Tigermojo

Tigers sign Keston Hiura to a minor league deal. Seems like the opposite of a Harris type.

I guess Maybin hasn't signed yet.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39518858/police-make-arrest-theft-destruction-jackie-robinson-statue The artist passed away but the mold still exists and people have donated enough money to replace the statue.

Wouldn't want anyone to pull a vocal cord.

City connect coming to Detroit in 2024. The spring training hats do not bode well.

I'm in the best shape of my life.

First televised game is Feb. 25. I'm excited for that.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/six-takeaways-from-our-2024-playoff-odds-release/ The Twins Stand Alone "It’s really hard to project as having a 50% chance of winning your division. Baseball is inherently volatile and teams are bunched up. Only four teams in the entire majors hit that mark, and three of them are the consensus best three teams in the sport: the Braves, the Dodgers, and the Astros. The fourth is the Twins, who we think would be the fifth-best team in the AL East if everyone played the same schedules. Here’s the thing, though: the AL Central is awful this year. Dylan Cease and Luis Robert Jr. might still be on the roster, but the White Sox are fast approaching the point where they move past the “trade everything that’s not nailed down” part of their teardown and start trading the nails. The Royals lost 106 games last year, and while we think they’re going to be a lot better in 2024, they’re still a bad team. The Tigers and Guardians are going to struggle to score runs, though both will do a fairly good job of preventing them. The Twins aren’t exactly the second coming of the 2001 Mariners or the 1927 Yankees. We project them in the bottom half of baseball offensively, though we do love their pitching staff. But when you win your division by nine games and none of your opponents do much to improve their rosters over the winter, it’s easy to come out on top again. At least, that’s what our odds think, and I tend to agree. For what it’s worth, betting markets do too: In perfect agreement with our odds, the Twins are one of only four teams who are more likely than not to win their division."

Minnesota and Cleveland have many more established players than Detroit. The Tigers still have a lot of question marks on the roster. I don't think Harris has done enough to compete in the Central but the free agent market was really thin.

Last year, Greene and Carp both missed time for injuries. Baez missed time. Some guys underperformed and had to be shuffled around. That caused a lot of situations where guys had to play out of position. Hopefully this year they can stay healthy and reach their potential.

Javy Baez does not hit on elderly nuns.

Seattle paid some of his salary and Minnesota said they will reinvest that money into the roster.

Sweet DFA.

My guess is Sweet or Lipcius.

He played 3rd in the AFL. He'll probably play there in the spring and for Toledo.

Congratulations Colt Keith!

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/diamond-sports-group-announces-restructuring-deal-featuring-investment-from-amazon.html 9:50am: Josh Kosman of The New York Post reports that Amazon is giving Diamond roughly $100MM for the streaming rights of the Tigers, Royals, Marlins, Brewers and Rays. That money and the Sinclair settlement money could be presented to a Houston bankruptcy judge as early as today.

During a couple three week stretches, Vierling was one of the best hitters in the league. Unfortunately, he sucked the rest of the time. Maybe he can help at third. Tigers need another year to figure out if he and some others are going to perform. That's why I think Minnesota or Cleveland will win the division. They have more proven talent right now.

Most of the cases this year are hundreds of thousands apart. Webb and the Orioles are 75k apart. Bickford and the Mets are 85k apart. The 25k difference is the really silly part of this and seems like a waste of time.

At this point, I think it's more like those other teams got worse but there are still pitchers available so the list could change.

With Chapman and Baez they might have the best defense on the left side. Probably the worst offense on the left side too. Not really worth the cost. Greene and Tork are going to have to step up and produce while we see what some unproven players can do.

There are incentives in Miller's contract for games finished which might mean Lange is being shopped for a bat. Donny Sands DFA to make room for Miller.

With the addition of Miller maybe a deal for someone in the bullpen is a possibility.

I'm happy with the other moves but this one is a head scratcher. Dude averages 4 BB/9 and had a .165 BABIP last year! He is not projected to be of much value. Seems someone younger could do the job for league minimum.

$50 million signing bonus and no deferred money.