Tenacious D

Is this team soft in the cold? If so, we’re really going to have problems in GB. Really hope we can make an adjustment at halftime.

Bobby Flay thanks you.

Apologies if this has already been shared, but some good vibes from Metallica (Still waiting to hear from Air Supply).

Baty looks like a very nice prospect at a position of need for us. Same as Tork and Greene are, which gives me pause for trading too much for a potential bust. However, if you believe in your player development, you have to be willing to take on those risks.

Did we forget how to defend the run? Perhaps we’re extending too much respect to Sam Darnold. but I’d rather let him beat us.

Love it

The Twins would be very familiar with his physicals. Maybe their interest was on a shorter deal, realizing that the leg could present a problem down the line.

I worry more about his ability to play well with others. I get a kick out of some of his anti-establishment stuff, but apparently his Dodger teammates hated him. Not sure if it was because of the allegations against him.

That’s what you took from that?

Harris speaks (apologies if already posted) https://apple.news/AljmZaoBeR4KN9FUg1jK3LA

I also think of the AB’s that went to Reyes, Candy and the Castro boys as addition through subtraction

Why should he? He’s at his peak. If no MLB team will take him, I could see him pitch overseas.

This is interesting. Apparently his teammates dislike him, but wouldn’t he be a free agent now? I could see him end up in Japan.

For his sake, hope he doesn’t get Scott Sizemore’d

I like him. And we have a hole at 2B.

Think we need someone like him, but would prefer a LH bat as possible platoon/fill-in for Tork and/or Miggy. Hosmer and Belt are possibilities.

Good list. Once the Harris’ return from Bora Bora, I suspect he’ll start to focus on making more trades for players who are ready to step in.

he'll be hitting in a good park for him.

James McCann to the Orioles for PTBNL

I think it will be for many teams. I just hope we learned the painful lesson with Miggy.

given the number of years being thrown out, I suspect we will be out of the superstar free agency business until things come back down to earth.

I would have liked Mitch Haniger. Believe he got a reasonable 3-year deal. RH hitting OF with some power.

Quit yer bitchin’

And, if you are frustrated with this offseason, you can blame Al Avila, for leaving this team barren of talent, as well as Scott Harris for not being fast enough to make changes, or not jumping into the fray giving out really bad free agent contracts. I don't see how Chris Ilitch is to blame--he was the one that initiated the change in the front office. And he has demonstrated that he will spend. It's really lazy and uninformed to keep blaming he guy. And I've met him in person and thought he was a bit of a douche, but I'm trying to be objective about this situation. Lastly, if you think back to the Dombrowki era, the Tigers were almost never included in rumors, because Dave kept things very close to the vest. Perhaps Harris is the same? Just because you don't have Jon Heyman erroneously mentioning us in any speculation, doesn't mean that Harris and co. aren't being active. They are just being smart.

I realize that Brandon Drury has somehow become a lightning rod, or the straw that broke the camel's back, for this offseason (so far), but everyone does realize he sucks, correct? He has only hit as a Cincinnati Red, basically playing in a ball park with high school dimensions. Look at his stats once he was dealt to San Diego last season. He was abysmal from 2017-2021. I've attached the link to his Baseball Reference profile. See for yourself and then tell me that we really missed out: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/drurybr01.shtml