Sports_Freak

It was a really quick comeback though. Down 22 points in the 2nd quarter to basically tied at half? They musta heard me screaming at them. 😅

Turnovers and out of control drives to the basket...terrible basketball.

The Tigers 2026 payroll is up to $228 million? Wow, that sounds like an awful lot.

Agreed. Win enough so any losing streak is insignificant. Last season was a fluke, never to be repeated. But...watch out for the White Sox!

In all seriousness, this Tiger pitching staff, starters and relievers, looks like it may carry us deep into the playoffs. I mean, we have to at least be division favorites, right? Especially if we keep Skubal. Let's Go!!

Let's not turn on each other and just agree Scott Harris is destroying this once proud franchise, huh? 🤣🤣🤣

To be honest, I'm happy Skubal won. A happy Skubal is more important than an deflated Skubal. If he's still here at least. And also...stick it to Chris. 😅

A cap floor would protect against that. At least, in theory.

Boras usually doesn't allow his clients to extend, he wants them to go into free agency. It would all depend on what Skubal wants. But if Takik tells Boras to get something done with Detroit, why would he even have Boras as an agent? And will the Tigers use of arbitration turn Skubal off enough to even refuse to listen to a Tigers offer? I really don't like money issues causing my favorite team to lose excellent players. The entire situation, no matter who's side we're on, sucks

Owners, in just about every business, try to keep overhead down. That includes workers pay. The problem with sports is quality players can help a team be more successful, increasing their profits. Some owners don't realize that. You gotta spend money to make money. Losing Skubal may keep fans away in droves, as well as a huge decrease in TV viewership, which could cause advertising revenue to dry up. Skubal starts are usually must watch TV for even the most casual fans.

I don't know what the TV revenue is going to look like for the Tigers and several other teams. Is losing FDS and going to a different TV source going to cost them big money? It could put a lot of teams in financial trouble. But, these guys are billionaires for a reason, they know to avoid losses.

Is Valdez in the country? In past years, some players were late getting to ST because of visa issues. It would be easy to drag out his signing if he's in the DR. Makes me wonder if the Venezuela players are going to have issues getting their papers...

Nice Lolich tribute;

Oh....I see...Skubal is asking for 32 million and the Tigers are offering 19 million. Tough call...give it to skubal. 😅

I thought he was asking for 19 million?

He isnt asking for free agent money. That would be between 30 and 40 million per.

I agree that the Tigers made a huge mistake for lowballing him in arbitration. The guy is a top 5 pitcher in MLB, or better. He should be paid according. With the Valdez signing, I really see a trade coming but I'll be very pissed off at the Tigers. Al least keep him for '26 and get us onto a deep playoff run.

Thanks. I dont care if I have to stream it but I'm not even sure if YouTube TV carries channel 20. But I do have an indoor antenna I bought to watch our local channel 7 (ABC) for Monday Night Football when YouTube and Disney were spatting. The antenna picked up a ton of local channels but it didnt have the better features like pause and FF. I guess I really dont wanna go back to the 1980's technology to watch baseball. Ans with the season quickly approaching, the Tigers need to let their fans know what's going to happen. Many older fans aren't real tech savvy.

The Tigers pitching staff may be one of the best in the AL. Fetter has some high quality arms to work with. Harris signing 2 really good BP arms to go along with Vest gives us 3 pitchers who had 20+ saves last season. And we have about 7 or 8 pitchers who could start. Which is good because we probably used at least 8 starters last season.

I would be surprised if Skubal loses in arbitration. Back to back Cy Young awards? Comp that, Detroit.

My worry is the Tigers business plan is to trade Skubal if they lose. Having to pay Skubal what he's asking may not fit into their payroll. Players are overhead in sports. At least, for short sited owners.

And while it never crossed my mind about any player but the outcome of the arbitration hearing really affects his value as trade stock. It just seems like if the Tigers win, he would get a bigger return in a trade? Not that I want that, I would prefer if the Tigers had the money to extend him. If not, i want to see an entire season of Skubal and Valdez

It's also my first Tiger memory. It actually started my love of sports. I was 8 and it was like a whole new world nobody told me about.

I used to get a UHF channel, I think it was in the 60', out of Canada , that occasionally had topless women movies on. And yes, it was all snowy and flickering. But a good imagination made it crystal clear. 😆