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Sound familiar, folks?

Wow

No shit. The Russian way of war existed long before Biden was even born, let alone became President.

It was the first time I've had a look at him in game action (didn't have the MiLB package last year)... his slider is better than I realized

Smoked Brieske looking like that long elusive late round diamond in the rough for this front office

Ehh, I don't have the numbers in front of me but I would have to imagine the White Sox will be running away with the division regardless

The plot thickens with the other remaining SS... landing Story would probably take some of the sting away for Yankee fans

I think it's fair to say that Rangers signings of both Seager and Semien seem like significant overpays, although the market was different pre vs post lockout, so idk. I do think Seager getting drunken sailor money and years may have recalibrated Correa's expectations in a way that ran counter to the market... at the end of the day, in order to get Lindor money/years, someone has to be willing to give out Lindor money/years. And that team doesn't appear to exist at the moment

Reportedly 10 years, somewhere between $275/ $300 million dollars iirc For as much scorn as Chris I has gotten (some deservedly), it is kinda telling that no one else stepped up to the plate and offered him anything like that length-wise. Maybe the concerns on his health/durability are more of an issue than we realize?

He has opt outs after both 2022 and 2023... It's a great deal for both Correa and the Twins... he gets a chance to reset the market after he opts out after this upcoming season. Twins get a guy who can maybe help them compete or, if they aren't competitive, would bring back a haul at the trade deadline. The only real losers here are the Yankees, who essentially took on Josh Donaldson's contract to allow the Twins to sign the guy that their entire fanbase has been clamoring for them to sign.

Exactly. 2021 was a fun year, but on the pitching side, they had to be creative at times in order just to get through nine innings. Injuries happen and there will be times where things are more lean, but am hopeful that will be less of an issue in 2022.

This season, probably not much if at all... I do think it's reasonable to expect him back in some form next year. Overall, my point is just that the Tigers are gonna need to cover 25-30 starts at the back end of the rotation on account if not having him, and adding Pineda to the mix is a relatively low cost proposition to add depth in order to cover some of that loss.

Another way to look at it is that, with Turnbull due back sometime late year/next year, the Tigers have to cover somewhere around 25-30 starts with some combination of their depth... having Pineda around, even with the injury risk, gives you a solid option to cover some (or possibly even most) of that load. For the terms ($5 mil+ incentives), it's seems low risk/high reward for them.

My guess is that he slots in as a 4th starter (behind Skubal, before Manning) when the Tigers ultimately make that call. But that's up to Al/AJ lol

Also, iirc, Manaea has one year and Montes two left on their contracts. If you execute a trade for either, you are risking whatever odds they may want to test free agency. Like you suggest, if their playoff chances weren't fringey, it would be one thing... but idk, it's risky to make that kinda move with where they are at now. Depth will serve them better at least in the short term... if they are performing better than expected in July, maybe we are having a different conversation

I'm kinda working off the assumption that Alexander will still be making some starts this year. But having Pineda at least means you aren't rolling through 162 while rolling the dice on just Alexander to hold down #5. If Pineda stays healthy (not a guarantee), he will do just fine for someone holding down a 4/5 starting slot. At the terms listed by Jon Heyman, seems like a pretty good value.

I see a lot of frustration on social media that they didn't go for Montes or Manaea, but given that those two very well could have required Manning as a piece of the package, I almost prefer this result . Good short term depth addition, gives them more flexibility with Alexander as well.

Is Brett Anderson still out there or did someone offer him a deal yet?

Hoping to see more of Kody Clemens this spring... maybe, just maybe, it'll help put Willi behind us

Kody Clemens with the jack!

Young kids angling for that opening day roster!

All sounds good.... just don't do anything too stupid in the trade market lol