Tiger337

It's amazing that Hiller is one of the ones remaining.

He made less than Flaherty last year. Less than Cobb too.

I completely agree this should not be about politics at all.

I became a fan at age 5 in 68. Lolich jumping into Freehan's arms is one of my earliest baseball memories.

Yes, I am not sure what the third rounders would get, but I believe the total sum would be substantially more with a free market and believe the draft was designed with that in mind. It's why they also want an international draft.

I think teams would offer substantially more than the current limits if there was a free market. The top players would make a lot more and I think the 90th guy could still get a million. A million isn't that much now.

I am not well versed in the CBA, but if there were not a draft, I assume there would be be bidding wars over the top players in the country. As it stands now, a player can only sign with the team who drafts him and a team is limited in how much money they can offer.

All things that MAGA hates.

When I see the name Ledbetter, I remember Jeff Ledbetter who broke the NCAA home run record with 42 in 1982, was drafted in the first round by the Red Sox and was hyped like he was going to be the next Babe Ruth. He never even made the majors and was dubbed Jeff "Bedwetter".

He knows Detroit too! But not very well. I didn't want him. He doesn't fit the team well. I was pushing for Bregman last year because he was a perfect fit. Suarez isn't.

That would be great. I'd be interested in him too, but I was figuring they wouldn't pursue him.

A Fed Chair nominee would never have anything bad in his backgrlound.

Trump doesn't like voting in person because he doesn't know how to use the machines.

I have always believed that the purpose of the draft was to keep salaries of young players down more than to help bad teams.

The only remaining pitcher I am really interested in is Bassitt. Other teams will be interested too. He may be waiting it out to see how many years he can get.

Eugenio Suarez signs with the Reds - 15 million with a mutual option for a second year.

She just an extension of Trump though. If they rally around her, it's because of Trump.

He'll never make it. He's too dumb and wasteful.

I don't think they will rally behind a woman either.

This sounds like 2024 Tigers versus 2025 Tigers. One feels better than the other, but the result is the same.

Of course, "friends" means "people who are useful to him". Everything is transactional with him. It does sound fake, but she always sounds fake. As you said, she has said this stuff before though.

Which might save us

As a team that won 86-87 games the last two years, I feel as if they are at a point where even 2-3 wins of improvement can substantially increase their probability of success. Thus it seems like a good time to be adding a good established player or two. I'm not really expecting that to happen anymore though.

I remember when bowling was popular in the 70s. I didn't play enough to get good at it, but it was fun to go once in a while, ugly uncomfortable shoe rentals and all!. There used to be two alleys in town - one really big one which everybody went to and another tiny one that looked like somebody's basement. The big alley is long gone. The five-lane basement alley is still there - almost 100 years old.

yeah, I was thinking something similar. Why would they release something horrible like this if it's true? Release something unbelievable which they are able to sufficiently debunk to their base, and the whole story dies. Keep the real stuff under wraps.