2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[Tigermojo]

11 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

So...

Worth a shot in spring training.

If nothing else he can be a 6th/7th/8th starter for Detroit (in Toledo) pending 2026 seasonal/ injury needs.

I don't see anything about a minor league salary option like Manuel Margot signed last year.  They have to pay $7 million and I think he would have to agree to go to the minors (Maeda did for rehab). Just because they want him to start doesn't mean he can't be put in the bullpen. 

The option could be interesting in 2027 with a few starters as potential free agents. 

[Tenacious D]

2 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

Anderson $7 million with a $10 million team option for '27.

Way more than I would have thought.  That’s a good thing—must have been a market for him. 

[casimir]

2 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

Anderson $7 million with a $10 million team option for '27.

Wow, that seems surprising to me.

[papalawrence]

9 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Way more than I would have thought.  That’s a good thing—must have been a market for him. 

Maybe, hopefully. Last year Harris offered Cobb 15 right out of the gate. I highly doubt any other team offered him anything close. Harris showed a history of going in with an offer he sees as market rate and he's been off before

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tigermojo said:

and the familiarity and the foundation of innings, that he can be a real addition to our team,” Harris said. “We’re really excited to add him.”

slipping in a little DD speak!

[1984Echoes]

56 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

I don't see anything about a minor league salary option like Manuel Margot signed last year.  They have to pay $7 million and I think he would have to agree to go to the minors (Maeda did for rehab). Just because they want him to start doesn't mean he can't be put in the bullpen. 

The option could be interesting in 2027 with a few starters as potential free agents. 

OK I can concede that.

But even if it's bullpen, I don't think it would be pure bullpen.

I think it would veer more towards long man/6th starter when needed, or to cover a missed start or a few... So at least partially a starter...

But just guessing here...

[Tiger337]

That's a lot for Anderson.  The Tigers invited him to Spring training in 2024 and he didn't make the team, so they must really see some tangible changes in the way he pitches.  

[1984Echoes]

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

That's a lot for Anderson.  The Tigers invited him to Spring training in 2024 and he didn't make the team, so they must really see some tangible changes in the way he pitches.  

They commented specifically on that.

He added a pretty effective change-up (I mean, for Korea) that they liked... And I think improved his command and is missing more bats with the combo...

We'll see how he does coming back to the U.S. soon enough.

 

[Tiger337]

4 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

They commented specifically on that.

He added a pretty effective change-up (I mean, for Korea) that they liked... And I think improved his command and is missing more bats with the combo...

We'll see how he does coming back to the U.S. soon enough.

 

We will see how that translates to the United States.  I am not expecting much, so anything he adds will be a bonus.  

[IdahoBert]

Saw on the MLB app on my phone that Harris said there were “no untouchables” on this team and that he’ll act with “due diligence” and listen. I’m still not expecting earthshaking changes but whatever.

Maybe the “college boy“ routine is a cover up for the fact that he can get tough the way that other “college boy” Michael Corleone did. It would be exciting to see him do something stupendous.

I think this may qualify as being “optimistic.”

[gehringer_2]

9 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

said there were “no untouchables” on this team

If a big trade is going to work, I think it has to be multiple teams - like the Ganderson/Scherzer deal. That's how you can square the circle between the Tigers wanting ML players or at least ML ready players back but the shoppers who are contenders who want a Carpenter or Mize or Greene or even Skubal want to offer prospects back. But engineering a 3 way trade is going to be quite the leap from a guy who has hardly dipped his toes into serious trade waters since he's been here.

[IdahoBert]

23 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

But engineering a 3 way trade is going to be quite the leap from a guy who has hardly dipped his toes into serious trade waters since he's been here.

I am looking forward to a screaming headline mentioning SCOTT HARRIS and 3-WAY together to see how adroitly it’s handled given the fact that proofreading is a lost art in journalism. 

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, IdahoBert said:

I am looking forward to a screaming headline mentioning SCOTT HARRIS and 3-WAY together to see how adroitly it’s handled given the fact that proofreading is a lost art in journalism. 

It's only a shame for the sake of your headline that it's unlikely the team from Minnesota will be involved....

[papalawrence]

In Harris' briefing he mentioned not bringing in free agents that will block young players. Per free press interest in Bregman is "low." I interpret that as no big splashes. Probably Keith at 3rd, Javy at SS. One of Lee or Anderson is probably on the team. I still expect a couple new relief pitchers (or one and Finnegan). Hoping one of King or Gallen or similar will be added to SP rotation. But I will temper expectations and expect Harris to mostly run it back.

[chasfh]

Harris did say on the Network yesterday that he has some holes to fill on the roster.

 

[Edman85]

Why is "college boy" being used as a pejorative?

Edited Tuesday at 12:33 PM by Edman85

[romad1]

6 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

Why is "college boy" being used as a pejorative?

Yeah, boo!  

 

 

[kdog]

They have no starting pitching signed beyond 2026 and nothing in the high minors. It's both a short and long term need. I don't get how waiver claims and minor league signings is the way to go.

I don't see any swing and miss bullpen guys in the minors either. Just a strange way to build a major league team. They just roster hoard and think that they will win on the margins. The 'on the margins' moves like short term pitching contracts have been epic wastes of money..I just don't get it.

[IdahoBert]

“College Boy” is just a way of making fun of people who disparage education as a mark of inauthenticity although they would scratch their heads at the use of the term “inauthenticity” and utter resentful banalities about “the wisdom of the common man” being slandered. They’re the same people who are against the practice of the term “doctor“ being used for anyone except a male MD.

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, Edman85 said:

Why is "college boy" being used as a pejorative?

What does pejorative even mean?  Shut up college boy.  

[romad1]

13 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

“College Boy” is just a way of making fun of people who disparage education as a mark of inauthenticity although they would scratch their heads at the use of the term “inauthenticity” and utter resentful banalities about “the wisdom of the common man” being slandered. They’re the same people who are against the practice of the term “doctor“ being used for anyone except a male MD.

Nixon used it against the cowardly East coast establishment who went to the Ivys.  It sold well to the hard scabble middle class.  His Midwestern VP who went to a B1G school was the one who refused to back the RVN against the NVA but probably because he didn't want riots. 

Edited Tuesday at 02:21 PM by romad1

[papalawrence]

55 minutes ago, kdog said:

They have no starting pitching signed beyond 2026 and nothing in the high minors. It's both a short and long term need. I don't get how waiver claims and minor league signings is the way to go.

I don't see any swing and miss bullpen guys in the minors either. Just a strange way to build a major league team. They just roster hoard and think that they will win on the margins. The 'on the margins' moves like short term pitching contracts have been epic wastes of money..I just don't get it.

True, but they do have Olson, Jobe, Melton,  Gibson-Long and Montero under team control. But I do agree, without additions there could be a significant step backwards

[kdog]

And if you're a long view guy, then you have to be consistently churning the roster with trades. 

There is a business reason to hold on to Skubal for another year. If they trade him now, it will be disaster at the box office.

[gehringer_2]

7 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

True, but they do have Olson, Jobe, Melton,  Gibson-Long and Montero under team control. But I do agree, without additions there could be a significant step backwards

Montero is going to be an innings eater at best, still not clear SGL's stuff is going to play in the majors like it did at AAA, assuming he can stay on the field. Melton is unproven. There are lot of eggs being carried in the Jobe and Olson baskets. Might work out, but that's not  much depth given the rate of pitcher wastage.

[Shinzaki]

Do breaking balls spin in the opposite direction in Asia? 

Edited Tuesday at 03:01 PM by Shinzaki