Jump to content

Tiger337

Members
  • Posts

    8,055
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    80

Everything posted by Tiger337

  1. Well, everybody should have a gun, so is that a bad thing?
  2. Everybody has skeletons and if you don't have any your opponent will make some up. Some people are able to get away with stuff more than others.
  3. I definitely agree that this year feels more like real progress than any year in a long time. I am just not sure how much is Harris and how much is natural progression.
  4. That is Pete Alonso this year. The question is whether this a new level for Torkelson that he can maintain or whether it's just the best part of a streaky season. I do think there is little question he'll hit for power every year.
  5. I think it was not unreasonable to think that he had a good chance to be a 3 WAR player based on what he did in 2020-2021. I would have wanted him back even at 2-3 WAR.
  6. Sorry I don't know how I got 4.4 other than being too distracted! , It's 3.4 on B-ref, not 4.4. That's still 5+ more WAR for the year than they got from their third basemen.
  7. I don't ever want to see my favorite team sign players in order to trade them later. That is a loser philosophy. I wanted Candelario on the Tigers because I thought he would make them a better team. Trading players at the deadline is a consolation prize. It should not be the goal. It turns out that he would have made them a much better team. he has 4.4 WAR this year. The Tigers combined WAR is -2.0. That is a 6.4 WAR difference. That has the same value as adding a star to your line-up.
  8. I hadn't heard of Zweiback in about 50 years. Are they still a thing?
  9. He signed with Arizona so he could live near his Ohio farm.
  10. Most likely, pitchers adjusted to them and the Tigers hitters were talented enough to respond.
  11. He is signed through 2030. He'll get to 400 the same way Cabrera got to 500 .
  12. Same reasoning.. and the projection systems agreed with us.
  13. I saw an old poster (not Sportz!) on twitter say that it might be good for him to experience failure because he's so cocky and might benefit from adversity. I am not sure I believe that, but I've heard that theory before in many fields.
  14. There have several mentions of signing Lorenzen this off-season including by me. I just looked at his pitching log and he has been terrible since his no hitter. He is getting pounded and strikeouts are way down. He appears to have run out of gas. This makes me think maybe they might sign him ...on a cheap deal.
  15. Jamie Johnson in 2013. He was 26 years old in AA. Nobody else has done it since 2006.
  16. I just saw the e next to team names the other day and didn't know what it was. It was obviously something bad because only the Royals and Athletics had that designation.
  17. I had heard that Gibson and Rozema were obnoxious and rude, but I had not heard that story. Gibson came across as a wild man, but seemed like he was capable of being OK just by things he said about his relationship with Anderson. It's good that he grew up. It's unfortunate that having a terminal illness might be what helped him grow up. I don't think Morris ever grew up.
  18. I think lots of stuff is still tolerated today until they get caught. The kind of male culture you see in sports and other male dominated areas often tolerates mistreatment of women and most men are afraid to say anything about it. This can lead to violence against women.
  19. It's just a cold streak. I am going assume average performance on your next thread.
  20. The invitation to the Rule V party has a Roman numeral. It's been that way for years.
  21. Pretty much like Matt Chapman in May, June and August. Not the best contract year, altough his overall numbers are still pretty good.
  22. I chose Eddie Williams. Rarity score = .003%. I got knocked out early though because I highlighted the wrong square for one of my picks. I do that often!
  23. And their goals are not always the same as fans. It matters to them whether the save a few million, but most fans could not care less as long as it's not a long term deal where they get stuck with someone in the line-up for years.
  24. The Tigers williingness to have a higher payroll is generally good for fans. It should of course be spent wisely, but if the Tigers take a chance on some 1 or 2 year deals to make them more competitive the next year or two, I am not going to worry about how much money could have saved. It's the longer term deals where we can get screwed.
×
×
  • Create New...