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2023-24 Detroit Tigers Offseason Thread


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My "Good" Tiger hat was left hanging in the downstairs bathroom and I guess humidity messes them up as it's now pretty flat.  So I wanted a new one.  Went to Cooperstown and every other storefront in the town is some kind of apparal/memorabilia/collectable outfit.  I would have accepted classic styles for either the Tigers, Expos, Brooklyn Dodgers ,or a Negro league.   Couldn't find a match.

I did get a Tigers HOF T shirt listing all of them on the back, not just those listed on the wall at Comerica Park, for ex: Whitey Herzog and Eddie Mathews.

 

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1 minute ago, oblong said:

My "Good" Tiger hat was left hanging in the downstairs bathroom and I guess humidity messes them up as it's now pretty flat.  So I wanted a new one.  Went to Cooperstown and every other storefront in the town is some kind of apparal/memorabilia/collectable outfit.  I would have accepted classic styles for either the Tigers, Expos, Brooklyn Dodgers ,or a Negro league.   Couldn't find a match.

I did get a Tigers HOF T shirt listing all of them on the back, not just those listed on the wall at Comerica Park, for ex: Whitey Herzog and Eddie Mathews.

 

My dad got me that shirt when he went there. It doesn't list Ernie, though.

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1 hour ago, Edman85 said:

My dad got me that shirt when he went there. It doesn't list Ernie, though.

I just took mine off and looked.... you are right.  It also includes manager stints in the years for Harris and Trammell.  One of my rules for shirts is they can't be something that will be outdated and I now realize this one should be in about 5 years.

 

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14 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

Hopefully sooner. I really hope Lou gets his due before long, but don't know the cadence of the various veterans committees these days. Miggy is looking like July 2029.

I just looked it up.  They knocked it down to 2, Contemporoary (1980-Present) and Classic (Prior).  Contemproary had their ballot in Dec 2022 and the cadence is every 3 years now.  So maybe in just over 2 years Lou will get his induction.

 

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5 hours ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said:

Geez, how did you manage to sweat all of the blue out of that hat?

I think it turned gray because of all the gray matter activity going on underneath of it.

You think that thing is bad, you ought to see my yard work hat.  I think I've had thing since before Y2K.

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Early offseason prediction:

Our starters... almost all of them... will be HOT Commodities, even with the available FA's floating around.

So I'll predict at least one of our starters gets traded for something Harris wants on this team. My guess is it's more Manning than Skubal... but I'm not willing to take a firm position on any of those guys. I think it could be anybody...

Just a guess.

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1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said:

Early offseason prediction:

Our starters... almost all of them... will be HOT Commodities, even with the available FA's floating around.

So I'll predict at least one of our starters gets traded for something Harris wants on this team. My guess is it's more Manning than Skubal... but I'm not willing to take a firm position on any of those guys. I think it could be anybody...

Just a guess.

Manning and Brieske for Soto and Machado. Make it happen!

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8 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Skubal to STL for J Walker, put him at 3rd

Who else is St. Louis sending?  And is Walker that significant of an upgrade over Keith or Jung, that you would surrender your ace?

I do suspect that Skubal would be the starting pitcher to be traded, but I also think it would (and should) be an overwhelming haul in return. If he goes, I would like to think we’re getting our next catcher (here’s looking at you, Dodgers).

I think we’d be selling low on any of our other starters—agree that Manning would not command very much.

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2 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Who else is St. Louis sending?  And is Walker that significant of an upgrade over Keith or Jung, that you would surrender your ace?

I do suspect that Skubal would be the starting pitcher to be traded, but I also think it would (and should) be an overwhelming haul in return. If he goes, I would like to think we’re getting our next catcher (here’s looking at you, Dodgers).

I think we’d be selling low on any of our other starters—agree that Manning would not command very much.

No way

Never, trade Tarik Skubal. Never

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20 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

3 years of Skubal for 6 years of Walker. Should we ask for more than Walker? yes, but Walker was/is a Tork/Greene level prospect.

Walker has already shown himself to be a crappy 3B'man, which is why he's playing the OF.

If you're trading for him for the OF, maybe...

But if this trade is only to solve our 3B issue, Walker is a WORSE option than Keith or Jung.

 

 

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26 minutes ago, Timmitch55 said:

No way

Never, trade Tarik Skubal. Never

Probably not, but nobody is untouchable in the right deal.  Skubal is really good, but also a significant injury risk.  Of course, other teams understand that about them which might limit what the Tigers could get in a deal.  Thus, it would probably be best to keep him.  I just don't like to say "never".  

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7 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

Early offseason prediction:

Our starters... almost all of them... will be HOT Commodities, even with the available FA's floating around.

So I'll predict at least one of our starters gets traded for something Harris wants on this team. My guess is it's more Manning than Skubal... but I'm not willing to take a firm position on any of those guys. I think it could be anybody...

Just a guess.

Hold on, is this a prediction or a guess?  I would hate to get you in a tizzy by misquoting you.

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