HeyAbbott

Sometimes it seems like we live in multiple eras at the same time. My great Aunt Bertha who lived to be almost 90, told me stories about the civil war passed down from her father , one of my gret grandfathers that were first hand eye witness accounts. Odd, but true.

If I were the GM, I would be looking for a new 1B and cut ties in one fashion or another with Tork. Those -.8 WAR career 1st basemen are generally easy to replace.

Tork has something like 1237 major league at bats. He is what he is. It is time to move on.

I think we are going to finish roughly where the consensus opinion was around February 14. It has been a fun season. The frustrating item about this season is the what-ifs that can be played. With just one more reliable bat or just a little more health and the Tigers would be in the playoffs.

Somehow,in my mind's ear, I keep hearing "Your love is taking me higher" playing in the background as this series is about to start. I get this gut feeling that this team is starting to gel and believe in itself.

So what would be a time frame for Javy's surgery and rehab.

I like the way the braintrust is handling things. Javy gets needed surgery and we find out what else we have to work with.

As long as they leave the Donkey that is dressed in a ballerina tutu alone, we won't hear about it.

I was not happy to see this. He is what he is-- an atrocious fielding 1st baseman that can't run, can't hit a middle middle fastball, and will be nothing more than a sub replacement player for the rest of his career. I understand why it is being done. I would have preferred him to win his position in the spring.

Baez is done. Theoretically speaking, I would think the Tigers could find a zero WAR player with some upside that would permit us to move on. A .5 WAR player would be fine in my book. The true opportunity cost is the message it sends both inside and outside the org about the Tigers and their approach to getting better. Baez holds no possibility of being any better than he is now. Someone else has some chance to be better than Baez. The decision is very simple.

I agree. The organization will need a circus act to get butts in seats. "Toaster" Torkelson fills the bill.

I am not fond of that, but in certain cases it might be OK. Anytime one obtains a free agent, I think in most cases, on pays a 6 year contract in the hopes of having 2 good years

I think that there may be options that don't require 6 year contracts to some 31 year old, although it does seem like that is the norm for free agency. I want them to get a competent 3rd baseman, with the idea of moving Keith to first and Jung at second, with Tork being primarily a DH assuming he comes back next year.

Harris will not spend money this off season. A lot could be solved with a real third baseman though. In my mind , he has made it very clear that he is not signing anything of importance during t h e off season. We will get our reclamation pitchers that will be refurbished to flip, but that is it.

With my sincere apologies to William Blake: Tigers, Tigers fighting bright, All through the day, all through the night, Your hitting unfine, your fielding unadroit. There will be no pennants in Detroit. You think you're sitting pretty. You'll lose a slew to Kansas City. Someday,someday the fans will have their fill and ship the team to Evansville.

I see that the Tigers also picked up Troy Wilson for cash considerations.

If I am going to F something, I prefer an Irish redhead 34 C, with long legs.

I appreciate your difference in your opinion. I have seen this same movie a number of times, going back to Purnal Goldy, who looked like a slugger, but never did much. Either way, it is time the Tigers start looking for other long term solutions at 1B that do not include Tork. I do not know what they might be.

This team had a lot of holes at 8 AM today. It has a lot of holes at 6:51 PM today. We need an everyday 1B, SS and 3B, not to mention a whole lot of health elsewhere. Tork is not the answer at 1B, and never will be. Baez hasn't been embalmed at SS, but he is realistically done. 3B is more confusing than a flash mob with a Chinese dragon in Warsaw, Poland. Assuming perfect health, we are way short of a true playoff team. We have been pretty well banged up. Find a starting pitcher and a 3B from free agency and maybe there is hope for next year.

Flaherty has had back issues for some time. I think Liranzo and Sweeney are fair for Flaherty. Liranzo, is the Tork insurance policy, and Sweeney is a reasonable inf.

Passan says the same thing.

19 minutes to go.

No. she is usually a sweetheart.

My cat just scratched me. Does that mean anything?

Looks like a reasonable return for Chafin.