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Another thing is, free agent salaries have been out of control this year. Maybe that helps the Tigers make trades with teams that get left out. No sense making moves early for the sake of making moves.

They didn't reshsape their offensive identity. They got one guy who has on base skills which is something they have lacked for years. It's a start. I am hoping they bring in more players like that and that one or two of them will come through at the major league level. I am tired of hackers like Reyes and the Castros who have no potential to ever get on base at a good rate because they can't draw walks.

Yes, that is exactly what his role should be.

What makes Justyn-Henry Malloy a Worthy Asset? Ask your mom.

It's usually a grift, but it works because so many people are willing to buy into it. Same with fake Christian.

There is no reason to take the right wing patriotism seriously until they separate themselves from Trump.

I told you this guy was smart. https://www.motowntigers.com/2022/12/09/learn-to-be-still-tigers-rule-5-pick-englert-attacking-new-challenge-like-a-zen-warrior/

I have always maintained that there is nothing Smoltz could have done for the Tigers that would have matched the memories he provided in the 1987 title run. Over the next couple of decades they would have lost even if they had him. I'm also not at all certain he would have developed with the Tigers like he did with the Braves.

I am assuming that Soto has more value since he has three years left before free agency and is a "proven closer". That might require trade partners to have more faith in "proven closer" than I do though.

When I first heard about it, I assumed he was selling them because that is who he has always been.

I was surely biased, but I didn't like Rizzs and Rathbun. I could not tell them apart, didn't like their voices and the good bye baseball call sounded forced to me. I don't think it was just a "they're not Ernie Harwell" thing though, because I liked Beckman as a broadcaster.

I didn't really cared for "looooong gone" either. He never even used that call until his later years. He also played up his signature lines more in his later years which I suspect he was being told to do. He was better when he was younger.

I think this is the kind of thing that almost nobody knows anything about. It's like baseball fans complaining that their GM didn't try to get their favorite trade target. How do you know they didn't try? It's just another excuse for MAGAs to hate Joe Biden, to whine about Blacks and gays getting special treatment and to pretend that they are the only ones who care about military personnel. It covers all their favorite topics.

That was a terriblre home run call.

Are you sure it wasn't Rick Rizzs? I never could tell them apart.

My memory of him is of a woman, upon learning I was a Tigers fan, complaining about him being misogynist. My response at the time was that I didn't know about that stuff. I just knew he was a bad baseball owner!

Mud-Hyn

That is a very real problem. I still like the numbers, but I'd like him better if his name was Justin Malloy.

Given the mess the organization is in and all the injuries to their best young pitchers, I figured this year was a lost season anyway. Unfortunately, I think 2024 is the first season where we can expect to see the MLB team molding into shape.

Englert looks like another "control the strike zone" acquisition. I don't have any great expectations, but he's a Rule 5 guy, so that's par for the course.

You can never ever ever have too much pitching!

I like the Malloy acquisition. One of my hopes going into the off-season was that they would start putting more emphasis on OBP skills, something they have been lacking for years. Dumping Reyes and the Castros was a good start. The next step is the acquisition part. Malloy is likely not ready yet, but I love his profile. I am not too sorry to see Jimenez leave. He still has promise, but has never shown any consistency for any length of time. I'll take the chances on Malloy's greater upside.

Englert has good control the strike zone numbers. It definitely seems like he'll need more seasoning though. The 13-pitcher limit makes it difficult to carry a pitcher like him.

Mason Englert sounds like a high school math whiz who gets stuffed into a locker by football jock Jason Foley.