2025 MLB Trading Deadline

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

I mean much respect for his service in the Great War, lets hope he can regain the form that helped him in the Battle of the Marne. 

Im not saying Charlie Morton is old, it's just his first baseball card came with a pack of Lucky Strikes. 🤣

[lordstanley]

Just now, Sports_Freak said:

Im not saying Charlie Morton is old, it's just his first baseball card came with a pack of Lucky Strikes. 🤣

Charlie Morton is an ‘84 Tiger. As in, he pitches for the Tigers now and in 1984 he was alive and learning to eat solid food and take his first steps. 

[lordstanley]

Key is Skubal, Mize and Flaherty staying healthy. If they are, everything else will fall into place, the Tigers have plenty of tools.

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, oblong said:

This is his third deadline day as the guy in charge.  

First one as a buyer. Even though last years selloffs launched us into a playoff spot.

[Sports_Freak]

13 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

I still haven’t sifted through all the activity, but am I right in thinking none of the Red Sox, Cubs or Brewers did much?

Cubs got Willi Castro.

[holygoat]

54 minutes ago, SeattleMike said:

Since May 1 Morton's ERA is 3.98. His FIP 3.92. He had a terrible April, which is responsible for his 5+ season ERA. So he's not a bad depth piece to add to the rotation. 

Even that's a little deceptive, as he was working himself back into form from the pen by then. If you look at his last 11 stars plus a 4.2 inning relief appearance that started with 2 out in the 1st, he looks even better.

IP: 64.2 | HR: 7 | BB: 25 | SO: 67 | ERA: 3.76 | WHIP: 1.38

[Motor City Sonics]

I feel like this trade deadline was a MASSIVE failure.      Of course, 29 teams will have failed at the deadline and the Tigers will just be one of them, but the time was now.   Wait the F are we waiting for anyway.   Skubal is probably at his peak right now.  Torkelson has been pretty average after a hot start.   The likelyhood of the fantasyland version McKinstry and Baez repeating this year is pretty slim.   Parker Meadows, if he can even stay healthy, has not grown from last season and the best prospects are post CBA players.    The time was now.  They needed an earthquake and they came up with a series of whiny farts.    

 

Was that onions and ketchup?  I can taste it....on my tongue.    Okay, the tuxedos are pretty ****ed up now. 

Edited 21 hours ago by Motor City Sonics

[Sports_Freak]

And our good friend Lynn Henning spends an entire article talking up all the "great " talent we gave up in trades.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/07/31/henning-detroit-tigers-parted-with-quality-prospects-in-beefing-up-rotation-bullpen/85461988007/

[Cruzer1]

I think they got Charlie as insurance for Mize.

[monkeytargets39]

ESPN considers us one of the losers of the trade deadline.

 

which means we had a solid deadline.

[papalawrence]

Per Baltimore fans, they're mostly saying Morton has been solid the past 2-3 months. He has a lot of post season experience. And in his prime, one of the best breaking balls.

I would have liked to see an added bat, but I do trust Harris. 

[Motor City Sonics]

The Pistons went and got Rasheed Wallace when everyone thought he was a lockerroom cancer and that acquiring him would destroy team chemistry -   they took the risk.    

 

Paul Coffey was a future Hall Of Famer and Keith Primeau was still considered one of the top 10 young players in the league, but the Wings took the risk and got Brendan Shanahan.   It was the final piece.   

 

The Tigers get Charlie Morton.        Come on, man.  

[TJ Rollercoaster]

2 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

Shiny first half stats are meaningless now.

We all know that August RBIs are the key metric!

[papalawrence]

Did anyone pick up JV? He's been solid his last 2 starts 

[IdahoBert]

20 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

ESPN considers us one of the losers of the trade deadline.

 

which means we had a solid deadline.

I’m disinterested in the opinions of the industrial sports media complex (to borrow and redefine a concept from President Eisenhower). It thrives on splash, attitude, big money, big stars, big talk… etc., etc.. It’s impatient and doing anything based on process that requires time to evolve is inimical to their model.

That doesn’t mean I’m happy with what happened regarding the Tigers today. I’m not but I get it. They’re doing things differently. On purpose. I guess now we’ll see how it pans out.

[holygoat]

I'm disappointed, but not pissed as some are. Seeing Morton's numbers in context makes me feel better about the deadline moves. Two solid starters and a solid BP arm isn't nothing, but I'd have preferred a higher end reliever in the mix. 

[papalawrence]

Foul Territory is commenting on Morton, that he has been pitching well as of late, and that he pitched for Hinch in Houston, so AJ knows him well 

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, holygoat said:

I'm disappointed, but not pissed as some are. Seeing Morton's numbers in context makes me feel better about the deadline moves. Two solid starters and a solid BP arm isn't nothing, but I'd have preferred a higher end reliever in the mix. 

Really they got two solid BP arms once Sewald gets healthy...

I wish they would have gotten a bat, but I think they did fine. Could have been better, but they did fine with the needs they had

[gehringer_2]

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The Pistons went and got Rasheed Wallace when everyone thought he was a lockerroom cancer and that acquiring him would destroy team chemistry -   they took the risk.    

They got their ring with Rasheed, but he mixed blessing at best over the longer term. You never knew what you would get from him.

Edited 21 hours ago by gehringer_2

[monkeytargets39]

Sounds like Melton is going to the bullpen and Morton to the rotation.

Melton could be a very effective reliever.  So we sort of added another bullpen arm in that sense.

Curious who comes off the 26 man for Morton and Finnegan.  Hopefully Luke Jackson.

[papalawrence]

The Padres went all in, wow

[Motor City Sonics]

Also, sad to see the once-promising Matt Manning go "POOF".     Part of the Tigers last no-hitter.   He had his moments.  Had a brilling Spring Training in 2024 but lost the roster spot to Reese Olson and that seemed like that was that for him with the Tigers.   I can totally understand why a player might fall apart in that situation, he's human.   Makes me wonder what might have happened if he went north instead of Kenta last year.  

[chasfh]

Wow, I didn’t realize the Twins were eating so much money on the Correa deal.

Well … not as much as Avila ate on the Verlander deal … 

 

[Motor City Sonics]

27 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

They got their ring with Rasheed, but he mixed blessing at best over the longer term. You never knew what you would get from him.

But who cares about the long-term?  They got the ring, man.    And even though he left Horry open the next year and Horry daggered us, they would not have made the finals without him.   

I think of the Doyle Alexander thing.  I don't think the Tigers lost that trade like others do.   The team knew their run was coming to an end in the next couple years, so they went all in and it worked - from the Doyle perspective. Without Doyle, they don't catch the Blue Jays and make the playoffs.    Plus, if the Tigers held on to Smoltz, there is no guarantee he would have had the same kind of success with the Tigers.    He would have come up to a very bad Tigers team and they probably would have called him up too early out of desperation.   

Edited 20 hours ago by Motor City Sonics

[IdahoBert]

I like what Harris is doing in general, and we misunderstand him if we think he is undertaking this mission in Detroit as anything less than a vocation and a challenge to do something great where it’s not expected.  

If he were interested only in fame and money, he probably wouldn’t have come to Detroit and to an organization so long struggling.

People who think he’s some kind of pris who will flee to the highest bidder for wine and cheese parties elsewhere really underestimate his seriousness. He’s not done yet and he proved that today whether any of us like the way he did it or not.

It’s a privilege to have a front row seat in this unexpected spectacle that began to reap dividends after the deadline last year.