1984Echoes

Let's go Brandon!!! Keep kicking Republican Red-asses!!!

Absolutely. I think that 10 years $350mm suggested is the real starting place...

I think he falls in the range of our second 1st rounder because of this. But... we'll see...

He's still on the 40 so they have to make that move. But yeah, I think he is likeliest gone.

Yeah that's what I was thinking... letting the bill pass... and then registering dissenting or protest votes at the end...

Are we talking Spencer Turnbull? Or Tarik Skubal? Or Tyler Alexander? Matt Manning? Derek Hill? Greg Soto? Kyle Funkhauser? Dillon Dingler? I'm a little unclear on this...

There's one thing that you are also overlooking Sabre (and those believing we need to sign two SP's which... we WON'T, book it): Trading for another starter at the trade deadline. If it's an absolute must at the deadline, then maybe. But I still don't think we'll do that, because: The Org will rely on Wentz coming up by the deadline or Boyd coming back. They will look at other internal options prior to that: Like Alexander, Fulmer, Faedo, etc... I'm sorry... but the Tigers are NOT signing two average or better SP's this offseason. You can be as upset as you want to be. It's just not going to happen. Any pitcher we sign beyond one good SP will be suspect/ AAAA/ on a minor-league deal/ Teheran recovery types/ etc. Which is not a bad gamble to take on those types, and they CAN fill in some needed innings...

I'm going to guess that they are probably going to hold onto one of Greiner or Garneau (and Garneau I think is the correct guess here...) and release the other guy. I don't think they need both. Or will be willing to keep the roster spot/ pay the man his money.... both.

Expected.

3) Carlos Correa and one of Gausman/ Verlander/ Scherzer (unlikely)/ Wood/ McHugh. 3a) Plus (2) Teheran/ Peralta types for AAA. Oh... and maybe (1) Reliever. I'd really like to get Knebel back here... That's it.

Mize and Skubal pitched 150 innings each in 2021. That 165 inn's each projection is wrong. It's 180 inn's each for a total of 360 innings.

Wily Peralta and Julio Teheran.

Hah! Of course!!!

No during this offseason. Maybe at the trade deadline. But if we're competing for a playoff spot probably not. Daz Cameron or Reyes would have to be able to push him out of his spot and I see that as unlikely.

So lets never sign a FA.

That's 4/5ths of a starting rotation. Leaving only 1 spot to fill.

If you sign one of Wood-Gausman-Verlander... Our rotation is Mize-Skubal-Verlander-Manning (just to insert a name...) Whoever we sign is immediately at least a #3 for us and Manning is now at the back end (4th/5th starter). Who else at the back end? I predict signings like Peralta/ Teheran, plus competition from Alexander, Wentz & Faedo for the 5th spot. In 2023 it's Mize-Skubal-Turnbull-Manning plus 5th spot. Which would include JV/ Wood/ Gausman if they are signed to more than 1 year...

Signing almost ANY FA SS will VASTLY improve the defense. Bringing up Tork to play 1B and leaving Schoop at 2B and Cabrera 90% at DH will vastly improve the defense. Hill getting a lot more CF play and Greene in CF or RF will vastly improve the defense. Replacing Ramos & other catching weak links with Barnhart will vastly improve the defense. What exactly are you looking at that you don't see much improvement from the defense?

I'll add him to my top 5 list.

And I'll bet they are all (well, maybe > 95%) unvaccinated. You reap what you sow.

That actually helps out this country immensely. Republicans would rather F this country over than do the right thing. Except those few Republican/ bipartisan votes that decided to actually do the right thing. I'm fed up with the F'ing obstructionism. Quit playing horseshit partisan politics and get this country MOVING in the right direction! (That would be called setting us up for success, now and in the future, and enough of the freaking culture war BS!!!)

I would be perfectly fine with that.

Trump raised our debt from $19 Trillion to $27 Trillion. But Republicans most CERTAINLY don't want to talk about THAT...! Amirite?

Plus this. We've already increased cooperation with India, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, etc... Keep pushing the collective economic and security options in the area...

On a more serious note... Permanently place an American carrier or battleship group at Port (Kaohsiung? Or at a lesser, less commercial port?) in Taiwan. Rotating one group out only as a new group enters Port at essentially the same time. Also, station 5,000 rotating, semi-permanent American training cadre on the island. Anti-aircraft/ Air Force, etc... China likes to preemptively lash out... Let's give them a target and say "go ahead". I'll call their bluff (-ing language and behavior towards Taiwan over the past 6 months or so...).