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Stavenhagen on Tigers Territory mentioned he doubts teams are willing to empty their farms for 1 year of Skunal, given Boras is his agent and an extension now is highly unlikely. The Dodgers might have the best rotation since the 90s Braves and have Sasaki and other top pitching prospects ready, so do they really want to go in for Skubal right now? If they made an offer it's probably less than what's been speculated.

Tigers Territory today talked about Jansen. Kind of meh, his secondary metrics were down. They compared statcast to Vest. They basically said it's good to have him in case Vest or Finnegan get hurt. I know he's 24 saves from 500 but I doubt the Tigers guaranteed him the full time closer role. I think Hinch will give him a lot of that load but also mix it up as he does. They mentioned something that is probably true - Detroit has likely made other pursuits and are getting declined. King recently reportedly turned his attention to 3 teams - Yankees, Red Sox and Orioles. Maybe/likely Harris did make pitches to the other top relievers and they just said no. And Harris doesn't seem one to ever overpay.

Someone like Sommers or Horn?

In depth BA discussion of the Tigers farm. Much optimism and in-depth tool discussion.

Shorter contracts, but JV and Max had contracts with 43 aav. That's why I think 8/350 seems more in line with what he will get.

I really enjoy Brown and White's games. They have dna similar to Detroit

Bummer about Kim. The past few days some guys have mentioned Detroit has interest in Okamoto.

Last week Skubal was on foul territory and he said his camp never mentioned 400 million. 8/350 and with 2 vesting years potentially that would be 10/ 437

What a great game. Boston played well. Brown is an all-nba guy and White was on fire again, and Det comes away with the win. Fun game to watch. Ivey is starting to show a bit more composure with facilitating and his D was impressive. They still need work against the zone but it's scary that they're still improving

I think Boras would consider 8/350. Maybe add vesting options for years 9 and 10. If he is still producing at that point he gets rewarded

Peacock announcer said Pritchard plays like a little angry hamster, lol

Lakers beat the Suns by 2. I rarely say this, but the reffing was terrible and almost all in favor of LA. The neutral announcers said the same.

Must be frustrating for Cavs fans (love it!). Also with watching coach JB's Pistons thriving That 2nd apron is a killer. Trajan has stressed cap flexibility since his first day, but that's about to be more of a challenge with some big extensions coming up.

This past week on foul territory (mlb one, not Tigers) one of the guys, think it was AJ Pierzinski, said he recently spoke with Chris Illitch and Illitch said he intends to try and keep Skubal. I don't think it's 100% a forgone conclusion that he is gone. 90%, sure. We don't know what Chris is thinking. Is there a part of him that wants to win for his father? He's probably about business and Skubal is gone. I still hold out 10% hope he stays. And I also think it's probably a bad business decision to pay him 400. Being a Tigers fan ain't a picnic.

That old bread makes the best stuffing!

That was one of the best non-Pistons games I have seen in a few years. Wemby being back is obviously huge. In 21 minutes he had 22 pts and 9 boards and his +/- was +21. Just a great game to watch and enjoy

The only times I saw him pitch last season his cutter wasn't cutting and he was basically throwing batting practice. Per his stats he must have pitched well the games I didn't see.

Yesterday Bowden said he spoke with Friedman, Harris and Boras and all three said the Skubal to LA rumor is bogus. Friedman and Harris said they haven't spoken and Boras said he expects Detroit to keep Skubal and only trade him in July if they are out of contention. "Ping" should stick to racket sports

Does anyone actually want Harris fired? I still sing his praises. But I also echo Stavenhagen's emerging disappointment. Harris said from early on in his tenure that the Tigers would spend when the team is ready. I guess he meant 1 or 2 year contracts? He did make an effort to sign Bregman last year. Per Morosi Boras countered the 6/171 with 6/186 or 7/210 and Harris stood pat. Perhaps 6/180 would have got it done. Very close. We'll never know. That's likely what Rosenthal means by Harris being "rigid." Go get King. Overpay if he has too. Yes there is injury risk. Show some capacity to take a risk. After 2026 the SP could take a huge hit. Harris doesn't look through any "windows," not even regarding Skubal. He said that recently. They have Skubal. Take some risk!

Blue Jays brought in 2 sunmariners today, Lee from Detroit, and they also signed Tyler Rodgers. The AL East is going to be a beast

And it's a major league deal. Surprises me, good for him

Reportedly Lindor is not pleased with the Mets offseason and they may be shopping him. He has a 15-team no trade clause and after 2026 he has 5 and 10. He is still a solid 6 WAR guy but turns 32 and still has 6 years @ 34 mil on his contract.

BA did a podcast after the draft. One guy said Petit is better than half the relief pitchers on the Rockies and he expects him to stick there.

OKC might be able to field 2 playoff teams

Chaz Lanier played his 1st G Lg game tonight. 9 3pt, 40 points on 71% shooting. Not bad