mtutiger
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Yikes... You cannot fix this
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The Nats return is honestly the position player equivalent of the Michael Fulmer trade last year... Just not worth getting angry over. Or for beat writers to shift into armchair GMs over.
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08/01/2023 7:05pm EDT Detroit Tigers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
mtutiger replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
I always mark my calenders for when the Tigers face their natural NL rivals lol -
I mostly don't care either way.
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I mean, it was a pretty underwhelming return, but it says a lot for the valuation that teams around baseball put on him despite his baseball card stats.
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I couldn't help myself, ended up engaging him on it. The moves to replace Candy are fair game, but the decision to move on was fine. And as Ed suggests, the return would have been more minimal at $7mil even.
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Maybe Evan Woodbury should be GM lol
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I honestly didn't realize that Gene Simmons was still alive lol
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I take everything Morosi says with a grain of salt, but this is right. And probably explains why it's taking a little more time to develop. If it's 2 PM CDT tomorrow and nothing has happened, maybe then I'll start asking questions.
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Yeah, beggars can't be choosers. And tbh, the Tigers have shown a better ability to develop pitching and to sell the place to free agents (see Lorenzen), so I think they could manage even if they don't add to those ranks in trades.
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Sure, but overall talent wise, they really should be in "best player available" mode over just emphasizing pitching
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This comes across more like speculation than anything concrete
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Admittedly I tolerate the guy, but the *****ing about Harris not having made moves when there's been very little movement thus far? Like, can we at least wait until Monday? lol
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lol, you just cannot win with some people
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True, it's all about accounting for sure.
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Surprised they didn't just opt to throw in a couple of duffel bags of used baseball bats instead
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It really is my biggest concern in this process.... we, as fans, may hope they get something of value for these two players (or others), but I sure hope that's not what Harris is trying to project, that's all.
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Yep, if you even so much as lightly criticize anything MAGA or MAGA adjacent, that makes you an arrogant, elitist coastal snob who is out of touch with reality. If you cheer on Budweiser employees losing their job over the last culture war du jour on the right, that makes you a Real American. Rinse, repeat, etc.
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Setting aside the stupidity of this whole culture war item, it's wild to see these guys cheer on people losing their jobs
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It's really tricky because the Jeff Riger and Mark Gorosh types (not to mention Evan Woodbury or the other beat writers) will roast him if he doesn't bring back anything most likely, but I suspect all the good traders in baseball get to that position by being able to risk getting nothing in order to return max value.
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Seeing the path from being a losing club to a winning club is always going to require taking the leap of faith and believing that young players will ultimately develop into what is expected of them. As buddha has suggested above, there is evidence that this is happening. Which, you would think, would make it easier to see a way out of their current position.
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I know people have set this bar that where Harris has to get something, but part of how you maintain leverage is having the backbone to walk away if you don't get what you think is good value. I kinda hope that's the approach they take with Rodriguez in particular.... and if they cannot find a good enough deal, just work hard to see if he can be extended.
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Yeah, I don't get how people can get that angry or worked up over this season.... they need more talent, but they have also showed a lot more real promise at most levels of the organization and the major league team will likely clear the (incredibly) low bar that most of the fan base seemed to set prior to the year.
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He's not wrong though.... the reactions to the 14-3 loss to the Padres were kinda ridiculous in the context of a 162 game season where even good teams can get hammered from time to time. The reactions to yesterday, which was probably as much about Shohei Ohtani as it was the Tigers if we're being honest, is similar as well.
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Deleting security footage is definitely consistent with no criminal having been committed.... /s
