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It is simply time to relax. Think of it like we are watching a long epic movie. To me it is like I am watching the movie, "The Longest Day" and we are only say, 10 minutes into a movie that runs 2 hours and 58 minutes. A lot of time is left in this offseason. So far, every move that has been made is correct in my book.

C Dom Nunez•C Meibrys Viloria I noticed these 2 catcher on the SF Giants non tendered list. Does anyone have anything solid on these two?

I will make no bones about it. I am delighted by the fact that both Castros and that Jemier were non-tendered. I still want Miggy gone for performance based reasons. to match last year's performance for Harold, Willi, and Jemier in terms of WAR will not be that hard. None o fthe three, when both dWAR and oWAR are counted together get to a 1.1 total. If I am understanding the stats correctly, their performances would still be less than the rate that would produce an 81 win team. If the front office can't find adequate replacement for what is still a collection of sub-mediocrity, then that entire office needs to be canned immediately. Now I will go enjoy my glass of champagne, enjoying an obvious decision that needed to be made.

I am pretty much in agreement here. On the other hand, I do grow weary of feeling like we are continuously sinking money into a 2001 Yugo with 300,000 miles on it.

Very impressive spreadsheet. On the Revenue side, generated at the gate per head was about $3 per head less than I thought.

There was a subdued, nervous snicker when Scott was asked about what the Giants thought about the Tiger's farm system during his media introduction. Then there was even a more quickly subdued smile by Scott Harris himself. My take was that the Tigers have been the laughing stock of MLB for some time now. Harris knew coming in what he had to work with. His major surprise at this point is when he finds something in the organization that is useful.

The Victor Reyes saga is exactly what has been one of the major problems with the Tigers. AA held on to subpar players and sold them as legit. My sincere hope is that the oversupply of these not even league average players are cleaned out immediately.

Why would anyone be upset by Reyes getting axed? Career offensive WAR after five seasons .7 WAR Career defensive WAR after five seasons -.6 WAR 2022 salary $1,400,000 What we are discussing here is an overpaid AAA player being sold to the fan base as a bona fide major league player. Kudos to Scott Harris for doing what should have been done 2 years ago.

No that is not me. I just thought that this was the closest video I could find that personified "insane Scottish Bagpiper".

Is this one of Al's can't miss Tiger prospects? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Op1Mng4oY

The Tigers haven't fielded a team that can reasonably be expected to be mediocre ((i.e., 81 wins) for some time. I am not too concerned where or how the organization finds better players. Do it now, because I am tired of watching this ridiculous and insane collection Scottish bagpipers trying to impersonate ball players.

Nothing like the sound of good 'ole Anglo-Saxon in the morning.

This hits the nail on the head. We have maybe 3 or 4 position players on the 26 man roster that would make a mediocre (81 wins) team. That means as of the close of the 2022 season, at least 9 of the position players would not have a role on a mediocre team, let alone a playoff team. On the 26 man , as of the end of 2022, there are only 8 or 9 players, including the pitchers I would consider major league quality for a mediocre team.

We have a 40 man roster with 2 Castros, Kody Clemens,Zack Short, and a player named Miggy. So far, I see another 5 to 7 players who need to be gone.

Barnhart would be a marginal improvement over Raul Casanova.

With respect to whether Barnhart or Norris having been offered contracts seems unclear. The election of free agency by both shows up as transactions in MLB sources.

I did not want to see Norris or Barnhart Back, so to see both electing free agency is a hopeful sign.

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This off-season, so far, is looking good. Barnhart and Norris have elected free Agency. Since the end of the season the projected 40 man roster continues to look better.

The Yankees. He will easily make up the difference in endorsements.

The answer to your question is yes, of course.

As of now, if Sportac is correct we have a 45 million dollar payroll after one subtracts that boat anchor named Miggy. There is a league minimum of 720K this year. Multiplying 40 times 720 yields 28.8 million. 26 times 720k is 18.7 million. I am not sure whether the 40 man gets league minimum, I assume it does. The Tigers have a minimal payroll and even if one suspects a lingering COVID impact on the gambling and hospitality holdings of the Illitches, there would seem to be room to pick up some folks to make the team more entertaining.

I probably should stop squawking about wanting Miggy gone, but it is based upon an organizational necessity of clearly communicating that there are no exceptions in the pursuit in excellence. The front office has been a country club for some time and Harris has addressed part of that issue. For organizational health reasons I want Miggy gone. It is nothing personal. I wish Miggy well.

Amen brother !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! An organization with marginal competence would have identified, attracted, obtained, trained, and retained the correct personnel to be successful. Money, schmoney. Show me some fundamental organizational competence first.

I am very much buoyed up given the front office changes on the scouting and development side, as this area of the Tigers has been horrible since 1973. They simply haven't been able to identify, attract, obtain, train, and retain quality players strongly enough to win. Monet is important, but it will take only so far if the rest of the organization is a fucked up mess.