Edman85

Anyways, next up! Next Tuesday, November 14. Rule 5 protection deadline. My guess is the two that will get protected there are Dingler and Flores. Room will need to be made there. Anybody DFA'ed next Tuesday can be... Non-tendered on November 17. Yeah, this is normally players arb eligible, but not always. There are actually rules I just learned about for what you can pay minor league players who have been outrighted. Somebody like Freddy Pacheco, to name somebody, made the MLB minimum this past year and if outrighted, would have to make half that in the minors. Maybe the Tigers want to keep him around for less, have a deal in place with him and don't want to expose him to waivers. Non-tender and re-sign. They did this with a few guys last year. Any injured players can't be outrighted any later than next Tuesday (until well into spring training). Anybody who has been added to the 40-man since August 15 can't be outrighted any later than next Tuesday (until well into spring training). Finally, anybody who would have been free agent eligible yesterday who is still on the 40-man has to agree to a major league contract for next year before being sent down. Yada yada yada, if you are wondering why somebody is outrighted next week instead of later in the offseason, in a lot of cases, you can't outright them then. Finally, these are all different than releasing somebody. If you outright release somebody, there are rules on when they can rejoin your major league roster.

Also, if the bench was finalized by who stayed on the 40-man yesterday, pencil in Nevin and Maton too!

Rank and file government employees are protected from political retaliation by civil service laws. There is some hyperbole here.

How do we know the bench? That changes dozens of times over the course of the season anyways. So if a quality bench player is available for cheap later in the offseason, the Tigers should pass? The 40 man really isn't set. There's still more rounds of cuts. Also, take a dive into some advanced metrics and Ibanez as a starter may not seem so far-fetched.

Kirk Gibson, Placido Polanco, Delmon Young... In case anybody else was curious.

Meadows can refuse assignment (5+ years service time), so he may have just said "No, I'm not accepting an outright," even if the end state is free agency. Maybe they aren't letting him go, for reasons.

Refuse assignment? No. Declare free agency? Yes. He will be gone. They likely didn't put him on waivers in time because Canha wasn't acquired til Saturday. What isn't mentioned in that transaction is Wingenter and Vasquez will be among the minor league free agent crop at the top of the hour.

No it doesn't. He will be a free agent in 35 minutes.

Oh, Baez and Kelly too. Kelly isn't necessarily a free agent if his is declined.

Also waivers are processed at 2pm et.

No, it's a vote for a third party person.

Reminder... 5pm today, you have to activate players from the 60-Day IL. With the addition of Canha, that would put the Tigers at 43. Also, minor league free agents become free agents at that time, so if there are any you plan on protecting from the Rule 5, today is the day to do that (Keider Montero?). Finally, new as of a couple years ago and more restrictive this year, the offseason domestic reserve list (basically, stateside minor leaguers not on the 40 man) drops from 180 to 175 tonight. I have the Tigers at 159 now with 15 who need to come off the minor league 60-day IL, but 27 stateside free agents. So ending the day at 147 plus any outrights who join the mix. All this is to say, expect some moves today: Will Montero be added? Who will be among the 3+ dropped from the 40-man? Will the Tigers use some of their minor league roster flexibility to acquire some prospects from teams in a crunch? Maybe we see a waiver claim or a back-of-the roster trade today.

I mean... Canha was one of the best 10 or so position players projected on the free agent market. It's thin out there. And while I have urged caution on looking at Toledo's numbers, the lineup there was formidable down the stretch. It is not unreasonable to expect reinforcements internally.

He's on track to make 1.7M per MLBTR... So about twice the minimum. I don't mind keeping somebody like that in AAA if you need him. Also, stuff happens. Greene has a setback, Parker Meadows doesn't hit, somebody else gets hurt, and he's there. It's better than having to go get Jake Marisnick again. p.s. As for Super 2. Anybody with three years of more of service time are arbitration eligible. Effectively, everybody between 2 and 3 is ranked by service time (counted to the day) and the top 22% of them are eligible for arbitration. Arbitration just means the player can negotiate their salary. Yes, you can non-tender (not offer), but somebody like Baddoo is a worth a lot more than what he'll get in arb on the free agent market.

Nothing stops you from optioning an arb guy to the minors.

Your package for Tatis is going to be something like Greene, Jobe, Keith plus a couple low level guys.

.310 this year isn't great, but it's only slightly below average (League average this year was .320). As a reserve/break-glass-in-case-of-emergency type you can do worse, and he's not priced in such a way that you don't keep him around and make sure he doesn't have more in the tank. Worth the offseason roster spot, worth the flier.

I don't see why you let Baddoo go. Maybe there's a trade partner, but he's still a 25 year old with a decent track record that you can stash in Toledo if you need. MLBTR has him around $1.7M through arbitration. Worth keeping around.

He didn't talk ****. He confirmed they confirmation of Michigan cheating and it got aggregated. And that cheating gave them an advantage because so much practice time this week had to go toward changing up signals on a team that has already been decimated by injuries. He said what the other 12 coaches in the conference are thinking.

The blow by that cheating Jim deserved in his final game coaching.

Lugo is the Padres cast-off I am eying.

TJ for position players is not what it is for pitchers. Non-throwing arm helps too.

FYI, if you hear the name Burhenn, there is a relation between Purdue's TE2 and the Tigers pitching prospect.

Mark Canha 114

Anyways, good job identifying a useful player before he hits free agency, taking on a contract another team was unwilling to play. He's a good fit with all the LHH outfielders on this club, even if not an every-day player. If they wait until free agency, he is likely demanding a multi-year deal. Now you get him for one year, 11.5M. A bit pricey for a 400-PA guy, but a good fit.