SeattleMike

As I recall Marvin Miller feared such a scenario.

Their lineup is getting a bit long in the tooth.

My wife, just now, sent me a text asking why the Tigers traded Skubal to the Yankees. After a brief moment of panic I realized it was one of those dreadful internet proposed trades masquerading as a done deal. It's going to be a long offseason.

Mize is a free agent after next year as well. And the way Hinch treats him it seems unlikely the Tigers will move aggressively to retain him.

Soto was 2.5 years from free agency. Skubal just one.

Watching Skubal mow down the Mariners while his pitch count climbed really detracted from my enjoyment of the moment, to be honest. I knew he'd be out by the 5th or 6th inning and had little confidence the bullpen could record 9-12 outs without yielding a run or more. I'm not arguing that Hinch should have allowed Skubal to rack up 125 pitches, like the good ole days, but the sense of foreboding kind of stunk. Aces being pulled after 100 pitches really is one of the bummers of following the modern game.

I don’t think the Tigers are punting on the 2026 season, and I doubt they would receive a return that would make them better in 2026. So I don’t expect a trade.

Geno

I'll be there Sunday. Skubal I hope.

I'll have to believe he pitches Game 2 on Sunday. That's four-day's rest and will allow him to go in a Game 5, such like last year.

I think someone looked into that last year and Tork was definitely a victim of lots of balls called strike. Likely same this year.

Yeah, he's not the contact guy everyone is clamoring for right now. Bregman on the other hand...

The Illitch/Dombrowski duo would have signed Bregman, I'm almost certain of that. For better (next couple of seasons) or for worse (3-4 years later) they would have beaten every other offer.

As recently as September 10 the Tigers were 7th in MLB in runs scored. And other than the 1-12 skid in July they avoided extended hitting slumps. Maybe they can recapture what worked for 140 games starting tomorrow.

Mize is a free agent after next year.

So it took the league five months to figure out how to pitch to the Tigers? I'm not buying it. I think this is just one of those weird baseball things. Almost everyone slumping at once.

Statistically, Perez had a better year this year than last. But his last 60 PAs have been so bad one could argue that he belongs on the list of guys who failed to improve year over year.

And of course now they can pull Smith so he'll be available tomorrow.

He shouldn't be in the bullpen.

When the Mariners play Toronto the crowd is about half Blue Jays fans. And it doesn't matter if the Jays stink. Western Canadians show up either way. This year, however, for obvious reasons Blue Jays fans were not as heavily represented.

The Mariners are the only current MLB team to have never played in the WS. 47 years and counting. So if it can't be the Tigers let it be the Mariners. Plus, it would be fun to see this town really obsess about baseball.

Can you carry fewer pitchers and more position players if you want?

1955-1993 the Indians were epically bad. Remember Major League, the move? The Indians were the team they chose to represent as the ultimate MLB underdog. My Dad grew up an Indians fan and always complained that the Tigers owned the Indians. Would be nice to flip back to that script.

What was he doing the first 5 months of the season?

Greene has taken a lot of grief from Tigers fans down the stretch but has anyone noticed Carpenter's struggles the last two weeks. 410 OPS+ Throw in Perez's 362 OPS+ and that is lot of suckitude in the middle of your lineup during an important stretch.