Edman85

Define "see in a Tigers uniform." I say that because Parker seems likely to be added to the 40 Man Roster this offseason, thus you may get a spring training photo of him sooner.

Yeah, I got you. I just kinda wanted to make it clear that things have changed a lot in the past 20 years or so.

Oh, I thought you were talking years. Carry on.

He wasn't there any of those years.

The GM does a lot more than select the players these days. They set the course of the organization. Baseball decisions are made by a team of people now. A lot of the role is managerial in nature.

Also, I finished this up yesterday. My list of the resume's of every MLB Baseball Ops front office person in several categories. Current GM's who aren't the heads of baseball ops, former GM's employed, former GM's unemployed, current day Assistant GM's or Vice Presidents trying to break them up into buckets (analytics, international/amateur scouting, player development, pro scouting, jack-of-all-trades/executive/misc) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1us36qGEI-_eNObAK6YHNn3VKxR3X-y2Oi_TSaD4R_hQ/edit# I think I am going to add the current heads of baseball ops just to have a baseline.

Dombrowski wasn't really a "retread" when the Tigers hired him. He was employed by the Marlins and poached by Illitch when new ownership came aboard and DD was looking around. I tend to agree on Daniels, regarding the Rangers inability to develop players of late. I get the feeling they were also slow to adapt as the Tigers were. Also, the mention of Preller dredged up memories of the shady nature of Preller's suspension roughly 10 years ago and the morass around that. I believe it was @microline133 who told me about what actually went down there and I don't know that I am at liberty to speak of it, but it wasn't good.

This is less honorable, more sticking to the plan because you don't want to risk penalties from blowing up the bonus pool. If you had a deal with Madden too, that goes to hell if you draft somebody you don't have a number on.

A lot of the help Preller provided wasn't above board. Look into his suspension. Question: Is Theo Epstein a retread? Was AJ Hinch a retread when the Astros hired him?

One thing I learned this week. Rounds 2-20 are still determined by reverse draft order.

News of Skubal's surgery came out an hour ago and this board is so numb to it that it hasn't made it here.

Without being in the room or knowing the people, I don't understand why a "retread" should be thrown out prima facie. Daniels had a successful run and is still in his mid 40's. I'm not opposed.

Drafted by the Dbacks*

Decent article, but nowhere in it does it mention the #1 area where the Tigers failed under Avila while other teams completely took off. Player development.

Poor Jeffy never got bailed out.

Wasn't that the Seinfeld finale?

GM probably has the call on very high level. Director of Minor League Ops (Lunetta) makes the call on promotions and such. Dingler may rise to a higher level since he is priority. But there is more to development than making baseball reference pages shiny.

The GM doesn't make that call

I have no idea how it ends. And I've been able to call several things that have happened this season.

In the article, hell in the blurb right below the headline in the tweet, they say he isn't cooperating with the investigation into 45.

I would not be shocked at all if somehow LIV Golf gets mixed up in this whole thing.

Which means he likely just stays put. I doubt they'd promote him just to demote him. Especially when they have two catchers doing pretty well in Toledo.

A lot of stuff they are trying to do takes time. And it's pretty clear Avila was over his head and may be a big reason things are a mess. Putting David Littlefield in charge of the most important part of baseball ops during a crucial period for that part of baseball ops is also likely a big cause.

Does that taste even matter? I think it's something that's long been assumed, but I doubt it does. For the record, I could see Dingler getting bumped up to Toledo. Ali Sanchez hasn't played in a week or two, and I am guessing they go third catcher in September with either Sanchez or Garneau getting the call to Detroit. Toledo's season extends into September now, so Dingler would be a logical fit to slide in and get some PT. But it isn't like he is banging down the door. I'm not aware of any postseason bids off hand, but that likely plays a role as well.

Why does it matter where those guys play the last couple weeks of the season?