SoCalTiger

Harris picking up Palacios hopefully demonstrates that defense does matter and he will not tolerate players who are poor defenders. The days of moving the Lugo, Goodrums, Castros etc from position to position hoping they hit while butchering balls in the field I think and hope are gone. Thats progress. Which is why I suspect Badoo has a tall order making the team because he simply can not throw a baseball and teams take full advantage of that. He has to get on base at a high percentage to compensate for all the bases he gives up. He could DH but .....

Harold and Short are now history and I think Willie Castro is only regarded as an outfielder, mainly RF, at this point so he is standing on quicksand also. Of the 12 players on our arbitration list I put the over/under for the number being retained at 3 and I will take the under. Jimenez, Meadows if not retiring/broken, and Soto to trade/release if unable to trade.

Or Harris wants a utility infielder that can actually play the infield ?

Yordan is mini Soto but almost as good for much less $$$$

I don't think we should consider bridging to anybody anymore. We should look for the best third baseman possible and "if" Keith makes it figure out step two. No more assuming a minor leaguer will fill a future MLB position. When they actually make the team/MLB then fit them in via position change or trading them or someone to make them fit. Develop players the best we can but make them actually "beat out" an incumbent the the MLB level.

That's 31 million for all of them. Take the money and use it on new players. None are playing prominent roles in 3 years.

Yes. And I wager his pride would agree with that.

Miggy “earned “ the right to play until he got 3000 hits and 500 home runs and to get paid the full amount of his contract but that’s all. The rest must be based on his contributions on the field like every other player.

Good on Plies. maybe Harris keeps Chadd a while for his "old School" analysis.

Max got hit hard. Did not see that coming.The Mets Aces' are hurting I wager.

May I ask where do you find this information ? And do you think Scot Harris is aware of this ?

Yes they are ..like WOW..so how does Hinch let that happen ? ? Do they not know ? They must know.

Maybe playing Tork at 3B is one of the calculated risks Harris was referring to ? It’s certainly easier finding a first than third baseman. But doesn’t that only add to Torks hitting woes ?

I’d consider the reverse and only sucking at one position 😊

Great info thank you. The arbitration list is the bullseye for Harris trimming players off the 40 either via trade or DFA. I think Jimenez and Meadows and maybe Tony Garcia will be the only holdovers.

I think the following players are out of the organization next season : Candy, Schoop, Badoo, Hector Castro, Victor Reyes, Barnhart , Cisnero, Soto, Clemons, Cameron, Garcia, Norris, Hutchinson, Elvis Rodriguez, Fadeo, Lange (trade ) Tyler Alexander , Manning (trade) Kreidler and Tork will start in AAA I fear Meadows will retire and possibly Edwardo Rodriguez will be traded for poor return because he does not want to play in Detroit. Surprisingly Willie Castro will make it as the 26th man because he can play right field and pretend to play infield and will take Victors spot as fourth outfielder. And un Coolbaugh will be LOOOOOng Gooooone I expect tremendous turnover.

So we have a 7.5 % chance at number 1 but what is the chance we will draft lower than 6 ? Thats the number to bet !

Among other things he disagreed with Petry's call for patience and pointed out how so many teams, citing Dodgers, Braves, and others, have won many times since the last Tigers championship in 1984 and that anything but the playoffs and titles should be our goal. Raise the bar for both team and player performance. And he spoke with a strong tone and lots of passion as if on a Red Bull binge. Gotta say he elevated my impression of him..

Ya he shocked me. Must be hoping to get renewed or something. Maybe Al was always hard on the negative comments and Harris seems less sensitive.

It's all about changing the mindset from "hopefully/development" to "win today ".

I am also always saddened by the end of the Tiger 🐅 season but at least this year the offseason holds promise and interest.

Jack Morris with some rare direct words tonight stating “ the Tigers have overvalued their players for a very long time “ and don’t be shocked if some young prospects are traded this off season.

Tork looking good. He must be reading the board again.

Please tell me Hinch and Harris know Soto isn't actually good.

Another worm burner throw by Akil to home on the sac fly from mid to shallow left field. It started to bounce way before the mound. The Twin announcers were commenting how they took advantage numerous times last series. Can he improve at all ?