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His defense gives him a leg up on Candelario IMO. Granted Candy is younger and maybe still has higher potential, but it's hard to trust him in either facet of the game right now. At least Schoop can play a gold glove caliber 2B and theoretically may be able to rebound again. For better or worse, it's hard to see the Tigers in a position where they can fill multiple infield positions (2B, 3B, possibly a stopgap 1B), an outfield spot, and possibly another catching spot in this upcoming offseason (not to mention adding pitching as well). Unless it involves trades anyway, and even there, we don't have a great read on what they have with respect to tradeable assets at the moment. So they are kinda stuck triaging their options.... I suspect they will have to do that at catcher (going with Rogers/Haase, unless Rogers stumbles coming back) and will have to at least spare the 2B vacancy with Schoop, which allows them to focus on their other needs. And, while not ideal, that may be OK in the end. Even some good teams in this league roll out lineups that can have below average production at a couple of positions... I would be happy if they added a couple more 2-WAR guys to the lineup somehow, but we need to be realistic that all of the holes aren't going to filled in one offseason.

Daniel Norris 2.0? /s

With how he has played this year, there's a less than 0% chance that Schoop is giving up $7 mil to test the market. With the holes they have and with the market as it is, it's hard to see them with any other option than biting the bullet and rolling with him at second.

Schoop is definitely gonna get another crack at it in 2023 because of the player option... although like you suggest, hopefully it can be a short leash if production doesn't get better. Candelario is still a big question mark.... after the week stretch when they played San Diego where he got hot, he's cooled off considerably again and hasn't played great defense either. Will a new GM want to tender him?

Behind the paywall - any other names mentioned besides Van Wagenen, Gomes and McLeod?

As evidenced by tonight

Just when we were forgetting what a win was like lol

Waiting patiently for the DD audio of the Carpenter homer lol

Never thought I'd see the day lol

Schoop and Kerry C! Back to Back!

We need an Andres Gimenez lol

Kerry C!

Is that bad? /s

Sounds about right... AJ isn't going anywhere nor should he.

Boy the Rangers jacked this situation up

Added Civale to the Fantasy BB team today.... works like a damn charm lol

Franklin Perez - 2 IP, 4 H, 6R (4 earned), 6BB, 0K Time to hang it up, Chief....

Surprising. Just my two cents but, while Jon Daniels has achieved some highs that Al Avila never did, it's been six losing years in a row for the Rangers. The farm is in better shape than the Tigers, but ultimately I doubt Chris Woodward is the problem.

I would add Meadows to the list.... but otherwise, yeah lol

My favorite part of yesterday's game (in a schadenfreude kind way) was Dan Dickerson, during Willi's first AB, hyping up how valuable W. Castro is because he's good at a number of different things, only for the AB to end on him flailing at a 80 MPH curveball for strike three. Nothing if not predictable.

Completely forgot about that

https://theathletic.com/3507311/2022/08/15/tigers-next-gm-candidates/ Goes through a list of candidates, but the top of the list (and one he says is gaining traction): AJ Hinch + Theo Epstein connections

Cody Stavenhagen made that point on his podcast this AM.... if they want even a chance of next season not to be a complete wash, the next GM is gonna have to have the conversation. I think we all assume next season will be a wash regardless, but I would hope this team and it's management doesn't treat it like one. There will be reasonably cheap options on the market to get better production at the position should they want to get one.

I would feel better about Baddoo if his defense wasn't so bad.... I do think he needs more runway to establish himself as an offensive player, but he really needs to work on his defense if he wants to stick in this league.

It's a general failure of the Avila era, although I don't know whether trading Greene/Tork for someone like Juan Soto would have been a great idea in any event for this ballclub given how far away they are and the questionability of signing him long term. I do expect that a new GM might be a little more aggressive with trading assets, particularly with pitching assets they have.