Tenacious D

Why are we trading Hooker? What a luxury to have him continue to develop and be available as insurance.

Sam Darnold says, “hold my beer”

I’m bullish on Torres—he signed a one-year prove it deal. NY fans and press were rough on him and now he gets a fresh start.

Oh, boy

I think it’s Game 163 for me, since it was a single elimination game.

Congrats!

I don’t buy that the Tigers are cheap. Free agents have been flawed the last few seasons and the few that aren’t (Soto, for example) weren’t coming here. Ilitch has spent on long term deals in the past. I think this is Harris’ call and his preference is to build from within and not block highly regarded prospects, until they prove otherwise.

Now it’s like they are just messing with the rest of MLB. 4 yrs/$72M to help their bullpen. Now they should sign Bregman to a 6 yr/$180M contract as their utility guy.

Look at how having Baez has handicapped the Tigers. They’ve stuck with him way too long and the commitment to giving him AB’s at the expense of potentially others impacted on field performance. I don’t think Bregman will be anywhere near that bad, but as the payroll grows and they need to extend Greene, Skubal, Carp, others, having payroll flexibility will be crucial. Our payroll is incredibly low right now, and we could afford making a splash for a few seasons, but as our young core moves beyond their arb years, we won’t want to be saddled with bad contracts. Hell, we still have to pay Baez for 3 more.

I don’t see the Chiefs beating either the Ravens or Bills, even with the refs on their side. Now I find myself in the uncomfortable position of having to cheer for the Eagles. Not fair.

Honestly, I don’t know what would make me happy. Bregman and Flaherty give me Baez and Zimmerman vibes—both seem like they would not fulfill a long term contract well. I would like to see a trade of some sort that could move some depth from our minor leagues for an established hitter. However, I’d prefer to see our young guys get more opportunities, too. We really don’t know what we have in Jung or JHen, for example. And, stubbornly, I’m not ready to give up on Torkelson, either.

Plan B

Nice sentiment, Bert. I’m a fan of all Detroit teams, so this one was tough. A couple of the Tigers Twitter dweebs seemed to relish in the loss, especially with Goff playing poorly.

Great season, tough way for it to end. I thought we were going to fold earlier when the injuries piled up. Get healthy, make some defensive additions and we’ll get after it again next season.

As a friendly reminder, still some dudes out there.