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21 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Jason Foley signs with the Giants.  

saw he was out until mid-2026; always rooted for him; massive developmental win for the Tigers and Foley that he went from undrafted out of Sacred Heart University (where he roomed with Zack Short) to a 4 year MLB career

2008 all over again?

not only is the Orange pedo turd a rapist and an idiot and an a-hole, he is also destroying the Biden boom

#1 issue for me is to secure IOL. everything else flows from that. Goff can deal with pressure from the edge better, and Dan loves to run up the middle.

At OG, Ratledge and Mahogany, with Fraizer in the mix is good, with a chance for maybe more than good

At C, assuming no Ragnow, prefer they don't move Ratledge over, so need FA, or Day 1 rookie starter from the draft

they need to move someone off the 40 for Jansen. little trade coming?

biggest domestic FA pitching contract: Cole signed for 9/324 (AAV 36M)

biggest international FA pitching contract: Yamamoto 12/325 (AAV 27.3M)

no including Ohtani

so Skubal needs to clear 325 total value and 36AAV to reset pitching market for Skenes

10/370 = one more year than Cole; highest AAV; highest total comp

not a Harris player for sure; .278 OPB! over his last 1200 plate appearances

Phillies giving OF Adolis Garcia $10M on a 1 year deal. The supply of RH OF is insanely low.

Dan's insistence on running the ball between the tackles 20 times a game, when they have inexperienced and untalented interior linemen is just stupid

every LAC players could see the interception 2 seconds before it happened; how do you throw that ball, when you are ready to tie the game?

10 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Torres, Flaherty, Finnegan, Jensen and Anderson so far through mid-December.  Two more months of offseason left.  How we feeling so far?

either you are getting better or you are getting worse. i don't think they are worse, so I guess they are a bit better, but Finnegan only guy I expect to see in 2027. nothing really done at all to build the team, as much as stocking the 2026 shelves, which is fine for now.

i see Mil and KC swapped young players, something that is long overdue for Harris. if you hold onto young talent and they blossom, you look smart. but if they go nowhere, that's a lost opportunity. Jung, Malloy, Sweeney look to be non-contributors to this organization, who now have almost no trade value. After McGonigle arrives, there is not gong to be room for both Anderson and Lee. Dingler and Tork, + Briceno and Liranzo, + Valencia and Malloy = someone's got to go eventually.

would like another LHR, but Hurter could be that guy i suppose

1 hour ago, Deleterious said:

Is the east bad enough to go all in for a shot at running into the OKC buzzsaw in the finals?

if the Pistons get swept in the finals by OKC, this season will have been a massive, massive success

if Cubs are thinking about moving Hoerner, I would be all over that. Move him back to SS; he has the approach Harris wants. Because he lacks power, he won't get a huge FA contract going into 2027, so maybe you could sign him long term and move him to SS or 2b as needed.

don't know what Cubs need. Mize also under control for one more year. Carpenter could replace Tucker's offense.

they are a flawed team, but a 20-5 team! losses by 3, 3, 4, 4, and one blowout, so they have been competitive 24 of 25 nights. getting the same vibes that we felt from the Going to Work crew, when people were asking, are they really this good? how do you score 142 points with no starter getting more than 15?

Detroit, which has won five of six, had seven players in double figures and 12 with at least seven points, tying an NBA record held by the 2018-2019 Bucks and 2021-22 Spurs.

13 hours ago, Hongbit said:

Baker Mayfield has been downright terrible for the last 5 games.  He’s the main reason the Bucs have sucked.    Tonight is more of the same with him holding the ball like a rookie for way too long and also throwing inaccurate ball after inaccurate ball.   Al & Kirk continue to gloss him up and ignore all of it.  Not one bit of criticism and any questions about the ****tiness of his game.  

THANK YOU! I feel like I am taking crazy pills when people praise his guy over and over. He is so sloppy in everything he does and that shows up in close games.

7 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

And the young lady in question.  I feel bad that Sherrone threatened her.  But she ain't innocent in this either.   She knew he was married.  She took that money.    Sure, she is on the low end of the power dynamic, but she was also consenting.  If she said no at the start, well she wouldn't be in this position (it would have been someone else, Coach was a chaser).   

She's gonna get a nice big pay day and I hope Sherrone's wife turns around and sues her. 

2 things: alienation of affection has not been a civil remedy in Michigan for decades, so wife has no case

this is an insanely ungracious position to take. if Moore kicking in her door, threatening her, and holding a knife to her throat is any indication of their relationship, then I think she deserves a little more compassion

if he has known since September (may or may not be true?) Manuel is toast, no?

either they figured out what was going on and covered it up - fired

or they figured out what was going on and ignored it - fired

or they could not, gee golly, figure out if this was all true or not - fired

best move is to make a giant bonfire now, and not have this continue for another 18 months

37 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

I wonder if Imai and Murakami are throwing a wrench in the works. Will they wait until the last minute to sign to maximize their contracts?

i don't either one are guys that shape the market very much; but they do have a deadline unlike MLB FAs so we shall see

53 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Seems like 3rd base has been an issue in Detroit more often than not since 1971.  Rodriguez held things down really well for a bit and then you had a lot of guys coming and going...Brookens...Coles...Brown and Fryman in the 80's into the early 90's..then  Palmer..Randa..and a list of ne'er do wells until Inge-Miggy-Castellanos.  

if Howard Johnson did not annoy Sparky so much, he would have been a big piece for most of the 1980s

this offseason has literally gone just as many on this board predicted: Flaherty back (maybe in a surprising way), Torres and Finnegan back, and then a few million pissed away again on a rehab starting pitcher project.

Harris is just trolling us with his GM 101 box checking.

3/45 for Saurez is painfully reasonable in both years and dollars

20 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

I am curious if Rockies Rule 5 pitchers have a lower likelihood of sticking. It seems like the altitude would force a few more pitching emergencies and roster moves increasing the likelihood of a crunch.

Petit could just be the designated punching bag for all those Coors Field blowouts: "It's 12-3, that means it's Petit time!"