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They’re next to each other because they’re in alphabetical order

Yeah I can see grabbing someone as a bounceback and stashing them like what we’ve done with Uriquidy. But Maeda, Cobb, Brebbia, Shelby Miller, Shreve, Wingenter, Hernandez, Jackson, etc….. all the roster moves and options used and all the money spent on those guys would probably end up being about the same as getting one proven and reliable pitcher.

After this Cobb situation, I hope Harris is done with the “finding damaged goods” strategy for the pitching staff. We’ve got part of the core entering their prime years—go out this offseason and get some legitimate pitching.

The game will convert to an episode of Battle Bots

Jake Rogers being the winning pitcher would be tremendous

Rogers might legitimately be our third best pitcher

Shane Halter

Good

Beyond Batting Average

If we don’t get robot umps next season…..

So we are swinging on 3-0 in the top of the first, huh?

Verlander isn’t coming back. Not should he.

No Dan is always rough. Prayers for his mother—Tiger nation is pulling for her!

I see our pitching staff as the biggest obstacle currently

I would not be opposed to bringing Walker Buehler in for a look and see if Fetter can do anything with him. Red Sox just released him.

BABIP God hates us tonight

McGonigle career minor league #s in 3 seasons: .316/.419/.934 Torres in 6 minor league seasons: .285/.363/.783

I get that there’s a risk for pitchers….but if we aren’t going to pony up for Skubal, then who would we ever go after? Even when he hits free agency after next year, he will still be on the right side of 30, has a triple crown, a multiple time all-star, a cy young winner, and aside from his one injury—has been very durable. He even recovered from that injury quickly and effectively. He’s got a strong frame, good mechanics (although the leg kick may not age well) and is an ultra-competitor. Id much rather sign him for what he brings to the table than continue to shuffle around guys like Cobb/Flaherty/Maeda/etc. and ultimately spend 30-40 million a year on hoping they bounce back and fill out a rotation. Plus we aren’t going to have to really pay up big in the next several years on Jobe/Olson/Melton…so why not allocate the money to keep Skubal? If he gets hurt, he gets hurt. If he doesn’t, then we have our pitcher of the generation who can anchor a rotation for the next decade. Plus it’s not a great look to trade him or let him walk when the current core of the fan base just watched us get next to nothing for Verlander, Scherzer, Sanchez, JD Martinez, Suarez and Adames.

I’m not convinced Harris would wait that long to call up players that absolutely would help the big club regardless. We’d really rather pay Gleyber Torres 25 mil a year to re-sign for multiple years than just call up a guy on a rookie deal who will more than likely be way better than Torres ever was?

Money should be given to both to extend. In 2 years, contracts like Javy, Cobb, Flaherty, Kahnle, and Gleyber will all be off the books. The roster will likely be infused with 3-5 rookie deals (Clark, McGonigle, Briceno, Liranzo, Lee—plus Rainer should be a year or two behind them) along with the fairly cheap Keith contract. Mize, Olson, Jobe, Meadows, Wenceel, Malloy, Melton, and most of the other bullpen arms should still be easily affordable to sign or still in arbitration years. The only other key players they’ll need to probably make solid bids to keep by that point are Carpenter, Tork and Dingler—who will be sought after but are flawed so they won’t be getting top dollar offers. Plus, that’s assuming no one from the group of guys like Anderson/Campos/Hamm/etc blossom into big leaguers. If we aren’t going to spend to keep two of the best young stars the organization has ever had, then what the hell are we ever going to spend on? Not like we project to need to spend tons of money to extend a ton of our current core. McKinstry, Ibanez, Vierling, Rogers, Jones, etc all have pretty easy production to replace—especially talking about what they’ll be two+ years from now.

I love pissed off Skubal

Ryan Kreidler was claimed by the Pirates. End of an era.

That worked though

Rally Faye