HeyAbbott

I think that there may be options that don't require 6 year contracts to some 31 year old, although it does seem like that is the norm for free agency. I want them to get a competent 3rd baseman, with the idea of moving Keith to first and Jung at second, with Tork being primarily a DH assuming he comes back next year.

Harris will not spend money this off season. A lot could be solved with a real third baseman though. In my mind , he has made it very clear that he is not signing anything of importance during t h e off season. We will get our reclamation pitchers that will be refurbished to flip, but that is it.

With my sincere apologies to William Blake: Tigers, Tigers fighting bright, All through the day, all through the night, Your hitting unfine, your fielding unadroit. There will be no pennants in Detroit. You think you're sitting pretty. You'll lose a slew to Kansas City. Someday,someday the fans will have their fill and ship the team to Evansville.

I see that the Tigers also picked up Troy Wilson for cash considerations.

If I am going to F something, I prefer an Irish redhead 34 C, with long legs.

I appreciate your difference in your opinion. I have seen this same movie a number of times, going back to Purnal Goldy, who looked like a slugger, but never did much. Either way, it is time the Tigers start looking for other long term solutions at 1B that do not include Tork. I do not know what they might be.

This team had a lot of holes at 8 AM today. It has a lot of holes at 6:51 PM today. We need an everyday 1B, SS and 3B, not to mention a whole lot of health elsewhere. Tork is not the answer at 1B, and never will be. Baez hasn't been embalmed at SS, but he is realistically done. 3B is more confusing than a flash mob with a Chinese dragon in Warsaw, Poland. Assuming perfect health, we are way short of a true playoff team. We have been pretty well banged up. Find a starting pitcher and a 3B from free agency and maybe there is hope for next year.

Flaherty has had back issues for some time. I think Liranzo and Sweeney are fair for Flaherty. Liranzo, is the Tork insurance policy, and Sweeney is a reasonable inf.

Passan says the same thing.

19 minutes to go.

No. she is usually a sweetheart.

My cat just scratched me. Does that mean anything?

Looks like a reasonable return for Chafin.

Being stone cold serious, Harris ain't got nothin'. He overplayed his hand and will get nothing for Flaherty.

He will announce that high quality toilet paper will now be available in the visitor's clubhouse.

It could have been worse. If his first name was Manly, he'd be Manly Dingler. If his father was also Dillion, he'd be junior Dingler.

I am not sure he can play the outfield well enough to see him as a 26 man roster kind of guy.

I suspect this to be the most likely senario.I have fallen off the trade Skubal now bandwagon.

And all of this does not change my desire to win as many games as possible in 2024

I agree. He stifled a laugh when he was at his introductory presser. In that moment, he conveyed information about what he thinks. Everyone is tradeable for the right price. If I received what I received for Skubal was the right place. I'd pull the trigger without hesitation. I could just as easily keep Skubal until he becomes a free agent I could also extend him for the right price. That does not change my view that Harris does not feel a sense of urgency to win now or in 2025.

I think Harris has revealed more of his thinking by continuing to draft prep players in 2024. It looks to me his target date is '27 or '28. If that is what he really thinks, then it is time to trade Skubal. If I got the right package, I would pull the trigger immediately.

MLB will have to have some solution to this mess, As it looks to me that Bally Sports might be trending towards liquidation.

I predict a Guardians 4 run lead by the third inning.

313, 314 ... whatever it takes.

Living in the Grand Rapids Area, I use the Bally streaming service to see the games. I am not sure what the alternative will be, but I would think it would be profitable for coverage to be greater than Metro Detroit. If not, it is back to the radio.