RatkoVarda

Fri Sat Sun, Sept 30 to Oct 2, they can do a nice tribute weekend. hell make it all week. here's a check for $40M, thanks for everything. we have a cushy Tiger ambassador job if you are interested

Boyd, Fulmer, JV, JD, Castellanos, Upton, Kinsler = Alex Lange

when DD traded Fister, he said he had a list of 1 guy he had to have and then reached out to 10-15 teams; Nats agreed to include Ray, so trade got done; I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that Al is afraid - terrified really - to make a mistake; every transaction he does is from The Basics of GMing from 1986; conservative, old school; get a handful of guys and hope one works out

many of the young arms, regardless of level, are going to hit their innings limits soon. So come September none of those guys will be pitching in Det

from article But as the Tigers rinse and repeat the underwhelming feelings of the past few trade deadlines — Daniel Norris for Reese Olson, Cameron Maybin for Zack Short, Nick Castellanos for Alex Lange and Paul Richan, Shane Greene for Joey Wentz and Travis Demeritte — it’s all too clear the team, which had such high hopes entering the season, is stuck in a spiral of misery.

Kreidler homers

Carpenter homers

Brown has a very short track record but he performing at or above the T Madden/D Smith level right now. Brown would have been a solid return for Det.

it is like a Moroccan bazar, with all sort of players flying back and forth, and all this dude can do is save Chris a little bit of cash

still important

Other Prospects Of Note from FG Gipson-Long, 24, was the club’s sixth rounder in 2019 and has had success in the low minors as a starter, sitting 90-94 with an above-average slider and plenty of strikes.

finally!

Al should go get him

FG on Anglin: Anglin began 2022 at Low-A Augusta where he made a dozen starts before he was demoted back to the Complex League after a seven-run clunker, one of a few nuclear meltdown starts Anglin has had this year. Anglin’s riding fastball sits 87-90 mph and has other elements that help it play up, though he’s still prone to getting hit due to a lack of velo and inconsistent command. His breaking balls are slow, often in the 74-78 mph range, but they play nicely off his fastball. Barely 21, if Anglin can throw harder he’ll become an interesting prospect. His delivery is fluid and loose but he isn’t especially projectable, physically, so that’s not a given.

safe to assume that Hosmer has Det on his no-trade list (he did in 2021) much safer to assume Chris would never sign off on adding his bloated salary absolute lead pipe cinch safe to assume that Al not clever enough to pull it off anyway

SD finally dumps Hosmer as well; he's going to Nats. edit: maybe

Blue Jays asked about Grossman last year when he was producing like he never had before. No idea what they offered but safe to assume it would have been a better return last year. Same for Cisnero, who was great the first half last year and there were some rumors about him. Same with Fulmer years ago. Same with never traded Boyd. Nothing for JD and JV. Complete opposite of DD who constantly turned crap into gold.

so Baltimore sells high on a guy having a career year, who may never be this good again. that's how its done Al.

probably true, but with Greene, Meadows, Baddoo (and Carpenter) all LHH, there is a spot for a RH OF.

Would kind of be impressive if Al can recoup a live body for Barnhart

important thing to remember is this saves Chris some cash

Al is busy reading the directions on the ramen noodles package

imagine having a GM with the vision and confidence to trade our closer when you are up 3 games in the standings?