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I mean, yeah, they are being assholes in general, but that doesn't mean that's the only reason they're doing it. They do have an interest in keeping as many people as possible from seeing what they are doing—witness their blocking of government reports on jobs and inflation—so I think my little hypothesis holds water.

So, no areas you can provide in which he routinely excelled that that I am overlooking?

I'm out of reactions at the moment, but Haha.

Meaning Tork? He was the consensus 1/1 pick all 29 other teams would have made at the time, and he's not performing up to that standard yet. Meaning Casey? He was also the consensus 1/1 pick all 29 other teams would have made at the time, and I don't think anyone would confuse him with being a star. Meaning Riley? He was the consensus 1/5 pick all 29 other teams would have made at the time, and he is not performing at the consistent All-star-level quality people expect from a fifth overall pick. Meaning Carpernter? No 19th-round pick is a genius GM move, and he's a flawed hitter who can't field, either. Meaning Skubal? No 9th-round pick is a genius GM move, and besides, he helped him become great. The Al Avila Tigers had nothing to do with that. Anyone I'm missing? In any event, the issue people have with Al Avila is not his ability to draft amateur players. The guy was a head scout, for crying out loud. If he can't draft decent talent, he wouldn't have that job in the first place. It is every other facet of general management he fell short on, unless you can provide an area in which he routinely excelled that that I am overlooking.

And what? This is a problem?

Because the font was changed to help people with accessibility deficits read government documents, my guess is that they are trying to keep as many people from being able to read what it is they are putting out as much as possible.

True Christian values.

What did he do in San Francisco and on the north side that leads you to believe this? Honest question.

If Baseball's commissioner were to ever try to force owners to do this, they would immediately have him removed and replaced with another Manfred.

How hard would it suck if we ended up having to trade the guys who can play in the majors to get those deals done and we end up having to keep the guys who can't?

TBF, that's a problem for at least sixteen other franchises as well.

The best way to woo fans is to put a winner on the field, and Scott Harris has done that in two of his first three years after inheriting an organization that got flattened by a hurricane.

If this is true, then he is a lot more articulate when he is uncomfortable than I could ever be when I am totally comfortable.

I wasn't talking about traditional fans.

best comment from there:

The rumor hasn't been picked up more probably because the Pinafore guy behind it is a nobody and Sports Illustrated is an AI slop farm that bears no resemblance to its former self.

At the risk of drawing more fire on this point, a key reason I would like to re-sign him is that it would send a signal to the market that we are committing to winning, although that might help us a lot more this offseason than next.

I agree with you on balance, although I do think it would behoove us to loc up in the bullpen and maybe even one of the positions to take advantage of Skubal’s peak while he still has it. Flip side, I believe we’re missing out on the top-most bullpen help that are going other places mainly because we can’t effectively compete for them with the Dodgers and the eastern teams, at least not at this point. At least we got Finnegan to come back, for what that’s worth.

I can practically guarantee that the return on any trade Harris would make for Skubal this winter would be hammered by just about everyone in this forum.

The feeling is that Skubal is going to free agency after this season no matter what, so any offer the Tigers make would be just setting the floor for Skubal next winter.

Didn’t we hear about this same offer, or something really similar, last week? Was that also this Pinafore guy?

Try? Like the Pirates “tried” to sign Schwarber for 4/120 knowing he would never take it? That kind of try? 😉 I don’t see any way he takes 8/350 as a first offer from anyone, not even the Dodgers. Everyone believes at this time he can do better. Maybe he does land on 8/350 with someone, but I think that would happen only after a soft season and/or an emergent injury concern.

It would hurt our negotiating position for him to be so open at this point.

I thought it was the opposite: Harris articulated the organization’s approach really well, which of course he would because he thinks and talks about it endlessly, but I also think expectations of him by the trad baseball media are low basically perhaps because he is not a baseball lifer, and maybe because he looks like the high school class president for the Class of 2026. I actually thought Amsinger was being rather patronizing when he said that, as though he doesn’t really respect Harris. I also think Harris likes being underestimated.