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Yeah, that's kinda what I was getting at with the reference to his opt-out. That other teams might trade for him despite the possibility that he would only be a "rental".

I've always suspected that few here bother to actually think, so "good call" on your part

I will say that I am very pleased to see Matt Boyd back in the D, simply because many of you were so enthusiastic about sending him away....that is the one silver lining of the Harris era.

Isn't that Scott Harris' job to make the team better? He gets paid the big buxx, let him explain why he sat and did NOTHING of any appreciable magnitude over the entire off season? I've seen the way you guys play the "suggest someone" game, too many times, fully realizing that whoever I might suggest would either be (a) too expensive, (b) never agree to come to detroit, or (c)fall short on some obscure benchmark you'd pull out of you hat (did I miss any of the standard toolz?) Not putting my head in that barrel, sorry I'm not the chump you were expecting It's Harris'job to fix this team, ask him

I really expected Javy Baez to be a gonner after Harris set "mastering the strike zone" as a team priority. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out. Hey, if he has a good first half they might find someone willing to pick up the rest of his contract, opt-out and all.

MLB Networks are clearly clueless, they totally overlook our ace in the hole, Scott Harris. I'm sure all those extra at bats he has allocated to our never-has-been position players will pay off in the long run.

MLB network recently released a recap of which teams control the game's top 100 players. Unsurprisingly, the Mets and Astros top the list with 8 players each, while the Tigers are considerably further down the list. Little do they suspect the secret weapon we will unleash once our masters of the strike zone take the field!!

Since the team obviously has no priority for winning this season, it can only be that $22+ million salary haunting the brain trust?

Hey, if "plotting the most cost effective path to 65 wins" is what you guys enjoy spending your time on, well more power to ya. But I expect a little more.

I don't believe that leveraging our future with "bounceback" candidates is gonna be much of an improvement. Have I somehow missed all the buzz celebrating how Harris won the off season?

He's dumping arb level players over a few measly million dollars, and replacing them with players who's main qualifications are that they might bounce back. That's the definition of "cheap".

I don't believe it's so much a matter of crediting Avila with setting a pattern worth emulating. It's more a matter of seeing all the worthy talent go to other destinations, and realizing that leaves us to pick through the "undervalued" bargain bin, stringing our entire hopes upon bounceback performances. Did you see that Jason Beck is now touting a possible return of Josh Harrison? Cripes! Might as well sign Billy Hamilton too.

Polyanna much?

Being the fountain of sage advice you always present yourself as, I find it hard to believe you would be truly "mystified" by anything? What few acquisitions he has made seem more geared towards fulfilling our obligation of fielding a team capable of playing a 162 game schedule, than winning in the process. Seeing the winter meetings come and go with a virtual goose egg, and now seeing the last remaining desirables go to other teams just confirms that "winning" is not a priority. So, it's really more a matter of the expectation that the players eventually assigned to replace Candy, the Castros, and Reyes, their one unifying virtue is likely to be that they have not failed YET....that "young and dumb" thing. Or "high potential up side" the terminally optimistic might call it.... Watching another .400 season, but with the added excitement that more of the players now carry options, ....just doesn't stoke my fandom the way wins does,,...I guess I'm old fashioned

After sending Candy and the Castros "into the corn", I suspect by now the rest of the organization has been shocked into lockstep support....

Assuming that's true, Baez should have a new home by August 1st?

Baez in 2022 also had an on base percentage 11 points lower than Victor Reyes, while committing a career high in errors, the total of which was 6 times higher than Neifi Perez committed during his entire tenure as a Tiger. Know what that proves? Any fool can cherry-pick stats .

Regrettable that WAR does not have a designated slot on the scoreboard? Just think about how MUCH MORE USEFUL El Mago could be if he'd learn a little plate discipline? I mean it's only obvious to every pitcher that faces him, down and away makes him your fool. As for the Neifi Perez comparison..it was a metaphor. It's comical that you guys think you can dredge up some stat and turn my attention...it was a metaphor ferchrisakes. And Baez will continue to amuse me so long as he continues chasing those low ones, regardless of who's "hero" he might otherwise be.

Javy Baez 2022 LOL "We've got to master the strike zone"...well, at least Harris has been paying attention, I'll give him credit for that.

It's part of the "new culture", you're either "in" or you're out.

8 1/2 years from now, you'll be signing book deals on the basis of "being the man who knew the man"

Well, what I anticipate is that Ilitch will want to make the Tigers competitive in time to sell, and that the value of a winning Tigers team will be greatest as the centerpiece of a redeveloped neigborhood (Rather than sell in a slum) So, if you say 10 years, then I think 8 is about where he'll be willing to finally be serious about a championship

Well you want to act like the $93 million they have under contract proves they are generous, take Miggy's $32M away from that, and you have what they would be spending if they could have dealt him to someone else...of course that assumes we could have dealt him without paying his salary anyway, which is why he is still here SO YEAH effectively the Tigers at $61 million/yr...what studs!!

Ask your Mom

I don't think I would have been quite so harsh on you, but as they say, confession is good for the soul, so I respect your frankness. Seriously you must realize the only reason Miggy is still on the roster is because no one would take him...And I mean going back to the big purge starting in 2017. If they could have dealt him, that far back, they would have. So claiming his $32M/yr on the books is evidence that this team is not "cheap", is fanciful self indulgence.