AlaskanTigersFan

You can see the Yankees future huh? Whose their catcher in 2027?

Well, thoughts? Is it time to go continue rebuilding? I mentioned a few months ago about trading Larkin... Does it make sense? Part of me thinks they are just ho hum with a lot of B level prospects on the horizon and not many true "game changers". Is it time to trade Larkin and whoever they can for some A level prospects? Or just stay the course?

So I'm just gonna say it. I think we were lucky as all get out this year to go as far as we did. If we run back this team with 80% of the same players, I think we miss the playoffs next year..... Having said that, I really hope we improve, especially on the pitching side. Buehler and Flaherty are my top 2 and my dream would be Corbin Burnes. I'm still amazed the Orioles didn't swing for Skubal and after they got bounced, I expect them to LOAD up on pitching this off season via trade (or else I think their GM will get canned if they don't perform well through the season, or if they get bounced in the first round of playoffs again next year). If there's a way to pluck one of their top 5 guys, we need to explore that. Even if that means shipping Vest, Montero or Foley (or literally anyone on our staff not named Skubal)..... Although in all honesty, I'd still be open to moving Skubal for the right price (don't worry will never happen) but I think this year just earned him a 10 year contract from the Tigers...... But seriously though, we need to do this right. Our team has a bunch of B level players and I hope this season wasn't a mirage but I fear it could have been. (I really hope I'm wrong).

Happy HOCKEY IS BACK DAY!

Brutal. By the way, I ran 5 simulations. We got 14 twice, 15 twice and 1st once. Hrmmmmmm 🤔

That legit is unbelievable.

I KNEW IT. I phakin knew it. I turned on MLB.tv JUST in time. Awesome!

People still hating on Tork or is he "back in the picture" of a future 1B for the Tigers? JC.

Lets say, "What if.........." But lets say Raymonds numbers are outrageous. Would it be crazy for Steve to trade him? Or do you think he'd play him this year and let him walk if no agreement can be made?

I was happy to see this writer thinks we have Edge position and the Center of the future on the practice squad. That's some depth I feared going into next years draft that we'd have to pay a premium for.....

I figured I'd start this now that the 53 man roster is now "complete" so to speak. Is this where the Lions start trading out of the first round for two second rounders then consolidate their later picks? Are we at the point where we have more players than we need the picks? I notice a lot of teams are cutting even 5th round draft picks. Maybe we trade back next year out of the first and get two seconds then use the three seconds to address WR, Edge and IOL. Those are pretty much the only long term needs. I trust Brad to draft. Barring injury (and I know things change), we don't really have too many long term needs. After next year it might be time to start heavily investing in the lines again.... But we should have at least two years of stability there for the most part especially if Manu and Mohagany pan out.... Thoughts on that?

Heres the big board. https://www.tankathon.com/nfl/big_board Lions Picks: First round Second round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round (from Buccaneers) Seventh round Seventh round (from Cowboys)

Well, throwing this out there as well. Because we seem to be in nomans land, how do we break out of it? Is it an option to trade Larkin? If we don't make the Playoffs, what has to be done?

So I'm in a strato-matic baseball league. Obviously we go by pitchers stats from the previous year. Well if a player pitches 200+ innings, usually we could pitch them on three days rest. I bring this up because as time has gone on, the number of 200 IP pitchers has drastically reduced. I think last year there were like two when 15 years ago there was probably 20-30/season. Nolan Ryan used to pitch a ridiculous amount of innings. I'm wondering if because guys are throwing so much harder these days that it really is a different game or are younger players being protected too much which end up getting them hurt by not building up enough arm stamina.... I think that is part of the larger picture to understand.

Whose got a .967 OPS over his last 7 games?????? This guy.....!

Here's a conversation starter: Do ya'll think Lalonde is really on the hotseat? He hasn't been given too much to work with over the years it looks like..... I think he's got 2-3 years left before the hotseat.

I'd take that risk and Beuhlers Risk all day. The Risk is worth the reward. Just get the premium insurance on him 🙂

I think they need to bring in some veterans to build around. 3-6 year contracts should be on the table this offseason. At least I hope. I said in the other thread, our last run started when we got credibility signing Pudge which led to Ordonez signing. We need to do the same thing. I think Harris is going to keep Jung and Jobe in the minors with the hopes that one or both can break camp next season. It'd net us another 1st round pick if either wins ROY which both have the potential for. (Much moreso Jobe than Jung but ya never know).

Our roster is gonna need some tweaks. We have a lot of rule 5 players eligible next year...... Should be a busy offseason.

Now that the trade deadline is over, the next big thing is the offseason. Figured I'd get a head start. Here's the FA List: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/04/2024-25-mlb-free-agents.html Time to go get Juan Soto and Corbin Burnes 😏 Seriously though, I'd like a reunion of Flaherty along with Walker Beuhler. That'd be solid. Chapman would be a good add or even go after Pete Alonso.

https://fansided.com/posts/tigers-botched-jack-flaherty-trade-scott-harris-report - interesting articles grouped together.

It definitely is depressing..... Only one potential Above average player in our whole organization (and barely at that)........ Sheeeesh. MLB had us 5th to start the year: https://www.mlb.com/news/farm-system-rankings-2024-preseason

Allows them to keep Holiday. They have enough IF prospects to cover 3B (plus you have Urias right now) and they don't really need Basallo either. Povich is replaced/upgraded by Skubal. It seems like such a great fit for both teams.......

Hey now, I was just answering your question...... 😏 But in the offseason, after they get bounced in the first round of the playoffs because their starters couldn't handle it.... Yep! 😋

Out of all seriousness though.... What started the Tigers last run was signing was signing one bonafide player to get credibility. That was Pudge. We then signed Maglio Ordonez the next month. This offseason would be a GREAT opportunity for the Tigers to sign players. If they can get two every day players and pitching, they could really change this team around. It won't be cheap. They need to bring in Star Veterans to help all of our young players out. I harp on our young players probably more than anyone. I'm a firm believer you need at least 3 players with a .800 OPS+ if not 4 to be competitive in the post season. Why shouldn't we be looking at Juan Soto, or Corbin Burnes in the offseason? The Dodgers are over the luxury tax, cant afford, the Yankee's also probably can't afford as they will be over. Angels and Boston will be the two big market main teams running for these guys... Why not us? We easily can fit in the cap space. We have a lot in the pipeline, but not all will make it. We need to go out and spend on stars to build credibility here. Thats what we did in the past and that's what we're going to need to do again to be successful. This offseason we should be spending.....