2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[Sports_Freak]

4 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

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 !!

That all sounds great but what to do with Keith? Give up on him? I think this is the last year for Javy...isn't it? 

[theroundsquare]

no, next year too 

[SoCalTiger]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

That all sounds great but what to do with Keith? Give up on him? I think this is the last year for Javy...isn't it? 

Second base opens next year and 1B/DH. Can always trade him. 

[gehringer_2]

35 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Second base opens next year and 1B/DH. Can always trade him. 

Out of the pool of 4 positions Colt can play - 1b,2b, 3b, DH, it's at least 50/50 one player at those positions will be down at any point in the season to an injury or slump. Or you just give 6 guys 500 AB instead of 5 guys 600 AB. Finding AB for one extra player isn't much of a struggle in 26 man roster.  Now if McKinstry were to hit so well again that they wanted to get him another 450 AB, then it can start getting a little crowded.

[Sports_Freak]

49 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Second base opens next year and 1B/DH. Can always trade him. 

I don't see that happening. Trade low? He's more valuable to us than what we could get in return. Besides, Harris doesn't trade players...

Edited 6 hours ago by Sports_Freak

[Tenacious D]

3 hours ago, SoCalTiger said:

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 !!

Keith is full-time DH this season?

[SoCalTiger]

28 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Keith is full-time DH this season?

Not full time but often plus moving around unless Meadows flames out and Baez moves to CF but even saying that Verling could take center and Perez back up to RF. It's a tough pill once again for Colt but he just seems limited in the field and McGonigle at 3B with Baez/McKinstry at SS is far superior defensively. 

Colt has two problems - Defense and Power. Until one or the other emerges he's the odd man out in my book. 

[1984Echoes]

12 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Not full time but often plus moving around unless Meadows flames out and Baez moves to CF but even saying that Verling could take center and Perez back up to RF. It's a tough pill once again for Colt but he just seems limited in the field and McGonigle at 3B with Baez/McKinstry at SS is far superior defensively. 

Colt has two problems - Defense and Power. Until one or the other emerges he's the odd man out in my book. 

He's also LH'ed and a perfect platoon partner at 1B whilst Tork is struggling at .215 again.

IMO.

[tiger2022]

Colt Keith is just a guy.  He's not awful, he's not good.  He would be the worst starting 1st baseman in the league...low power numbers, mediocre average, and terrible glove.

And there is no way they are going to be moving Mcgonigle around to different positions.  Playing in the majors is tough enough without getting moved back and forth from short to 3rd.  It would seem that Javy will be at short and McGonigle at 3rd.

Meadows has about 30 games left as a Tiger and then he'll be in Toledo and then an ex Tiger