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the lions are the vegas favorites to trade for chase young? hmmm....

he has whitmore above miller. tiers superstar: vic tier 1: scoot tier 2 whitmore, miller, amen. tier 3: walker, hendricks, black, ausar.

anything can happen in the playoffs but the wings are a ways away from being as good as florida. florida is a good team.

why is tkachuck out?

i think keller might cost more than 9 amd 17...

the nytimes bought them so they must be doing something profitable. i like the athletic a lot. lots of coverage for a lot of different sports.

i hope they both wear throwbacks because their current uniforms suck.

i dont think connor is for sale. they have others who are their trade bait.

dalvin cook is finished. if he wants to go to bears, all power to him.

trade proposal from the athletic today: debrincat to the wings for zadina and 17. i would do that in a heartbeat if debrincat would sign a long term deal for less than larkin's. 8 for 8 maybe.

would you trade 9 and 17 for clayton keller?

debrincat trade rumors are heating up. that said, given yzerman's famous ability not to leak anything, i imagine its mostly pure speculation.

i dont see why it matters to his suspension that some players said it wasnt explained clearly to them (a/k/a they werent paying attention when it was explained). the rule is on the books and he broke it. ignorance of the terms of the cba is no excuse, lol.

tomorrow i will also be right.

you said avila assembled a collection of talent that was going to be the equivalent of morris/parrish/trammell/whitaker/gibson. that's blind faith. every time they get any journeyman minor leaguer you say they have talent. youre always saying how great the tigers minor leaguers are. you just say that because its your favorite team. there's no basis for your opinion other than the tigers are the team you follow. that's why its blind faith. i wish i could have that kind of belief, but my experience in observing al avila tells me otherwise. and so far, i am right and you are wrong.

its 1000% blind faith.

i said he should have been fired after the jd martinez trade, why would i tell you youre wrong?

i dont think they should cut the guy, but just put him in the pen where he belongs. right next to all their other failed starting pitcher draft picks and trade acquisitions, lol.

getting two major league contributors (tork and keith assuming keith makes it) out of a 5 round draft is probably pretty decent! lol. but i get your point. everyone was excited about that draft because Al finally drafted players who were consensus picks. no more rey riveras. and so far its been a total bust other than keith. i know tork is in the majors but he's been so bad so far that his career to date has been disappointing.

ok. wentz will never be anything more than a lefty reliever. book it.

agreed!

wrntz needs more velo? sure. he needs to be a better pitcher with a stronger arm. he is not that pitcher. faedo can get injured in triple a as well as he can in mlb, i suppose.

tanking can work. ask the astros and cubs. and spending on free agents isnt always a magic bullet. however, what you need is good management to identify talent. we havent had that since dombrowski and that's why were floundering. not because we tanked or because we didnt spend money. its because management has been terrible at identifying talent. period. will that change now? who knows? we'll just have to be patient with the losing and see.

is there really anything left for them to fo in milb? they just arent good enough. another year dominating triple a hitters wont do anything more. they are bullpen guys, lefty relievers, and occasional 5th starters. they'll never be anything more.

that could easily be statistical noise.