Tiger337

If think most of us are on the same page on that point, that is, they know more than us and will make decisions based on scouting. However, if he looks good to them in the Spring they aren't going to worry about last September.

Baez's skill set makes me more nervous than the other options, but I would be OK if they signed him.

His strikeout rate is very promising. Manning didn't really show much of anything. Anyway, it's way too early to make conclusions about either one of them.

which doesn't stop someone from being a man's man.

He struggled initially as he does at every level. He got better later.

I'll take my chances with a month or Torkelson over a month of a Castro.

I have been assuming that draft pick compensation will follow the old rules for this group of free agents regardless of whether they sign before or after an agreement is reached. Is this correct? Payroll constraints are a different story.

Is not signing early from a player or team viewpoint? There have been reports of lots of teams pursuing the top free agents right now. Of course, that could come from agents.

It could be another Pudge Rodriguez situation where they are holding off on the signing pending a thorough physical. Or it could be BS. Where is Tigerfan76 and his 100 new threads on the same topic?

Maybe it's because I am surrounded by entitled Red Sox fans, but I think Tigers fans tend to be too resigned to their team having a small payroll. It doesn't have to be that way.

I don't think we can know who is ready based on stats, but Torkelson tends to start slow at each level, so I think his stats are deceiving. I think either or both could be ready for opening day. Or not. I hope if they are ready that they don't delay them for control. I want them to put the best team on the field from game one next year.

I have no faith that any of them will be effective this year. I think they'll add a Peralta type to compete for a spot.

The problem with Turnbull is that he has more than TJ surgery in his injury history. He's looking like someone that isn't going to be very durable.

yeah, I was being flip with the mention of Kreidler. Boyd and Turnbull are not the same as him, but I am in the mindset of winning now. You really can't have too much pitching, but I don't expect them to sign another big pitcher. I believe they'll get someone to compete with Alexander for the fifth spot.

I'll put them in the kreidler category. Keep an eye on them, but don't count on them.

Who are those three or four guys? Jobe and who else?

There are right wing extremist para-military groups that fantasize about this stuff all the time and getting the president and a few of his slappies to go along with it was a wet dream come true. I doubt there was any plan to do any serious damage because they easily could have done a lot more if they wanted. This one was also a trial run in that they are always practicing this stuff and it finally got real. They'd love to do it again, but I don't know if there is any long-term plan. I think it's a matter of how far their leaders will allow them to go. It kind of goes both ways though. Trump will go as far as he needs to go get attention, admiration and money. If enough of his supporters realistically start to think that a Civil War is a good idea, Trump will want to be the hero that makes it happen. He's got no plan though. He makes stuff up as he goes along.

Another thing which is easy to predict is that "there is another one coming". Off course, there is another one coming. Unless you say who and when, it tells us nothing.

I think it was easy to predict that a big guy like Cabrera would have injuries in his 30s. Cruz's health is more the exception than the rule. I know why they signed him, but the contract was always going to be too long.

It was a good point, but it wasn't my point!

My feeling is a team is not hurt by signing good players to big contracts. They get hurt when they sign the wrong players.

Lots of people at my school do it. I don't because I think it's silly. If you want to show that you care, get to know someone and refer to them by name.

I think it was poorly organized like everything Trumpers do, but it was clearly known that something was going to happen long before January 6. How do you think it went down and why do you think Trump tweeted about it weeks before it happened?

I think it will be more than that. Their shortstop will probably cost at least that much and then they'll add a few smaller pieces.

Candelario was average this year according to Baseball Savant. They had no plus defenders this year other than than perhaps Hill/Cameron and I don't know how much they'll play next year. I do think they'll improve significantly next year, but at the current moment I'd say they have a lot of work to do.