Sports_Freak

Scott Harris has a decision to make. Extend Skubal this off season or keep him for 2026 and then let him walk. Or trade him this off-season. I say trading him at the '26 trade deadline would have the fans and media screaming bloody murder, if the Tigers are contending. Also, a short rental would get much less in return. And it may cost much less extending him now, if he has another outstanding season, his price tag would go way up. I really hope the Tigers and Skubal work something out, he should be a Tiger for life.

Agreed. Scott Boras has a history of taking his players to free agency. It would be up to Skubal to tell him to get an extension done with Detroit. My hope is that Tarik will go for an 8 year contract, that's the max I expect the Tigers may go. But all negotiations with him are pure speculation by the fans/media. We just...don't know.

Looking at the schedule, we play the Bucks 2 more times coming up, December 3rd and 6th. Sometimes it's not who you play, it's when you play them.

It would be a discount, kind of, to extend him this off-season. After he has another Cy-like season, he may be (would be) more expensive. Its the Tigers one advantage, only they can negotiate with him.

Agreed. Maybe he was trying to stop the Piston momentum? Or hoping to give his team momentum?

The Pistons are well aware of our recent struggles against the Bucks. They came out looking very determined. The Pistons defense has led to way, that's great to see.

Unless they sign him to a long term contract like they did with Colt.

It seems like Harris is pretty good at building bullpens for Hinch to use. The bullpen was a major reason the Tigers made the playoffs in 2024 and standing pat on questionable arms isn't the best idea. Turnover seems to work best, while a solid bullpen is the difference in a playoff team and a bottom feeding team, building a bullpen is such a crapshoot.

My shoulder is finally almost better but now I wiped out and really hurt my knee. This season is a bust! 😌😌

Our OL health is...questionable. 😵😵

He was under immediate pressure. Just an unrelenting pass rush. The Texans have the #1 defense in the NFL. Even Allen looked shook up after being hit hard, very hard, several times. It makes me understand why Goff looked so bad against Philly.

Allen was sacked 8 times in total. Many of them were very hard hits and huge losses. Over 10 yards. He kept backpedaling.

It's a lucky thing that Obama had Bin Laden killed. Otherwise, Trump would have invited him to the Whie House.

If Harris had to build a team from scratch, it may take his a dozen years. Luckily, he had a foundation of Avila players to get him started. We'll see which broken down injured players he overpays for this winter. Is Avila employed? We sure could use him to bring in some quality players...🤣

I've also heard stories about Trump not paying people who own small businesses the money owed to them. Putting mom and pop businesses out of business. He would just throw lawyers at them to get out of paying them. A miserable and cheap old man.

One thing I like about Harris is he apparently is good at building a bullpen. With starting pitchers averaging fewer and fewer innings per start, it puts more importance on a good bullpen. And our 2024 bullpen helped us into the playoffs.

One good move doesn't make up for a dozen head scratching moves. Avila sucked...I agree. But he's STILL responsible for the better players on the roster. And he really doesn't deserve a lot of credit for many of those players, he lost so much,we had a ton of high draft picks. And whoever told him to draft Skubal so late deserves credit.

Every position player except Torres? Pitchers? IDK...Skubal and prolly several others? You're right, it's not 80%. Prolly closer to 90%..

TBH, I would have fired Avila for giving Ausmus an extension. Now THAT was a guy who I really disliked.

I don't understand your hatred of Avila. If memory serves me correct, he was forced to trade away all the established (and expensive) players. Did he make good trades? Heck no. His eye for talent was dismal. And he obviously didn't have people around him that were competent. But he's so 2020...or whenever he was let go. Scott Harris has made moves that hasn't impressed me at all. Lucky for him, he had some of Avila's players and coaches to help us win. 😅🤣

Careful....some people give Harris all the credit for the Tigers playoff success the last 2 years. But some people say we won in spite of Harris. 🤣🤣

Probably 80% of the roster? Hiring Hinch?

Some fans blame Harris for the Tigers losing out on winning the division. How many games did Paddack and Morton lose after Harris traded for them? Montero may have done better than Morton (a very low bar) and the Paddack trade never made sense. A reject from a bottom feeder team, it was more of a move just to do something than it was actually a thought out move. And yes, I agree about Hinch. His calm attitude helped the Tigers weather the storm in late 2025.

Jim Campbell and Billy Lajoie. 🤣🤣