RatkoVarda

Some anti-vax MAHA group is buying a Super Bowl ad so ear carnivore and convicted rapist Mike Tyson can tell America not to eat processed foods.

We won't. Dems may not be allowed to ever win again if the SC goes along with the Orange Pedo Turd's plans. If Dems ever do win again, they will repeat Biden's mistake, and fail to round up all the MAGA trash up and throw them all in jail. "I want to work with them" "I want to reach across the aisle" "We are all in this together" F*** that s***. These people are out to destroy the country. And now that they have gotten a taste for it, it is never going away. Never. The power, the racism, the grifting - it is simply too intoxicating to them to let go. I compare this current state of affairs to the Sandy Hook shooting. Little kids were gunned downed en masse, and as a country we did .... absolutely nothing. Now, non-whites are being terrorized en masse, and as a country we did .... absolutely nothing. 1/3 of the country supports it. 1/3 is fighting it. But the other 1/3 is on their phone as the country burns down around them. This is just not a serious country. Everything is memes and hot takes, distracting us from the overlords amassing unlimited power and wealth in plain sight. The country will continue for a good long while, for as long as billionaires have something to extract from the dying husk of the country. But The United States of America is over.

Racist orange pedo turd says that as soon as he saw the Obamas portrayed as apes, he had his people post it.

I do not want the Tigers to sign Skubal to a 10/400 deal. It is likely the last few years could be ugly, perhaps very ugly, and the Tigers cannot risk having 40M+ in dead money on their books. That is a risk the bigger markets can take. 5 x 50 does not get it done, but I would try, and then watch him walk.

Skenes was paid 875K for his 6.5 WAR last year; the Pirates got a superstar performance for peanuts, and then re-allocated the money they would have had to pay a superstar pitcher right into the pockets of the owner, trotting out a bottom 5 payroll. Clearly the only solution to this problem is to limit the earning power of players, so billionaire owners can make higher profits.

I think that Skenes could ask for $32M in his 1st arbitration year. He is allowed to ask, but the arbitrators are supposed to focus on 1st and 2nd years salaries. If they think special circumstances merit $32M, so be it. Skenes, like Skubal and Ohtani, are unicorns. I have no problem if they are are compensated as such.

Current projected CB Tax payroll 2026: $233,614,050 In all seriousness, they have only $10M before they hit the first tax threshold, and that could limit them if they want to pick up a big bat at the trade deadline.

Skubal's 1st goal was to reset the arbitration market - DONE Skubal's 2nd goal is to reset the FA market - TBD (interestingly, Valdez reset the market for AAV for FA LH pitchers with yesterday's deal)

$ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7017277/2026/02/05/detroit-tigers-2026-top-20-prospects-keith-law/

Sexton ended up in Chicago, probably not a guy they are interested in re-signing. Would have greatly preferred to add Sexton to give Cade some ball handing relief, than wish-casting that Huerter is going to find his stroke.

this entire paragraph at mlbtraderumors is dead wrong. the CB picks can be counted when determining a team's 3rd pick, but, unless traded, the CB pick CANNOT be the pick that is forfeited, so they are going to lose the 98th pick for signing Valdez. Kind of incompetent for them not to know the rules. the story actually is this: the Tigers have gamed the system a little bit, as they are losing their 4th overall pick for signing a free agent

Ilitch now has the Tigers with a Top 10 payroll and less than 17M from the first competitive balance tax line. Someone needs to reign in his irresponsible spending!

Boras does not rep Valdez

I still think they are a RH bat short, as Jones is unlikely to repeat his 2025, Vierling is just solid and coming off multiple injuries. Maybe they do something at the end of ST, or maybe they wait and see how it goes, possibly with Anderson or Lee.

I'm 100% for the players