tiger2022

When I was in high school, one of my teachers was talking about an octopus and said its arms had testicles all over it.

Don Mattingly is a close example. I think Albert Belle is kind of in the ballpark but more power and only played until he was 32. Of course, the sport writers don't like him and his career #s might be a bit short.

Is Harris done evaluating Zach McKinstry or does he need 2 more years to get all the information he needs?

And Stanton is 34. And so is Freddie Freeman. I think Freeman, Judge, Trout, Kershaw, Verlander, and Scherzer are all easy 1st ballot guys. I think Stanton should be too, but some smartest guys in the room voters will not vote for him the 1st time.

Yup, just cutting payroll at the trade deadline every year and getting a bunch of cheap, probably AAA level players, in a return for trades. They will always be 2 years away from spending to compete. I have a feeling they will trade Skubal before opening day next year and Greene will be the following year. I even had a sneaking feeling they would be willing to trade Skubal if the other team took on Javy's contract in return for lesser prospects.

Trout is an easy 1st ballot guy. Since Bonds retired, he's the best player to walk out on an mlb field. Besides, if he stays healthy for a few years, he'll have a shot at 500 home runs.

They've been doing it for about 10 years now..

How does McKinstry stay in the lineup constantly? I'd prefer him to start a game at pitcher.

I predict there will be a hurricane somewhere before the end of the calendar year.

Jung would definitely be behind McKinstrey. Hinch loves that guy for some reason

Can you explain why Flaherty and Buehler would sign here? I suspect Ilitch wants to keep salary low and wouldn't want to hand out long term contracts to pitchers. I am guessing Flaherty is not going to want a one year deal. And they will probably have better options with teams that have chances of making the playoffs. Alonso is going to want a big contract with lots of years...can't see Ilitch spending money. I'm thinking if they sign guys it will be someone who had a really down year or someone who won't make much of an impact (Canha, Urshula).

It's about as meaningful as nfl draft grades the day after. It means nothing at all.

Not everyone can get a mouth full of sh*t and claim it tastes delicious.

It was fun watching Flaherty pitch for half a season but he's off to a quality organization so we should all be happy for him.

I guess I can buy the 2029 playoff tickets now that these 2 guys are in the organization.

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

I remember the Cubs and Tigers used to have the most day games....and the Cubs got lights hopefully, the Tigers can get some lights this century.

The Orioles are planning on having strong offensive players come up every year instead of trading them all and then hoping they can resign a bunch if guys in a few years.

It is tough to follow an owner who doesn't give a flying bleep and bleeds the city for every dollar he can get, but I just can't follow another team. In the 90s when they sucked the whole decade and up until 2005 or whatever I just didn't follow baseball at all. I like watching Skubal and Flaherty pitch, and if they trade them, I will just not care about this team anymore. So I might just not pay attention until they actually try putting a winner out there. I think there are a lot of fans who feel like this.

You can sneak into the playoffs with that rotation with even a bad lineup. I mean the Tigers are around .500 batting 4 or 5 AAA players each game.

That ain't happening.

I have always wondered why the Tigers have so many day games. It seems like the aren't doing any fans a favor.

Absolutely...leave it to the professional team builders like Al Avila and Scott Harris.

Ramirez padding his Hall of Fame resume again tonight. Yikes.

Deadline trades for Tiger fans are what the NFL draft used to be for Lions fans...the Supe Bowl/ World Series. Just hard to get excited about getting a back up catcher or wild as hell reliever. I'd rather the Tigers just kept Flaherty. I know some posters are going to go out of their mind with ecstasy getting some teams #14th and #23rd rated prospects in return.