kdog

Conversely, you have a good team and real weaknesses in the back end of your bullpen. You might not be as healthy next year and the AL might be not be as wide open. You have to give your team the best shot to do something special. They want to build a sustainable product where they have playoff/competitive teams every year. This is one of those chances.

I don't see a storybook ending for Verlander coming back...and he might be cooked anyway.

He's a warm body...better option than Montero, SGL, and likely Melton.

Paddack is a jag who has had tommy john surgery..i guess he can be a back end starter to an extent.

Andy Ibanez is taking drills in Detroit...no corresponding move reported yet. It's either Jahmai Jones or someone going on the IL.

Emmanuel Clase placed on paid leave due to gambling issues. He's out until August 31st the earliest.

He got the Jack Flaherty deal...$20 million each in '26 and '27, $ 3 mil signing bonus and $3 million buyout before '28.

if the slump seems historic, it is:

Why are you arguing about a guy on the Sacramento A’s?

This is non competitive slop. I’m done saying they are better than this. There’s something fundamentally wrong when everyone loses their ability to produce at the same time.

Yankees acquiring Ryan McMahon from the Rockies for two prospects....gave up fringe prospects. He is due $16 million in each of the next two seasons...salary dump.

Greg Soto traded to the Mets.

Baseball is so long that everyone usually finds their level.

They need swing and miss on the back end no matter what. The internal solutions don't have it. You can't solve foundational offensive issues with one move.

Looking for a more reliable RH platoon guy over Jones and Ibanez.

Tigers execs got their message out to a few of the beat writers. They are going to be reasonably aggresive with the bullpen; But they aren't going to trade for rentals(sustainability) and are relying on Urquidy(sp) types to come back later in the season. I don't mind it. The offense has to fix itself. I see guys like Javy and Zach regressing to their levels. Greene, Keith, Meados, and Vierling should not be this bad.

Carlos Hernandez has been removed from the roster...no corresponding move yet.

The tigers have effectively scored 2 runs the entire trip when the game was within reach. They've been shutout 3 times, and scored one run in the other two games. You could argue last night's runs were in garbage time. Just an utter collapse of every hitter.

Skubal to the paternity list, Hicklen DFA, and Melton gets the call up. Greene is getting the day off to decompress and correct things.