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Mize has almost no trade value. The only bat he's bringing back is an inconsequential one.

He's going to the Padres or Dodgers.

Not really worried about what this means for Tork. He's a severely flawed player who will have the opportunity to show improvement either as a part-time player or in AAA. if he improves, it will give the team flexibility in 2026 after Torres' contract ends. If he doesn't, they can finally cut the cord definitively. My guess is it will be the latter.

I didn't miss anything. "(Hinch) told Manfred's investigators that he was not supportive of the system, calling it 'wrong and distracting.' " "Hinch destroyed the monitor twice, forcing it to be replaced. However, Hinch admits he did not stop it and he did not notify players or Cora that he disapproved of it ..." "Similarly, (Hinch) knew of and did not stop the communication of sign information from the replay room ..."

It's pretty simple. Hinch knew it was going on and let it continue. That's complicity from the one guy in charge of the clubhouse. So if we're OK with the leader of the team that cheated, why would we all of a sudden draw a line on one of the players?

I don't see how a Tigers fan can be opposed to any of the Astros players involved in cheating when Hinch is our manager.

So to create a comparable package to what the Red Sox gave up, the Tigers would've traded McGonigle (top 25 overall guy similar to Teel), Rainer (2024 1st rounder, top 50 guy similar to Montgomery), Lee (non-top 100 but regarded MI similar to Meidroth), and Montalvo (non-top 100 P similar to Gonzalez. I'm guessing the majority would not be onboard with giving up that package. If it was Jung instead of McGonigle, I think I would have considered it.

Yikes! That Eovaldi deal sure makes me feel a whole lot better about the Cobb contract.

Nvm Kim. Give me Suzuki. Much better bat (and RH), which is what we need.

I would trade Madden and Anderson for Suzuki in a heartbeat. He'd instantly become our second best hitter.

Both the Boyd and Montas deals are for ridiculous $ given their performance. You can forget about Flaherty or Buehler, and even Bieber will get something like $20M/year in this market. And you can definitely forget about an extension for Skubal.

https://x.com/CalicoJoeMLB/status/1857246913076080940 You can add Triple Crown winner to his list of achievements. First time ever in AFL history.

I know WSox aren't trading Crochet in the division, but just curious. Would you trade McGonigle, Briceno, and Tork for Crochet?

That list stinks like feet.

Sure, let's look at ERA+. And we'll even cherry pick Montgomery's best 3-year stretch of 2021-2023. His combined ERA+ was 361. Now let's look at Maeda. I'm not going to cherry pick his best 3-year stretch and will, instead, use the same time period (but going back to 2020 to account for his missed season in 2022). His combined ERA+ was 355. Using FIP, Montgomery averaged 3.62, while Maeda's 3-year average was 3.71. So I'm still not seeing why Montgomery is viewed so positively, while Maeda is universally rated as garbage.