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The societal ill of gambling has been pushed under the rug for decades now. What used to be only in Atlantic City and Nevada is commonplace. There is a moral wrong in that the owners are promoting a harm but I don't see much of a hypocrisy - it is not unusual. Being able to trust that the outcome of the game has and will continue to be sacrosanct. That trust is bedrock to the gambling world with both baseball and the gambling industry standing firmly on the same side of that red line. Owners will get some money nudging customers to betting houses. In short time, players will see the extra revenue and put a claim on it too. And the economy will grow, disparately, but it will grow.

Maybe because Tork, like Mize, was the clear consensus first pick of that draft that Avila's team went soft on doing their due diligence. With hindsight, how ludicrous was it to assign him to 3b even before he signed. Clearly there was a lot of wishful thinking going on.

The international signee from about a decade ago, what's his name, he always seems to be forgotten in these conversations yet last year he got into 114 games and did pretty good. I think Hinch would go to him as the 1st replacement option.

I look at the Dombrowski years as one of the longer periods of Tiger success. True most of the talent was acquired and I was not a fan of depleting the farm system but the end result was as good as the 1980s run, 1984 aside. Tiger teams seem to be highly competitive for a 4 to 6 year window and then drop off. Avila took over with a lot of assets and could have brought the team back pretty quickly but his trades were terrible and he drafted as bad as Dombrowski did. But Harris seems to be pulling a group of youngsters comparable to the Tigers early 1960s and latter 1970s. It would be great if he could manage to churn a talented roster long after the high draft picks disappear.

It's good you can still remember that.

I am predicting here and now that Maeda pitches reasonably well this spring, and because of that Detroit is able to trade him to a team desperate for starters. At $10 million, he could be a bargain and some team short of experienced arms might just take a flyer. He won't start here and he isn't that much use in the pen. We will get a couple Fetter specials in return.

Players scoring runs and it took me awhile to realize they were Tigers

Wish Clemens was a better breeder though.

I'm starting to get confused on what is the front end and what is the back end of this rotation. It could all flip very easily. TG for Skubal to anchor it all.

I was going to post that Mize will be the Tigers breakthrough surprise this year, but actually there are quite a few players that could do that.

Already leading the Cubs in spring homers.... https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/02/20/gage-workman-cranks-the-cubs-first-home-run-of-the-spring/https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/02/20/gage-workman-cranks-the-cubs-first-home-run-of-the-spring/ Apparently he has tremendous power.

A chip off the old Chirper

I bet they all own pickups. Not that I'm for or against. Have one myself. Just sayin,

Not if Mrs. Workman has a say. She was pretty vocal in the press about how her hubby was treated.

Seeing what Cody Stavenhagen in The Athletic pointed out is giving me more respect for the Torres signing: "For reference, let’s compare his FanGraphs’ ZiPS projection with another notable infielder: Gleyber Torres: .260/.335/.402, 17 HR, 3.0 fWAR Alex Bregman: .252/.333/.430, 22 HR, 3.9 fWAR" Offensively you are looking at very similar players. Is Bregman's defense worth an additional $25 million? Plus Torres might bring another prospect to the Tigers eventually.

Ernie was the best at capturing that magic of a kid just called up. He did an interview with Fred Holdsworth in the mid-70s that stuck with me. It was Fred's first day and he was bubbling over with excitement. He was thrilled to be interviewed by Ernie and Ernie was as warm and encouraging as could be.

The 1b issue is the curse of Jason Thompson. He was no Norm Cash, said Enos Cabel, who was no Jason Thompson. Baseball Almanac has a kinda creepy stat. In the date of death field they give the rank of living MB players and it's a link to the list. It was a lifelong struggle for him, but Art Schallock now leads all actively living players in age at 100.294 years. Died On: Still Living (1,500 Oldest Living)

It is nice to see that when we shed players from the 40-man, other teams (well, at least Tampa) are now willing to give up a little to put them on their roster.

I would follow you guys on BlueSky if I knew who to follow. Why don't we do a little mini-directory. I'm crunruh.bsky.social

If the Tigers go further into the playoffs if could be possible to catch a baseball, hockey, football and basketball game in Detroit in a weekend. I have a friend who caught a hockey, football and basketball game on a Saturday and Sunday

Hope he doesn't infuse the team with his Yankees attitude.

My first unread post in this thread. The nadar for the season was 4 days away. Aug. 10 0.2%. No top 10 pick for us.

Seems like they were sending out 1b gloves well before Torres was signed reflecting more the decision with respect to Tork than accommodating Gleyber. I believe this gives our right side the potential to be productive next year. Keith should provide average or better defense at first. If Torres starts pushing his offensive numbers back to 2023 levels, something that is not far-fetched for a 28 year-old, we will have very good offense from the position and much offensive improvement at 1b. Ideally, we can harvest another prospect from Gleyber and then in 2026 hand off 2b to McGonigle, unless McGonigle remains a shortstop, in which case Jung or Lee should be ready to take over the position, or maybe even, gulp, Max Anderson. McGonigle and Keith could be the Tigers right side for half a dozen years or longer and I see Torres being a great intermediary step.

Chatgpt's response ""AI isn’t just for billionaires—it’s a tool, like the internet or electricity. If it’s ‘the end of your career,’ maybe the problem isn’t AI but the people in charge. Should we ban calculators too because they replaced the abacus?"

who?