alex Posted May 31, 2024 Posted May 31, 2024 1 hour ago, LongLiveMaroth said: General consensus was either Dalton Rushing or Cartaya plus Eddys Leonard but we probably would have probably thrown in Jake Rogers as his name was thrown around and Donny Sands was in Pittsburgh ready to be "called up". This is where SHarris and the FO need to be pretty good and is where AA failed for much of his tenure (see JD, JV, etc - but did well with the DNorris for ROlsen deal). Maybe they offer JFlaherty a higher AAV deal ex 2 or 3 yrs, this would also allow Jack to be a FA again at 31-32? IF we deal Flaherty (or esp Skubal) it has to have an 'impact' type return. In a Skubal case it could set us back years once AGAIN if the return is 'bad'. It is all a gamble, health 'always' plays a large part here and will again at the deadline - if said players are healthy. My point all along has been does SHarris and this new regime have the ability to identify close to ready MLB talent and get a deal done. He does not have to wait for the deadline either. He/they can make a deal at anytime trading a couple prospects from our system (not in the top 5-6), to a team in which a player at AA-AAA may be blocked by a young MLB talented player (again see LAD, Baltimore, etc.). If SHarris cannot do this, then it will not matter as any CEO/GM worth their weight has to do this at times or it will be all on the next regime as another 'rebuild' takes place. The key is 'player development' - If we are not developing 'bats' it makes no sense (IMHO) to give out 5yr+ deals to multiple FAs and get hand tied to several players - as we all know how often long term FA deals end up. IMHO, we can still compete this year if: - We stay pretty healthy - Tork figures some things out - FO acquires a bat (or two) ex close to MLB ready talent and/or someone another team wishes to move on from ex an existing contract, a FA after this yr and they are not competing, etc. - Go Tigs! 1 Quote
chasfh Posted May 31, 2024 Posted May 31, 2024 If Harris trades Skubal this year, or even next year, I will literally eat one of my baseball caps. 1 Quote
Toddwert Posted June 1, 2024 Posted June 1, 2024 4 hours ago, chasfh said: If Harris trades Skubal this year, or even next year, I will literally eat one of my baseball caps. yeah he'll probably just lose him in free agency Quote
chasfh Posted June 1, 2024 Posted June 1, 2024 10 hours ago, Toddwert said: yeah he'll probably just lose him in free agency We might. Depends what the number of years at hand will be. I wouldn’t want to throw eight years at the guy just to get three our four out of him. Quote
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