KL2 Posted Sunday at 01:52 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:52 AM 12 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said: Yeah MLBTR is such a great free resource of info. It’s almost always where I find out about breaking news and rumors since I avoid Twitter like the plague. Fair is fair if they charge a fee for it. To be fair very little is original reporting by them why should you pay cause they read nightgale's twitter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted Sunday at 02:09 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:09 AM 13 minutes ago, KL2 said: To be fair very little is original reporting by them why should you pay cause they read nightgale's twitter? You would be paying for the convenience of having everythng in one place such as rotoworld which used to be free and now is a pay site. Both sites do a good job, but I personally would not pay for them. The only sites I pay for are FanGraphs and Baseball Reference. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalawrence Posted Sunday at 03:40 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:40 AM Throw some serious money Soto's way. At least try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCFKNIGHT Posted Sunday at 06:00 AM Share Posted Sunday at 06:00 AM I would like to see the Tigers bring in some new players via free agency, but I would stay away from Pete Alonso, Juan Soto, Alex Bregman and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. Scott Harris cannot make a mistake and sign a Javier Baez 2.0. Alonso and Soto are gonna want 12 year contracts and no way the Tigers should make that kind of long-term commitment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmitch55 Posted Sunday at 11:50 AM Share Posted Sunday at 11:50 AM A sellout every home game for 10 years. The best MLB outfield for 10 years. Soto, Meadows, and Greene. Ya gotta at least try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoBert Posted Sunday at 12:49 PM Share Posted Sunday at 12:49 PM Charlize Theron is not married. You gotta at least try. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL2 Posted Sunday at 02:46 PM Share Posted Sunday at 02:46 PM 12 hours ago, Tiger337 said: You would be paying for the convenience of having everythng in one place such as rotoworld which used to be free and now is a pay site. Both sites do a good job, but I personally would not pay for them. The only sites I pay for are FanGraphs and Baseball Reference. Trust me i understand these concepts better than anyone else here. Twas explaining why "fair is fair" isn't fair. If the original person isn't charging for thr info why should a secondary company charge and profit off of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL2 Posted Sunday at 02:48 PM Share Posted Sunday at 02:48 PM 8 hours ago, UCFKNIGHT said: I would like to see the Tigers bring in some new players via free agency, but I would stay away from Pete Alonso, Juan Soto, Alex Bregman and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. Scott Harris cannot make a mistake and sign a Javier Baez 2.0. Alonso and Soto are gonna want 12 year contracts and no way the Tigers should make that kind of long-term commitment. You can't be scared of free agents because of a past experience. If that was the case we'd never had made a trade after juan gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted Sunday at 03:06 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:06 PM 10 minutes ago, KL2 said: Trust me i understand these concepts better than anyone else here. Twas explaining why "fair is fair" isn't fair. If the original person isn't charging for thr info why should a secondary company charge and profit off of it? I didn't say they "should" do it, but but it seems pretty common now. There are other news aggregator sites that charge money and I have no doubt that the original sites would charge money if they thought it would be profitable. The whole internet used to be free. Now, it's getting really difficult to find sites which are not free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted Sunday at 03:32 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:32 PM 24 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: I didn't say they "should" do it, but but it seems pretty common now. There are other news aggregator sites that charge money and I have no doubt that the original sites would charge money if they thought it would be profitable. The whole internet used to be free. Now, it's getting really difficult to find sites which are not free. And it bothers me when somebody posts a link that looks really interesting and it's a paywall. It mostly happens on Twitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted Sunday at 04:05 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:05 PM 1 hour ago, KL2 said: You can't be scared of free agents because of a past experience. If that was the case we'd never had made a trade after juan gone. Soto is only 25 years old. He'll be 26 this week. And he's about to be very, very rich. The Yankees will pay him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted Sunday at 04:36 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:36 PM 1 hour ago, KL2 said: Trust me i understand these concepts better than anyone else here. Twas explaining why "fair is fair" isn't fair. If the original person isn't charging for thr info why should a secondary company charge and profit off of it? That's a generalization that's overbroad. As noted, curation can have value to the end consumer and there is no reason a priori for a curator not to be paid for their service if their customers see a value in it. If anything, the volume of data the internet spews makes well done curation a more valuable service than ever. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted Sunday at 04:40 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:40 PM 1 hour ago, KL2 said: You can't be scared of free agents because of a past experience. If that was the case we'd never had made a trade after juan gone. The difference being making a trade doesn't typically put you on the hook for nine figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted Sunday at 04:45 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:45 PM The Baez debacle should have zero impact on adding a free agent. There were red flags with him when he signed—clearly the worst option of that famous SS class. We signed the absolute worst choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalawrence Posted Sunday at 05:03 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:03 PM 11 hours ago, UCFKNIGHT said: I would like to see the Tigers bring in some new players via free agency, but I would stay away from Pete Alonso, Juan Soto, Alex Bregman and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. Scott Harris cannot make a mistake and sign a Javier Baez 2.0. Alonso and Soto are gonna want 12 year contracts and no way the Tigers should make that kind of long-term commitment. Alonso is 29 and a fraction of the player Soto is. Alonso does not expect 12 year contract. I think he will get 6 or 7, and I don't have confidence he will age well. Soto is only 25. He will get much, much more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted Sunday at 05:06 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:06 PM 14 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: The Baez debacle should have zero impact on adding a free agent. There were red flags with him when he signed—clearly the worst option of that famous SS class. We signed the absolute worst choice. It was a high reward high risk signing. I didn't think it would turn out well, but given the state of the franchise, I was not unhappy to see them take a risk. Given how low their payroll still is, I don't think he is preventing them from signing anyone. The current risk is that he continues to tak up a roster spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted Sunday at 05:09 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:09 PM 4 minutes ago, papalawrence said: Alonso is 29 and a fraction of the player Soto is. Alonso does not expect 12 year contract. I think he will get 6 or 7, and I don't have confidence he will age well. Soto is only 25. He will get much, much more I also have the feeling he won't age well and Comerica isn't a great fit for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeytargets39 Posted Sunday at 05:47 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:47 PM I’m not afraid of large free agent signings. I’m afraid of Al Avila making large free agent signings. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted Sunday at 06:00 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:00 PM I'd be more inclined to subscribe to MLBTR if they calculated Baddoo and Lange's service time right 😄 Somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but attention to detail is important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted Sunday at 07:36 PM Share Posted Sunday at 07:36 PM 6 hours ago, IdahoBert said: Charlize Theron is not married. You gotta at least try. I’m happily married. Otherwise, I’d give it a go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalawrence Posted Sunday at 07:46 PM Share Posted Sunday at 07:46 PM 6 hours ago, IdahoBert said: Charlize Theron is not married. You gotta at least try. Little bit if a stretch on the comparison. Det is a young team that just made the playoffs. Still a top 10 farm. Very low payroll. I know it's a longshot, but Harris should at least kick the tires. Also send a message to agents that Det is looking. Highly unlikely, nit zero. Theron marrying one of us, zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAbbott Posted Sunday at 08:05 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:05 PM As much as we would like a big FA signing, Harris in his end of year presser kind of said that it's not going to happen. I'd like both a new 3b and 1b, but that is not realistic. I would think maybe 2 SPs that are good, and reclamation projects for other needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted Sunday at 08:21 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:21 PM 44 minutes ago, casimir said: I’m happily married. Otherwise, I’d give it a go. That’s why you make a list of exemptions for celebrities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted Sunday at 09:52 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:52 PM 1 hour ago, HeyAbbott said: As much as we would like a big FA signing, Harris in his end of year presser kind of said that it's not going to happen. I'd like both a new 3b and 1b, but that is not realistic. I would think maybe 2 SPs that are good, and reclamation projects for other needs If it’s one or the other for corner IF, get the 3B, all other things being equal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoBert Posted Sunday at 10:22 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:22 PM https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bally-sports-parent-company-fanduel-partner-regional-sports-networks-rebrand?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0kgLPT1lbVg7oB_n38kHW3fXVUiWyvCjgdh5gDVqAgyUAu6WKc8LX2Q3c_aem_51u_xD0V8axohExIiJ-IQg yes, there will be Detroit baseball on TV this coming year. FanDuel Sports Network Detroit. [I guess this is old news, but I only just now found out about it] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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