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rosenthal on Avila. "Avila concluded by saying, “We’re all obviously working hard to turn this around. And we will.” Rival executives, however, question whether Avila is creative and savvy enough to build a consistent winner.... But with Báez, the Tigers banked on a hitter notorious for his lack of plate discipline. With Rodríguez, they bet on a pitcher who never had led a rotation. And while hitters such as Jonathan Schoop, Jeimer Candelario and Robbie Grossman inexplicably have cratered, the Tigers also are haunted by past blunders. Among them: • Meager returns in trades for Justin Verlander, Nick Castellanos and J.D. Martinez, compounded by failures to move pitchers such as Michael Fulmer and Matthew Boyd when their values were highest. • A drought of homegrown position players that predates Avila’s hiring as GM in Aug. 2015, but might be on the verge of ending with the arrivals of two top-five picks, first baseman Spencer Torkelson and center fielder Riley Greene. • An international program that, while showing signs of improvement, has produced only one positive WAR player, closer Gregory Soto, since the trade of Willy Adames in 2014." alright, which one of you has been talking to rosenthal? chas? while he criticizes Al, he's actually too nice to him for my liking. go for the juggular Kenny!

most likely? drug use. probably fentanyl.

love watching miguel cabrera hit .300 at age 39! one of the greatest right handed hitters of all time.

and the rebuild was over...

well deserved.

you seem to have this dream that michigan is going to abandon its football program or sports programs. michigan presidents have been bemoaning big time sports for years and the sports have done nothing but make money and bring prestige to the university. it will continue to do that no matter who the next president is.

tony buzzbee is so full of shit. watson should have paid on day one. truth doesnt matter, all that matters is money. just pay and move on.

his dad didnt make it until he was 24 and ended up having a really nice career.

james harden

the pistons would absolutely take chet at 5. but he won't be there. imagine chet as robert williams for the celtics, except with the ability to make a basket outside of 2 feet.

bolts not dead yet

the fact that al avila failed at doing something isnt evidence that the "something" isnt a sound strategy.

you could just buy the print book...

multiple injuries now for madrigal.

youre the one who said that if the organization cared about the fans they would dfa him, right? lol.

rh high school pitcher? not that high in the draft in front of the best position player prospect in the draft. im in the "build through position players" camp of drafting high when team building. doesnt always work to pass on a pitcher (see verlander, justin), but its a pretty good rule of thumb. pitchers are just too injury prone (see also mize, casey; manning, matt; faedo, alex).

not that high in the draft. too risky.

i bet on the bolts when they were down 2-0 to the rangers. now is the time for the best odds. that said, i dont have the guts to do it this time.

in all the scenarios in all the world, there is nothing as fragile as a high school right handed pitcher. mayer was there for the taking and they doubled down on an 18 hear old's recent ability to spin a baseball and took jobe. it was too risky for me. we'll see how it goes. i hope he's another verlander.

i'm worried about jobe. not because of a small sample size at A ball, but because he's a high school right handed starting pitcher.

yes, but spin rate.

why do you pay attention to bill simmons anymore? my favorite simmons moment was after the celtics made the pierce/garnett trade (you know, the one that built this current team and one of the best trades in nba history) and simmons got so pissed on live tv and almost cried. said the celtics got ripped off. idiot.

with THIS team? good luck.

underachieve with an actually talented team? lol.

lol. bullpen needs some rest. skubal will be ok.