Tenacious D

This is unexpected. Congrats, Riley! Hopefully we get a hat trick with Cy Skubal.

I want them ALL back!

Anderson has hit a wall in AZ—batting average down to .465

I think everyone here recognizes that podcasts and Twitter are only amateurs speculating without any true access or intel.

‘Cause Kieran is so influential? 🤣

This thread is triggering for me. Can an admin please remove it?

A blogger at Lawn & Landscape thinks we’ll be in the mix for Kyle Schwarber. They also added that they think Heather Nabozny is smokin’ hot.

Bichette is interesting—wouldn’t block anyone for another 2-3 years until Rainer is ready at SS. At that point you could probably move Bichette to either 2B or 3B, depending on where McGonigle lands. Or maybe Rainer goes to 3B. Agree that neither Anderson or Lee should factor into committing to an external upgrade. Not sure Colt Keith, should either.

Agree that the QO diminishes his free agency. He’ll take the raise for a year.

Don’t worry, once we slap the QO on Skubal, no team will touch him in free agency, surrendering a 2nd round pick.

If we’re opening it up to other Detroit teams, the Josh Reynolds drop in the NFC Championship is up there.

Hard to imagine what Jays fans are going through. They almost won that game a handful of times—they will likely play back the plays that got away for a long time. At least when we lost in ‘06 and ‘12, we played pretty bad throughout. The closest game I can think of as a Tigers fan was Game 163.

I still contend that Mize will be traded. The relationship and confidence seems to have eroded and I doubt they would let him walk without getting anything in return. Once the dust settle and all of the free agent starters are off the market, he should have some trade value. He’d likely be an inexpensive, solid #4 starter on a good team.

Jack and his agent must have PTSD from their non-existent market last offseason. He clearly didn’t want to gamble that the Tigers would give him a QO or how good his prospects would be on the open market. Welcome back—one less spot to sweat. He’s at least a 4th starter and capable of better.

If we’re being honest, our rotation is very uncertain for next year, which may require us to keep Skubal regardless. Flaherty could opt out (we’ll know soon), Olson’s health and dependability are questionable, Mize is a likely trade candidate (they don’t trust him and probably aren’t re-signing him). That leaves Skubal and Melton. I suspect they will sign at least one SP, maybe two, but their track record has been shopping in the reduced aisle.