kdog

Lynn Henning talking down to fans and defending managment? shocking.

i miss not having a shutdown starter...Maybe we get that kind of juice when Skubal comes back.

Pudge, Magglio, and Prince were all good deals. We suckered Texas into taking Prince and got Kinsler to lengthen our contending window.

They are going to be bad this season. There is an intangible value to giving your fans some faint hope even it's not going to impact your team significantly. But we didn't acquire many outside solutions. Harris can't just sit on bad performance like Avila did. Another few series of lifeless baseball and he has to churn the bottom of the roster.

I need more reasons to pay attention to this team if they are bad. Watching most of the same guys fail who were last year is part of the problem. At the very least, you can change the narrative that we aren't repeating 2022. The entire premise for this season was "they can't be as bad offensively as last year." Every podcast and preview had that premise. The Tigers were looking for 2-3 WAR players, not 5 WAR guys. The expectations here are very low.

The downside of endless tanking with a clueless executive. Players and agents are smarter than we all think. And now that we are out of the Boras business, you aren't geting any favors from him.

If Greene, Tork, and Meadows all suck then this rebuild will take another 10 years.

Probably not. But give me a few guys to watch while you continue to add talent organically through the minors.

McKinstry is a test for Harris. He thinks giving this guy platoon at-bats with Schoop is a workable interim solution. It will end up not mattering. I doubt Schoop or Mckinstry will be on the roster in a few months.

This isn't a salary cap sport like nba or nfl. There are always ways to improve your major league team incrementally with free agents.

Schoop should have been DFA'd at the end of last season. You aren't going to get any value out that salary. I'm not sure they have a second baseman who can take over as of now. Or they don't have a 3B if Maton moves.

This isn't about Chris's neglect on April 2, 2023. His neglect from 2016 until today is what lead this current product. They could have signed a few legit major league hitters to give the fans something to care about. He could have overriden Harris' McKinsey approach and thrown us a bone. Instead, we are stuck waiting for their young players to declare themselves as busts or contributors before they decide to make substantive change.

I know Chris Ilitch isn't watching. And we already fired the GM who is responsible. So we are the people who have to suffer through another 90 loss season.

Turnbull deserves some leniency here; First start after TJ surgery.

Winning obviously is irrelevant this year. I just need to see a flicker of hope from a young player lol. My expectations are very low.

Tampa's hard contact is finding gaps and now runs.

They can't possibly be as bad an offense as last year...they can't possibly be as bad an offense as last year...they can't possibly...

This guy is going go play a lot?

Of course McKinstry is the hitter with men on base.

slider fastball combo misses bats and can sometimes give up hard contact. He just needs to settle down.

Big opportunity for Carpy...Parker Meadows is about 4-6 weeks away from taking someone's spot.

I want you to sit down for this. They are going to suck again in 2023. But hopefully the GM is building an organization that can deliver more talent down the road.