2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[gehringer_2]

10 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

True, but that would place a ton of pressure going into 2027, with Skubal, Mize and Flaherty all likely leaving. I still think Harris will add a SP on a 2 yr deal, perhaps with an option on year 2. But I do agree, 2026 seems stocked enough to head into the season

If you don't think you have too much starting pitching, you probably don't have enough. 

[Tiger337]

 

6 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

If you don't think you have too much starting pitching, you probably don't have enough. 

And if you do think you have too much, you still probably don't have enough.   

[chasfh]

Nobody has enough.

[Tiger337]

26 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Nobody has enough.

Baseball's trueist truism.  

[Tenacious D]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Nobody has enough.

Kind of like Doritos 

[casimir]

22 hours ago, chasfh said:

I guess if what we see with those guys is what we get and they’re not going to get any better this year, then yeah, we could use Bassitt if he would ever consider coming here.

I think I would trust Bassitt to pitch more quality innings than Olson, Anderson, Madden, Melton, Montero, and Gipson-Long combined.

[casimir]

12 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

 

And if you do think you have too much, you still probably don't have enough.   

TINSTAEQSP.

[Edman85]

I... cooked up a theory after seeing the Dodgers remaining draft picks.

 

https://bsky.app/profile/ebajek85.bsky.social/post/3mck2emt7dc2i

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Kind of like Doritos 

Except they’ll make more.

[chasfh]

58 minutes ago, casimir said:

I think I would trust Bassitt to pitch more quality innings than Olson, Anderson, Madden, Melton, Montero, and Gipson-Long combined.

Maybe. I think it’s not a bad bet that one of those six will be better than Bassitt, though. Melton may be the best bet, Olson if he can stay heathy, Anderson as a wild card, SGL as a dark horse.

[Tiger337]

58 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Maybe. I think it’s not a bad bet that one of those six will be better than Bassitt, though. Melton may be the best bet, Olson if he can stay heathy, Anderson as a wild card, SGL as a dark horse.

It would still be a good signing unless two of them are better than Bassitt.  

[chasfh]

45 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

It would still be a good signing unless two of them are better than Bassitt.  

I'm not at all saying I would not want to sign Bassitt, but I will say I think the Tigers won't sign Bassitt and that Bassitt probably wouldn't choose to come here, unless his market dries up.

[Tiger337]

18 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I'm not at all saying I would not want to sign Bassitt, but I will say I think the Tigers won't sign Bassitt and that Bassitt probably wouldn't choose to come here, unless his market dries up.

You say that about every player though.  😀

[theroundsquare]

bo bichette a met, offseason not done yet, i bet

[tiger2022]

Tucker is a good player, but wow.  Just wow.

He's pretty much Bobby Bonilla at the plate except Tucker plays in a juiced ball era.  

Edited 13 hours ago by tiger2022

[chasfh]

4 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

You say that about every player though.  😀

Just about every good player who has options to sign with any of the top eight teams in baseball, yes, I do.

[Tiger337]

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Just about every good player who has options to sign with any of the top eight teams in baseball, yes, I do.

Bassitt is not exactly a premiere free agent, not at his age.  He's not getting 9 figures.  He'll likely take the best offer he gets even if it's the Tigers.  

[Tenacious D]

No one would ever come to the Tigers.

[tiger2022]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

Bassitt is not exactly a premiere free agent, not at his age.  He's not getting 9 figures.  He'll likely take the best offer he gets even if it's the Tigers.  

No one is giving Bassitt $100 million.

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

No one would ever come to the Tigers.

Once they come to Detroit, they seem to want to stay - Flaherty, Torres, Finnegan.  So, it must not be be such a terrible place to play.  

[Tenacious D]

Just now, Tiger337 said:

Once they come to Detroit, they seem to want to stay - Flaherty, Torres, Finnegan.  So, it must not be be such a terrible place to play.  

Don’t believe it.

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Bassitt is not exactly a premiere free agent, not at his age.  He's not getting 9 figures.  He'll likely take the best offer he gets even if it's the Tigers.  

I agree that Bassitt is not a premier free agent and he will not get nine figures. I also believe if hypothetically the Tigers offered him 2/30 and any of the usual suspects offered him 2/28, he'd take the 2/28. I think in a case like that, we'd have to go way bigger, something like 2/35 or better, to win him.

[chasfh]

36 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Once they come to Detroit, they seem to want to stay - Flaherty, Torres, Finnegan.  So, it must not be be such a terrible place to play.  

You're right. It's not a terrible place to play.

[casimir]

48 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I agree that Bassitt is not a premier free agent and he will not get nine figures. I also believe if hypothetically the Tigers offered him 2/30 and any of the usual suspects offered him 2/28, he'd take the 2/28. I think in a case like that, we'd have to go way bigger, something like 2/35 or better, to win him.

I’m fine with 2/$35M.  Can we move this forward, please?

[Edman85]

I would bet the next MLB signing isn't until February when you can just 60-Day Jobe and not make a 40-man roster move. Every 40-man move now hurts, and unless you are shopping at the top of the market, there's diminishing returns. Unless, the free agents force your hand...