Will Tigers Pony up for Skubal

[1984Echoes]

10 hours ago, chasfh said:

... I’m not giving him credit for the actual winning, though. That’s a completely different deal. Avila has been gone for 3-1/2 years now, and ..

Hinch gets a WHOLE lot more of that credit (the winning) than anybody else. More than Harris. More than Avila.

Oh wait!!!

Who hired Hinch?

[Sports_Freak]

14 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

So everybody would have drafted Dingler where the Tigers took him in the 2nd round?

BS.

IMO.

Everyone would have drafted Keith in the 5th round?

BS.

IMO.

Do you want me to keep going? There's more... (Skubal 9th, Carpenter 19th...)

Etc.

We can make more of a judgement on Harris once all the Avila players get too expensive and leave. Right now we have a few highly regarded prospects that Harris and his team drafted. I really hope they live up to their hype. Turn the Tigers into a team that wins consistently. 

[1984Echoes]

13 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

We can make more of a judgement on Harris once all the Avila players get too expensive and leave. Right now we have a few highly regarded prospects that Harris and his team drafted. I really hope they live up to their hype. Turn the Tigers into a team that wins consistently. 

There are going to be some Avila leftover players.

Harris just has to choose the correct ones, and let the others work their way out the Org. By trade, free agency, or otherwise.

Quite a few of Avila's players have some team control left too so it's not going to be a fast process.

But I could see Harris wanting to build around Dingler, Briceno, Liranzo, McGonigle, Rainer, Keith, Clark, Jobe, Melton...

Those guys are easier to see than the rest. Anderson if he's good just as a DH. He and the others above fit his "mold".

Whoever else has staying power will have to impress Harris to get it... showing that they deserve it.

A mix of sourced guys I've listed. That's just the way it's going to be. Which is perfectly fine. I expect Harris to find or keep the right players, and Hinch & Fetter to turn them into perennial playoff contenders.

It's Harris that I trust will make the right decisions. But wasn't it Harris that said "calculated risks"...?

I'd like to see some of those calculated risks. Or at least MORE calculated than what we've seen so far.

 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by 1984Echoes

[Sports_Freak]

16 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

There are going to be some Avila leftover players.

Harris just has to choose the correct ones, and let the others work their way out the Org. By trade, free agency, or otherwise.

Quite a few of Avila's players have some team control left too so it's not going to be a fast process.

But I could see Harris wanting to build around Dingler, Briceno, Liranzo, McGonigle, Rainer, Keith, Clark, Jobe, Melton...

Those guys are easier to see than the rest. Anderson if he's good just as a DH. He and the others above fit his "mold".

Whoever else has staying power will have to impress Harris to get it... showing that they deserve it.

A mix of sourced guys I've listed. That's just the way it's going to be. Which is perfectly fine. I expect Harris to find or keep the right players, and Hinch & Fetter to turn them into perennial playoff contenders.

It's Harris that I trust will make the right decisions. But wasn't it Harris that said "calculated risks"...?

I'd like to see some of those calculated risks. Or at least MORE calculated than what we've seen so far.

 

 

 

So if Harris trades Avila guys, like Skubal, are the players coming here his guys or Avila guys? 😅😅

[1984Echoes]

No, those would be Harris guys.

If Harris trades Tork to the Marlins for Edward Cabrera (just for example), Cabrera is a Harris guy.

All new and/or incoming guys are Harris guys, no matter what he used to obtain them.

IMO.

[1984Echoes]

PS: I know you were being just a little bit smart aleck there...

Kudos! 😉

But I just wanted to answer it straight.

[Tenacious D]

Please stop. The Tigers made the playoffs because of both Avila and Harris.  Can we move on?