2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[1984Echoes]

5 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

There is a fascinating thing people here do, and that is projecting their opinion on Scott Harris. e.g. "I think Harris would like (player I like)."

It is kinda funny once you see it once, like the beat guys loving on former Tigers.

Since Harris made an actual offer to Bregman last year...

There is some reality to that projection.

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

There is a fascinating thing people here do, and that is projecting their opinion on Scott Harris. e.g. "I think Harris would like (player I like)."

It is kinda funny once you see it once, like the beat guys loving on former Tigers.

well, it's not like Harris has made a secret of the things he says he look for in a player, so it's not that much of jump to say a certain guy fits the profile he professes to prefer more than another guy. But issue is that all that idealized preference stuff has a tendency to get pushed to the side when faced with what you actually need vs who you can actually get. Or it's 50/50 at best. Gleyber is the kind of hitter Harris says he likes, though he did not have any rep as a good fielder (another supposed Harris priority) when he signed him.

[RatkoVarda]

Lange DFA'ed

[gehringer_2]

5 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Lange DFA'ed

guess the docs didn't manage to  fix him

Edited 8 hours ago by gehringer_2

[Tigermojo]

Harris will most likely just go with the kids. McGonigle and Clark are going to fit right in with the baserunning strategy for years to come. I'm excited to see what they do but I know hitting will be a challenge at the MLB level.

[Tiger337]

32 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

There is a fascinating thing people here do, and that is projecting their opinion on Scott Harris. e.g. "I think Harris would like (player I like)."

It is kinda funny once you see it once, like the beat guys loving on former Tigers.

What I see more often is people explaining why Harris or Ilitch won't like any player and how no player will want to play for the Tigers so it doen't matter anyway.   

Edited 8 hours ago by Tiger337

[Tigermojo]

4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

guess the docs didn't manage to  fix him

Another guy who is suddenly 30 and due for a raise in his first year of arbitration eligibility. Probably not a big raise but not worth the risk I guess. Control the zone or else!

[ICroupier]

35 minutes ago, roarintiger1 said:

I'll predict he is not even considering Detroit as a destination.   

 Completely agree

[Shinzaki]

Max Anderson may turn out to be Bo Bichette..only at 2nd or 3rd

[RatkoVarda]

30 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Max Anderson may turn out to be Bo Bichette..only at 2nd or 3rd

might be Scott Sizemore also

Edited 7 hours ago by RatkoVarda

[Shinzaki]

3 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

might be Scott Sizemore also

Hater...

[Tenacious D]

7 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

McGonigle may not be a perfect-fielding SS...

But is he any worse than Bichette?

So...

If the team actually believes McGonigle is ready for MLB... then Bregman is the better fit. And, we still have Baez and McKinstry so, IMO, SS really is covered.

I see McGonigle at 2B if Torres leaves or 3B if he stays.  Adding Bichette and McGonigle’s bats should be an upgrade to our lineup.

Odd man out?  Colt Keith, though he could end up at DH

[RatkoVarda]

adding 2 rookies and a healthy Vierling to last year's blah lineup is good; but not enough

[1984Echoes]

42 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

I see McGonigle at 2B if Torres leaves or 3B if he stays.  Adding Bichette and McGonigle’s bats should be an upgrade to our lineup.

Odd man out?  Colt Keith, though he could end up at DH

Right...

But my point was that McGonigle may be a better fielder at SS than Bichette (I don't know the answer to that).

So it might have to be Bichette that is OK with sliding to 3B if McGonigle is up in Detroit and proves to be the better fielding SS.

[papalawrence]

Lange dfa'd 

[4hzglory]

18 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

Lange dfa'd 

Everyone is missing the main part of this transaction, we claimed Dugan Darnell  

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/darnedu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&utm_campaign=2025-11-12_br

[Tigermojo]

20 minutes ago, 4hzglory said:

Everyone is missing the main part of this transaction, we claimed Dugan Darnell  

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/darnedu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&utm_campaign=2025-11-12_br

Probably try to pass him through waivers like Pittsburgh failed to do.

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, Edman85 said:

There is a fascinating thing people here do, and that is projecting their opinion on Scott Harris. e.g. "I think Harris would like (player I like)."

It is kinda funny once you see it once, like the beat guys loving on former Tigers.

Yeah, it is pretty ridiculous, especially considering that everyone knows Scott Harris is going to do exactly what I believe is right for the team. 😉😁

Edited 5 hours ago by chasfh

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

guess the docs didn't manage to  fix him

Or he’s just plain unfixable.

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Tenacious D said:

I see McGonigle at 2B if Torres leaves or 3B if he stays.  Adding Bichette and McGonigle’s bats should be an upgrade to our lineup.

Odd man out?  Colt Keith, though he could end up at DH

I don’t think the Tigers will be bailing on 1.5 WAR 107 OPS+ third baseman Colt Keith just yet.

[Edman85]

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

I see McGonigle at 2B if Torres leaves or 3B if he stays.  Adding Bichette and McGonigle’s bats should be an upgrade to our lineup.

Odd man out?  Colt Keith, though he could end up at DH

Coming up on year four of the Harris regime and we are still assuming just nine regular position players?

[Tiger337]

57 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Or he’s just plain unfixable.

He always walked too many batters.  

[chasfh]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

He always walked too many batters.  

Yes, and I would posit that most guys with a habit of walking world can’t be simply coached out of it. 

[chasfh]

Tarik Skubal is being interviewed on MLB Network’s Cy Young Award show and oh my God does he have a hickey??

 

[Tigermojo]