I second this sentiment. This year has the possibility to be one of the most engaging seasons we have experienced for some time. The battles for positions looks like they will be very intense.
This is like the high school girl who shows attention to a beta male to get an alpha male she's had her eye to be jealous and act on it. We dodged a bullet. I am glad we can move on.
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.
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.
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.
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.