Graterol

No it’s 2025 and 2026.

Only major FAs are Levi, Zeitler, and Carlton Davis. After signing draft picks, they will at best be able to sign two of these, maybe only one. Zeitler on a one year $8-9 mil deal would be great, move Mahogany to other guard, and Glasgow is 6th OL (only save $2 mil by cutting him, so probably worth keep as backup, but he was bad this year). I think Levi is almost certainly gone (will get big deal) and Davis would be great but may be priced out. Barnes, Davenport, Iffy, Patrick, Muhammad only back if on cheaper deals. Biggest draft needs will be OT (for future), DE/DL, backup safety, WR. Really need to replenish depth and hit on draft this year. Love Brad but he got cocky with some picks, trading lots of draft capital for Brodrick Martin, Manu, and Vaki, and it really impacted our depth this year.

I actually like the fit of Santander. Vs RHP/LHP: 1B: Keith (Santander some ABs vs LHP) 2B: Torres (Keith some ABs vs RHP) SS: Sweeney/Baez 3B: Jung/Vierling LF: Greene RF: Santander/some Vierling CF: Meadows/ some Vierling DH: Carpenter/ Santander Vierling becomes a super sub and gets close to full time work by playing full time against LHP ( at 3B, CF or RF) and playing a super sub role against RHP.

Of the 11 players for 8 spots, generally think Greene, Meadows, Torres and Keith fall into roughly everyday guys. Carp is only a platoon guy. Today Jung is probably 3B (but hopefully Bregman and Kim still in play). Ibanez and Vierling are 3B/DH platoons for Jung/Carp and IF/OF backups. Sweeney the starting shortstop. Need a backup SS so prob Baez or a FA. That would leave only one roster spot: Tork/Malloy as another RH lefty masher or Perez/McKinistry if more defensive value needed. Possible one of these could also beat out Ibanez. Kim/Bregman would drop down Sweeney/Jung to bench options if they signed. Actually like Kim more than Bregman as I think he helps this roster more.

Would be shocked if Perez, Baez, Ibanez, and Tork are all on the team. McKinistry, Jung and Malloy also in that mix. Tork is so one dimensional he would be least likely of that group to make the roster IMO.

Harris says Colt to 1B. So lineup should be something like: Greene/Meadows/Vierling/Carpenter Jung/Sweeney/Torres/Keith Dingler/Rogers 3 of Perez/Malloy/Ibanez/Baez/Tork You need someone else that can play SS, so Baez probably makes the roster today. Ibanez/Tork/Malloy to be the other side of DH platoon. Perez would be more interesting off bench if he could play IF. A trade seems likely.

This strike zone is awful, for both teams.

Bad call on strike 3, but we will take it.

Thank god Tork. Huge run.

We are we expecting to see? Guenther, Holton, Vest….Jobe?

Cool so having a hitless 1B contributed to the wins? We couldn’t have used contact with Rogers on 2b? The Tigers are doing well and Tork is a black hole—both can be true.

Cool so having a hitless 1B contributed to the wins? We couldn’t have used contact with Rogers on 2b? The Tigers are doing well and Tork is a black hole—both can be true.

Cool so having a hitless 1B contributed to the wins? We couldn’t have used contact with Rogers on 2b? The Tigers are doing well and Tork is a black hole—both can be true.

Hinch really needs to think about Ibanez or Jung or someone else. Tork is killing this team.

Fangraphs has it at 87 pct.

Great news on the Jobe promotion, but I am surprised that Miller is DFAd. Seemed like he still had good stuff and when he was on he was really good.

Edit: looks like gehringer asked the exact same question at same time.

Serious question— are the playoff odds (such as fangraphs) based bottoms up on expected lineup/pitching matchups with real time individual player forecasts?

I’m interested to see what Hinch/Harris do next year in the rotation. With the success of the opener/long reliever model, I assume it continues. Skubal, a FA, and Olson would be logical starters, and then could we go with two bullpen days? Montero, Hurter, Mize, Maeda might be better of going 5 innings out of the pen. Melton has good peripherals in the minors. It would also be a good way to limit Jobe innings we he hopefully gets called up next year.

Not even sure what point is being made. Entire track record matters more than small sample size. Jung hasn’t hit great this year but don’t think we should write him off. Sweeney has hit well recently but hasn’t hit as well over his entire career. I hope Sweeney continues to hit like this even if I don’t expect it to continue.

Sweeneys 60ABs are encouraging….but it’s 60 ABs. I wouldn’t hate the idea of Sweeney as full time SS next year but only if we have a platoon/fallback option if he doesn’t hit like this over 500 ABs.

This. Plus the track record of prospects at the bottom of top 100 lists isn’t great, let alone someone that probably would have been in the 250-300 range at best (ranked somewhere around 15 in Detroits system). If he turns out to be a good bench bat, that has value. If he surprises and could be a starter, even better. But not someone you had a starting spot on a playoff team.

Assuming 13 position players: OF: Greene, Meadows, Carp, Vierling locks IF: Jung, Keith locks (I say Jung because Vierling can take over/platoon if he doesn’t develop). Catcher: Dingler and Rogers locks Need a full time 1B and SS. Bench: Ibanez fits this team perfect, given ability to play 2B and 3B and platoon with Carp. Not perfect player but good fit. Need someone who can play shortstop. McKinstry is underrated (1.3 WAR) and Sweeney also fits best on bench. Both probably redundant on a playoff team. Worst case is one is starting SS if no FA/trade. Need another OF that can play some defense. Perez not a perfect player but solid roster fit. Would be great for him to (re)develop at 2B. Malloy and Tork both negative WAR, brutal defense, and in the case of Tork decline BB rate, avg EV, and increasing K rate. Both only fit as a PH and platoon 1B/DH against lefties. Would need to drop someone like Perez, go short on OF, to roster someone like that. Long way of me saying that neither Tork nor Malloy should be on the roster, unless we roll with Tork at 1B (god help us) or think we can drop someone like a Perez and roll with a RH bat that can’t field.

I’m still hating. 3 years at below replacement level. Will take more than a 3 week hot streak for me to be convinced. Wouldn’t reserve a starting spot for him next year….

Wow this trade is even worse then I thought.