Hosmer's .272/.336/.391 would pretty much solidify him as the best bat in the 2022 Tiger lineup. Plus, he might have the glove required to tame Javy Baez's erratic hurls to 1B.

Careful what you wish for. You could be a chicken.

Avila surprisingly managed to trade away Grossman. Maybe he's just tired from that heavy lifting?

I would like the 1 in 12 to be annual thing. How do I sign up for that?

Hosmer to 1B (and collect some prospects with him), Torkelson to 3B, Candelario to.... oh damnit, I thought there was some logic to what I was thinking. Foiled again.

There's always free agency.

Oh, San Diego,.... you could'of had Grossman for nothing.

They need to find a RH OF that can hit. Cameron cannot.

That looks so much better than my work station.

The Tigers already have one of those for next season.

Cameron doesn't have a future with the Tigers beyond playing the 2022 string out.

He's a free agent after this season, so, I'm not sure he really succinctly fits into the 2023 plans at this time. And an OF flanked by JD Martinez and Austin Meadows? In Commerica Park? I know the Tigers need offense, but I'm not sure punting defense at both corners would be wise.

Can he hit?

Interesting little nugget there. Look, the fact that Avila got anything for Grossman is a minor win. Maybe the kid needs another organization to figure things out, maybe he never becomes anything anyway. Whichever way it ends up, trading away 2+ months of 2022 Grossman for a random minor leaguer is fine.

Detroit Tigers (41-63) at Minnesota Twins (54-48)

This is one of my favorite team sports championship related pictures.

Detroit Tigers (41-62) at Minnesota Twins (53-48)

Giants Acquire Dixon Machado From Cubs Your move, Cardinals.

Nice work. But how good are you at Powerball predictions?

Yes, it seems most people take a what have you done for me lately approach to Sr. There were plenty of poor Tiger teams early on under his ownership. It doesn’t excuse Jr. I know some people have this assumption that Jr doesn’t know much about baseball. It’s funny, the same was said about Sr at the end of the Randy Smith era, but that is all forgotten after Dombrowski turned things around. Some kind of change needs to be made soon. They’ve gone through the draft with Avila and will go through the trade deadline with him. Maybe Avila gets shown the door a few hours after the trade deadline just like “mastermind” Sr did with Dombrowski.

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