Tenacious D

It would be exciting if they let The Hyphenate try and make the team out of Spring Training, though I suspect he’ll be Toledo-bound.

Now I kind of miss all of the talk around cutting Candelario.

My comment wasn’t meant as a commentary on his acquisition, but a desperate plea for a cheap laugh.

Somebody has to replace Harold Castro’s innings next season.

A bit of an overreaction, but, yes, this team will not get fixed this sole offseason. I’m not going to worry until we get to spring training and no other moves have been made. I doubt that happens. We’ll pick from the second tier of free agents and hopefully make a trade or two. Any improvement, though, will come mostly from our own player development. Fingers crossed.

This is the first players market in a while—teams are spending recklessly. Less than ideal for the Tigers.

At the risk of being a conspiracy guy, is there any chance that the Tigers and/or Comerica Park were subjected to a deader ball more often? It would make some sense out of the entire lineup underperforming all at the same time.

I don't think they've adjusted the timing--I believe it is still tied to All-Star game weekend.

Matt Boyd looks like a steal now

Source please? (Would like to see the list you’re referencing)

Anyone know how much our draft pool grows by going from #6 to #3?

That was the biggest group of awkward looking guys you’ll ever want to meet. And nice to leapfrog the Royals!

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.