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Other contract details - 25% of two Illitch-owned parking garages - Will receive a chartered flight for all road trips, separate from teammates and all airport traffic will hold until he clears the runway. - Must be addressed as "Mr. Bregman" by all Tiger teammates - Final approval of all lineups and managerial decisions - All retired Tiger numbers will be un-retired and only his number can be retired through the year 2125 - 4 bronze statues of himself around the stadium - Will be awarded the top 2 floors of the most expensive hotel in Detroit. - Little Caesars' Crazy Bread to be re-named "Bregman Bread" - Woodward Ave to be re-named "Bregman Blvd." - His likeness to be mowed into the outfield grass. Any Tiger player that spits on his likeness will be sent to the minors - Must always be the highest-paid third baseman in MLB, by at least $1 million dollars per year - Will have chef-prepared meals prepared in front his locker and only he can eat that food, fed to him by rookies. Other Tigers who attempt to smell the food will be sent to the minors - Will only play when he feels like it. I guess the hold up all this time was the parking garages. The Illitches will tear down other buildings and make more.

The deal is 11 years, 440 million. 3% team ownership. 2 parking garages and free crazy bread for 2 years.

Because if they whiff on this guy they get squeamish about singing anyone else.

6/162 (27 million per year). Don't know how he's gonna get by on that. Eggs are $8 a dozen.

I think it comes down to Meadows and Keith. If Meadows could give us a full season of how he played after August last year, then he's an All-Star. He made a huge difference and they don't get to the postseason without him.

I don't know, if we did offer something better than Houston and he's been stringing us along, then screw that guy. No matter what, he's not going to be worth the 6 year deal by the end of it. He doesn't want to come here. I understand a guy that wants to hit home runs wouldn't want our ball park and he still thinks Detroit is what it was in the Beverly Hills Cop movie. He probably thinks it's like Robocop. Like Houston is some charming oasis with no crime. Bet we smell better than Houston.

Okay, 6/162. That's 27 a year. Can they structure like this, so we pay more when we still have a lower payroll? 2025 33 mil 2026 32 mil player opt-out 2027 28 mil player opt-out 2028 25 mil 2029 23 mil 2030 22 mil That way he gets to equal his buddy Carlos for a year (for his ego) and by the time we want to re-sign some of our own guys, it won't be as painful for us and he still gets his money. I still think he's going to Boston on a short deal, with the belief he's gonna hit 30 HR at Fenway.

The 2022 Chicago White Sox are a warning. Coming off their division winning 2021 season they had a young core that was still developing and there was a very bright future. Then it all collapsed. Granted, we don't have a 76 year old manager who does not connect with younger players and did not really embrace Sabermetrics, and often did not put his players in the best position possible. But keep that in mind. A few missteps, a couple of injuries and all this promise built up last year can evaporate very quickly. Do I expect that to happen? No. But, I don't believe momentum carries over offseasons. Just can't be under way .500 again on the first day of Summer, like they have for every season since 2017. They got away with it once, they probably don't again. Last year's turnaround was a once in a generation thing and that included the Twins once in a generation collapse.

He could continue being a Tiger-killer, only now AS a Tiger. What scares me is if the Angels decide to finally just get rid of Anthony Rendon, that the Tigers will try to scoop him up cheap. Don't want that guy. Can he even play third anymore anyway? Don't want a guy who doesn't like or want to play baseball. It would be the wrong tone to set for all these young players. I don't even think Rendon was all that injured the last few years, he just doesn't want to play anymore. He'll keep collecting the money, however.

Don't look now, but Jalen Duren is starting to turn into a very good player - and he's only 21.

We added his record "What's Left Of Me" a few weeks ago. Solid radio song. Reminds me of Jackson Browne.

That is what I heard about it. Its more of a documentary for those under 35 that weren't around when LZ was still active.

Pad Thai? Why do you hate America? You need to eat AMERICAN food like Pizza and Nachos!

Air was playing at the Fox that night. I went to that concert. It was pretty hoppin' down there.

Wait, Buffy Saint Marie is not Indian and she's not even Canadian?

Paying guys on past performance can really mess up a team (Alex Bregman peaked 5 years ago, by the way).

Isn't he barely old enough to drink?

I just watched the highlights of that Philly game? Who is their coach? With efforts like that he probably shouldn't be their coach much longer. That was an embarrassing effort. Don't get me wrong, I'll take it, but only one team came to play last night and it wasn't PHILA.

I don't care who Philly played or not, you win a game without Cade and that's impressive. I wish they'd done more at the trade deadline. They may have gotten a little more depth, but I can't believe there wasn't a player out there somewhere. They might be one good player away from making things quite interesting. But heck, I was looking back at the season predictions and nobody had them winning 26 games all year. Nice to see.

Motown Forum members reacting to the Tigers signing of Alex Bregman

I forgot about the other little wrinkle tomorrow. The Red Wings owe Mr. Kucherov for that dirty play on Ras at the end of the last game. If that hadn't been at the end of the game I would have expected someone from the Wings to have a bit of a chat with Mr. Kucherov, but as much as winning would be the best revenge, they owe him a "conversation" early in tomorrow's game. You can't let guys do that to your mates.

Hop in. But sir, it's *gun click* I said, hop in

That guy's gonna get us nowhere. I think it's gonna be Manning out.

Sorry, misread the schedule. yes, tomorrow. They could lose 11-0 and make the playoffs, but this is a statement game.