RatkoVarda

don't disagree, but Wentz, Faedo, Turnbull, Rogers and Boyd (sort of) should appease any god no matter how cruel

this is a great plan if you want Niko Goodrum to be the SS on Opening Day.

some duds in 2021: Nick Quintana - god awful season except for a 2 week stretch in August; looks like he is going in full reverse as others pass him at 3b Parker Meadows - the hit tool does not seem to be there; and he battled various injuries Beau Burrows - awful Franklin Perez - LOL Elvin Rodriguez - reach AAA, but got worse as season progressed Bryant Packard - popular sleeper pick had bad year, injured Adinso Reyes - first state side ball for can be difficult for anyone, but was not good Trei Cruz - lots of rope here as he got his first pro ABs, but not good

pretty accurate all around maybe low: Lange finished strong his last 20 innings; like Gardenhire, Hinch played Niko way too much and Hinch and Fetter get A+++, just amazing what they did with so little talent

Position players needed: 1. SS; 2. Catcher; and (maybe) 3. someone to bounce between 1b/OF/DH until Tork and Greene arrive, but clearly they are both going to be in Detroit early if not Opening Day. Mark Cahna on low end / Schwarber on high end DH – Miggy – not yet, but soon, he will be in the way of a better player. C – Haase; add Tucker Barnhart as starter, a LH bat on a one year deal. Then Rogers and Dingler join Haase in 2023. 1b – Tork will finish season here; until then Miggy/HCastro/Niko/Canha?/Schwarber?/Rodriguez? 2b – Schoop, where he belongs SS – Semien or Story or Correa 3b – Candy Paredes, Clemens, Kreidler at Toledo; it will be a good problem to have to try to get looks at all of them (maybe Short as needed too), especially if they keep both Niko and HCastro. OF – Baddoo/Victor/Hill/Grossman until Greene comes up, then: Grossman in RF, Greene in CF, with Baddoo in LF, Hill or Daz as 4th OF. Victor will hang around some. WCastro in LF at Toledo? Not sure why they just do not cut the cord. JaCoby and Stewart will depart as MiLB FAs as well. Pitching: Tier 1: no one yet Tier 2: Mize, Skubal, Manning Tier 3: Alexander, WPeralta, FREE AGENT Tier 4 (unknowns): Wentz, Faedo, Shore, Garcia Bullpen: Fulmer, Cisnero, Funk, Lange, Soto is a nice start. An elite BP might be easier to build than an elite rotation (see Brewers). If so, add Raisel Igelsias and Andrew Chafin (LHR).

Greene homers off Beau Burrows

The Giants and the Red Sox have both pulled off some NBA style trades, taking on salary and a young asset for very little in return. The Rays have a continual 40-man roster crunch, and are going to want to get rid of Kiermaier so they can re-direct his $14.5M and play younger guys just as good. The Reds are in a bind with too many infielders making too much, Nick maybe walking, and not enough pitching. The Padres may need room to reload. And teams that don't want to go over the salary cap (whatever it will be under the new CBA) may want to dump money. It would be nice to see Aliva do something creative, or better yet, it would be nice to see someone who is not Avila do something creative for the Tigers.

Mize for Abrams would be a really interesting idea

Manning for Abrams would be a huge!!! win for Det. Pipeline has Tork, Abrams and Greene, at 4, 6 and 7 overall. Baseball prospectus has Abrams at 4. Baseball America has Abrams at 5. FG has Abrams, Tork and Greene, at 3, 4 and 7 overall, but they are very down on Abrams defense. Without the broken leg, Abrams clock would have been same as Greene and Tork, and if healthy you can still expect to see him in the majors for the second half of 2022.