7/3/25 6:45PM Tigers @ Nationals

[Klondike]

Tiger's still need to trade for a starter and reliever(at least 1). Enns ain't it.

The only reason there's not much chirpin' of the last oh 12 games.. is the putrid play of the other divisional teams. Unbelievably, the Tiger's have a losing record last 13 but STILL lead by 12 games. The pitching is not sustainable now in these dog days of summer. Hitters get hotter and pitchers start to wear out. Not all but on average. Really need to do something soon before there's an upsurge with Cleaveland. It will happen.

Edited Friday at 04:07 AM by Klondike

[1984Echoes]

I think the biggest bang for the buck on the pitching side...

Meaning lowest trade cost but highest impact... is to trade for an older veteran who still has some dominance.

The Rangers are struggling: Jacob DeGrom. I don't think the Rangers get near what it would cost for Garret Crochet or Joe Ryan. Just a guess. Sale would be costly (in prospect terms)... but what if a team wanted to contend next year after flopping out this year... could we include Mize or Montero for Sale or DeGrom and not spend much in prospect capital?

Just some thoughts.

And I would prefer a 1-2 punch of Skubal-DeGrom with Olson/ Flaherty at the back-end than Skubal-Mize-Flaherty-Olson... especially in the playoffs. And/or the World Series.

But that's just me.

Same thing on the reliever side. Aroldis Chapman should cost significantly less than Mason Miller in prospect capital.

I would like to get them both however.

Can we send Tyler Mattison (Miller-wannabe-who-will-probably-never-be...) to the A's for Miller? Maybe they could "fix him up" to be a pale replacement for him? Plus additional pieces as necessary?

Just spit-ballin'...

[4hzglory]

3 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

I think the biggest bang for the buck on the pitching side...

Meaning lowest trade cost but highest impact... is to trade for an older veteran who still has some dominance.

The Rangers are struggling: Jacob DeGrom. I don't think the Rangers get near what it would cost for Garret Crochet or Joe Ryan. Just a guess. Sale would be costly (in prospect terms)... but what if a team wanted to contend next year after flopping out this year... could we include Mize or Montero for Sale or DeGrom and not spend much in prospect capital?

Just some thoughts.

And I would prefer a 1-2 punch of Skubal-DeGrom with Olson/ Flaherty at the back-end than Skubal-Mize-Flaherty-Olson... especially in the playoffs. And/or the World Series.

But that's just me.

Same thing on the reliever side. Aroldis Chapman should cost significantly less than Mason Miller in prospect capital.

I would like to get them both however.

Can we send Tyler Mattison (Miller-wannabe-who-will-probably-never-be...) to the A's for Miller? Maybe they could "fix him up" to be a pale replacement for him? Plus additional pieces as necessary?

Just spit-ballin'...

If the Rangers picked up $15 mil of Degrom’s next 2 years,(getting him to $30/yr) I’d trade 3 of anyone not in our top 5.  If they pick up $30-35 mil (getting him to $20-23 mil/yr) I’d include 1 of our top 5.  (He also would cost just under $20 mil the rest of this season as this year he’s making $40 mil)

Degrom is the type of starter I’d trade for-a true difference maker (when healthy)

I don’t want to include Mize as that defeats part of the purpose this year and next. 

I don’t see any reason to get a depth starter (if they don’t project to be a dominant reliever) as they are not likely to be much/any better than the 5th -8th options we have.  Give me 2-3 relievers before a depth starter.

Edited Friday at 12:43 PM by 4hzglory