kdog

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/press-release/press-release-detroit-tigers-and-detroit-red-wings-enter-broadcast-partnership-with-major-league-baseball

They are going to lose the Skubal pr battle no matter what happens. If they have a good 2026 season and they part ways on good terms, it will be fine. The middle path where the team is bad and he gets traded is what will suck.

Arenado going from the Cardinals to D'backs...STL paying down $31 million of the remaining $42 million on the deal.

you cannot time contention....I don't get that.

$70 million of Bregman's deal is deferred...someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the Tigers have done any deferrals in their deals under Harris.

Peacock will have the exclusive on July 5th

Tigers will appear on Peacock a bunch

Maybe real baseball trades don't exist any longer? The only one I've seen this offseason is Semien for Nimmo..which was each team offloading a bad contract.

That is correct...but they have lost for the same reason(inability to hit). In lieu of adding any new guys from the outside, they are going to rely on the same guys who failed in the biggest spots. Some guys might improve, and others might just plateau or regress. As the POBO, he has to project some of the outcomes and make trades if they don't want to assume contractual risk with older vets.

Harris can't believe that every young player is going to have an ideal outcome. On the other hand, his philosophy seems to be shared by 70% of the league. Everybody overvalues what they have and don't want to lose deals. The real choices come when they don't want to pay guys who are close to reaching the end of the arb clock; Skubal doesn't count because paying him would be out of scope. But are you going to pay Riley Greene? If not, when do you trade him and can you strike when you think you can get the best value. Until he has to make real hard choices, it seems like we are going to churn and roster hoard and see what happens..optionality will be the calling card.

Sam Menzin's legacy...before he left in disgrace.