Tenacious D

Agreed. Always speaks with confidence, but no clue if he has any true access or credibility.

Hopefully someone with the Tigers is floating the Baez rumor to get the attention of the other agents. The Tigers have to be one of the top 3 destinations for the free agent SS, based on payroll flexibility and need.

Joel, get off the babysitter

Think he gets more than Matz? We were in the mix for him.

Would the Reds let us rip them off a 2nd time this offseason? And why stop at acquiring just 2 SS?

Today, I’m thankful that the last five year rebuild is over. Also thankful for Barnhart, ERod, and eventually, Carlos Correa and Alex Cobb. And the arrival of Greene and Tork in 2022. But most of all? Extremely grateful that Tony LaRussa is still managing the White Sox.

They might need to throw some money ($4-6M) in a deal. He wasn’t great for them last year, so his market might be soft.

Bonds Clemens Helton Kent Schilling

Saw some speculation that they may try and move Kimbrel now. He’ll be paid $16M next season.

Someone’s not happy with the Matz signing

Yeah, that’s a hard pass. Looking like it’s going to be a seller’s market.

Signing Semien would certainly make up for trading Madrigal.

Brad Ausmus was our manager. Not that big of a feat.

Will be very hypocritical if the writers vote in Big Papi, who used, and not the others only because he’s a good guy.

Couldn’t the same be said about Kinsler? He was borderline until he hit a wall with us.

Do we want three LH pitchers in the rotation? Does it matter? Please tell me what I should think.

That was a different teenager we hid—Roberto Campos

I’m hoping for Greene (LF) and Hill (CF) getting the majority of playing time next season. Both would be huge defensive upgrades.

There will be few suitors for Correa, if his rumored demands are true. All he needs are two, though. He is not going to be making concessions—he has the leverage. I suspect he will get close to 10 years and $300M. And he will insist on a 2 or 3 year opt-out and will get it. And I’m good with the Tigers giving it to him. I’ll take my chances on his age 35-37 years. Athletes are better conditioned and will continue to be, as medical technology improves.

Any discussion of Correa being injury prone is lazy. The last two seasons, he missed 2 games in 2020 and 14 in 2021. Or, put another way, he played in 93% of his team’s games during that time. I’ll take the proven All-Star with a career .849 OPS in over 70 postseason games on my team everyday.

Many are speculating that Seager will need to move to 3B at some point.

Lindor’s timing was better. The Mets, under new ownership, wanted to make a splash and had the resources. Also, Lindor, prior to last season, was the better player. Looking across MLB, I don’t see a team, with the need, that will give Correa $30M+ for 10 seasons. Even the Yankees.

Why is Baez the consolation prize? I’d rate Story and Semien higher if he whiff on Correa. Also, I don’t think there a lot of teams that need a SS that will shell out $200 million for one.

Clint looks more like Christen Stewart than JD Martinez. He doesn’t fit.