Tiger337

I was speaking in general, pobably should have responded to Edman rather than you.

Every case is different and I don't care at all whether Mize makes 700k or a million. I just don't know that I'd see it as a positive thing if the GM of my favorite team developed a philosophy of consistently playing hardball with his own players.

I do not care about Kimmel or Kelly at all and do not know the details of their cases, so my post is not about them specifically. I do think it's ridiculous how people excuse their own party's trangressions a lot more easily. However, I think sometimes your comparisons get stretched too much. If somebody apologizes for something that they did once and do not continue a pattern of bad behavior, that is a lot different from someone who does something very offensive, won't apologize it and continues to do offnsive things throughout their lives. An example of the former would Be Obama's "special olympics" comment. It was really disappointing and inexcusable when he said that. He then apologized and never said anything remotely like that again. It is still a bad mark on him because no President should say anything like that, but it's something that can now be mostly excused. Then you have Trump who says or does offensive stuff like that pretty much every day of his life, never apologizes and usually never admits to it and continues to show that his bad behavior is exactly who is. Yet, his followers still look up to him like a god. Just to give an example on the left, I present Bill Clinton, who (although not quite in Trump's class) was and still is an unapologetic pig.

OK, but I think the Tigers current administration has not been around long enough to have established a pattern. Personally, I liked Dombrowski's philosophy of not once going to arbitration as a Tigers GM. I like a GM that is tough with opponents rather than his own players.

Is "file and trial" even a thing? Can't they make a deal any time both teams agree? File and trial is being talked about like a legal decision in here.

Any time something that they don't like happens, they say it's God's will. If everything is God's will, what is the point of even trying in life?

Like Tyler Holton. I thinks it's probably a scouting thing more than numbers though.

He had a strong year at Toledo. As Echoes said, he may end up there again.

Devin for Nevin. May Sweet be this year's Holton

Is this something you know to be true? Or are you just translating what Doyle is reporting?

Yes, He deserves no credit for something that might happen a year from now. He's a smart guy and I think he will be a good GM/president/director/whatever, but right now he gets an incomplete grade and there are still a lot of Avila acquisitions making good strides lately.

He would "act" in disbelief. Trump has no intellect, but he knows how to get people riled up.

Didn't he make Ben Carson Secretary of Housing and Urban Development because he needed a Black for the urban job? I think I stole that from oblong.

What if you have a bone spur?

He would be blocked by Maton.

He was also one of the first players to make a presence on social media which the Tigers might not have liked.

They could point to his lack of strikeouts prior to his injury.

Arbitration is part of the business of MLB, but the very nature of the process has the potential upset a player peronally and thus it's something that both players and management try to avoid. Dombrowski and Avila, for example, made a point of it. Most players likely get over it quickly, but I don't think the notion that some player might get upset by it should be brushed aside so quickly.

That's all he has wanted his whole life - a show where he is the primary actor. He is getting what he asked for.

Juan + Juan = 2

It might get him more votes.

I wanted him on the team last year. Not sure if I wanted him for four years starting at age 30.

Another thing about Chafin is he is a reliever. Relievers don't usually have long shelf lives, so teams build bullpens year to year. There is no sense getting upset about the loss of a non-dominant 32 year-old reliever. Candelario...They should have kept!