SoCalTiger

Heading toward the Dutchman DeBruin ?

Cason Cunningham off the board. We were often tied to him 

I say Joe Coleman pitching in a minor league championship game in Albuquerque   New Mexico at the end of his career by pure chance. Don't remember anything else about that trip or who I was with or what I was doing. Whisky  and Baseball. Hell of a combo.

3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

During Harris' booth visit yesterday he was pretty emphatic that they believe in young players accumulating PAs. They believe depth of MiLB experience equates to less unproductive time when guys are eventually called up. So their basic approach is that they aren't even trying to move guys at the max rate they can or could.

Do you agree with that strategy ?

We are enjoying an unprecendented run of great baseball covering two seasons now and are positioned for that                   ( contending) to continue for the foreseeable future and I am not interested on trading that for one player who "might" bring us a title. Championships are great of course but multiple months of contending baseball with a chance at a Title is worth more to me. Stay the course.

22 minutes ago, Hinchman11 said:

IB/Dh with little positional value on a team with Carp, Tork, JHen shouldn’t be viewed as an untouchable in trades for an impact player. That’s my interpretation that we should be ok, even though a lot will overreact. 

I think he's a better hitter than all of them. Think Issac Parades with more power.

Perry sure likes to talk

3 hours ago, chasfh said:

Hopefully by other GMs.

Thanks for the promotion. 

9 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

if there was a package of crap like this that Harris could send to Sacramento to get Miller, he would have already made the trade.

I would do Clark and Hamm for Miller

Sorry for says nuts. You seem more knowledgeable than me and maybe Miller is a number one starter in hiding. But Clark seems the real deal to me. 

1 hour ago, microline133 said:

Josue Briceno, as a prospect, is exceptionally overrated.

Nah he’s a master blaster. Going to fool all the evaluators even the good ones like you. 

8 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

if there was a package of crap like this that Harris could send to Sacramento to get Miller, he would have already made the trade.

I would do Clark and Hamm for Miller

That’s nuts in my opinion. A reliever ? Sorry not for me.

Not trying to be Orioles GM Elias and all but I hope we keep our farm intact this deadline unless the return has multiple years of control. Relief pitchers on expiring contracts should not require over pay. So glad it’s Scottie and not Al at the wheel. 

WTF

Maybe Platoonford took under slot $( if he really did) because Texas does not have state income tax.

Not so sure we need a bat or starter. Wouldn’t give up much for either that’s for sure. What we need is two dependable relievers. 

Well, a slump was inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any more pleasurable. Hope they can pull out of it quickly and not give back too much ground, but it is a long long season.

Hotten broken. 

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Casey is fine. He doesn't quite have Ace level command, maybe he never will, but he keeps us in the game most nights.

Milt Wilcox ? Walt Terrel ?

It's sad that it's not surprising Jobe is having surgery. Losing our top pitching and perhaps player to season ending surgery really stinks. Team depth has never been more important. 

8 hours ago, chasfh said:

Agreed, and the interesting part of this post is that I don’t think anyone would have accused us of having a solid and deep roster before the season started.

I do wonder how much of the depth of roster has to do with guys simply becoming the best players they could possibly be; with the coaching and development staff guiding the players to make the most of their abilities; and the manager deploying the players in just the right way that leads to optimum outcomes. What’s the mix at hand?

I think it's all of the above with perhaps a nod to development if we consider Torks and McStinky and Baez improvements attributed to that as well. I remember Harris saying "development" includes at the major league level. 

Detroit Tigers hinting down their prey at an impressive rate. Soild and deep roster playing with passion under good leadership. So happy we finally got here.

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

The Tigers do have a couple of hundred million to work with, they don't have to let let everyone walk. My strategy would be to try to lure pre or early arb guys into extending just 2 or 3 years past FA with big AAVs. I don't mind giving guys big money for their age ~26-31 seasons. But odds are you are going to be better off letting someone else pay for whatever else they do in their career after that. Maybe you let a guy go who plays to 40 and makes the HOF, but you will have avoided 10 other roster crippling mistakes. A lot of guys won't be amenable, but some will believe they will still have a big payday score remaining.

That makes perfect sense and to clarify when I said we don’t need to sign any of them I meant any particular one not all of them. 
But you clarified better than I did. 

14 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

I don’t see the Tigers blocking a path for all of the middle infielders coming.  And they are going to start having to do what the Lions have—pay their own players. Skubal being the obvious, but at some point you’ll want to lock up Greene, Carp, maybe, Tork.  Our payroll could soon climb.

I’m not sure we need to sign any of those players for their expensive non controlled free agent seasons. Certainly not at over value. Harris just needs to keep the development wheels moving and pick and choose free agents as needed. Max the six years of team control  and move on. Financial flexibility is more important than any one or two players. 

i really think it’s the Harris blueprint. And most non coastal teams will do the same. 

Great game by the Captain 

May he eat Humble Pie today.