tiger2022

I agree with most of what you wrote. Avila was just the guy who drafted all those players, a lot of them very high in the draft. And Hinch has done a nice job with yhe roster, and while Harris has done a nice job drafting..although those guys are still just prospects. But as far as adding value to the major league team, he hasn't really done much...Torres has been average at best, Flaherty had a nice half a season, Nick Maton, Sweeney, etc...not so much. He got lucky Tork, Skubal, Greene, Carpenter, Dingler developed into what they did. But adding Morton, Cobb, Paddack, going into last season with Jung and Sweeney at SS and 3rd base was not a good idea. Not having veteran pitchers at AAA that could come up and give the Tigers innings was also bad. Signing washed up Verlander for $16 million seems preposterous when they could have used that money for a 3rd baseman, outfielder, or DH. I don't mind the Valdez signing but with Tork, Torres, McKinstry (if Baez plays CF), and Keith on the infielder...all those guys are below average defensively... can't be ideal for a ground ball pitcher.

What did Harris actually do to help the mlb roster the last few years? His FA signings have been meh to bad...his trades have been awful. So Harris takes the job, waves a magic wand, sprinkles pixie dust and suddenly transforms the players that were in the organization into competent players. The credit goes to the players first and foremost. Anyone who thinks Skubal suddenly became a Cy Young caliber pitcher because of Harris really needs to lay off the drugs.

Verlander finishes with a 5.34 era, spends most of the season on th IL and basically is Charlie Morton of 2026 Dingler turns in an awesome season with 25 dinglers. Parker Meadows is sent to AAA after 30 games. Tork hits 40 homers but becomes a one trick pony with a .210 avg. Framber valdez gets suspended for the season for performance enhancing drugs. Fernando Rodney comes out of retirement to sign with the Tigers in June.

The union leaders are also under investigating because they were using a company to financially enrich themselves. Unbelievable. Who would ever believe that union bigwigs would ever do anything unethical?

Not lazy. I have better things to do with my life. I post on here when I am bored. And if what goes on a Tigers message board is that important in your life, it has been a complete and utter failure.

...or you can go back and read about how it was an amazing signing yourself. I have better things to do than go back and find all the posts and quote them to satisfy you. Quite frankly, I don't care.

I think Valdez is going to have a rough season with the Tigers infield defense and lack of range, especially if Baez isn't at shortstop...not Zimmerman bad, but it'll show.

Obviously, you haven't read some of the posts on here.

Let's be honest with ourselves. People on here think Verlander is going to be the ace of years ago. He's more likely going to be Charlie Morton from last year. Dude is 43 years old, will spend half the season on the IL and half his starts are going to be really ugly. It isn't an amazing signing other than nostalgia. I'd prefer they spend on a 3rd baseman or corner outfielder/DH.

I was 5-11 and 175 lbs as a junior in high school and met Whitaker and Trammell. Trammell is listed at 6-0, 165 lbs and Whitaker at 5-11, 160 lbs. The weights might have been correct but I was at least 2 inches taller than Whitaker and a good inch taller than Trammell. They were more like 5-9 or 5-10.

Framber looks like he is on the Miggy workout routine

Mark Prior and Kerry Wood. So much potential but then Dusty Baker was their manager.

Nomar would have been a shoo in hall of famer. Only ARod was better in that era. He was an elite glove, 30 hr power, and a great all around hitter.

But Albert Belle was a lot better baseball player than Bo Jackson. It's not even close. Both had hip injuries early

True, but shoulder injuries are the kiss of death for a pitcher.

Nope. 13 million to be their #3 starter

They aren't paying him 13 million to hang out in the bullpen and be a spot starter.

He hit 99 home runs in his career. They need to bring him back...chase for 100. It'll be just like watching Cabrera try to hit #500. Kind of.

I'm hoping they can sign Tom Brookens and Johnny Grubb for the upcoming season. Those guys never got their retirement tour.

I think Albert Belle is the ultimate what could have been.

They aren't going to get much for one year of Mize.

13 million. Yikes. That's a lot for a guy who will be hurt half the season and get shelled in half the games he pitches in. Might as well have brought back Paddack and Morton And they lowballed Skubal at 19 million.

Mlb doesn't make anything simple.

True, but when there is action it is a lot more exciting than baseball, plus there is a time element associated with football...towards the end one team is hurrying up, frantically trying to score. Baseball players have never in the history of baseball tried to speed anything up. Football also does a lot better job of marketing their product. Plus, a channel like the RedZone was ingenious. It wouldn't work for baseball. And football plays 17 games, so each game in football is super important. Baseball...not so much. Players are marketed much better in football. Baseball...People who don't follow it might know Ohtani and Judge and not a lot of other players. I played baseball in college and loved to play, but it isn't super exciting to watch on TV. I personally think that nba basketball is unwatchable and hockey can be tough to watch because it's hard to follow the puck sometimes. And I watch the red zone

I think they will watch highlights on YouTube or some other app. That's what has happened to the NBA. Their ratings are awful in the USA. China loves the NBA. Maybe baseball will have to do something similar and focus on other areas of the world. The USA cannot even support 30 teams as attendance is awful for some of the teams.