mtutiger

Unintended consequences

They shouldnt need an obvious candidate or former Detroit athlete. Go look at the Dodgers front office, where a lot of the new development folks came from, and find someone that fits the bill

Now they don't lol

My guess is he doesn't want to pitch Chafin or Vest who pitched yesterday? It was an odd decision

Believe it or not, they somehow still do

Jesus

RILEY!!!

Would be nice if Robbie helped his trade value lol

Gotta imagine they pinch hit for Barnhart

Greg Soto pitching like he knows there are scouts on hand lol

Seems like the Padres could use one of our relievers lol

Candy!

AJ made a comment earlier in the week that it would affect the Tigers in the same way that it has affected others. So maybe that means Greene isn't one of them I suspect the relievers would be the ones to watch, but who knows.

I was thinking of the Soviet Union "Five Year Plans"... More like "Seven Year Plans" in this case

I dont know who said what. The only direct quote in the story that I saw was about Avila giving a blanket quote about everyone being available. Not specific to Skubal. And then another sentence from another exec "speculating" about Skubal. Fans are going to freak out because it's what they do whenever Rosenthal or someone of his stature writes something (and for good reason, they do great work), but I dont know if this one article alone indicates the kind of aggressiveness to trade Skubal that people seem to be thinking it does. Feel free to disagree, it was my thought when I read it before and I still think that, and it's part of why I don't think he ultimately gets dealt. I take the "willing to trade everyone" comment seriously, but I dont know if teams will ultimately pay the price for Skubal, which I would imagine would be high.

I'm sure multiple execs have absolutely no motivation for leaking their thoughts and speculations to the press. None whatsoever lol

I do have access to the article and I read it earlier. I would have expected one of these reps from rival orgs to mention Skubal directly by name. You would figure if Rosenthal got a quote from a GM saying that Al told him "Skubal is on the block", he would have printed it. That's not really what we got here. Doesn't mean that the team wouldn't seriously trade Skubal, but the article seems pretty vague and speculative to me

I didn't see a direct quote in there about Skubal, but I did some speculation about Skubal

I'd have to go back and read the article, but it isn't even clear that Skubal's name was included in any direct quotes as well. Just wonder if there's less there than the typical due diligence that you see from a GM in a selling posture

It says they are "willing to trade just about everyone", not "trying". It doesn't change my feelings about trading Skubal, but being willing to trade and trying to trade aren't the same thing

It's almost a win by default now lol

I do think there's ways to see how a halfway competent GM could utilize a move like this to accelerate or speed up a rebuild, but again, it comes down to the guy shopping for groceries. As far as I'm concerned, this should be his last time at the grocery store, and his budget should be set accordingly. Unfortunately, Pizza Jr may not agree lol

The guy doing the shopping is an issue.... but other than that, just about everybody should have a price. FWIW, I'll take the under on Skubal actually being traded.

OK

Best OPS+ in the lineup right now (min 100 PA) is Eric Haase.... which doesn't seem like a recipe for success as a ballclub, gotta say