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The most recent Tigers articles on MLive Zach Short makes the Mets Tigers make minor league deal with Rockies Opening Day Weather Spencer Turnbull/Eduardo Rodriguez Update Chase Anderson signs with Red Sox Zac Houston traded from Tampa to Philly JD Martinez Mets Press Conference Robbie Grossman signs with White Sox/Greene and Shreve don't make Rangers Manning optioned JD Martinez signs with Mets

Faedo isn't the one being traded, and he has options, so you don't need to trade him. Wentz, being out of options, would not fetch what you say. The Tigers have next to no leverage there.

Are those days over? I had a small cyst removed a few years ago and turned down an Oxy prescription, just using Asprin instead.

Cody said on his podcast a rival evaluator came to him doing recon on Wentz's makeup, so take that for what it's worth. The fact that they haven't made the call yet does tell me Wentz and Diaz aren't on the team, but they are trying not to lose them for nothing.

Zach Short getting a lot of love for making the Mets today.

So... were the Tigers being cheap being out on Ohtani, or did the stuff with Ippei (sp?) come up in their background? I think back to Dickerson's Bauer bashing and it being evident he had some non-public information in the holster. Also, about Ohtani's extreme privacy. It reminds me of Tiger Woods back in the day.

First time in a while I can remember the Tigers' whole rotation getting drafted in our draft...

I feel like this is being distorted/obfuscated and needs to be read in full: https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf

Brady Allen...

Alex Avila is on the Marlins broadcast team.

Carson Kelly is the primary catcher by June.

Regarding those cuts, that gets the Domestic Reserve List down to 171, four spots for international players coming over or players getting optioned.

He replied to my tweet clarify. Anyways, that was his lat, and I always struggle when people try to say the lat is a back muscle and not as shoulder muscle. I mean, it is a back muscle, but it connects to the shoulder.

If you have my sheet bookmarked, yes. The whole system including cuts and 60 day IL spots to get down to 165. I just found out Huira's opt out today and may tweak later.

2012 and 13, you had some combo of Verlander, Scherzer, Porcello, Sanchez, and Fister with Smyly in reserve. 2014, Fister was traded, and Smyly backfilled until Price was acquired. That core was pretty durable. You had as good of a 1-5 as you will find in baseball history. Yes, they didn't make every start so you may remember some back end guys who filled in, but you are talking about your 7th and 8th guys not your 4th and 5th.

That is not my recollection of 2012-2014. Not at all.

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It's kind of a good thing that there's too many options instead of not enough.

I bet we get some cuts tomorrow. This is kinda new since the minor league roster limit clamps are restrictive this year, but I believe tomorrow is the first day minor league players can be put on the 60-day or full season IL's, which opens up minor league roster space. As of now, the Tigers Domestic Reserve list is at it's 175 limit, and players optioned count against it. Players on NRI's already count against it, so if they are shipped out it doesn't count. Otherwise, a player optioned will have to have a corresponding minor league cut.

And putting those front office execs in position to succeed

I mean, I doubt Harris had any say in drafting... say... Carson Rucker.

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I doubt Avila had much say in drafting Melton.

Last week, I had a haircut scheduled around lunch time, so went to a local Cuban chain's spot near my barber to pick up lunch. It was in a stripmall. The adjacent store was a crematorium.

Deivi had a 77 OPS+ in his years with the Tigers, which matches Javy.