Clinkeroo

I’d like to see a six man rotation with Mize being teamed with Gibson-Long in a Tanana/Scherrer type split to save innings pitched.

Has there been any reporting on the 2024 competitive balance pick yet?

Another utility guy…

Jesus wept…

Lured me into a false sense of security with the Maeda signing and talk of domo arigato Mr. Yomoto.

Or, Short flubbed two easy throws and a routine ground ball.

I’m ok if nothing happens.  The gamble is we either get a good return by Harris’ standards, or we get to watch two more months of entertaining pitching.

I’d rather have that than some pathetic batch of AAAA middle infielders.

34 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I am thinking there is a decent chance they get Rodriguez to stay in exchange for a better contract.  Maybe an extra year or two.  I'd prefer that to the likely return in a trade.   

Kind of disappointed in what Montgomery brought back.  Makes me wonder if this is an option.

Hoping for Morales…

Horrific.  Clark’s highest ceiling isn’t what Langford is now.    As I said two years ago, I hope I’m wrong, but I’m not.

Maybe Crews will fall to us at three, but the Tigers, being smarter than everyone else, will take a high school arm instead.

The Litter Box.

Makes Red Bull’s performance today look a lot better.

Man, this color commentator for the Yanks blows.  

Angel Hernandez.  That’s all I’m saying.

11 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Sure, but it's only been a couple of months.  You can't expect dramatic observable changes to a crap organization in that amount of time.  Dombrowski took more than a full year before he started making major moves for the Tigers.   

I agree with this.  In fact, I think the article was a softer version of Dombrowski’s “you trade him” speech.  It’s just a never ending rebuild is all and I don’t see any impetus to improve with the MLB gravy train making it profitable.  I’m getting older and a little more impatient, I’d like to relive my memories of ‘84 before my game is over.

4 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

That’s what you took from that?

Yeah.  You can only be fed BS so long before everything starts to taste like BS. I call it the human centipede theory of Ilitch.

1 hour ago, Tenacious D said:

Harris speaks (apologies if already posted)

https://apple.news/AljmZaoBeR4KN9FUg1jK3LA

Sounds like “We are going to tank, spend as little money as possible, and make a profit off of revenue sharing.”  It’s a familiar formula.

The “improvement” speech might’ve worked eight years ago, but not now. 

Looks like I’ll be making the drive to Toledo. Go Hens!

11 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Why is Harris' wife with Metzler?

The team that plays together, stays together.

At least that's what the folks at FTX believed.

7 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Absolutely would be worth sacrificing Zack Short for IMO

I was just coming here to post this. Gotta admit, pretty tempting.  See if the new position and hitting coaches could get his head screwed on right.

35 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

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.  

This.  No guarantees Smoltz would develop the same way he did in Atlanta. Those last two months of ‘87, especially the last weekend where we caught the stinking’ Jays, are my best ballpark memories outside of 1984.

1 hour ago, SoCalTiger said:

I fear you are correct. I still think we will add one foundation piece but after reading what Harris said yesterday it might indeed be a slower climb. 

“Bobby Higginson?  You try and trade him!”

Harold Castro… Not a first baseman.

Wow, I assume Porter told them he was headed to Clemson.

Wondering who is going to pick Baez’s throws out of the dirt with Tork going down.  He has a cannon, but he shoots like a stormtrooper.

Yeah, you are correct and that time will tell. But there is a reason there is an adage about never drafting high school pitchers high.

On 7/4/2022 at 6:52 AM, Longgone said:

This doesn't make much sense, when Greene was "sitting there", he picked him.

Yeah, me bad.  I misspelled Green.  As is Elijah.  Probably makes more sense now.