Tiger337

Imagine thinking it's a good idea to discuss strategy with Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Why are you surprised? He's gotten away with everything his whole life. Wealthy people can do anything they want.

When draft dodging p**** Trump disrespected McCain's service by saying he was not a hero, I was sure that was it for him. What a disgrace.

Base on my observation (which isn't enough) minor league defense is bad. The difference between MLB and MILB fielding looks as big as the difference between MLB and MILB hitting.

I don't have to tell you what would happen in that scenario. Trump would not dop out of the race, but would still expect a pardon and spend the next four years calling Biden (who stole two elections) a liar for not pardoning him.

yup, he is still very much loved by the majority of Republicans and those that don't love him constantly make excuses for him. He is dominating all the primary polls, not just those paid for by Republicans.

I figured that he wouldn't play again this year anyway. I just hope he's 100% for spring training.

Hitting MLB pitching is hard.

The softball team approach worked under Dombrowski, but having Miguel Cabrera plus elite starting pitchers solves a lot of problems. They aren't likely to get away with no bullpen and no defense on a tighter budget

But Tork and Carpenter are their best hitters (other than Greene who can't stay healthy), so if they don't fit long term, it better be one hell of a plan.

He even has his lifetime ERA under 5.00 now.

Can't trust Avila's tapes and stats!

I was kind of being flippant, but I'd like to see him make his mark. Don't make a trade just to make a trade, but do something creative. Show me you're the genius everyone says you are. I want to see that Steve Kemp for Chet Lemon moment!

All of that is very plausible. It's also possible that Harris didn't play it right and missed an opportunity. We'll never know.

It's time for Harris to make some real decisions, take some risks.

Wells now sounds like every other old dude that calls the younger generation too soft because he is jealous of their youth. He was a great pitcher, but I never really cared for his rags to riches millionaire rebel routine.

It was a relative strength this year with Rodriguez and Lorenzen. Mize is coming back, so he can replace one of them. A full year of Skubal would help a lot too. I just don't trust Skubal/Mize/Manning to stay healthy.. I think it will be a disaster if they don't add at least one more starter.

I am open to anything, but it's hard to believe there wasn't multiple contending teams interested in a left-handed starter of his caliber.

I am expecting trades and signings. They need at least one other proven position player too. Since the pitching free agent market is better than the hiting market this off-season, I am think they improve their pitching through free agency and hitting through trades.

He's a very capable left-handed starter. Somebody will offer something at least as good as the contract he is opting out off.

I don't know what's true and I don't take Rosenthal's story as gospel. I think it's more likely Rodriguez changed his mind and said no and then his agent said, "what if we can get them to extend it another year?". In the end though, I just want the Tigers to have a good pitcher on their team. Edit: Second edit made no sense, so I erased it!

I don't have any faith that they'll get five good healthy pitchers from that crew. I hope they sign a couple of starters. I'd like to see Olson and Long as part of the depth rather than two pitchers on which they rely.

When the trade didn't go through and the story about how it happened came out, you called him a weasel.

Maybe so, but he's still the best player on the team this year and his track record is good. I still don't see why rejecting the trade makes him a bad person. He has a right to do go or stay and even to change his mind at the last minute. If everybody did business like MLB and someone traded me from my job, I certainly wouldn't care about inconveniencing those who tried to trade me.

Yes! Most of my selections are pre-2000 for the reasons you mentioned. I probably spend as much time following the game now, but the details don't stick. I think when the information was more scarce, I absorbed every detail I could get my hands on. Today, there is information overload and I just look up players in whom I am interested at the moment rather than looking at everybody in the TSN team stats.