Tigermojo

Parker dinger!

Schoop struck out to lead off the first and Cabrera struck out to lead off the second. Controlling the strike zone baby!

Price said Cabrera is over the hill after he strikes out on a change up down and in. 🤣 Baddoo!

They haven't released the top 1000 list yet.

After the top 15 prospects everyone has the same ratings anyway. One writer could put someone at 70 and another at 100. Nobody knows who will reach their potential or who will be injured. If Greene and Torkelson were not promoted last year, they would be in the top 15 prospects. Don't get too excited about anyone, it's performance in the majors that counts.

So they could sign Ty Madden for $2.5 million. #4 prospect pitched well last year.

We're going to win 162 batting practices!

On channel 4 they had an interview with Riley Greene. I'm paraphrasing but apparently this team is capable of scoring 10 runs in an inning and it's a really good offense.

I know someone has the gif of the old lady striking out Baez ready for the game threads.

Just received my subscription update from MLB.tv and they say it will include minor league baseball games.

Just because Meadows played left for the Rays doesn't mean he should be playing at CoPa. He should probably be DH most of the time. I think Baddoo/Vierling LF, Meadows/Cabrera DH and Carpenter/ Meadows RF makes the most sense. I know Hinch will mix and match a lot more than that though.

I knew it was Schmakel all along! Poor Coolbaugh took the bullet.

If we had a real MLB team, they wouldn't have to rush 21 and 22 year olds and our system would look a lot better. I think a better evaluation would be of players under 27 in the whole organization but that's just me.

Is there a way to tell if the umpires made bad calls during Tork's ABs? He seems like he has a good eye but would be easily frustrated if the umpire missed a call. It may just be a matter of him maturing and learning to control his emotions while dismissing things he has no control over.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/matt-manning-eyes-next-step-with-tigers-in-2023 New article on the official site and I thought this quote from Manning about pitching assistant, Robin Lund was interesting: “I got a bet that we have the only professor in our organization,” Manning said, noting Lund’s early career as a kinesiology professor. “He's not afraid to try different things. He doesn't care where you were drafted. He doesn't care what kind of hype you had around you. He looks at everybody kind of like a stick figure, and if he sees deficiencies, he can break it down and tell you where.”

Chapman prefers to give up some Tork! Bombs instead.

If we're making tiers, do we need an ML Tigers tier and an ML Braves tier? Reyes, Castro and Castro don't even make the Braves legal team.

Hosers

Harris still hasn't hired a GM and neither have the Astros.

Greene CF Baez SS Meadows DH/RF Schoop 2B Carpenter RF/Cabrera DH Haase/Sands C Maton/Nevin 3B Torkelson 1B Baddoo/Vierling LF

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-tigers-young-sluggers-should-benefit-from-the-new-dimensions-in-comerica-park/

From the article he's lights out with no runners on and possibly unlucky with runners on. 50% left on base which is 23% below league average. Could be a simple change to pitching out of the stretch or he could be gone by next week.

I'm not sure there's ever been a contract like Correa's. 2023 36m + 4m bonus 2024 36m + 4m bonus 2025 36m 2026 31.5m 2027 30.5m 2028 30m 2029 25m vesting 502 AB previous year 2030 20m vesting 502 AB previous year 2031 15m vesting 502 AB previous year 2032 10m vesting 502 AB previous year

I'm a big Akil Baddoo fan but Vierling seems like the perfect platoon for him. Good speed and defense with a much better arm. Both question marks for their offense which platooning might help.

Maton against righties and Kreidler against lefties with good defense would probably be as effective as anyone available.