mtutiger

Its done

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/11/former-tigers-exec-has-new-job-with-phillies.html David Chadd works for the Phillies now, fwiw. Wonder if there was institutional interest just on account of that

Now the question is whether they are actually done or may look to add one or two more pieces? Wouldn't be surprised if they may shift to look to add a reliever along with another infielder still. Vierling should seal the deal for the OF

Vierling's Savant Page: A lotta red on there....

Deck chairs on the Titanic would have been trading Soto for pitching lol

For sure. And given some of the names that have been bandied about (ie. Wil Myers, Brandon Drury), there's an argument that it's more useful to give ABs to these guys who may still improve upon their initial MLB numbers and are controllable for a while longer versus those other guys who are here for 1-2 years tops and (if we are lucky) could be worth a lottery ticket in a trade down the road. Soto and Clemens seems like a fair price to pay on that... I take G2's point that he's a MLB player, but he's a reliever and his been inconsistent throughout his career, with not great peripherals either. Not sure they were gonna get more here.

Does this mean Zach Short is gonna be shipped out soon??? (Only somewhat joking)

Yes. But it's for Gregory Soto and Kody Clemens lol... for those two players, getting players who can be useful on the 2023 Detroit Tigers seems like a win. Even if they aren't necessarily longer term pieces.

Any chance they give Maton reps at 3B? Generally been at 2B and SS, but he has a couple of outings in his past at third

I wouldn't call Vierling a minor leaguer at this point

Thats a solid trade on the surface

It's amazing how much higher the rest of the league views Gregory Soto than Tigers fans do... or at least baseball media anyway

Ok

100%. That would be a nice get for the infield

For such an influential media figure, you'd think he would know of the existance of Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema.

Whi gets more votes in a Presidential election: Kanye or John Bolton? My money is on the former lol

How it started How it ended

In terms of the prospects of coalition government, after seeing this process play out, if the Dems had picked up/held a couple more seats (something like 219-216), the prospect would have been a higher probability with the volatility of the GOP Caucus. 222-212 is narrow, but not narrow enough. We will have to see how that changes as McCarthy gets further in and as the debt ceiling approaches whether we see changes in leadership

The guy who lunged at him is Chairman of Armed Services, so maybe that

He doesn't know where his caucus lies most of the time and seems unable to count votes. Not a recipe for success

What a rollercoaster

Haha, unbelievable turn of events