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37 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

(1) Max Clark, Rainer, Cris Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson...

To the Reds for Sal Stewart and Elly De La Cruz.

(2) Liranzo, Valencia and Montero...

To the Royals for Carter Jensen

(3) Kenley Jansen, Kelvis Salcedo and Ben Jacobs...

To the Mets for Luke Weaver and Brooks Raley.

 

New Tigers Roster:

C - Dillon Dingler/ Carter Jensen

1B - Sal Stweart/ Keith/ Jensen

2B - McGonigle/ Lee or Max Anderson

SS - De La Cruz/ McGonigle/ Baez/ McKinstry

3B - Keith/ Vierling/ McKinstry

LF - Greene/ Vierling

CF - Outman/ Baez

RF - Carpenter/ Vierling

DH - whoever needs a half day off

 

Rotation: Skubal/ Mize/ Valdez/ Melton/ Flaherty

Bullpen: (one of Melton or Flaherty moves to the bullpen in the playoffs, add Verlander/ Jobe here if either comes back...). Middle: Drew Anderson, Ty Madden, Brant Hurter. Setup and closer-by-committee: (Jobe/ JV), one of Melton/ Flaherty, Holton, Luke Weaver, Brooks Raley, Brieske, Waguespack, Finnegan... one of Vest or Enmanuel De Jesus if they make it back and another reliever is needed?

I like your idea. I'm wondering if the first trades with the reds is close. I think we'd have to add more though.... But great ideas there for sure.

Posted
1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said:

(1) Max Clark, Rainer, Cris Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson...

To the Reds for Sal Stewart and Elly De La Cruz.

(2) Liranzo, Valencia and Montero...

To the Royals for Carter Jensen

(3) Kenley Jansen, Kelvis Salcedo and Ben Jacobs...

To the Mets for Luke Weaver and Brooks Raley.

 

New Tigers Roster:

C - Dillon Dingler/ Carter Jensen

1B - Sal Stweart/ Keith/ Jensen

2B - McGonigle/ Lee or Max Anderson

SS - De La Cruz/ McGonigle/ Baez/ McKinstry

3B - Keith/ Vierling/ McKinstry

LF - Greene/ Vierling

CF - Outman/ Baez

RF - Carpenter/ Vierling

DH - whoever needs a half day off

 

Rotation: Skubal/ Mize/ Valdez/ Melton/ Flaherty

Bullpen: (one of Melton or Flaherty moves to the bullpen in the playoffs, add Verlander/ Jobe here if either comes back...). Middle: Drew Anderson, Ty Madden, Brant Hurter. Setup and closer-by-committee: (Jobe/ JV), one of Melton/ Flaherty, Holton, Luke Weaver, Brooks Raley, Brieske, Waguespack, Finnegan... one of Vest or Enmanuel De Jesus if they make it back and another reliever is needed?

I love De La Cruz.......but Ranier & Clark?    Can't we sneak Javy in there instead?

Posted
1 hour ago, NorthWoods said:

I love De La Cruz.......but Ranier & Clark?    Can't we sneak Javy in there instead?

That's not going to happen (but you know that... 😉)

Maybe Hao Yu Lee?

(Not as your dreamy Baez inclusion... but as a reality inclusion...?)

Posted
1 hour ago, NorthWoods said:

I love De La Cruz.......but Ranier & Clark?    Can't we sneak Javy in there instead?

There is nothing in it for the Reds to sell off their future by gifting any team Sal Stewart or Elly de la Cruz. That makes sense only to someone with a sixth-grader's understanding of trade dynamics. If I had to guess, they would make Eugenio Suarez, Nathaniel Lowe, Tyler Stephenson, Brock Burke, Caleb Ferguson, Pierce Johnson, or Brady Singer available. None of those guys are part of the Reds' future.

As for the others: Carter Jensen is an everyday catcher. We already have one of those. Plus he is bat first/glove second. Sure don't need one of those.

Luke Weaver and Brooks Raley? Now you have my attention. Especially Weaver. But no way do the Mets take our biggest bullpen problem plus a couple of mopes for even one of them, let alone both.

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Just for grins I ran it thru OOTP-GO. Traded Skubal to the Guardians in exchange for Tanner Bibbi, Gavin Williams and Slade Cecconi. 

Not crazy about trading within the devision but getting 2 serviceable starters and a bullpen arm.

OOTP's AI was not offering much of anything in the way of prospects. No one else was willing to offer up anything as well.

Posted
1 hour ago, chasfh said:

... Sal Stewart or Elly de la Cruz. That makes sense only to someone with a sixth-grader's understanding of trade dynamics...

You're calling me a 6th grader?

Posted
1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said:

You're calling me a 6th grader?

I don’t know. Does it make sense to you that a team would trade away their now-and-future stars while taking on your team’s problem player? 😉 

Posted
1 hour ago, chasfh said:

I don’t know. Does it make sense to you that a team would trade away their now-and-future stars while taking on your team’s problem player? 😉 

Do you NOT realize that this thread is for Kicks and Giggles? It's in the title.

We're just goofing off in here.

But if you want to take this seriously and call me a 6th grader...

I can respond in kind if this is the path you want to take.

PS: Bryce Rainer, Cris Rodriguez, and Max Clark are futures players. Tork is simply a stop gap that we will need to require moving because we're up against the tax. Does it make sense for them...? Absolutely not.

But...

We're just goofing off in here.

Posted
18 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

Do you NOT realize that this thread is for Kicks and Giggles? It's in the title.

We're just goofing off in here.

But if you want to take this seriously and call me a 6th grader...

I can respond in kind if this is the path you want to take.

PS: Bryce Rainer, Cris Rodriguez, and Max Clark are futures players. Tork is simply a stop gap that we will need to require moving because we're up against the tax. Does it make sense for them...? Absolutely not.

But...

We're just goofing off in here.

I’m telling my mom you’re being mean.

Posted
On 7/17/2026 at 12:17 PM, Tenacious D said:

Heck, I’ll go.

Skubal for the Colorado Rockies roster.  Who says no?

Reminiscent of Trader Jack offering Jerry West the Pistons entire roster for the rights to their 1st round draft pick Magic Johnson 

Posted (edited)

Tarik Skubal straight up for Mason Miller. I doubt SD would do it, but I would entertain it if I were Harris. Then try to retain Mize and hope most of Melton, Jobe, Mize and eventually Olson remain healthy going forward. And it addresses their biggest need for the remainder of 2026

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Posted
6 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

Tarik Skubal straight up for Mason Miller. I doubt SD would do it, but I would entertain it if I were Harris. Then try to retain Mize and hope most of Melton, Jobe, Mize and eventually Olson remain healthy going forward. And it addresses their biggest need for the remainder of 2026

That would be a big help for the Tigers.

Posted
2 hours ago, papalawrence said:

Tarik Skubal straight up for Mason Miller. I doubt SD would do it, but I would entertain it if I were Harris. Then try to retain Mize and hope most of Melton, Jobe, Mize and eventually Olson remain healthy going forward. And it addresses their biggest need for the remainder of 2026

I don't know if you were blowing smoke or not. But that might be really interesting.... https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trade-deadline-2026-interesting-bubble-teams even can hint at it if you look close enough. 

Posted
On 7/19/2026 at 9:20 AM, papalawrence said:

Tarik Skubal straight up for Mason Miller. I doubt SD would do it, but I would entertain it if I were Harris. Then try to retain Mize and hope most of Melton, Jobe, Mize and eventually Olson remain healthy going forward. And it addresses their biggest need for the remainder of 2026

Padres are looking to cut payroll. They would not take on two months of Skubal and his salary for cost-controlled Miller, especially after they unloaded their prospects to get him.

Maybe adding Carpenter and Tatis might make it more palatable.

Posted
22 minutes ago, AlaskanTigersFan said:

Sticking to this thread..... Luis Robert is garnering trade interest. If we do end up going for it, what about a Max Anderson for Robert type deal? Who says no there?

Tigers..    Unless they've shipped a ton of salary out elsewhere.

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25 minutes ago, AlaskanTigersFan said:

Sticking to this thread..... Luis Robert is garnering trade interest. If we do end up going for it, what about a Max Anderson for Robert type deal? Who says no there?

Why would they want Robert? I mean, they could bring up Clark and he'd hit better than  .211 and play better defense.

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