HeyAbbott

Great signing. Pitching looks set. I am waiting patiently for the end of the Bregman saga.

All of this talk about a salary cap is absurd. Most of the MLB owners are perfectly content to be impersonate the Washington Generals while a handful of teams get to be the Harlem Globetrotters.

Detroit Tiger fans have been conditioned to live in the past. As such, they live too much in the past. Not to mention the fact that most Michiganders have a deep seated inferiority complex. They are ravenous for the social acceptance by the cool kids from NY and LA. Having Verlander retire here would subconsciously affirm some love from their idol. It's long past time to move on.

1984 and 1968 have been marketable in the lean Tiger years. It's that simple.

As aside here , how much of revenue would the Tigers need to add to not receive revenue sharing? They would need an increase of attendence of roughly 750K to get to 15th place of 30. Assuming 120$ of marginal net revenue perhaps that equate to 90 million. I would assume the new RSN deal reduces revenue by 15 million, which would also need to be made up.Tacking in other variables, I would guess the Tigers are roughly 95 to 100 million shy of the median revenue ( not the average) of the typical MLB team at a minimum.

I'd be somewhat hopeful that after 1,400 at bats, he could hit a major league middle, middle fastball, but he cannot. Add to that he cannot field or run, what is there left? This team is no longer a AAAA team. It needs to shed AAAA players.

Why bring him back at all? Unless there is an injury to Keith that sidelines him for an extended period of time, I see no value whatsoever in Tork being back in Detroit. Ever. It is time to move on.

You knows, that owner might move the team to Salt Lake City.

The model is the Harlem Globetrotters versus the Washington Generals.

Absolutely agree.

I don't see too much happening this off-season. There will be some prove it pitcher signings and some low level trade. Most of the moves will happening in the final 2 weeks of January 2025.

Well, maybe we can agree that duck tape is all that it is quacked up to be.

When one is looking at the cash flow the Dodgers supposedly have in merch sales alone, it is possible that they are the exception of the rule for a while at least.

It is like making a car payment on a car you no longer own. Deferring payments on an asset pat it's useful life is a recipe for disaster .

So, are we willing to offer 8 years and 500 million to Tarik Skubal yet?