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I doubt the Tigers are in on any of the big guys. Once that dust settles, we’ll likely add a Wil Myers-type.

Are the Rangers signing everyone now? Andrew Heaney for 2 years—no deets yet.

Trea just invoked his Andrew Chafin rights.

barring injuries, I think there is a good chance we see most of the guys you mentioned. We still have a bunch of question marks in our current rotation--I'm not counting on Skubal at all, Turnbull's recovery seems to have gone slowly and Manning seems as fragile as a china doll. I'd feel better if we signed another SP to provide some insurance.

Anything with Bill Schallert in it is pure gold.

Playboy model body + fiercely loyal to her man? Yes, please!

Harris seems to be a close-to-the-vest guy. Haven't heard a peep including the Tigers, but most of the speculation is around the bigger free agents, which I suspect we're not going to be in on.

Matt Boyd doubled his salary by pitching 13 innings. At least JV won the CY.

That was actually my first reaction. He just left the WS Champs for more money.

Harris must love taking over a team devoid of any tradeable talent at the same time that the free agent market has pivoted back to a player's market. Especially after Avila signed the absolute worst option at SS last year.

Trea Turner says, "hold my beer."

we just paid $10M for Boyd, who has pitched 13 innings over the last two seasons. deGrom received $185M in spite of dealing with significant arm injuries over the last couple of seasons. It's a pitchers market--think of all of the injuries that teams have dealt with (it's not just the Tigers). the fact that Erod has stayed healthy and effective, and on a team-friendly contract, will likely make him more attractive than we probably originally thought. I'd prefer to keep him--we still need competent pitchers to provide innings. However, if teams get goofy, we should be willing to take advantage of that.

heard that, too. with the early appearance that starting pitching is at a premium, and teams are willing to pay, ERod might be more attractive in a trade than I originally thought. He's on a very team friendly contract and is still a good pitcher. His personal situation and opt-out might scare some teams off, and ultimately, we still need guys to pitch next year. But, if a team were to make an attractive offer, it might be tempting. I would not move him in a distressed way--if the interest isn't strong, keep him because we'll need his innings.

let me know if you want me to set up a Zoom.

Until the steroid guys contemporaries are on the committee (the guys who played in the 1990-2000's, i.e., Jeter, Ortiz, etc...), I don't see them getting in. No way that the pre-steroid era guys would allow them in--Tram, Sandberg, Morris, etc...

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Pisses me off that the steroid boys probably bumped Whitaker from that list.

I’m not thinking playoffs (yet). Just trying to gauge what our final record could look like.

It’s been said before, but I love having a shitty, beat-up Rams #1 pick so I can enjoy each Lions win and care less about our own pick potentially falling outside of the top-15.

Is 3-2 realistic the rest of the way?

40 points is impressive, but holding the Jags to 14 (so far) is equally impressive, especially when you consider our defensive issues earlier in the season.

We’re going to turn this into an eight minute possession. Great mastery of the clock.

He needs to leave the Avengers and focus on football 100%