Shelton

It was Ferndale

It’s funny. It wasn’t really that long ago. The way I remember going into the offseason was that guys like Tork and Baez were members of the team but in name only. They wanted to add a right handed bat and some pitching. They had holes basically at first and third, but also guys with positional flexibility so it wasn’t that rigid. We heard news that Keith, Malloy, and Vierling maybe were going to work on 1B over the winter and in the spring but “just for flexibility” as if this didn’t signal very clearly that Tork is dead to them. I don’t know if they were specifically looking for a 2B, but because they do have flexibility with their athletes it opened them up to considering those guys, in particular guys that are specifically looking for 2B opportunities for their own career. Torres at 1/15 is an incredibly good deal, especially for a team that wanted a right handed bat and had a potential opening at 2B. You cannot pass that up at that stage of the offseason.

Man, G2, I’m sorry. I thought when you said established hitter with a poor glove at 1B you were referring to Tork and that sent me spinning. I’m still not sure what’s real at the moment. I need a minute.

If the cost of getting gleybor means that they have to move Colt off 2B a year earlier than planned, so be it. I don’t really hold it against him for advocating for himself. It’s up to the teams to call him on it. My guess is he can still play 2B just fine. Honestly not sure why tigers fans dislike this guy so much, but will argue over Englert vs kreidler, or losing Faedo. .

Got it. You think Torres should play 1B and colt 2b. Well they will both be in the starting lineup every day so I guess we’ll see. Could always swap!

It’s definitely possible that Scott Harris and AJ Hinch are idiots and didn’t think of any of this, and just made a huge mistake moving Colt Keith off of 2B. Yes, I’m appealing to authority. There is an information deficit that allows it.

Personally, I’m not at all convinced that Colt was as good at 2B as som of the numbers seemed to suggest near the end of last season. I think 2B is a difficult position to evaluate, because it just isn’t that hard, especially with the way we are shifting these days. I didn’t find his throws when turning a DP to be that crisp. He seemed to miss more than his share of what I would consider easy grounders. I haven’t watched Torres much so maybe he is equally as unimpressive or even worse. But it’s just not that hard to stand on the grass and make a weak throw to first from shallow RF. Torres can hit though. And he can hit better than Tork. So Torres and Colt at 2b and 1b is a clear improvement over Keith and Tork at 2b and 1b IMO. I don’t think whatever defensive differences are present in the above comparison moves the needle.

Who is the established hitter with the poor glove at 1B?

Correct

Just sign Bregman. Jung ain’t it.

Sign Bregman

Damn, that’s high praise from Hongbit. Probably a troll job.

Is that the question, though? I would submit that Maeda—the guy people seem to want to cut to be able claim logical superiority against the sunk cost fallacy—has a higher likelihood of providing positive value in 2025 relative to Faedo. Having extra years of Faedo that become increasingly more expensive is not a positive. That said, Faedo is also the worst. So it’s a win-win in this case.

Guys, Faedo isn’t good. Scott is being nice.

That’s not what law said. He said that if Kevin hit his 95% projection that he would finish with 2500 hits. Regardless, Keith loves the tigers this year.