tiger2022

What a garbage organization. Maybe 1 or 2 offensive players on this team that would even make half the rosters in mlb.

This would be the worst trade in the history of the franchise. Anyone who even thought of making that trade should be fired ASAP.

With all due respect, I seriously doubt GMs are out to try to screw another GM. That would be terrible for your reputation. Who would want to deal with you?

I don't think winning is a priority for the owner. Just keep the payroll down and turn a profit. I expect flaherty to be traded by the deadline this season and Skubal to be traded by the deadline of next year. I am on the verge on not caring ever again. Mike Ilitch ruined my enjoyment of baseball by running out such a garbage product out during the 90s when I was growing up. Now Chris is doing the same thing .

Nope. But if they think Keith has a future in the big leagues, moving him to first would be about as dumb a move as they could make. He has a chance to be an above average bat at 2nd but at 1st, he would be a bottom 1/3 bat.

Or they could get an actual bat at first instead of trying to fill the position with below average hitters at 1st.

You would think wrong. But there aren't any teams that are going to trade anything of greater value for those guys than what the Tigers are getting from them being on the roster

Lost all 25 bets? This guy was even worse at gambling than baseball. I wonder what the odds are for losing 25 out of 25.

You guys overestimate these guys. They have been hitting the last week or so but they were pathetic up until then.

I think the plan was always trade flaherty before the deadline. They aren't serious about putting a winner out there. And they won't get a lot for their catchers. Rogers and Kelly are run of the mill guys.

They probably traded him for 2 weak hitting middle infielders.

Bobby Witt Jr is good. It's crazy how teams can find a guy like that at the top of the first round in the draft.

He doesn't seem like a whiner or complainer. I have nothing to base this on other than he acts like a professional and doesn't throw hissy fits. That's it.

Plus they probably took in the fact that McKinstry doesn't have the arm to throw him out if he fields it cleanly.

It actually kind of makes sense. If you put an actual hitter 9th, especially leading off an inning, there is a better chance he gets on base than a pitcher so the top of the order has a guy on base.

I know people hate Baez, but he makes that play easily.

Plus he seems like a really good guy.

Except when LaRussa would hit the pitcher 8th.

I don't see Tork as a diva at all. I picture him as a hard worker and a humble guy. I hope he figures stuff out

I suppose that is one of the only areas, along with lineup construction, where managers really matter.

Great players make managers. I don't think managers really can win games for a team. They can lose them though. Smokes had some amazing players over his career. He managed a top 5 player all time and there is a video of him chewing Bonds out. It's priceless. And Miggy, Verlander, and Scherzer are all easy HOFers.

With these two pitchers on the mound, over under for 25.5 strikeouts in the game.

Word on the street is Hinch plans to play Malloy only against lefties and pinch hit occasionally. Sounds like Hinch is setting him up to fail from the start. I know, I shouldn't question the sage of the garbage cans.

Why? Just because someone can recognize an obvious bad decision doesn't mean they have a solution. I always thought picking a 1st baseman #1 overall was lazy and stupid. Quality hitting 1st basemen is the easiest position to fill, so for a guy to go #1, he has to be top 3 in the league for a long time. And for Mize, picking a guy with an average at best fastball just because he had success in college is not a great strategy. That was the pick I was left wondering about the most and I am not surprised he has been pretty bad as an mlb pitcher.