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Sure... that's probably true... But he was just barely above Mendoza until hitting Erie last year so visions of Rey Rivera were dancing in our heads which might lead to that kind of discouragement/ thinking...

I don't know if you would know this... But before 2022, how close was the Tigers Org to giving up on Parker? Any idea on their thinking?

I'm guessing that's a hobby, not a philosophy.

Maybe just... motivation?

This (bolded) can NOT be the case. They already attempted to bring him back next year, at a lower cost. That means they made some kind of monetary offer to him for next year, even if they couldn't agree on his value. That immediately moots the possibility that they think his chronic injury is a problem. No one is going to try and bring back a player they are certain will deteriorate, off of a recent terrible performance year... at any cost.

Yeah... I mean, I was puzzled too as you can tell by my earlier posts on Candy... I wanted him tendered instead of Non... Just hewing to my usual optimism and looking for that silver lining. I'm hoping it's more a "prove it to us" offer level rather than a "we know we can get you cheap" offer... It doesn't bother me if they think he "could" get back to a 2 win or better guy but they feel that Candy has to be motivated to achieve that and therefore a "prove it" offer instead... I don't know, just fishing...

The alternative theory is that Harris is applying a specific $-value to projected performance, and sticking to it. It may not be perfect... and can lead to the charges you have levied... but I think in the long-term, it bodes well for the Org in not overpaying so often for underperformance...

I'm already on board with that... It'll just be for 1 year so...

I'm hoping it is simply "thinking too much" and the new hitting staff will find some way to get him to relax at the plate and start hitting easy FB's...

Which... Correct me if I'm wrong here... Shouldn't the Dems be broadcasting loudly and clearly that they will put their full weight (100% of their votes) behind any speaker candidate that isn't a partisan hack? Doesn't that give a huge boost to centrist/ moderate/ establishment Republicans to attempt going that route? It might not succeed... but I'd be broadcasting it if I were the Dems to see what may or may not open up with that volley...

This was my take from that list... A lot of Avila-detritus non-tenders

Jason Cabinda... I want to keeeeeeeeeell you.

and Seider is trying to break out of his slow start with 3 assists tonight...

Yeah, I'm not afraid of tree limbs... So I'm going for broke on this one... 😉

Just to put a nail in the coffin... Musk is going to announce a merger with (Not-)Truth Social on Monday... (just guessing...)

Too bad Derek Hill and Daz Cameron both flopped miserably... (ducks after mentioning 2 former Tigers unmentionables...)

Yeah I got that part... Hard to just put "37" in sarcasm brackets though...

I don't think it's the Ukrainians... I think it's Russian Revolutionaries...

PS: I want Wembanyama.

I guess the silver lining here would be that the ball should be in Ivey's hands.. a lot. I think the pressure for wins just went to about zero... so all Ivey needs to do is learn and improve. On that note... I'm ready to remove Bey and Stewart from the starting lineup as all they'll do is take the ball out of Ivey's hands and do very little on offense in the process. They'll end up with starters' minutes anyways at 30-35 per game, even if they aren't starting. surround Ivey with shooters (Burks, Livers and Bojan) and a rim-attacking big (Duren)... This will be a "learning year" anyways so it doesn't matter who's in the starting lineup... even a bunch of kids... Put Bey & Stewart together with Killian, add whatever shooting guard is still healthy, and either match-up driven Bagley (offense) or Noel (defense), and the second unit should be good enough... with Bey and Stewart supporting the starters with minutes as needed...

That's a guy I could take a chance on... Even if he just ends up as a placeholder or backup for those spots...

It wouldn't bother me if the Tigers sign him back at a lower contract, say $4-ish (+/-) mill... I don't consider that a problem with spending money on him (the tender versus non-tender) but rather management putting a dollar value on a player and sticking to it. I'm probably a little more Chicken Little on that and would be more afraid of leaving a hole there than overpaying Candy for 1 year... I would have tendered him. But I'm not going to squawk pending: Getting Candy back at a lower cost, OR finding a better solution some way, somehow.... I'll wait to see what Harris comes up with...

I think that's exactly why he declared... so soon.

I believe this is still a straight up intelligence failure. You can add all the nuances that you want to... And I don't disagree with anything you said. I would even boil it down to a very simple point: The Afghan military lacked the courage to fight for their country. Now, you could list the underlying causes as a lack of air support, lack of fallback safety zone (I disagree with that, if you want your country, you don't drop your weapons and retreat, you stand your ground. And most of Northeast Afghanistan is ethnic Tadjik... they shouldn't back down in their own territory...), it could be an overwhelming sense of fear of the Taliban, or of inevitability... But as for the intelligence point: It can NOT just be technical capabilities analysis. It HAS to include fighting spirit or heart or whatever you want to call it. If US Intelligence never takes the temperature of the population... then how the F can they make any judgement calls on the success or failure of any military opponent or ally? There's something wrong with them if they are overlooking that. And I think they did that with Ukraine as well. Before the war even started I said Ukraine would fight tooth and nail against the Russians. They weren't going to give up damn anything without throwing everything they had to stop them. I have a small inkling of the Ukrainian mindset due to... well, a few factors... I may have exaggerated stating that every man, woman, and child hated Russia and would fight against them but... not by a whole lot. But US Intelligence believes they would lose within a week? They need to start evaluating mindsets and emotional and intellectual competencies and national "spirit", if you will... Just my 2 cents...

Right. Miggy is legacy and a HOF player. I don't believe we have any other albatross contracts. Certainly not any 1 year arbitration deals. I mean, unless Eduardo or Baez implodes... But... if we got a better player than Candy he'd be dumped (trade or whatever) post haste with no second thoughts. As Lee said, our payroll is too low to care about saving any money. I firmly believe that cost has no bearing on the 2023 Tigers. Unless Ilitch says no to a Correa contract because $50 mill per year is just too much... Otherwise... 2023 is not about the money, it's all about finding better players for each 40-man spot that we are able to...