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True, but the difference in the amount of money you and your co-worker gets would probably have a bigger impact on the lives of average people than the difference in the amounts that Cobb and Skubal get.

It's not different from other jobs in that respect. It's just that there is a lot more money involved and the results are public.

I do understand that WAR has not been communicated well and I think it may be more complex than it needs to be if it's going to be presented to a wide audience. Perhaps, they could have one WAR for people doing research and one simpler WAR for average fans. Joe Posnanski has been suggesting something like that for years. It might piss off some sabers to see other fans using an inferior stat, but I could live with that. It would be like using OPS rather than wOBA. I don't think it's difficult to understand why a shortstop contributes more to his team than a first baseman just by being a shortstop though. And I know you understand that. Maybe, it could just be presented better.

I'm not sure how you want to fix that. Do you want to get rid of positional adjustments and ignore position in evalualting a player or do you think that the positional adjustment for first basemen in particular is too harsh? I can't really justify the former, but the latter is possible.

He was strictly a DH with the Tigers. He played a little 1B after he left the Tigers. He didn't play enough there for me to have an opinion on how good he was, but his career didn't last as long as it did for his defensive skills. Early in his career, he was a decent right fielder.

Maybe, but it seems like there are just as many (if not more) injuries now than there was in the past.

I doubt it. I believe they would be more likely to reduce pitchers to 12 max. Manfred is not happy about the increasingly shorter starts and there has been talk about incentivizing longer starts. They'll probably do something stupid, but I don't think more pitchers will be the answer.

Adding a roster spot solely as a negotiation chip might degrade the quality of play slighthly, but adding a player in order to allow more strategic substitution without worrying about running out of players, might improve the quality of play. Teams carry substantially more pitchers than they used to carry and it has not necessarily degraded quality of play. One could argue that top starters sometimes get pulled to soon, but in general fresh relievers pitch better than tired starters. One could also argue that bigger pitching staffs have contributed to higher strikeout totals and has necessitated all or nothing batting approaches. That might be considered a degration of quality aesthetically, but not in performance.

They already have a 26-man roster, but with teams carrying 13 pitchers and platooning back in style around MLB, I'd like to see more than that.

Flaherty and Cobb both made more than Skubal last year.

Once they come to Detroit, they seem to want to stay - Flaherty, Torres, Finnegan. So, it must not be be such a terrible place to play.

Bassitt is not exactly a premiere free agent, not at his age. He's not getting 9 figures. He'll likely take the best offer he gets even if it's the Tigers.

Not sure whether I agree or disagree with this, but this post on bluesky is beautiful. My feeling is I don't care which side wins. Nothing they do is going to make the game better for the fans anyway. That sentiment is also covered in Joe's post.

INOHAN PANIAGUA!!!!!!!!!!! TOP TEN PROSPECT BY END OF SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was going to take Harris, but CHAS already too him. I am taking Dugan Darnell. He will get the save in game 7 of the 2026 World Series.

Me too. I was 9 years old and could not comprehend how baseball players could go on strike. It was a like an end to my baseball innocence.

I think there are diminishing returns at this point.

Every time the CBA expires, there is talk about bitterness on both sides are and how the season is going to be lost, but we haven't had a lot season in 30 years other than the Covid season. Why is this time going to be different?

You say that about every player though. 😀

It would still be a good signing unless two of them are better than Bassitt.

No way do I want to lose a season. I am too old for that. It's going to to be fun meeting the Dodgers in the World Series some year and beating them.

Baseball's trueist truism.

And if you do think you have too much, you still probably don't have enough.

Sure, but it's still mostly players that were acquired from the previous administration. Nobody can say with certainty how much those players would have progressed under a different GM (and I'm not just talking about Avila). I would think that Harris had some influence on the development, but it's impossible to know how much. His acquisitions at the major league level have not particularly impressed me so far.

I was referring to the first sentence in your post.

What you qouted was about Suarez. Bassitt has not signed. I disagree that the Tigers rotation is in good shape for a team looking to make the playoffs. I'd like to see one more definite.