kdog

Don’t tell Lynn Henning

There's a difference between AL Central good and actual good.

I want the Twins or Guardians to win games so the Tigers don't delude themselves into thinking they are in a race. I'm sure Harris knows the talent on this roster is years away. It's easier to sell when you are 8 games out.

I think we can quibble whether Englert is worth locking in a roster spot for the full season. But they don't have any real answers for pitching in Toledo..it's defensible.

This is spot on.

With the pitching staff, they are going to very cautious with Manning, Skubal, and Olson. Once ERod and Lorenzen are traded, it's going to be rough.

Tomorrow looks like a bullpen day...starter is still TBD. Is Englert's roster spot safe even with the rule 5 thing?

Tigers have no interest in doing everything to win every game...shows you how little respect they have for the talent on their roster. It makes sense because this team is very far away from being good.

$2.85 million($2,309,500 slot) for McGonigle.

Zack Short's 2023 mlb adventure should be ending soon.

They want to see if he has any major league value; They don't think any of the kids are ready; And they clearly don't care about wins or losses. It does make sense that they are looking at the long term. Its why Harris should trade every guy he can get value for. This is going to take some time.

Poor Eric Haase...poor us we don't have another viable catcher in the org.

The only way to hold Baez accountable for poor production is playing time. It’s not even punitive. He has to find his power or he doesn’t help you win tonight’s game….that’s accounting for his good defense.

Good night for Brieske to make his season debut imo.

Schoop cleared waivers and is a free agent.

Very good interview with Scott Harris. He answered all of the questions with reasonable answers: https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-tigers/detroit-tigers-scott-harris-on-javy-baez-spencer-torkelson

They are grading the process, not the results. The process seems to make sense...hopefully we get some developmental wins.

inside edge

The Tigers have a huge need for pitching on all levels of the org. They'll have to find some gems late in this draft or address it via trade or major league free agency.

Avila's process with some draft picks was sound. But the player development early in his tenure was non-existent. We have the seen the results of that. He overhauled it and we are starting to see a few positive signs. Harris hired his guys and the process made some sense. The earlier post about analytic-based picks is encouraging. You need multiple Riley Greenes to build a strong offense. And you need to explore all avenues to find them.

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