kdog

They want to see if he has any major league value; They don't think any of the kids are ready; And they clearly don't care about wins or losses. It does make sense that they are looking at the long term. Its why Harris should trade every guy he can get value for. This is going to take some time.

Poor Eric Haase...poor us we don't have another viable catcher in the org.

The only way to hold Baez accountable for poor production is playing time. It’s not even punitive. He has to find his power or he doesn’t help you win tonight’s game….that’s accounting for his good defense.

Good night for Brieske to make his season debut imo.

Schoop cleared waivers and is a free agent.

Very good interview with Scott Harris. He answered all of the questions with reasonable answers: https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-tigers/detroit-tigers-scott-harris-on-javy-baez-spencer-torkelson

They are grading the process, not the results. The process seems to make sense...hopefully we get some developmental wins.

inside edge

The Tigers have a huge need for pitching on all levels of the org. They'll have to find some gems late in this draft or address it via trade or major league free agency.

Avila's process with some draft picks was sound. But the player development early in his tenure was non-existent. We have the seen the results of that. He overhauled it and we are starting to see a few positive signs. Harris hired his guys and the process made some sense. The earlier post about analytic-based picks is encouraging. You need multiple Riley Greenes to build a strong offense. And you need to explore all avenues to find them.

Kiley McDaniel(ESPN):

Maton will likely replace Jake.

I’m asking Harris and the brain trust to keep this simple. Don’t galaxy brain this years draft process.

The catchers at Toledo aren’t viable. Haase would be dfa on a normal team.

Is positional versatility the new control the strike zone?

It's not as fun when position players pitch every other day lol

Logue and Nevin were sent down yesterday to bring up Faedo and Baddoo.

Riley Greene will be activated tomorrow unless there is an unexpected turn.

ESPN has the top 3 as Skenes, Crews, Langford this morning. Keith Law has Langford, Skenes, and Crews to Detroit.

One of Marisnick or Schoop get the boot when Riley Greene is activated. Hackosky seems to think it's Jake.

This game came up on a youtube I was watching. Jose Valverde's 4 run implosion in the 9th inning of an ALCS game 1 will largely be lost to history. They won the game and the series. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA201210130.shtml

Saturday is a Riley Greene bobblehead giveaway. Makes sense for him to recalled for that one.