9/23/25 7:05 Tigers @ Guardians

[tiger2022]

18 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Heck, I'm still waiting on them to spend the Cabrera money we were told was coming off the books to spend. 

Ilitch bought a house in the off season in the Bahamas, so he put that money to good use I suppose.

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

I don't see any of this getting done. The bean counters will say it's too expensive. Heck, I'm still waiting on them to spend the Cabrera money we were told was coming off the books to spend. 

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, tiger2022 said:

Your comment seemed to imply that Avila was worthless as a GM.  I wasn't a huge fan, but it was his guy's that took the team to the playoffs last year and had the best record in baseball until a month ago.  Other than Torres, Flaherty, and the bullpen (which has a high turnover rate), every player that has positively contributed anything over the last 2 years has been an Avila player.

Harris has virtually done nothing to help the mlb roster at all over the last 2 years.  Other than Torres, his FA signings have been awful if they even saw the field at all, sold at last year's deadline (which was fine), got Trey Sweeney, and got 2 of the worst starters in mlb at the deadline this year.

I am pretty sure he could have did virtually anything else and it would have turned out better.

He talks a great game for sure.

 

So, can’t name any genius moves Harris should have made that would have prevented our slide. Got it.

[tiger2022]

14 minutes ago, chasfh said:

So, can’t name any genius moves Harris should have made that would have prevented our slide. Got it.

Sure because I am in a position to actually make trades for the Tigers.  I can throw out silly trades just like anyone but I have no idea what another team would accept in a trade 

So because I don't come out with some far-fetched fantasy baseball type of trade, Harris must be amazing?  I'm not a mlb GM.  It's not my job to sit and study other team's rosters and call other teams up to find out about their players.  I have no idea what it would have taken to get some players via trade.  But Harris ended up with a guy who had been washed up for 3 years and a guy who had basically a 5.00 era for the last 6 years.  I have no idea how even the most devoted Harris slappies could even defend those deals 

All I know the Tigers went into the season with Trey Sweeney and Jace Jung as the SS-3rd base combo.  Two guys that were obviously not mlb caliber players.  It almost seems like Harris doesn't care about the mlb team because his guys are all in A ball and AA and if the Tigers fail, he'll just say it wasn't his fault because those aren't his guys.  

Edited 9 hours ago by tiger2022

[Sports_Freak]

16 minutes ago, chasfh said:

So, can’t name any genius moves Harris should have made that would have prevented our slide. Got it.

Pay Boyd $30 million for 2 years instead of Cobb $15 million for one season, for starters. I'm sure there were other starting pitchers available that he didn't go after. (Or couldn't)

Be more aggressive with Boras over Bregman. Make an offer in November and give him a week to decide. Turn it down? Find another 3rd baseman. What did we get? Boras dragged his feet and all the other players were signed or already traded. And Harris saying "Oh well, I tried."

Look. I get your opinion. Harris was in charge when we started contending. And we all like being in a division race. But I have to agree with others, Harris didn't really do much to build this roster. So all he had to do was to add a few quality players to the roster full of Avlila's players. And at that he's failed miserably. Sure, give him another off-season to acquire the needed players to get us over the hump. I don't have much faith that he'll be able to but he's our best chance.

[Sports_Freak]

19 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

Sure because I am in a position to actually make trades for the Tigers.  I can throw out silly trades just like anyone but I have no idea what another team would accept in a trade 

So because I don't come out with some far-fetched fantasy baseball type of trade, Harris must be amazing?  I'm not a mlb GM.  It's not my job to sit and study other team's rosters and call other teams up to find out about their players.  I have no idea what it would have taken to get some players via trade.  But Harris ended up with a guy who had been washed up for 3 years and a guy who had basically a 5.00 era for the last 6 years.  I have no idea how even the most devoted Harris slappies could even defend those deals 

All I know the Tigers went into the season with Trey Sweeney and Jace Jung as the SS-3rd base combo.  Two guys that were obviously not mlb caliber players.  It almost seems like Harris doesn't care about the mlb team because his guys are all in A ball and AA and if the Tigers fail, he'll just say it wasn't his fault because those aren't his guys.  

I don't usually agree with negative posts but this one makes sense. If the Tigers slide continues into next season, heads should roll. They prolly won't, but they should.

[Graterol]

So on brand for Team Harris that Rafael Montero is our bullpen hope and loads the bases.

Other than drafting McGonigle, is there a single move he has made that now looks good? I guess Finnigan. Torres looks solid but nowhere near as much of a steal 2 months ago.

Canha, Urshela, Maeda, Brebbia, Cobb, Urquidy, Morton, Paddack, Kahnle, Montero. 

The Flaherty trade is mediocre with Sweeney and Liranzo ****ting the bed.

E Rod fiasco. 

Saying McGonible needs to develop and trotting out negative WAR sweeeeny, if nothing else to do something to show he is trying. Not trying to win now.

Now that we have two full years, not sure his tenure looks great. Too much focus on development for the theoretical future when playoffs are now. Too much of the smartest guy in the room so let’s sign a bunch of cheap **** instead of paying market price for some better talent.