2024 - 2025 Detroit Tigers Offseason

[chasfh]

9 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

This really is nuts, and not grounded in any sort of reality (that can be proven).  There are the Los Angeles Dodgers and then there is everyone else, which lumps Detroit in, too.  No sure if you got your ass kicked in Detroit, or just had your lunch money stolen, but not everyone shares your dim view.

u seem mad

[Tiger337]

Whether it's real or not, people who don't live in Detroit generally don't have a good view of it.  They aren't the only city like that, but it's probably not a good selling point in negotiations.  

 

[chasfh]

Decades of negative media coverage of a city will definitely hurt its image. It also doesn't help that the Tigers organization took a huge reputational hit after Dombrowski left. It was always going to take time to rebuild that, and it's very frustrating to be in the middle of it, but unfortunately, we're simply not there yet.

[SoCalTiger]

Tommy Kahnle...........

[RandyMarsh]

I don't think players care all that much about the actual city, especially baseball where you play essentially everyday during the season so with no free time anyway it doesn't matter whether you're in Detroit or Paris. Also your off-season is in the winter so you miss the worst of the weather as well. 

What they do care about is the franchise in general, they can handle a sub par city if the franchise is a winner but if it isn't they aren't going to choose to play there for any significant length of time unless they are heavily compesitated.

[monkeytargets39]

Kahnle would be a solid addition to the pen.  

[Motor City Sonics]

I hate the idea of trading Spencer Torkelson to the Twins.    If he finds himself,  just not in our own division, please. 

[1776]

14 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

I hate the idea of trading Spencer Torkelson to the Twins.    If he finds himself,  just not in our own division, please. 

Are you responding to a report or something? I saw something the other day that the Tigers asking price, for any team interested, will be two top 15 prospects. I thought it was so ridiculous I didn’t give it anymore thought. 

[monkeytargets39]

I keep seeing Torkelson being rumored to go to the Mets.  

[Tigermojo]

58 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Tommy Kahnle...........

Pitching chaos!

[gehringer_2]

7 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

I keep seeing Torkelson being rumored to go to the Mets.  

I think that just because the Mets haven't settled at 1b and they are always willing to spend stupid to get what they want. I don't know that there has been anything on our side though.

[Sports_Freak]

15 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

those don't break, they explode

Or burn...

[Tenacious D]

5 hours ago, chasfh said:

u seem mad

I toned it down—should have seen the original 🤣.

If you’re ever willing to brave coming back to Detroit for a visit, I’ll happily show you around.  I promise you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

[chasfh]

2 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

I toned it down—should have seen the original 🤣.

If you’re ever willing to brave coming back to Detroit for a visit, I’ll happily show you around.  I promise you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

It has nothing to do with me and what I think of Detroit. This is not personal. 

[chasfh]

I like the pick up of Tommy Kahnle. The only thing I don’t like is that he walks the world. 

 

[Tiger337]

Tommy Kahnle once threw 56 consecutive change-ups.  

[Longgone]

43 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Pitching chaos!

Changeup. Changeup. Changeup

[Motor City Sonics]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Tommy Kahnle once threw 56 consecutive change-ups.  

He was trying to show Jeremy Bonderman how to do it. 

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Tommy Kahnle once threw 56 consecutive change-ups.  

He was a fireballer a few years ago, not so much now.

[Tiger337]

3 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I like the pick up of Tommy Kahnle. The only thing I don’t like is that he walks the world. 

 

He sounds like another Fernando Rodney which could be good or bad.  The Tigers organization is good place for pitchers like that.  

[papalawrence]

Nice bullpen pick-up. 

Now it's time to get Flaherty. Skubal is pushing for it. I'll throw in some baklava to get it done

[Motor City Sonics]

What if Chris Illitch decided that he wanted his own stadium and decided to move the team to Nashville?   Would baseball allow it?  

Would baseball allow the White Sox to move?   They almost did in the past, but I can't see MLB allowing a legacy team like that to leave now.  I know they are whining about a downtown stadium and how the Bears get more love.   Maybe losing less than 121 games might help. 

[Motor City Sonics]

4 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

Nice bullpen pick-up. 

Now it's time to get Flaherty. Skubal is pushing for it. I'll throw in some baklava to get it done

No Baklava.   People can't afford diabetes medicine anymore.  

[roarintiger1]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

He sounds like another Fernando Rodney which could be good or bad.  The Tigers organization is good place for pitchers like that.  

Good old Rodney........He could be both good and bad in the same game.  Well, he could be both good and bad in the same inning. Heck, he could be both good and bad with the same batter....................

[Motor City Sonics]

As far as Detroit's bad image.   That will never change with some people and let's not be too fooled here.  As cool as it is to see a vibrant downtown again, a real city that I never experienced here in my life, the city is still pretty horrible outside of that.   People ARE trying, no doubt, but I don't think the city will ever shake the image that you see at the beginning of Beverly Hills Cop.  That'll ALWAYS be what Detroit is to some.      Some hotshot millionaire ballplayer doesn't want to stoop to live in a high-end hotel for four months, then I say fine,  we don't need ya anyway, we'll be just peachy.   

The athletes that do come here and give us a try and even have just a little success..........they seem to fall in love with the place, don't they?     Hey, we're serious sports fans here.   It's what got us through a lot of tough times.   We know our ****e here and our media won't crap on you like New York or Philly.