also took the white sox four years.
but those teams had gm's who traded assets for good young players who served as building blocks for their 90+ win teams. the tigers did not do that.
honestly, i dont know anything about these prospects other than what i read. and ive read a lot.
i trust yzerman enough to be happy with whomever he takes. i'm old enough to remember being surprised by the seider pick and EVERYONE questioning it.
that said, connor geekie just has rasmussen written all over him. i hope they dont take him.
what bolded part?
you dont know what illitch told him he could offer. we know he wanted to be the highest paid ss in baseball. the twins made that happen and the tigers didnt. that's what we actually know.
you dont know what illitch said about the contract money. neither do i.
i said baez was an ok signing but i wanted correa (or seager) because he's a much better player. beaz would - at the very least - help with their team defense. i did not expect baez to be this bad (although i did expect him to be 220/290/440ish). i think baez will get better at some point. i dont like the idea of paying baez for his decline years but understand that's what is necessary to sign a player.
i would say avila did a great job of getting the best ss on the market.
baez was an ok consolation prize, i guess, but he's the inferior player and he's older. on the plus side, he didnt cost as much, but i dont really care about that.
i guarantee one thing: whatever i would have said, you would argue against it for the next ten pages of posts.
so go ahead: your move.