Tenacious D

Kind of like Jonathan India a year ago. The idea of getting these guys is much better than the reality.

This is nuts

A manager can prevent a ball player from committing sex with an underage girl?

Yes, but it shouldn’t be Bregman. I’d prioritize Soto, Hernandez and Santander.

Please don’t bring the Tik Tok over here—we don’t need China having access to all of our offseason trade ideas.

My preference is a significant move every day during the offseason. I’m always disappointed.

Clutch!

I think that was the case even prior to the AFL. A big question will be if Liranzo can stay at C. Briceno seems like he is destined for 1B/DH, so he’ll have to hit a lot. I wouldn’t be shocked to see one of them moved to get an established player in trade, (ie, Brent Rooker).

No Za’Darius tonight, according to Twitter. Assume the Lions are honoring the BYE week he would have had otherwise.

We should target Brent Rooker. The A’s like to trade away their stars in their prime. If we sign a 3B, we can package Jace Jung with a few others.

Fitting in already

Some Tigers love

A problem with the spring training sites/stadiums is seating capacity, as well as minor league schedules that have a team playing the same series Tues-Sunday, which provides very limited scheduling flexibility. MLB schedules are already fixed for ‘25—I suppose MLB could put the burden on the minor league affiliate to accommodate this. Or, use multiple locations—ie, Lakeland, Tampa and others in the vicinity to provide greater flexibility. not my problem, though.

There was a recent Baseball America podcast that discussed many potential scenarios, recognizing that none were very ideal. Ultimately, I think they have to figure out a local option—can you imagine this happening to the Tigers, and the solution was that they had to move out of state (or country) for a few seasons?

I do think there is significant risk. Agree that a shorter deal would be attractive—will be interesting to see what his market is. He showed some cracks in the playoffs.

Some love/optimism for the Tigers.

Who’d we get?

Using W-L as a barometer for a pitchers’s success basically discredits any future opinions.

Hypothetically, if the Tigers are willing to give Skubal a favorable offer, but he and Boras elect to wait until free agency, regardless of how rich the offer is, what would you do if you were Harris?

On brand for Arnold, even on special teams.

I didn’t propose that, but not a horrible idea. Big gamble that Montgomery can get back to the pitcher he was in previous seasons. However, I’d take that chance to unload Maeda. Regardless, I see this as a very minor transaction—basically a lottery ticket that you hope could pay off, but you don’t count on.