RandyMarsh

Well you have said that there is no way Skubal is going to resign with us cause of how bad we suck so in that case why wouldn't you trade him for prospects?

Clark and Lee will be our reps in the MLB Future's Game this year.

For as much as we mocked the Tavai pick the fact that he is not only still in the league but getting 3 year extensions shows that he ended up being far more successful than most 2nd round picks.....too bad it all came with another team though.

Givony was looking towards the 25 draft and Flagg, Harper and Bailey the comsensus top 3 with the caveat that all 3 would've been number 1 this year.(not surprising) If it ends up this way with 3 guys separating themselves you just know we're gonna be picking 4th or 5th despite another sub 20 win season.

Ten of those have come in the last 20 games alone. Just pathetic!

For sure but I do find it funny how all you hear about is how young their roster is and how good they are so they are set up for years yet you dont hear that much talk about the Lions despite their roster being almost equally young and filled with more proven young players. All their skill players, best O lineman, 3/4 D line, 1/2 LBs and 4/5 secondary are all 25 and under. With the vast majority of those guys already under control for atleast 3 more seasons along with their sub 30 yr old Pro Bowl QB.

I hope he makes it for the name alone!

I know scoring is way up throughout the league than it was at this point so these numbers aren't necessarily relative but this is still a crazy tidbit to me.

Depends on how much influence Troy Weaver has with his new Wizards job.

This. Not saying Skubal doesn't look more impressive than Fulmer but for every Verlander trade where the prospects don't pan out there is a Fulmer instance where you keep the young pitcher and he ends up flaming out due to injuries. That's why I'm on the fence about the potential Skubal trade, I could see both sides of it, but I will say IF they do trade him I certainly would like the headliner to be more of a sure thing and closer to the big leagues than a 19 year old pitcher with only a half year of success like Franklin Perez was in the JV trade.

To me Duren has no use for this team, not writing him off as a player in general cause he could turn out fine but I view him more as a complimentary piece that isn't going to make a bad team any better. By the time we are competitive(if that ever happens) he will be expensive and not worth the money. Ivey I'm a little more bullish on cause he has shown flashes but you can't ignore the lack of lateral athleticism, so if you don't think he could be a quality number 2 or high end 3 on a playoff team than no point in keeping him either. imo

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/top-25-nfl-players-25-and-under-for-2024-vikings-justin-jefferson-among-nine-star-wrs-to-make-the-list/ 5 Lions make the list. If you cut it off at UNDER 25 than the Lions would have 5 of the 15 players on the list. Yet according to some lazy national pundits their window is closing after this year.

That Tork HR is nice to see off a 96mph pitch but unfortunately that wouldve prob just be a long out at Comerica.

Im with you there, championships are cool and all but Id rather be a fan of the 90s/00s Braves(even if you throw out their 1 title) than the Marlins.

Turn it on right into time for Riley's RBI triple, since I missed the offensive explosion the other day I legit think this is the first run I have actually witnessed them score in atleast a week. Feels good!

I go back and look at some of the regulars for that 2011 team and its amazing we made it as far as we did. I guess it helps having the best hitter on the planet at that time in the middle of the order and getting career years from guys like Avila and Peralta.

In McKinstrey's defense it's probably the first time he has been on third base all season, probably doesn't remember what to do there.

Mize has 46Ks on the year....he's given up 42 runs.

In this day in age a full time catcher with a .780 OPS is a star! If he comes close to that Id be thrilled.

Likewise I don't want a punch and Judy type hitter who has a good average but no power. Good luck in this day and age trying to score consistently by stringing together 3 singles in a row against pitchers who may give up 5 or 6 hits the entire game.

Yeah for the longest time I used .800 as the baselline for a good OPS and maybe .750 average and anything below .700 absolutely dreadful, like the Adam Everette's of the world. But now .800 is borderline elite, .750 is perfectly fine and while being in the high 600s isn't good it's not completely bottom of the barrel like I used to view it as.

Considering his strong play this year and the fact he turns 26 in September it seems like it's now or never for him to get a call up this summer to see what he is capable of in the majors. If you're not going to do it now then there really isn't a point to keep him on the 40 man going forward.

Yep, I hate Baez as much as the next guy but the fact is there just simply isn't any more reliable options in the system at this point. Kinda sad really.

Start building that Keith statue now!