RandyMarsh

Yeah hard to believe he wouldn't sign but with that said as bad as the Angels are as a franchise they have always been known to be aggressive with prospects so there was a good chance in his and his agents eyes atleast that they'd be an ideal spot to get to the majors the fastest. I think it just boils down to the Tigers really liking Jung and his supposed advanced bat. I agree with SoCal that I think they drafted for immediate concerns instead of BPA, they probably felt that Jung could help the big league team as early as 2023. The regime probably knew their leash was short and they couldn't afford to take guys that were years away. Of course Neto ended up proving that he wasn't far away but they may have not thought that at the time.

The one baseball cliche that always seems to end up being true is "you can never have enough starting pitching". I think many Tigers fans took that for granted cause of how fortunate we were during the glory 2010 years in regards to the health of our rotation.

Yep, they lost their first game with him and a couple at the end of the season when guys were resting but in between when they used the full squad they went something like 22-3. They were a completely different team with him

The 2012 Series is completely blocked from my memory like legit the only things I remember are the Sandoval home runs and unfortunately the last out of the series with Miggy left standing on the side of the road. Also not from the series per se but I remember going to the Lions game during it and sitting next to Giants fans from SF who came in for the WS and decided to catch a Lions game while here. Really nice people I have to say. Talked most of the game with them.

Strong chance that even if the Tigers were to go 0 for the rest of the season the Rockies would still finish with a worse record.

Feels like the 2020 season all over again.

Dingler may be the most pleasant surprise, his walk rate makes you question the offense going forward but he does make a bunch of loud contact and if he ends up being even close to what his current numbers are then we have ourselves another young position player to be excited about.

Clicked on the thread and it looks like the top comment must be from his Dad. You get the feeling that he instilled in him from a young age to "play the right way"

I guess there's only 30 jobs so you can't be picky but that Phoenix job is certainly one I wouldn't want if I was viewed as a hot up and comer.

Couldn't you argue the Pistons and Ben Wallace? Edit missed the sign and trade part so no Ben. Wasn't Shaq a straight trade for the Heat? I guess even if it was Wade may have been their best player that year.

I played double dribble non stop as a kid and I never knew about the glitch until seeing the Family Guy episode. I was only 7 or 8 when I was most into it though, was it really a well known thing like say the Konami or Mike Tysons punchout code?

Skubal has given up 4 base runners or less in 8 out of his last 10 starts and in half of them 3 or less. Has a WHIP of .58 in that time.

Random Skubal tidbit, since his return in July of 2023 he has faced roughly 250 lefties, he's given up a total of 4 extra base hits against them and none this year. Mind boggling!

Yesterday was the only time in the last 15 games they got Bert's 6 runs or more, in the prior 33 games they did it 22 times.

As an MLB hitter going from Skubal to Brieske is about the best outcome you could possibly hope for. Ball probably looks like a beach ball relatively speaking.

Sounds like Skubal's day is done, that now makes 89Ks to 3 walks his last 10 starts. Ungodly!

I think it either has to be home grown or players acquired through trades via home grown players. You can't expect to build a team via free agency.

I'm not necessarily saying the Central is better than East but to add to your post your buddy isn't the only one that lazily says things like this, I heard the national media say things similar about all central teams and how their record wouldn't be what it was if it was in the East. But here's the thing the Tigers are 10-2 against the East, Twins 9-3, Guardians 6-6, Royals 8-7 and White Sox 3-5 so collectively they have more than held their own against them thus far.

Tigers are now 22-17 against teams over .500, only the Yankees have a better record. Also only 3 teams in all the majors have played more games against such opponents than the Tigers.

They also get a watch with their most tenured teams logo on it.

Just to add to this, Liranzo was in his "dropped out of the top 50" category and the reason he gave was that he has struggled with offspeed stuff thus far in Erie.

That would be my guess/hope.

There have probably been teams with worse overall records than the Rockies over the course of the past 10-15 years but I don't think any team has felt less relevant than them. Like other teams that have sucked atleast may have had a star player or hot shot prospect(s) to excite them but that hasn't been the case with Colorado. I don't think anybody has cared about them since Matt Holiday was roaming the field and he has a kid playing in the league now just to show how long ago it was.

I think it's fair to say that on an individual basis the Yankees have the better players so in turn are the better team. With that said IDK maybe I just have recency bias and am jaded cause it goes against everything I've believed in for the better part of 20 years but having Hinch and our coaching on our side even things up for us against teams that look superior on paper. I just believe he knows how to maximize his players strengths and in turn get every last run he could squeeze out of them and the team. Where as other teams that have superior players don't always seem to do that in my eyes.

Law had us taking Quick and even speculated that he could potentially help us in the bullpen THIS year if we were inclined to go that route.