2024 - 2025 Detroit Tigers Offseason

[Cruzer1]

Faedo has the hottest wife. She would be missed.

[Edman85]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

yes - Faedo's MiLB page says he was dl'd in August and re-activated Nov4

Everybody is activated at end of season. That doesn't mean he is healed.

[Sports_Freak]

5 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Tommy Kahnle once threw 56 consecutive change-ups.  

I remember watching a game he was pitching in and hearing the announcers saying they knew exactly which pitch was coming next. 🤣🤣

[Sports_Freak]

4 hours ago, roarintiger1 said:

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....................

A RP who has control issues is pretty useless these days. Having to face 3 hitters can lose a game very quickly if he can't find the strike zone. There's nothing worse than a wild arm coming in from the bullpen.

[Motor City Sonics]

They kept Englert and Kreidler over Faedo?   I don't that one.  Faedo was pretty solid last year.     Maybe because Faedo was initially drafted during the Obama administration and everything from then must be erased.    

Bet the Twins or White Sox take him and he owns us.  

Edited Thursday at 12:22 AM by Motor City Sonics

[Tigermojo]

19 minutes ago, Cruzer1 said:

Faedo has the hottest wife. She would be missed.

Someone needs to get Harris on the phone immediately.

[Motor City Sonics]

So far I am grading this offseason about a C-.    This has been highly disappointing so far.    

 

 

[gehringer_2]

30 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

Everybody is activated at end of season. That doesn't mean he is healed.

well that's an interesting question then. Could he file a grievance that he should have been put back on the DL and not moved? Or maybe after 10yrs(~) in our system he's just as ready to go and try another org even if he had a case he could have pursued?

Edited Thursday at 12:37 AM by gehringer_2

[Tiger337]

1 minute ago, Motor City Sonics said:

So far I am grading this offseason about a C-.    This has been highly disappointing so far.    

 

 

I agree and they are running out of good free agent options.  A big trade might be the only way to make it a good off-season.  

[Cruzer1]

I'm not upset if the Tigers don't get Bregman. I heard they offered 5 years, which should have been enough.

[Cruzer1]

Damn, I thought we were getting Carlos Estevez, but he's going to the Royals.

Royals To Sign Carlos Estévez - MLB Trade Rumors

[gehringer_2]

I wouldn't be crushed going into the season with only one bat added just because our hitters are at stages in their careers where more are likely to be better next season than worse - although that said - catcher could be pretty bad. Dingler has shown nothing againt MLB pitching at all - would have liked to see some kind of better backstop at backstop...

But just to be the broken record again - I want more added to the starting staff than Cobb and the door is about closed on that unless Flaherty drops in our lap and I think the odds of that are <5%.

As you note - a trade seems the only major thing that could happen but Harris will really have to make a jump out of his recent habits to start trading young talent.

[Tiger337]

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

I wouldn't be crushed going into the season with only one bat added just because our hitters are at stages in their careers where more are likely to be better next season than worse - although that said - catcher could be pretty bad. Dingler has shown nothing againt MLB pitching at all - would have liked to see some kind of better backstop at backstop...

But just to be the broken record again - I want more added to the starting staff than Cobb and the door is about closed on that unless Flaherty drops in our lap and I think the odds of that are <5%.

As you note - a trade seems the only major thing that could happen but Harris will really have to make a jump out of his recent habits to start trading young talent.

Their infield defense is bad which isn't good when you are so reliant on pitchng.  

[casimir]

5 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Tommy Kahnle once threw 56 consecutive change-ups.  

The change up was my only pitch.

[gehringer_2]

1 minute ago, Tiger337 said:

Their infield defense is bad which isn't good when you are so reliant on pitchng.  

True, but it doesn't have to be. They could push Gleyber to  more DHing so Keith could spend more time at 2B and the D would be better. They probably won't, but they could.

They have too many 2Bs. Jung may hit more with his wrist fixed, but 2B is his best position. Keith's bat is more valuable as a 2B then a 1B, and they have Gleyber who it is said is not willing to change positions. Which actually makes the fact they they pursued him all the stranger since they value multi-positional players so highly.

I know I should stop complaining, maybe he'll OPS 950 and Tigers will win the W.S. but until then I'm never going to have a good feeling about that signing.

[casimir]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Wasn't that supposed to be a tribute to someone, but I don't remember who....Tiant maybe?

His father.  He was a fisherman and often wore his hat so that the bill blocked the sun from his eyes.  I always hated the tilt until I heard the reason.

[casimir]

5 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

True, but it doesn't have to be. They could push Gleyber to  more DHing so Keith could spend more time at 2B and the D would be better. They probably won't, but they could.

They have too many 2Bs. Jung may hit more with his wrist fixed, but 2B is his best position. Keith's bat is more valuable as a 2B then a 1B, and they have Gleyber who it is said is not willing to change positions. Which actually makes the fact they they pursued him all the stranger since they value multi-positional players so highly.

I know I should stop complaining, maybe he'll OPS 950 and Tigers will win the W.S. but until then I'm never going to have a good feeling about that signing.

I understand the deal for a better defender.  But specific to Torres as the acquisition and the resulting moves that it causes……. Meh.

[Tiger337]

4 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Until Skubal is prepared to make a long term commitment himself, his opinion is irrelevant.

I think the opinion of the best pitcher in baseball and the guy their entire pithing staff revolves around should be very relevant.  They need him a lot more than he needs them.  

[1776]

42 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

So far I am grading this offseason about a C-.    This has been highly disappointing so far.    

 

 

If this team doesn’t improve before opening day I don’t see them making the playoffs. If there is a plan I’d like to get a copy.

[Tiger337]

16 minutes ago, 1776 said:

If this team doesn’t improve before opening day I don’t see them making the playoffs. If there is a plan I’d like to get a copy.

I think the plan is long term and I think it's a good one overall.  However, I think they are ready to try to win now and would like to see them accelerate the plan.  

Edited Thursday at 01:29 AM by Tiger337

[Edman85]

I do feel like there is a negative correlation between fanbase contentment with the Tigers' offseason moves and actual improvement by the team.

[Tiger337]

I feel like their off-season moves probably haven't improved the team much, but there is a lot of potential for improvement within.  I also feel like they caught lightning in a bottle at the end of the year and they will have to improve more than their final record suggests.  

Edited Thursday at 01:55 AM by Tiger337

[Hongbit]

Grit doesn’t need free agents! 

[Tigermojo]

The 40 man roster looks pretty good to me. Almost everyone has ML experience. The keys will be healthy outfield and healthy rotation. Hinch will be able to manage the defense and the bullpen to perform their best.

Nobody in the Central has done much.

 

[monkeytargets39]

2 hours ago, Cruzer1 said:

Faedo has the hottest wife. She would be missed.

And yet we didn’t sign Verlander either