2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[Shelton]

18 minutes ago, chasfh said:

S***! Please tell me these are new City Connects and not standard colored alternates they will be wearing throughout the week at home and on the road.

Oh, who am I kidding? That ship was always going to sail at some point. It's just a bummer that I had to live to see it.

Once the city connects happened, it was already over. We can hope these are limited to west coast road game that start at 10pm eastern. 

[oblong]

It doesn't bother me anymore because the home uniform with the D from the hat, along with the nike logo prominently displayed ruined it.

I didn't like the city connects at first but grew to because it reminded me of summertime Friday nights.

 

[Tiger337]

51 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Yeaaaaah, it's gonna happen, god damn it ...

Although if I am reading the "leak" tweet from the Tigers right, there are going to be two colors, including navy blue.

Well, the traditional look was nice while it lasted, but I guess the kids were always gonna end up winning that battle.

sacrilegious.  

[Ancient Fan]

On 2/9/2026 at 2:39 PM, NorthWoods said:

And really, why not retire?   He had enough $$.   His kid(s) were set.   Why not kick back and enjoy life?

Too many people in this world keep working until they have enough money to splurge in retirement and then either die before they use it or get too old to do all the things they want to.

Life's short man, exit the rat race.

Agree with you 100%. I retired in 2006 at 63. Now, 20 years later and having survived a major heart attack, I don't regret a think.

[Longgone]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

Was Flaherty better? 

Yes, he was, slightly. Much harder to hit. Mize better with the walks. Mize might trend up, but we'll see.

[Ancient Fan]

10 minutes ago, Ancient Fan said:

Agree with you 100%. I retired in 2006 at 63. Now, 20 years later and having survived a major heart attack, I don't regret a thing.

 

[Tiger337]

On 2/9/2026 at 3:39 PM, NorthWoods said:

And really, why not retire?   He had enough $$.   His kid(s) were set.   Why not kick back and enjoy life?

Too many people in this world keep working until they have enough money to splurge in retirement and then either die before they use it or get too old to do all the things they want to.

Life's short man, exit the rat race.

Yes, if you don't like what you are doing or just getting too old to keep up and you have enough money saved to live reasonably comfortably, retirement is a good option.  Many people have been conditioned to believe that work is the most important thing in the world.  It doesn't have to be.  As long as you have family, friends, hobbies, maybe some volunteering to keep you busy and somewhat stimulated, you should be OK without work. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Tiger337

[Sports_Freak]

15 minutes ago, Longgone said:

Yes, he was, slightly. Much harder to hit. Mize better with the walks. Mize might trend up, but we'll see.

We just need to cherry pick stats and point out a few that Jack was better at and then somebody else can find a few Mize was better at. Its just one of the problems with stats, people use a few to bolster an argument. 

Basically, I dont care. I just didn’t like watching Flaherty and wondering which inning he would have a meltdown. He would look great for several innings and then suddenly give up multiple runs. Usually in a close game that would destroy any chance of winning. Mize did start out the season strong and seemed to get weaker deeper into the season. Either tired or just not used to pitching so deep into the season. It seemed like Hinch knew, he pulled him after only a few innings in a playoff game. But I'm really rooting for him to be a solid #3 this season.

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Yeaaaaah, it's gonna happen, god damn it ...

Although if I am reading the "leak" tweet from the Tigers right, there are going to be two colors, including navy blue.

Well, the traditional look was nice while it lasted, but I guess the kids were always gonna end up winning that battle.

They gotta sell more merchandise. Different City Connect uniforms every season from now on?

[Tiger337]

3 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

We just need to cherry pick stats and point out a few that Jack was better at and then somebody else can find a few Mize was better at. Its just one of the problems with stats, people use a few to bolster an argument. 

 

Stats don't cause problems.  People do.  

[chasfh]

Harris fail. 😁 

 

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Harris fail. 😁 

 

How many starting pitchers do you want? We already have about 8 or so. 😅😅

[Edman85]

Alternate the road jerseys all you want. Wear the home whites 81 times per regular season.

[chasfh]

7 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

How many starting pitchers do you want? We already have about 8 or so. 😅😅

I have been repeatedly assured told that you can never have too much starting pitching. I can only assume they mean that "literally" in a literal sense, and not "literally" in a figurative sense.

[Tiger337]

38 minutes ago, Longgone said:

Yes, he was, slightly. Much harder to hit. Mize better with the walks. Mize might trend up, but we'll see.

Right, Flaherty did better in stats which are predictive of future performance including things like stuff+ which attempt to directly measure ability.  

[chasfh]

1 minute ago, Edman85 said:

Alternate the road jerseys all you want. Wear the home whites 81 times per regular season.

Dream on, Eddie. They'd never sell alternates at the Pro Shop on game day that way.

[Longgone]

5 hours ago, tiger2022 said:

Not lazy.  I have better things to do with my life.  I post on here when I am bored.

And if what goes on a Tigers message board is that important in your life, it has been a complete and utter failure.

You know what is a waste of time? Posting bull**** and then doubling down when called on it.

[Jason_R]

Man, this just felt great to hear. Welcome home, brother. 

[IdahoBert]

14 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Man, this just felt great to hear. Welcome home, brother. 

This is really cool thanks for posting. I’m glad how JV said that he was not a “mercenary.” 
 

[Sports_Freak]

16 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Man, this just felt great to hear. Welcome home, brother. 

Maybe he'll let Skubal know how much happier he was playing for the Tigers and how he wished he never would have left? And Skubal will SEE the love a returning hero gets coming back to Detroit? And Skubal will tell Scott Boras to take a hike? 😆

[NorthWoods]

18 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

How about vertically challenged? 

He was a PITA to Tigers fans.   Along with White, Otis, Brett, Cowens, Mayberry.....those Royals teams were GOOD.

[Sports_Freak]

49 minutes ago, Longgone said:

You know what is a waste of time? Posting bull**** and then doubling down when called on it.

Maybe there wasn't people on this message board saying we'll get the same JV as the 2011 JV but I've been hearing some casual fans (and un-informed media) talking with unrealistic expectations. Verlander is 43 years old for goodness sake. He's not a crafty leftie like Professor Rogers was. He'll have flashes of his old self, hopefully. But people who really know the game know not to expect 200 innings with 200 strikeouts.

[NorthWoods]

15 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Maybe he'll let Skubal know how much happier he was playing for the Tigers and how he wished he never would have left? And Skubal will SEE the love a returning hero gets coming back to Detroit? And Skubal will tell Scott Boras to take a hike? 😆

A more likely scenario is Goff getting hurt while the Rams have a down season.....and the Lions trade for Stafford who then leads them to their 1st Super bowl.....IF the Tigers can win a WS with JV in the interim then all the Detroit sports fairy tales will have come true.

[holygoat]

7 hours ago, tiger2022 said:

Obviously, you haven't read some of the posts on here.  

Point me to the posts where someone here states that we just signed prime JV.

[IdahoBert]

9 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Maybe there wasn't people on this message board saying we'll get the same JV as the 2011 JV but I've been hearing some casual fans (and un-informed media) talking with unrealistic expectations. Verlander is 43 years old for goodness sake. He's not a crafty leftie like Professor Rogers was. He'll have flashes of his old self, hopefully. But people who really know the game know not to expect 200 innings with 200 strikeouts.

On social media sites frequented by “the unwashed” there are people who in the past have said they hated Verlander because he left in free agency for more money because they get him mixed up with Max. I suppose people like that are expecting 200 innings.