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I’d rather keep Ibanez and dump McKinstry. At least there is something Ibanez does well.

Steven Softsoap Jr

I’d prefer Benetti with Petry or Pena, and Dickerson and Dirks together. I’ll miss Keats and Johnny Kane, but I would like to see more Mickey York.

I prepare more for each game than Morris and Monroe did

It’s definitely time for Gibby to hang up the microphone, unfortunately. I enjoyed him in the booth, but the typical viewer is going to find him tough to listen to. Wish him nothing but the best. Hopefully the Tigers find ways to keep him involved- occasional tv guest, honorary assistant coach, etc. Baseball is something he loves and taking that type of thing away from an aging and sick person can be devastating. He’s done more than enough good for all of us and the organization to still have some type of regular role.

Individually compared to other 2Bs….yes. However, I think he will have more value at first than Torkelson will, and Torres will have more value at 2B than Keith plus an albatross contract 1B like Alonso would have.

I agree. but you can look at this as Keith being moved off of second…..or look at it as Torkelson being moved off of first….

Between sticking with Baez, and then Sweeney, Jung, Lee, McGonigle, Franyerber and Rainer…..Keith was probably going to get moved from 2B at some point anyway. Might as well be now.

I’m guessing- c- Rogers/Dingler inf- Keith, Torres, Ibanez, Baez, Sweeney, Torkelson of- Greene, Carpenter, Perez, Malloy, McKinstry If Meadows is a go then it gets interesting. Malloy and Tork make sense as pinch hitters for Carp and Keith…..but Perez is a lot more versatile.

Seems like the only pitching roster spot up for debate on opening day is who will be the second lefty after Holton. Chafin or Hurter?

Welp, Manning is probably done already

It’s a big spring for him. Hope he figured something out this offseason

Do we have a list of who is scheduled to pitch today yet?

I don’t either—but that’s why one of Jung or Sweeney won’t make the team

Probably just to avoid DFAing McKinstry

Or at least trade him for something coming off some good years. He was still on the right side of 30 at that point.

Yes

For anyone who might remember…. What was the reasoning behind non-tendering Bob Hamelin after 97? Not that he went on to do anything great after that, but he had a very solid year offensively.

No on Arenado. Too many years left of declining production.

Basically since we moved to Comerica Park, we’ve had 3 horrible team building strategies: 1.) Draft low ceiling pitchers and then try to fill the roster with “5 tool players” who were athletic but not actually good at anything useful in particular (Macias, Kingsale, McMillon, Cedeno, Sanchez, Lombard, Magee, Bocachica, Torres) because the park is big so we need guys who might be able to hit triples! Only trade with Houston and San Diego for some reason. 2.) Go over slot on every first round draft pick and convince them to sign, only to then trade them a couple years later as our top prospects for big name players. Go under slot the rest of the draft and eventually have nothing in the pipeline. Since we have very little talent in the minors aside from a few mega prospects (Maybin, Miller, Turner, etc.) then there’s no need to have a great coaching staff, invest in analytics, or have an organizational identity on how we want to play. 3.) Sell off all of the good players accumulated in the previous regime for pennies on the dollar. Build through the draft, but do nothing to develop any of the talent in the minor leagues-just let them get by on their own natural skill sets. Take a swing on one big free agent who has red flags every couple of years because fans will support a fledgling team with one disappointing superstar. Trade anything of value whenever you can, but only for low minors prospects. This Harris regime is the first time this century where we have a group that is actually trying to put a competitive team on the field in Detroit while also nurturing the farm system, staying current with analytics, and making sound financial decisions for the teams continued growth.

They will once he inflates his numbers in Fenway and gets another overpriced deal in three years….

I’d say between the 4 it’d mainly be Tork vs Malloy for RH 1B/DH. Jung and Perez wouldn’t get much if any PT if McKinstry and Ibanez are on the team and Vierling plays OF. Would just be better to have Jung and Perez playing every day at Toledo and working on their defense. Conversely, I could see them keeping Tork and putting JHM in Toledo as the every day 1B to see if that experiment has any promise. I like Perez a lot and am rooting for him to make the team, but I’m not sure there’s a path without them DFAing or trading one of the utility guys.

I still can’t believe they put Bonderman in the big league rotation after one minor league season. Like we needed to rush him to the big leagues because that 2003 team was gonna contend…..

Does this include the stretch where Buxton gets injured for 2/3 of the year?

I mostly meant that I prefer Malloy as a platoon DH vs LHP than I do Torkelson at this point. If one was to be an every day player, I’d take Torkelson