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Jobe's start tonight is the free MiLB game if you are looking to watch something to kill time for the draft.

Go to a local bar or find the regional sports channel at your hotel, Rays games will be on in the Orlando market.

Baez movin' on up...

You have several minor league stadiums near Tampa, including Tampa. Clearwater Dunedin Bradenton Tampa Lakeland, furthest out. I'm assuming none of this is new information to you.

I think we don't appreciate how long it takes to change the approaches of hitters who have been in a system, many of them, longer than this front office/development staff have been in the system. There will be some who you can get to change, others who won't or don't have the talent to change. Add in they, hitters are probably anxious about making changes to what got them drafted, to AA, AAA or even MLB levels which makes it more difficult. I think it is why the front office and coaching staff if you want to include them in this mix, are viewing this year as a year of evaluation. What players have bought in, but more so than buying in which is perhaps easy to say, but are then transferring the buying in to better performance at the plate. It's not what any msg board wants to hear but in the middle of year 2 of Harris and this development group it takes time to change hitters and their ability to control the zone. TBH, I'm not sure how much you can change a hitters ability to control the strike zone/improve their eye so to speak. So, 2024 we see what we have in the hitters and possibly more importantly, or as important, what we have in pitching. Can we flip a couple of pitchers for a more improved bat plus a FA hitter to strengthen the offense.

Tigers recall Wenceel Perez The Tigers are calling up infielder/outfielder Wenceel Perez for his major league debut. Perez announced the news himself on his Instagram story. The team hasn’t confirmed the move themselves just yet, nor have the Tigers announced the corresponding 26-man roster move. Per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press, Perez will be replacing Andy Ibanez, who has some sort of injury. It’s not yet clear what that injury is or how significant it is.

So far I'm impressed with what I've read, UMHoops, and elsewhere about May. The first two assistants he has hired are supposedly very good recruiters and Boynton is an excellent defensive coach. Supposedly Rooth is in AA and may end up staying with UM.

Pretty good anthem to start the year.

I understand, guess I have always subscribed to the local sports option via the regional option from whatever service I have so never viewed it as blackout rules. 162 games for no additional costs seems unrealistic whether it is from Comcast, Bally or whoever. I was surprised that the one team cost via mlb.tv was $129 while full pkg is $149. Has there ever been a breakdown on how much goes to the teams from MLB.tv?

Is that due to the Bally Sports issue in regards to the Tigers and other teams utilizing them where they went under? So were the games blacked out when Bally carried the Tigers, ie the business model you reference? Is it an MLB issue or Tiger's issue or a regional sports network going under and will be resolved when they finalize with Amazon? I can watch the local team in my market. So, I doubt it is the business model, and until they resolve it, bootleg it, it is an option available to watch the team you want to watch. If you don't want to do that, more power to you.

TBH, no one is making people bootleg MLB or the NFL or the MMA or the NBA MLB.tv is $150 a year and includes Milb games. Their subscriptions continue to increase as does the NFL's.

Just bootleg it, plenty of options.

Whole response typed and lost not sure what happened..... So... I think Harris and his development team is focusing on both pitching and hitting, however, the results have shown quicker on the pitching side for a couple of reasons. One, Hinch and Fetter, Fetter a big reason, have been focusing on this prior to Harris coming on board and further along. I believe it is quicker to see those results with pitching than hitting. Free swinging hitters are tougher to change, their habits are more entrenched imo and when those types make it to the big leagues they won't change. Harris, Avila to a lesser degree later in his Tiger timeline, has a type when it comes to hitters and the development model to improve them. Free swingers aren't his type which we have seen in his draft and more his free agency additions, ie Gio and Mark C as two examples. The results are coming to COPA, just taking a little bit longer, but Avila did give him some talent to work with in Keith, Greene, and couple of others.

10% below league average? Hopefully we can lower that a tad more to middle of the pack instead of 9th worst as the young guys gain experience and add power. Granted that is only from the Tigers side of the equation. I also don't know how the Tigers home scheduled was when looking into who they played at home in 2023 vs 2024 as the opponents will factor into the number. So, too small a sample size at this point to draw a definitive conclusion at this point other than not the worst in the league. So,where does that leave us? TBD, but not worst in the league

Granted it's a great chart and data but it doesn't address my comment that the fences were moved between the 2022 and 2023 seasons. The stats you show are for a three year period which means 2021-2023? The fences were moved in 2023 so your data is flawed in relation to my post whereas the morons at Oddshark or whoever they are have just 2023 HR stats. But, carryon.

If that is the only way to score runs, sure. Also the team did move the fences in a bit last year. https://www.oddsshark.com/mlb/best-and-worst-ballparks-for-home-runs

I understand and remember him as well. Keith has played at second, sure small sample size, however his coaching and development in Detroit is far superior to anything Sizemore had in his brief tenure in Detroit. I also like the Urshela signing. But, offense is most definitely the biggest question mark for this team.

1. This is normal for baseball not just Detroit. 2. I'm pretty sure the majority of the Tigers roster has played baseball in northern cities during the spring, doubt any will be suprised. Assuming this point was just a throw in negative point yet seems a reach. 3. Are we complaining that they didn't go and spend a bunch of money this offseason? I, for one, probably in the minority on this board, like the approach they took and didn't feel now was the time to spend big dollars. I do think Chris I will spend when Harris and Hinch ask him to do so. 4. Agree to a point, not really judging this team based on last years team or injuries. Good news is we seem to have SP depth in Toledo and Erie. Some quality depth. 5. BP will definitely play a big role as it usually does. I agree offense remains a question mark but I like the addition of Keith and the addition of Urshela. 6. Hinch isn't in any trouble good start or bad. I 100% agree that team needs a better start this spring.

I think Avila drafted well his last couple of years and deserves some credit for that. Now did he have the infrastructure in place to rapidly improve the development process for his talent? No, however, a lot of that goes back to DD and Ilitch mandates and how far back the organization was in the newer approach to development. I remember going to the back fields when DD was here, early ST days, and not seeing any equipment on the field to measure things. It was noticeable to see these new gadgets on the field after DD was gone. But Avila was 20yrs behind the leaders in the movement and a decade behind the rest of MLB. Harris has taken what Avila started and excelerated the development process in all phases. Now, I realize it's early on and putting the cart in front of the horse. To be blunt, I had lost some of my Tiger passion the last couple of years. Didn't go to any Flying Tiger games for two years, partially because now Low A to be fair. Now, I'm back all in. I can't wait for each level to get started.

Here is a link to the archived article for those who don't have a News subscription. Henning: New and improved 2024 Tigers are an Avila and Harris product

Not a fan of the call at 2nd, if that is how the rule is going to be enforced not a fan.

They already do, financially and on committees. Great school.

I had a family member part of that legal process, some interesting stories there to put it mildly. Also have two family members heavily involved at UCF as alums.

Almost as if the Lions knew something was going when they added two DB's in the last week.

I can tell you when the police have contacted our family their number never comes up as unknown. I would be surprised if this is the case. While it appears he is definitely guilty of something let it play out before cutting him without the facts.