Tiger337

I love his attitude. I always thought the desire to play with the best team that doesn't really need you was pretty shallow. It's more of a challenge and I would think more satisfyng to be an important part of team that's still building to be a great team. So, let's add him to the list of starting pitchers who we can dream about being the #2 guy behind Skubal.

Everyone says that every time the agreement expires and there hasn't been a shortened season in 30 years. 2021 was screwed up a bit at the beginning of the season, but they still played a full schedule. Nobody has given any convincing reasons why this time is different.

Tettleton and Phillips are good choices. They would have been appreciated more today, but they had skills which weren't recognized so much at the time. They were better players than the more popular Cecil Fielder. Fielder's first year with the Tigers was magical, but after that, he was in the words of Bill James "a big fat guy who hit home runs and struck out a lot."

JD Martinez - 147 OPS+ is 4th best in Tigers history behind Cobb (171), Greenberg (161), Heilmann (149)

Maybe Helsley can be the new Juan Bernguer.

Clark will shoot his constituents in the **** Manfred will shoot the game in the **** one way or the other.

I don't expect a long work stoppage either.

Maybe, but in this instance I am viewing Cy Young ranks as quality of season ranks. I am just using the Cy Young prefix because the prior posters did.

He once saw Gehringer at a game and he recognized him from his avatar and kept looking at him.

Not finishing in top 5 for Cy Young would probably not concern me much. If he is in 6-10 range as Brian suggested, it would still be a very good season. It would depend on the reason for the drop off though. If there is a velocity drop or anything like that, it would be concerning. If it's just a higher ERA, then it shouldn't affect any decisons about trying to sign him long-term.

That is fine. It could work. I just hope that is not going to be their big off-season signing.

I don't know what was said, but it seems traditional for management not to suggest that a rookie has a good chance to make the opening day roster.

Gallen was bad last year, but has been good most of his career. He has had injuries, but looking him up just now, he has been better than I thought.

They've lost a lot of their reliever depth from the last couple of years (at least on the 40-man roster) and will need to replenish, but I'm still not worried about losing Foley. He now joins the large group of freely available replacement relievers which Harris is very adept at cycling in and out of the system.

Beck rarely makes mistakes, but it doesn't seem possible for a DFA to be followed by a tender.

I kind of forgot about him last year, but he's a pretty solid player when he's healthy. He was basically replaced by Perez last year which hurt the team.

What if I told you that we are going to the championship game again this year and this time we are going to kick THE Ohio States ass all over Hard Rock stadium?

I've re-developed a shallow interest in Notre Dame football. Should I be ashamed of myself?

It's not even speculation anymore. It's computer generated garbage.

Thas been his MO so far - find someone who they can get on a short-term deal and try to fix him. Skubal has made it clear he wants them to take it to another level, so if they want to keep him (which is sounding like a little more of a possibility lately), they might have to spend. I am not too confident they'll do that, but I am hopeful.

I hope they pursue Cease, Valdez, Suarez and King. King is a big injury risk, but he is too talented to ignore.

He told Harris to acquire Cobb, Morton and Paddack.

Avila was terrible. When you collect first round draft picks for so long, they are bound get in the playofs eventually. I expect Harris to keep them contending and making the playoffs consistently. As far as the last two years though, Harris did not contribute in any extraordinary way. I think any new GM could have done that. In 2024, They Tigers had given up on the season and Hinch (who was hired by Avila) was more responsible for the miracle than anyone else. In 2025, they almost blew it down the wire. I think Harris will prove to be a really good GM (I hate the term POBO) though

LOL, There is no nostalgia for Avila. I think you need to get over Avila. Are you still agonizing over Randy Smith too?

The media! As far as posters on this board, I would say their final record aligned with what the median poster expected.