1984Echoes

You're using the wrong metric. The metric is not the Regular Season, in which you are pretty much correct. Not worth an insane cost for one pitcher. The correct metric is the Playoffs and the World Series. In the playoffs... and hopefully a few World Series... do you want above average Mize plus above average Jobe plus average Joe Blow starting 3 games? That tells me "lose in the first round". Or do you want Mize/ Jobe and Insane Ace Skubal in those 3 games? I'm talking about 2027-2030... I'll pay the money to have Aces in the Playoffs instead of just Jacks. I'm with Chas: 4 years, $160 Mill+. It's not the AAV, it's the excess years that get ya'.

He did last year to some extent... But the higher levels (AA/ AAA) remain to be seen...

You win playoffs and World Series by having pitchers give up less runs than the other team does. Skubal and our BP gives us the best chance of doing that.

I got that when I first-time went to White Castle for burgers with my Dad. And then we went fishing on Lake St. Clair with my uncle and my cousin David. Rough waves. I think they came right back out relatively quickly...

They need to do that for each "instance". Wasn't there at least one other prospect affected? Mason Graham? More than those two?

Last year March/ April Keith hit .154 with a .387 OPS. Before today, this season wasn't much different for him with a .171/ .518 OPS. The balance of 2024 Keith hit .282/ .756 OPS. I guess Keith decided to turn on the light bulb a day early this year (or at least I hope that's the case...).

Not if he becomes a legit #2 QB for his next two years. When everyone who is All-Pro (we have a few of them) comes up for extensions. And not if he ends up as a cheap extension because he has little to no starting experience. As long as he hits the mark that Holmes and Campbell believe he can hit... #2 QB... No, it's not a terrible use. It's a big gamble... but I think Holmes believes in his scouting assessments of players. I do.

Trump IS, WAS, and ALWAYS WILL BE full of ****. What a MORON. What a ****ING IMBECILE. Which says EVERYTHING not just about him but about MAGA.

The catcher does NOT sound like a Harris pick. The guy mocked at #26 to the Phillies, OF'er Brendan Summerhill out of UCLA and AZU... DOES sound like a Harris pick: "a strong, athletic outfielder with a smooth left-handed swing who is just scratching the surface of his power potential. He is hitting .417/.513/.698 with 15 extra-base hits and more walks (18) than strikeouts (13) in 24 games this spring..."

This is even better, and probably more accurate.

I don't think they'll let LaPorta go. Jamo, yes. I hope he has a great year in order to maximize Holmes choices (sign/ trade/ etc...). I think he'll be traded after next season's end. I don't know what an older O-Lineman would return... I would think nothing because you can just wait for lots of veterans to be waived by the end of training camp. I would think someone more like Sorsdal in that a team might believe he has enough talent and doesn't want to chance getting him going through the waiver process. Maybe a 6th or 7th for Sorsdal? Just guessing...

PS: If Hooker can't improve... I'll bet they draft a mid-round QB in next year's draft. For the same reasons as I outlined above.

I always felt the reason for drafting Hooker was different: 1) The team, including Holmes and Campbell, said right from the very start that they were fully behind Goff and believed that he was THE Lions QB. 2) That's never changed, and based on that, and knowing where starting QB AAV's were headed: 3) How much do you want to spend on a backup QB? $5 mill per year? $10 mill? More? Two of them, if needed? 4) THAT is a huge reason to take a chance on drafting a QB: not as a threat to Goff, but because of... money. 5) ALSO: they believed they were heading towards Super Bowl contention on an annual basis which means, IMO... the team had BETTER have a quality #2 QB to salvage a season or playoffs if Goff got nicked up for a few games. While Hooker was injured or on his learning curve that meant Teddy Bridgewater. My Summary: The team WANTS Hooker to step into the #2. They WANT him to show himself fully capable as a Bridgewater or a Goff-lite (IIRC, his draft comp was Goff...?). They WANT him on a cheap rookie contract. Or even a cheap second contract, as long as he proves himself worthy. Holmes took a risk with Hooker that he could get this. He didn't care if Hooker was older, injured, or a career backup to Goff. There was the possibility that Hooker could turn into a Bridgewater or Goff-lite... enough to be a dependable #2 QB on a Super Bowl level team. He may never get there. He might. they are PUSHING him hard to improve and get to that level. But THAT's the risky reasons Holmes made that pick. It had NOTHING to do with Goffs' "perceived" questionable status on this team. They NEVER waivered (Holmes & Campbell) in their support of Goff. IMO.

Animal Farm

Or a 1962: