2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[Sports_Freak]

12 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

The Tigers signed Connor Seabold to a split MLB contract.  Lifetime 7.79 ERA and 2 HR per 9 innings.  

Brieske to the 60-day IL.   

Seabold has no options left. We can't send him to the minors without exposing him to waivers and we had to add him to our 40 man roster. Really??

[gehringer_2]

his ST numbers with the Jays are busy if nothing else. 13K in 6 2/3 IP but also 7 hits, 4BB and 3 HB!  

[NorthWoods]

16 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

his ST numbers with the Jays are busy if nothing else. 13K in 6 2/3 IP but also 7 hits, 4BB and 3 HB!  

So he adds excitement to games!!

[roarintiger1]

7 minutes ago, NorthWoods said:

So he adds excitement to games!!

So, will he be summoned to provide the retaliation pitch when McGonigle gets hit by a pitch?  

[diaspora04]

13 minutes ago, roarintiger1 said:

So, will he be summoned to provide the retaliation pitch when McGonigle gets hit by a pitch?  

Regrettably, Probert, who would thrive in that role, has passed.

[Tenacious D]

4 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Seabold has no options left. We can't send him to the minors without exposing him to waivers and we had to add him to our 40 man roster. Really??

It’s the Harris playbook.  He’ll try to successfully slip him through waivers when they add someone like McGonigle to the 40 man.  He’s been successful before with this strategy.

[monkeytargets39]

4 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Seabold has no options left. We can't send him to the minors without exposing him to waivers and we had to add him to our 40 man roster. Really??

So we will just expose him to waivers.  

[Tenacious D]

20 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

So we will just expose him to waivers.  

And he’ll pass through successfully, likely.

[KL2]

21 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

So we will just expose him to waivers.  

Dont think losing a journeyman with a 7 era will be that hard to swallow

 

[gehringer_2]

6 minutes ago, KL2 said:

Dont think losing a journeyman with a 7 era will be that hard to swallow

 

but he's remade himself, doncha know?

[kdog]

Max Anderson, John Peck, Tomás Nido, Burch Smith, Sean Guenther, Ricky Vanasco reassigned to minor-league camp.

Edited 3 hours ago by kdog

[theroundsquare]

so the OF is Greene, Meadows, Vierling, Carpenter sometimes, and Jones sometimes, I guess

[theroundsquare]

And Javy sometimes 

[romad1]

Wencel will be back.  

[Tenacious D]

Where does McGonigle and Keith play?  I’d be surprised if they made a rookie bounce between SS and 3B. If he’s 3B, is Keith mostly a DH?

[monkeytargets39]

14 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Where does McGonigle and Keith play?  I’d be surprised if they made a rookie bounce between SS and 3B. If he’s 3B, is Keith mostly a DH?

I’d prefer to see Javy and Meadows platoon CF, Keith at 3B and McG at SS.  Vierling the typical RF and Carpenter the typical DH.  (Or rotate it and let Riley be the DH every few days)

Then you can mix it up a bit and have McKinstry at 3B, Carpenter in RF and Keith DH against back of the rotation RHPs.

With McGonigles skill set, you play him every day or why bother having him on the roster.

Edited 2 hours ago by monkeytargets39

[Tigermojo]

Knowing Hinch, there will be about 140 different lineups.

[1984Echoes]

32 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Where does McGonigle and Keith play?  I’d be surprised if they made a rookie bounce between SS and 3B. If he’s 3B, is Keith mostly a DH?

I think McGonigle is mostly SS and Keith mostly 3B.

I think it was just spring training "let's try him out here just in case"... which will only come into a play in the regular season if a problem or injury occurs.

IMO.

[1984Echoes]

21 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

I’d prefer to see Javy and Meadows platoon CF, Keith at 3B and McG at SS.  Vierling the typical RF and Carpenter the typical DH.  (Or rotate it and let Riley be the DH every few days)...

This.

Vierling at 3B if they wanna sit Keith for a day against some LH'ers...

[gehringer_2]

49 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Where does McGonigle and Keith play?  I’d be surprised if they made a rookie bounce between SS and 3B. If he’s 3B, is Keith mostly a DH?

I think McG is going to his main time at 3b. He has played the position well, has a good arm. 

Against a tough RHP, Javy sits, McG goes to short, Keith to 3rd, or they sit Tork and Keith goes to 1st. Colt is pretty much the only other guy on the team now who plays 1st at all. Or they sit Tork and and Javy and go with Colt, , Gleyber, McK, McG, 

And everybody rotates through DH.

With Vierling healthy, when they sit Parker against LHP matt probably gets those PA and Javy stays at short.

Edited 1 hour ago by gehringer_2

[gehringer_2]

31 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Knowing Hinch, there will be about 140 different lineups.

this, all the way.

[gehringer_2]

17 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

I think McGonigle is mostly SS and Keith mostly 3B.

I think it was just spring training "let's try him out here just in case"... which will only come into a play in the regular season if a problem or injury occurs.

IMO.

well see 84. I'm going to put my money the other way. I like what I've seen from McG at 3b a lot, and Javy can still pick it at SS.

[SoCalTiger]

14 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

This.

Vierling at 3B if they wanna sit Keith for a day against some LH'ers...

I don't think Verling will play 3B this season in deffrence to his arm recovering.

[Sports_Freak]

2 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

So we will just expose him to waivers.  

I guess we don't need the 40 man roster spot?

[SoCalTiger]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

well see 84. I'm going to put my money the other way. I like what I've seen from McG at 3b a lot, and Javy can still pick it at SS.

I agree. In fact he will always play the left side even when Torre is gone. Both positions are hard to fill so he will take one of them and he seems a natural at 3B. I think he will out hit Bregman playing third this season. The kid's  a freak unicorn. 

I still like Peck for shortstop or of course Rainer. Farm system  making bank !!