Tenacious D Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 This could be our infield in a few years: 1B Keith 2B Lee SS McGonigle 3B Jung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTiger Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 1 minute ago, Tenacious D said: This could be our infield in a few years: 1B Keith 2B Lee SS McGonigle 3B Jung Seems much better than now doesn’t it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 37 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: This could be our infield in a few years: 1B Keith 2B Lee SS McGonigle 3B Jung Baez to DH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 18 minutes ago, casimir said: Baez to DH? Ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 2 hours ago, casimir said: Well, you’ve got to at least admit seeing a rookie on an eight year deal is curious. Yes, I admit it’s not something you see very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 2 minutes ago, chasfh said: Yes, I admit it’s not something you see very often. It's not really that "curious" though, not in a negative way. If he is good, then he'll be an absolute steal. If he's not, then they lose but not that much. The deal has a lot more upside than downside for the Tigers. I think it's the kind of thing that a mid-market team needs to do if it wants to be able to keep good players for a long time. For Keith, he'll will be set for life even if he fails. If he is good, he'll lose a lot of money,but he'll still be young enough where he can sign a good free agent deal later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 8 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: It's not really that "curious" though, not in a negative way. If he is good, then he'll be an absolute steal. If he's not, then they lose but not that much. The deal has a lot more upside than downside for the Tigers. I think it's the kind of thing that a mid-market team needs to do if it wants to be able to keep good players for a long time. For Keith, he'll will be set for life even if he fails. If he is good, he'll lose a lot of money,but he'll still be young enough where he can sign a good free agent deal later. Yeah, I was fine with the deal when it happened and I still am. It’s low risk for an amount of money that’s not going to cripple us if it goes upside down, like, for instance, 8/248. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWordIsBird Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tenacious D said: I wish him the best (unless he did something bad to someone), but I hope that this spells the end of Monroe in the booth. I liked him on pregame and around the ballpark during the game (prior to him being over promoted into PxP on Bally), but found him very hard to take as an analyst during tv broadcasts. He just wore me out (for several reasons). At any rate, that’s just my opinion and we’ll see what happens, but the “Any further questions should be directed to Craig” line makes me feel as though his time with Bally (and the Tigers) may be coming to a close. Edited June 22 by TheWordIsBird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 What a weird thing to say. Hopefully things are ok. I know they can’t speak to certain personal matters but it was an odd choice of words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Regarding Keith’s contract. Look at it from the other side of the table. How many players of his rank coming up would take a similar deal? Is he unique in taking it? Is this something other teams would love to do more of with certain prospects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 he's 230 at bats into his major league career, give him some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 5 minutes ago, oblong said: What a weird thing to say. Hopefully things are ok. I know they can’t speak to certain personal matters but it was an odd choice of words. I can see it just meaning "We are respecting Monroe's prerogative to say as much or little as he wants to" but yeah - oddly put. The IT age has meant that everything gets written quickly with little review, so having a 2nd person (like a secretary that types it out) review stuff for unrecognized tone issues is pretty much a thing of the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tenacious D said: This could be our infield in a few years: 1B Keith 2B Lee SS McGonigle 3B Jung It could also be 1B Bouchard 2B Albies 3B Navigato SS Wetherholt for a game or two. A couple of years ago would you have guessed there would have been a game this year where the starting infield was 1B Torkelson 2B Keith 3B Vilade SS McKinstry Edited June 22 by Edman85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 26 minutes ago, oblong said: Regarding Keith’s contract. Look at it from the other side of the table. How many players of his rank coming up would take a similar deal? Is he unique in taking it? Is this something other teams would love to do more of with certain prospects? Ones with small fry agents who want to cash in before they bolt for Boras/CAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAbbott Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) Am I reaching here, or is it possible that Kieth is having some lingering shoulder issues that could be impacting his performance? From personal experience, shoulder injuries don't always stay quiet. Edited June 22 by HeyAbbott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 10 hours ago, TheWordIsBird said: I wish him the best (unless he did something bad to someone), but I hope that this spells the end of Monroe in the booth. I liked him on pregame and around the ballpark during the game (prior to him being over promoted into PxP on Bally), but found him very hard to take as an analyst during tv broadcasts. He just wore me out (for several reasons). At any rate, that’s just my opinion and we’ll see what happens, but the “Any further questions should be directed to Craig” line makes me feel as though his time with Bally (and the Tigers) may be coming to a close. The team doesn’t want to keep fielding questions about him, although he wasn’t a particularly high-profile part of the team. I did post way back in March that I thought Craig was big-timing Benetti in the booth that first broadcast, stepping all over Benetti and hogging the mike and using what I thought was an alpha-jock-talking-to-nerd tone, and I do wonder whether that had any lingering effect on their working relationship. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 10 hours ago, buddha said: he's 230 at bats into his major league career, give him some time. To be clear, I'm not calling him a bust. He definitely should get a longer look. Those minor league numbers suggest he should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, chasfh said: I thought Craig was big-timing Benetti And for whatever reason, the two of them were spending a lot more time in non-game personal banter and camera in the booth stuff (toys/fgifts/food etc) than any of the other pairings, almost all of which could be deep-sixed IMHO. Maybe they were learning to get along, maybe it was forced --- don't care - don't need it. Edited June 22 by gehringer_2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddwert Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 12 hours ago, Tiger337 said: It's not really that "curious" though, not in a negative way. If he is good, then he'll be an absolute steal. If he's not, then they lose but not that much. The deal has a lot more upside than downside for the Tigers. I think it's the kind of thing that a mid-market team needs to do if it wants to be able to keep good players for a long time. For Keith, he'll will be set for life even if he fails. If he is good, he'll lose a lot of money,but he'll still be young enough where he can sign a good free agent deal later. I just wonder if it puts a lot of unnneeded pressure on someone who has never played in Major's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerNation Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 37 minutes ago, Toddwert said: I just wonder if it puts a lot of unnneeded pressure on someone who has never played in Major's I just wonder if it removes all need to keep working hard now that he's got his big pay day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) There's very few first year players who are hitting well. The rookies who are hitting had at least a cup of coffee last year. This year has been an odd one for many hitters, even established guys. Seems like the pitchers have gained some advantages in exploiting certain weaknesses. The solution might have to come from hitting coaches analyzing the new bat path data. The pitchers have gained an advantage from being able to craft better pitches in the "lab". Edited June 22 by Tigermojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddwert Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 31 minutes ago, TigerNation said: I just wonder if it removes all need to keep working hard now that he's got his big pay day. yeah because PRIDE isnt a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 I thought I had seen somewhere that Keith had voiced his concerns/displeasure with Comerica’s dimensions? If so, that’s a big red flag for me. It seems to have messed with Nick C while he was here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 1 hour ago, TigerNation said: I just wonder if it removes all need to keep working hard now that he's got his big pay day. I believe he has about $40 million on option years from 2030-2032 and a chance for a big free agency payoff after that. He'll need to perform at a high level to get all that. Of course, the 28 million guaranteed will set him up for life and maybe that is good enough him. However, I tend to believe that most professional athletes have a competitive drive to be the best at what they do indepedent of money. Otherwise, they wouldn't have made it so far. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddwert Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 1 minute ago, Tenacious D said: I thought I had seen somewhere that Keith had voiced his concerns/displeasure with Comerica’s dimensions? If so, that’s a big red flag for me. It seems to have messed with Nick C while he was here. I mean how many times are they going to have to move the fences in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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