RatkoVarda

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/03/22/there-is-little-correlation-between-player-salaries-and-ticket-prices/ Remember all those times teams cut ticket prices because payroll went down?

The Athletic has a round up remaining FAs; with Correa topping the list obviously. This would simply be too good to be true: The best fit for Correa may still be Detroit, even after the Tigers splurged $140 million on Javier Báez. Báez can play second base, as he did next to his friend, Francisco Lindor, during the second half in New York. The presence of Jonathan Schoop should not preclude Detroit owner Chris Ilitch from taking a page out of the recent playbook authorized by Rangers owner Ray Davis. Texas remade its middle infield by dropping $500 million on Seager and Marcus Semien. Like Davis, Ilitch can afford the expenditure.

don't use this all at once, gotta make it last 2+months, but FG has its top 67 board for 2022 draft up https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2022-mlb-draft-rankings-and-offseason-list-primer/

ML portion may not happen at all; assuming MiL portion goes ahead?

Won't somebody rid me of this money making machine, before I have to buy a fourth jet?

Packers are owned by their community and no reason to think that Ilitch could not sell team to the fans if he wanted to rid himself of his risky investment

not sure what "risk" the owners are taking? the Pirates turn a profit, and the value of the franchise has increased by more than 13 fold over 25 years

Baez was added to MLB roster before it went dark

salary floor is so artificial; should not be paying players just to reach it; pay talented players for their talent of course, salary "cap" - which is what luxury tax really operates as - is also artificial - knock control down to 5 years, not 6; 2 not 3 years of arbitration; minimum salary 1M; 27 man roster; with 26 active a find a way to stop service time manipulation. (do not know how) revenues have increased 40% since this CBA started and owners want to decrease luxury tax by 20% - that's nuts

I guess Jobe was not eligible for Best Slider as he did not pitch?

v RHP LF - Grossman (L) 3B - Candelario (L) RF - Greene (L) SS - Baez (R) 1B - Tork (R) DH - Miggy (R) C - Barnhart (L) 2B - Shoop (R) CF - Baddoo (L) v LHP LF - Grossman (R) 3B - Candelario (R) RF - Greene (L) SS - Baez (R) 1B - Tork (R) DH - Miggy (R) C - Haase (R) 2B - Shoop (R) CF - Hill (R)

more Kreidler hype; https://blogs.fangraphs.com/his-swing-remade-tigers-prospect-ryan-kreidler-is-now-dangerous-in-the-box/ Ryan Kreidler isn’t the same hitter that Eric Longenhagen and Kevin Goldstein described when they put together our Detroit Tigers Top Prospects List last spring...

just about 24 hours to go before no transactions for 10-12 weeks. Come on Al, give us one more

Garneau and the rest of them, except Boyd as previously announced, tendered a contract

I think the tigers should have a back up plan, but right now, Tork and Greene are penciled in the line up for opening day also, Keith Law hates the Tigers

Stavenhagen writes Tigers made offer to both Correa and Story

I would endorse this - IF the tigers actually ever hit on a guy, but they haven't outside of Wily Peralta instead of $20M for Urena, Tehern, Matt Moore, Ross, Holland, Nova they could have had a real contributor

i am not qualified to make that call, but people seems to rave about his glove work/tag skills

doesn't he have - literally - the best hands in baseball?

I would have canned Al long ago - drafting, trading (ugh), and free agency fails abounded but boy has he been doing a good job for the last few years total reversal of outcomes

now 6/140 23.3 AAV

Bowden says 7

Rondon would be a high risk / high reward signing, say 1/24. But Boras looking for multiple years IMO. then lots of options for 2023: Alexander, Wentz, Faedo, Turnbull, Brieske, Madden

like everyone else, would have preferred Correa, but not losing another high pick (when they finally seemed to have figured out how to draft well) is a bonus, and if Al's allowance is not all gone, adding Chafin, and maybe a lesser SP and maybe a bat, perhaps that is just as good