Shelton Posted June 1 Posted June 1 On 5/26/2026 at 9:11 AM, Shelton said: Just for argument’s sake, could we not simply call up Max A to see if he can hit major league pitching, and DFA short again? Kevin just had a day off yesterday. We can use workman there in an emergency. This is assuming McKinstry isn’t an option (but I’m not sure how much I believe my own theory; I think they just prefer him in the other spots and they have short on the roster so AJ gonna use him for that sweet sweet platoon advantage). These are now desperate times. Teams have been able to bounce back before in situations as dire as this, but they don’t do so by going 1-5 this week. Madden is also close to a return. The traditional solution is to send him to Toledo because there is no spot for him in the rotation for some reason. But I think this is the perfect opportunity to give Jack a break to clear his head and maybe come down with a mild oblique strain. They went 1-5 Quote
NorthWoods Posted June 3 Posted June 3 After this sweep, an unpopular topic.....but it mentions they need 2B help too. Skubal and Torres for a package? https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/way-too-early-trade-deadline-candidates-tarik-skubal-freddy-peralta-aroldis-chapman-sandy-alcantara/ 10. Dodgers outfield prospects The two-time defending World Series champions have the 11th (Josue De Paula), 23rd (Eduardo Quintero), 35th (Mike Sirota), and 46th (Zyhir Hope) best prospects in baseball in their farm system, according to Baseball America, and they're all outfielders. There's also James Tibbs III, who ranks among the minor-league home run leaders. Quintero is in Single-A. The others are in Double-A or above, and not too far away from the big leagues. The Dodgers have a full outfield (Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages, Kyle Tucker) and Shohei Ohtani at DH. There's only so much room at the inn, you know? This is much easier said than done, of course, but keeping the outfield prospect(s) you like best and trading the rest for MLB players as you look to threepeat is such an obvious move for the Dodgers. The second base situation isn't so great and they could always bring in more pitching. If nothing else, I would expect the Dodgers to look to trade from their prospect outfield depth at the deadline. It's a logjam and there are only so many roster spots to go around. Something will have to give at some point. Possible landing spots: The nightmare scenario for the rest of baseball is the Dodgers putting these four outfield prospects on the table and telling the Tigers to pick two to start a Skubal trade package. Quote
chasfh Posted June 4 Posted June 4 If the Tigers are out of it, I seriously consider that trade. Quote
NorthWoods Posted June 4 Posted June 4 21 minutes ago, chasfh said: If the Tigers are out of it, I seriously consider that trade. That would be a pretty easy measuring stick for Harris. 5 years on, Did he pick the best 2? Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 4 Posted June 4 DePaula plus a lottery ticket to for a couple of months of Skubal would be a fair return - if I'm the Dodgers I don't think I would, so if they will that's good for the Tigers.. Quote
chasfh Posted June 4 Posted June 4 (edited) 11 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: DePaula plus a lottery ticket to for a couple of months of Skubal would be a fair return - if I'm the Dodgers I don't think I would, so if they will that's good for the Tigers.. They’ll probably start with Quintero as the headliner since he’s in A. Edited June 4 by chasfh Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 4 Posted June 4 15 minutes ago, chasfh said: They’ll probably start with Quintero as the headliner since he’s in A. For me, A ball would be too much uncertainty for the headline return on Skubal. I'm sure the Dodgers would want to start there though! Quote
Shelton Posted June 4 Posted June 4 So, the quote above about trading the OF prospect you don’t like and keeping the ones you do? Isn’t that exactly what rival GMs would criticize Harris for doing? No one wants the ****ty one that the internet list makers still like, and that’s the only one you want to give up. Difficult to deal with. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted June 4 Posted June 4 On 5/29/2026 at 5:25 PM, papalawrence said: Been a minute, but the CC Sabathia trade comes to mind That was 18 years and two general managers ago. My topline observation is that they have a different approach to it now. Quote
NorthWoods Posted June 8 Posted June 8 https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48968175/2026-mlb-trade-deadline-tarik-skubal-offers-tigers-dodgers-yankees-cubs-brewers-braves The winner: Los Angeles Dodgers The offer: RHP Emmet Sheehan, OF Zyhir Hope and SS Aidan West Nobody has the combination of pitching and outfield prospect depth of the Dodgers, and that allows Los Angeles to provide a wholly unique package: a good major league starter, a top-50 prospect in Hope and a 19-year-old middle infielder who has scouts in the Arizona Complex League buzzing. Quote
NorthWoods Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Another round of speculation. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/tarik-skubal-trade-landing-spots-history-package/ Quote
Tenacious D Posted June 16 Posted June 16 2 hours ago, NorthWoods said: Another round of speculation. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/tarik-skubal-trade-landing-spots-history-package/ These are fun to read. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 16 Posted June 16 You need to wonder how is the speculation just...click bait? I would say most of it is. No matter what return is offered, I would say none of it is as good as keeping Skubal would be. Just...pay the man. If he insists on 10 years, give it to him. And just hope for 5 or so high quality years. Keep Tarik in Motown. Quote
chasfh Posted June 16 Posted June 16 4 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: These are fun to read. I would have had more fun reading it had Axisa speculated on returns. Quote
NorthWoods Posted June 16 Posted June 16 56 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: You need to wonder how is the speculation just...click bait? I would say most of it is. No matter what return is offered, I would say none of it is as good as keeping Skubal would be. Just...pay the man. If he insists on 10 years, give it to him. And just hope for 5 or so high quality years. Keep Tarik in Motown. So we can replay Miggy's final years. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 16 Posted June 16 5 hours ago, NorthWoods said: So we can replay Miggy's final years. See? I don't care if half of the years are wasted. If we get 3 to 5 years of the Cy Young type seasons, to me, it's worth it. Its just...Not my money. A billionaire will still be a billionaire even if he loses $40 to $100 million a year. Which he won't...he'll still make plenty. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 17 Posted June 17 7 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: See? I don't care if half of the years are wasted. If we get 3 to 5 years of the Cy Young type seasons, to me, it's worth it. Its just...Not my money. A billionaire will still be a billionaire even if he loses $40 to $100 million a year. Which he won't...he'll still make plenty. the risk isn’t about Ilitch losing money, the risk is the team is handcuffed by salaries to non-performing players in what is likely to soon be a capped salary system. But whatever Ilitch’s willingness level to take on that risk was under past circumstances, it seems to me that the uncertainty about what will be in the next CBA has to reduce it Quote
AlaskanTigersFan Posted June 17 Author Posted June 17 9 hours ago, Sports_Freak said: You need to wonder how is the speculation just...click bait? I would say most of it is. No matter what return is offered, I would say none of it is as good as keeping Skubal would be. Just...pay the man. If he insists on 10 years, give it to him. And just hope for 5 or so high quality years. Keep Tarik in Motown. We'd never sniff the playoffs if this were to happen........... We need more. This team has over performed the last 2 years and reality is hitting.... We should of traded Skubal last year....... McGonigle, Dingler and Greene are the only first division Regulars on our team. Carpenter is almost there, Ketih could get there. But you take those 3, add Max Clark (thats 4). Imagine adding two others that you pick up in trade (can you say De Paula and Sirota) and Rainer in a year. Now you have 7 first division Regulars. And we'll get a lottery ticket back as an arm. Now, not all will pan out, but we gotta inject some more talent in the farm. We are overloaded by B level prospects. Max Anderson, Lee, Liranzo, Bricerno.... All of them more than likely will never be close to a first division regular. We need Studs. The best way to do that is to sell Skubal (and perhaps get something back from Mize worth of value) and go from there. We should be looking at the 2028-2029 as our main contention window. Give up the 2nd half of this season and next year (which will probably be cut short or skipped due to strike anyway) and focus on the following year and the next decade after that..... Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 17 Posted June 17 5 hours ago, AlaskanTigersFan said: We'd never sniff the playoffs if this were to happen........... We need more. This team has over performed the last 2 years and reality is hitting.... We should of traded Skubal last year....... McGonigle, Dingler and Greene are the only first division Regulars on our team. Carpenter is almost there, Ketih could get there. But you take those 3, add Max Clark (thats 4). Imagine adding two others that you pick up in trade (can you say De Paula and Sirota) and Rainer in a year. Now you have 7 first division Regulars. And we'll get a lottery ticket back as an arm. Now, not all will pan out, but we gotta inject some more talent in the farm. We are overloaded by B level prospects. Max Anderson, Lee, Liranzo, Bricerno.... All of them more than likely will never be close to a first division regular. We need Studs. The best way to do that is to sell Skubal (and perhaps get something back from Mize worth of value) and go from there. We should be looking at the 2028-2029 as our main contention window. Give up the 2nd half of this season and next year (which will probably be cut short or skipped due to strike anyway) and focus on the following year and the next decade after that..... Again, overestimating the return for a 3 month rental. If some team is going to give up stud future All Star type player(s), go ahead and do it. Odds are most teams won't give up future cost controlled prospects, unless they just want to go for a championship this year and dont care about the future. And then we would need Harris to pull it off. We'll see what happens but fans shouldn't set their expectations so high. Quote
chasfh Posted June 17 Posted June 17 8 hours ago, AlaskanTigersFan said: We'd never sniff the playoffs if this were to happen........... We need more. This team has over performed the last 2 years and reality is hitting.... We should have traded Skubal last year... While we had the best record in the American League? Man, what a choice that would have been. Quote
papalawrence Posted June 17 Posted June 17 3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said: Again, overestimating the return for a 3 month rental. If some team is going to give up stud future All Star type player(s), go ahead and do it. Odds are most teams won't give up future cost controlled prospects, unless they just want to go for a championship this year and dont care about the future. And then we would need Harris to pull it off. We'll see what happens but fans shouldn't set their expectations so high. The Dodgers might overpay. And for them odds are good he would ultimately be staying with them longer term 2 Quote
AlaskanTigersFan Posted June 17 Author Posted June 17 1 hour ago, papalawrence said: The Dodgers might overpay. And for them odds are good he would ultimately be staying with them longer term I don't think people realize how deep the Dodgers are. All three of their OF positions are locked up for the next three years (at least) and they have six of their top 10 prospects are OF'rs. Not to mention who they get in the draft this year. There's no room for them. I think the Dodgers would happily trade two of them to get Skubal and then have the inside track on signing him long term. Or at least show Skubal what LA's truly like for a few months. I'm sticking with my prediction for Skubal: De Paula Sirota (Rather have Quintero than both of these guys but meh) River Ryan Brady Smith Quote
NorthWoods Posted June 17 Posted June 17 5 hours ago, Sports_Freak said: Again, overestimating the return for a 3 month rental. If some team is going to give up stud future All Star type player(s), go ahead and do it. Odds are most teams won't give up future cost controlled prospects, unless they just want to go for a championship this year and dont care about the future. And then we would need Harris to pull it off. We'll see what happens but fans shouldn't set their expectations so high. If people here are overestimating it so are the majority of national pundits. If they decide to trade him, we'll see. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 17 Posted June 17 1 hour ago, papalawrence said: The Dodgers might overpay. And for them odds are good he would ultimately be staying with them longer term True. A trade to a team gives them a chance to negotiate an extension. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 17 Posted June 17 16 minutes ago, NorthWoods said: If people here are overestimating it so are the majority of national pundits. If they decide to trade him, we'll see. Like I said, much of that is click bait. Harris has never swung any big deals, but like you said, we'll see. Quote
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