Tiger337

For what it's worth, Stewart made some top 100 prospect lists.

Not everyone thought that.

I don't see what's so great about Hinch, but I don't think getting rid of him is going to fix anything. Getting a new GM should change things, although improvement would take time.

He was the ransom for Eduardo Rodriguez.

The eternal optimist versus the cynical pessimist! Fun times. 😄

Without question, but if they couldn't sign him then I wouldn't do it because I don't expect The Tigers to be very good the next two years.

I would if I knew they could sign him long term.

Nobody is asking for your help. Your enthusiasm is appreciated though!

Wenceel Perez is Lou Whitaker. I will say that Perez has great numbers though which is something Hill never had.

Yes, they would have, but fans of other teams would have been doing the same thing.

Of course, they need better from those two. The point is not all top prospects develop into stars.

What if Torkelson and Mize are Jason Thompson and Dave Rozema?

They are probably doing a Derek Jeter documentary.

Are we bored yet?

Tank til we rank!

Luis Castillo joins the Tigers today.

There is nothing wrong with being an optimist. It probably adds a couple of years to your life - the Tigers might finally be good in those years.

Baseball America has been doing this for years and they are almost always wildly wrong. It would be hard for this team to have a trajectory similar to the 78-84 Tigers simply because it is rare for any team to come together as beautifully as that one did. It's possible, but it's a longshot by definition. First, they would have to develop Whitaker, Trammell, Morris, Petry, Parrish and later Gibson. That is a remarkable collection of homegrown players. Then they have to be smart enough to make trades for Lemon, Hernandez, Lopez, Wilcox, Berenguer and Herndon. They only signed one free agent (Evans) and he wasn't even a big part of the championship team. There is nothing about the current Tigers organization which makes me think they are going to pull all of that off. The belief that they will do it is totally based on faith and not based on any likelihood.

Occasionally!

Or he could be like Pujols this year and be bad in a limited role but not embarrass himself.

Is that a metaphor for the 2022 Tigers?

Don't worry. Chasfh guaranteed that we would love him. Be patient. 😄

Is she really as dumb as she sounds? Unbelievable.

No, I am asking which players on the 2022 team (at their current skill levels) would have been able to make the 1984 team. I am leaving projection for the regular season and prospect threads.

I'm just talking about 2022 and 1984 (since the theme of the weekend is Lou Whitaker). I am not attempting to dampen your optimism about the fantastic re-build in any way.