Tiger337

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.

It does sound lke Eugenio is going to the Red Sox soon though.

I wear quarter zips too. I was just setting up my striped polo reference.

It was Ranger Suarez

Oh, I would have been excited if they got him. I'm just not too disappointed that they didn't.

Most of it is obvious to me too, except for the part about "big league roster". That is not apparent to me. I am hoping it will become more apparent soon.

I think they replaced Melton and Keider Montero.

It's reasonable, but I am leery of long-term deals for pitchers who are not elite.