RandyMarsh

Jim, like Kevin another common name from mine and previous generations. Great to see! I am a bit surprised though that he is a SS, I figured a scrappy middle infielder would go by Jimmy while Jim would be saved for the slugging corner fielder or DH.

I do ok depending on the team, for some reason there are certain teams I just seem to remember about better than others. The worst for me was the other day when they had the Rockies and Diamondbacks on the same quiz, those two teams are prob the two I remember or know the least about. For the Dbacks like all I can remember are certain guys from the early 00 teams along with some random guys here and there and for the Rockies all I think about is the Bichette,Walker etc. teams. It's like my mind draws a blank otherwise about both of their relative short histories.

Never heard of this fun game until somebody posted it in this thread a couple weeks ago and now I'll addicted so I hope this transaction is only for the better.

I hear Kevin McGonigle and I just picture either a High School science teacher or a specialized Doctor like an Optometrist or something. Also it is kinda refreshing to see the name Kevin for a kid of his generation since I associate that more with my generation.

Yep that's how I took it as well. Not sure if it was Crews, Skenes or both but the wording sounded like atleast one of them was higher.

I like Stewart, to my untrained eye he is the only big we have that plays any lick of defense and it seems like you can see a noticeable difference in the team defense overall with him on vs. off the court. Of course that is just my eye test, no idea if the numbers back that up at all.

Maybe the lottery Gods will actually be nice to us in the 2026 Draft and we can get Flagg or Boozer.

You can say that about literally every move a franchise makes so just cause were only fans are we never allowed to have an opinion on a move a team you follow makes? And for the record that's all these are is opinions, I think most on here make it clear that we don't know more about the team than the Tigers do we're just offering up our views on a subject on a message board.

It is weird/refreshing to see two high Tigers draft pick not come with position questions. Going back to say Castellanos it seems like every early draft pick of ours has come with questions regarding their defense or their inevitable move down the spectrum. Hell even when we drafted Greene almost all reports prefaced it with him almost being a lock to move a way from CF in near future, thankfully though that hasn't happened yet.

Same. I have no idea how this is going to turn out but 4 or 5 hours ago I thought it was all but assured that we'd be walking a way with a near generational bat and top 10 overall prospect whether it be Langford or Crews, instead we have a great HS prospect but HS prospect nonetheless followed by a slight steal and a big reach...atleast according to the rankings. Maybe Clark will not only hit his ceiling but move quickly and he'll make an impact by 2025 and maybe McGonigle turns into a legit 2B prospect but boy when you have your heart set on getting a top 10 overall prospect who almost assuredly would help the big league team by Opening Day 2025 and don't get it it just really stings.

Law had him as his 21st overall prospect as well and Fangraphs 19 so definitely a bit of a steal. If we got him due to the savings from Clark then perhaps in the long run it may work out even though I'm still not a fan of that strategy.

Clark was born December 21, 2004, so he wasn't even 2 years old during our magical 2006 run and was only 8 the last time we won a playoff game!

IF we could get a guy like that due to saving money with Clark then it would totally go against my previous rant of not caring about saving money with picks cause getting a borderline top 10 guy in the comp round would be a huge coup. But from my recollection that rarely happens, usually it's a guy that may have been 25-30th who you end up getting which to me isn't that big of drop.

It sounds like Texas was taking him for sure at 4 if we didn't so the only incentive I could see for him agreeing to settle for 4th slot money for the Tigers is if he genuinely wanted to be picked by us instead of Texas. Perhaps him and his agent feel that there is a quicker path to the majors with us vs. them which is why he wanted to be here. IDK but I see no other reason why they would be so willing to take below slot if they truly were going to be drafted at 4 and get that same amount anyway.

It did come across that way in his interview but I'm sure he misspoke, I doubt he would leave that much money on the table unless he agreed to that soley because he wanted to play for the Tigers which I find kinda hard to believe.

We'd get pick 4 and whatever pick we earn from this current season so likely we'd be looking at 2 top 5-10 picks. Still though I put the chances of him not signing at like 5% or less just based off of history. It happens here and there but very rarely, particularly since the new slotting system has been put in place.

Not to mention those beaded necklaces aren't going to pay for themselves.

Clark certainly has the higher ceiling due to the fact that he projects to remain in CF which is why I don't hate the pick if that is their thought process for taking him, I just hate the thought process of taking a guy you view as lesser just cause you want to save money to spend on better inferior prospects later on in the draft. Also I wonder if how fast Holliday has progressed has changed teams feelings on HS hitter's timelines, Holliday is already the number 1 prospect in baseball and starting AA, he very well may be inline to be in the big leagues by the ASB 2024, less than 2 years after being drafted which is essentially no different than college players.

I don't see a reason why he would sign below slot, he has leverage by being committed to one of the most successful colleges in baseball, there's no reason he has to sign for less. My guess is he will sign at or near slot just slightly less than Langford would've signed for and any money we "save" will be negligible just like it was with Jobe over Mayer.

I just hope it's cause they had Clark higher on their board and not because of some bullcrap signability thing where they try to manipulate money so they can get the 40th ranked player on their board with their 2nd pick instead of 45th.

Unbelievable.

I will never understand why teams are so worried about potentially getting guys with picks at 37 and 45 when history has shown that just a tiny fraction of them amount to anything anyway. To me it's a no brainer, you do what it takes to sign the number 1 prospect in the draft, if it means that you in turn have to take a lesser prospect with 37 and 45 who gives a crap. Basically I'd rather take the lesser player in rounds 2 and 3 than the lesser one in round 1, especially when the consensus shows that there is a clear tier difference between said prospects.

I have read more than one report that says that Clark and Jenkins may have the highest upside of any players in the draft and I believe it was Law who said if he had to pick one player from the class to win multiple MVPs it would be Clark so in the end those two very well may end up being the best of the bunch but with that said I still would much prefer having the closer and more sure thing in Crews/Langford even if the upside isn't as high. If we were in the Rangers shoes who are picking 4th where we already have a stacked roster and should be competitive for the foreseeable future I may be more open to taking a chance on the younger potentially higher upside pick but we're certainly not in that position.

I'm at the point where I'm going to be deeply disappointed if we don't end up with Crews or Langford.

Law has a write up of the game on The Athletic. For the most part it's him bitching about the game being 7 innings and on Peacock, didn't have a whole lot to say about many bats but Colt did get one of the few positive mentions, with this quote "Still, the hitters didn’t look great. A few who stood out even a little bit: Detroit’s Colt Keith got jammed on a slider in on his hands but is so strong he blooped it to short right-center for a hit."