Tiger337

According to AI: "On average, a Major League Baseball team turns over approximately 60–70% of its 26-man roster over two years. The typical annual roster turnover rate is between 30% and 40%, with most of the change happening during the offseason." AI is full of **** sometimes, but I think the Tigers roster will turn over by at least 50% by 2027.

I agree. He got injured last year too. I can see him trying for ten and then taking a Bregman-type deal where gets a chance to build up his value again. Or maybe, he is not so confident in his health and will take 7.

Why would he bat third? Why not second?

Mickey Lolich would have...if Billy Martin was managing

Not a lot, since it was only his second full season. But even beyond that, he had no power and was not a good defensive shortstop. He was moved the outfield at age 27. So, it's not hard to imagine how much he would make. He'd make a good salary as a free agent, but nothing astronomical. Maybe 18-20 million? The salary experts might have a better estimate. Then again, if he was playing today he might have been a different player, maybe a multi-position player who batted .290 with 25 homers and 100 strikeouts. How much is that worth? Maybe about the same. I don't really know.

Yes, Evans is the other. He's also one of the ones who had 10 WAR with each team. He is very underrated - was also a top defensive third baseman in his prime.

I got some leads from AI and then I worked with that.

Rusty Staub is correct. He is likely the only one to do it with four teams.

Those players only did it for two teams.

So far, the Dodgers have only won two World Series this century, so it's a little early to say they are automatic World Champions every year. They have a loooooong way to go before they are like the Yankees.

There are at least 11 including Granderson. Three of them included the Tigers as franchises. One of them did it with four teams including the Tigers. Four of them had 10+ WAR with each franchise.

If they pass the Golden At Bat rule, I will most likely stop watching games. I'll just follow the stats and play fantasy baseball.

He'll need to do something about the beard. That's a reliever beard, not a manager beard.

Fun factoid: Lifetime WAR: Williams 49.6 Granderson 47.5

yes, it's Bernie. Randy Smith insisted that he had agreed to a deal with the Yankees for Bernie Williams on expansion draft day only to have the Yankees pull out at the last minute. Nobody believed him.

How about Williams for Mike Drumright and Roberto Duran. Or are we giving up too much?

It's going to feel so good when the Tigers beat them in the World Series in 2028.

You can't compare. If you put the stars of the 60s in a time machine and dropped them in a game today, they probably would not do well. If they were playing today though, they would have had the same training, had the benefit of the same technology and analytics, etc and they would be stars.

Then they can trade him for Torres.

I would say that the cost and interest are highly connected.

Boston doesn't have a reputatilon of not developing hitters though.

Although the Tigers of that period had a reputation of being cheap prior to collusion, collusion is another c word which fits and it affected the Tigers more than other teams.

OK, I thought you meant he performed the same way this year as Cobb/Maeda did when they were with the Tigers. I would have liked to have Verlander down the stretch, but he is not on my wish list for the future.

I don't know if I'd want him back in Detroit at his age, but he was a useful pitcher this year, especially down the stretch. He was not like Maeda and Cobb.

yes, cheap is a better word.