I’d bet on Montgomery being better than Maeda, taking the chance that Fetter can help. He had Kenta for a full season and even his magic couldn’t help.
If it’s for one season, throw out the salaries—we can easily absorb the difference in 2025.
This. And the Edge doesn’t have to be a superstar—we just need a starter who is better than our current options. Like the guy on the Titans that ate up Decker in the early going. Trade with the bottom feeders who are likely looking to next year and want some draft capital.
I like 2nd half McKinstry. Just not sure there is room for him any more if Baez is back, along with Sweeney, Jung, Ibanez and Wenceel on the team, not to mention any additions we make.
Yes, isn’t this the proper gauge, since all other hitters are dealing with the same? And it’s not like Briceno and Liranzo are coming out of nowhere. It will be interesting to see if their AFL performance contributes to their inclusion and ranking on Top 100 prospect lists.
Agree that the quality of pitching seems to lag the hitters, especially when you consider who the Tigers sent.
Skubal had never thrown more than 150 innings at the big league level, back in ‘21. He only pitched 80 last season.
This year, including the postseason, he had 211 IP. And those were max effort. Pretty big jump and impressive that he didn’t show any degradation.
Spoiler alert (you’ve been warned)
Tigers free agent signings will be:
1B/DH Paul Goldschmidt ($14M/1 yr)
OF Tyler O’Neill ($34M/2 yr)
SP Jack Flaherty ($88M/4 yrs)
RP Pierce Johnson ($14M/2yrs)
If you ask nicely, I’ll tell you what the trades will be.
Not an expert on payrolls, but isn’t the Yankees already insane with Judge, Stanton, Cole, Rizzo, LeMahieu, Rodon, etc? Will they take an unlimited salary cap approach?
The Baez debacle should have zero impact on adding a free agent. There were red flags with him when he signed—clearly the worst option of that famous SS class. We signed the absolute worst choice.