mtutiger

Mental health, bullying, metal detectors. Its all part of the playbook, its all about flooding the zone with bullshit that is either too nebulous to be handled through policy or pushing improvements that are, at best, less effective than actually taking on the problem. I'm saddened by this latest shooting, but I'm wore down. Nothing will change... when Parkland came and went, that became clear.

Nothing surprises me anymore lol

They were up till 3:45 this morning, but them some slack lol

I was listening to one of the national podcasts earlier and they were criticizing the deal because of the opt out. I dont get it... if he performs well and you want to keep him, maybe you restructure or renegotiate at year two. If he starts to regress and exercises his option years 3-6, it's still manageable and it expires earlier than a 10 year contract would. The team can manage that kinda deal IMO

Pretty much. The old stadium has some character, the new stadium has the ambiance of a Costco

If I had to guess (based in some part on Stavenhagen's comments on his podcast this week), the Tigers were probably competitive on AAV but didn't offer the 10 years that Correa wants. I preferred Correa over others, but I get not wanting to be tied down for that long as well.

Another starter and a reliever would be cap an excellent offseason. With the starter, it doesn't have to be Stroman or Rodon (although they'd be nice), but they do need to add some depth. They had too many bullpen games last season, would rather not see a repeat of that.

My memory of DD is pretty hazy at this point, but I get the impression that he's a lot more top-down than AA is. One takeaway from the first couple of big signings this offseason (along with Schoop's signing as well) is that Al seems pretty good at using incentives in order to get a better deal. I would imagine that part of how they got ERod and Baez at the prices they did was because of the flexibility afforded by giving them opt-outs. It contrasts well with the blunt-force approach by the Rangers.... lol

Not to take anything away from Al, but the team he has surrounded himself with has improved dramatically over the course of his tenure. Not just Hinch, but Sartori and others as well.

As has been stated many times, AJ loves him some versatility

Give it a rest lol

I'm good with the opt-out. Similar to the Eduardo Rodriguez deal

I had a feeling that the "Mets are still in it on Baez" was more bluster than reality after the news broke of the Tigers interest on Saturday

For as mixed the reaction is among Tiger fans on social media, Mets fans seem less than pleased about losing Baez lol

Curious about the opt-out

I'd have to look at some numbers, but just on eye test, the guy gets a lot of hard contact and hits a lot of line drives. I think he'll be OK in Comerica... he's not Juan Gonzalez

That's a pretty good deal, all things considered. Would love to see them put some of that savings to good use

One additional year than previously reported according to Bowden.

I dont think Peralta is coming back... there are better options for low level starter

Maybe a slight hot take, but $500 million later, this lineup still looks preferable to the Rangers lol

I tend to think they're gonna go more lower rotation, high risk/high reward type with another SP signing (maybe one of the Andersons). Which is fine... if you pencil in ERod and the kids 1-4 and are comfortable enough with Alexander, a fifth starter type could match up well with Alexander to cover the 5 slot. Stroman is definitely more of a nice to have than a need to have. But also wouldn't mind seeing them use some of the money saved to some good use.

I'd be thrilled to see Stroman in a Tigers uniform.

Its a bit of an overpay on years, but in this market, there wasn't a chance they wouldn't overpay on years with any of these guys. I can live with it... hope he looks more like the guy in New York than in Chicago next year. I do think they still need to get another pitcher as well.... Stavenhagen mentioned them talking to Andrew Chafin for the BP, but they also probably need a lower level starter as well.