1984Echoes

This is what I agree with. I hate trying to go from bad to less-than-mediocre without draft and develop... Simply trying to buy one's way to mediocrity. I don't see the point. A core of any team should be one's own kids, and then use free agency to fill in gaps that get your team from above average to well-above-average (playoff contender) when the time is right. And not before then. So it took quite a few drafts and quite a long time to re-develop our core. From the ground up. I expected nothing less. Also, with respect to the Tigers after DD left... they got old fast. JV had a couple down years before he was traded, and then perked way up after getting traded. Miggy got old. Martinez, Kinsler, Fister, Anibal Sanchez... They got old fast. Zimmerman was a failed free agent signing... Castellanos couldn't catch squat at any position, but had a decent bat (and nothing else)... This team became bad fast, and this was right after DD left us a pretty barren farm system. That takes years to fix, to draft and develop a new core. That may upset quite a few people having to wait to completely rebuild the farm system and develop a brand new, winning core, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

A win is a win I guess... But annoyed having to worry about a game we were up 4-0 at the end of two...

Very annoying team we have...

Glad to see those 3 put back together again. They were cooking last year too. And we need this secondary scoring...

Although... Compher if they needed salaries to match up. So maybe back to Kasper/ Compher/ and... ?

Yes... I KNOW!!! 😁

But definitely not Compher. Definitely not. Definitely. Not. Maybe Danielson and Kasper?

Ah, well... Probably because it's spelled Taggart. I've been Olsen'd...

I don't see a Luke Taggert ANYWHERE. I see a Cameron Taggert?

Oh hell no!

2026 Miscalco for Rocco Maniscalco.

100% accurate.

Putin will ACTUALLY come to the table... When America says: "We are establishing a No-Fly Zone west of the river Dnieper."

Hilariously idiotic. And... Most likely... TRUE!!!

Doesn't count though, per chas. Avila gets credit for nothing... Absolutely nothing. Even if it takes pretzel logic to do the discrediting... "NOTHING I tell you! You get NOTHING!!!"

Right... Just rumors fluttering in the air... Like a mirage.

Hardly. But yeah, haha, I get the joke...

I'd like to hear from credible sources that the Phillies, Mets and Dodgers have gotten into a bidding war over Skubal.

And is more related to Hinch and Fetter than anything else. IMO. Oh... WAIT!!! WHO hired Hinch? Avila? OK, that also doesn't count for Avila's credit. Because...

Nothing counts until the actual ink is dry.

I could also see this. Marlins want a 1B'man. Tork plus a minors IF'er for Edward Cabrera. I would be FOR that trade...

We could easily send them Rogers (a vet for them, one year commitment, a mentor for young Will Smith). Rushing is a LH'ed bat that has played both Catcher and 1B. He'll get some playing time even if Dingler catches 120-140 games. If there's two more pieces, I want their high-end LH'ed pitching prospect Jackson Ferris. And...? 5th guy can be sort of a "anything goes" guy to me. Oh... and I still want $4.4 mill in 2027 International Signing Bonus Pool money...

Since Glasnow's name has been bandied about... Now I want him. As our closer. I think Sheehan is on the verge of becoming a beast starter. So I will counter with Emmett Sheehan, Tyler Glasnow, Dalton Rushing, Zyhir Hope, Jackson Ferris and $4.4 Mill International Signing Bonus Pool money for: Skubal and Eduardo Valencia.

PS: One more thing I want from the Dodgers if they do indeed trade for Skubal: Their International signing bonus pool. I believe our cap that we can trade for is 60% of our own existing pool. I believe we have a pool of $7.357 mill, so $4.4 mill from the Dodgers. I want that included.

That's why he's only a throw-in and nothing more. I attach little to no value to him. However... If he is a toss-in.. I wanna try him as a LH'ed shut down reliever. Which is useful in our division. Maybe 1-inning stints will keep him off the disabled lists...?