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Regarding Charlie Maxwell, on July 29, 1962 my dad’s Elks Club drove all of us kids from Auburn, Indiana in a rented school bus to Chicago to see a doubleheader vs. the Yankees, where the Sox’s player

Tenacious D
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Why would we want Arenado for 3 seasons?  I like what Scotty had to day today regarding Bregman:

Tiger337
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I don't want to see an "evaluation year".  They've been doing that for like 7 years now.  I want to see a competive team.  They can be reasonably competitive and continue to develop young players at t

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  On 11/8/2024 at 12:44 AM, Motor City Sonics said:

Reality feels more like......

Jose Quintana  - Desperate need for a lefty starter on a short term deal

Nick Pivetta  - Just feels like a Tigers guy.  A fine #4 or #5

Carson Kelly   - They know he fits the team

Paul Goldschmidt - Tork Mentor/Tork Insurance, mostly at DH.  But he steeply declined last year.  

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That list stinks like feet.

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  On 11/8/2024 at 2:36 AM, ICroupier said:

That list stinks like feet.

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Look at the last few offseasons.  We always end up disappointed.   I don't think that'll change because of the playoff run.   We'll sign more guys than before, but it's all mid-level, short-term and prove it deals.   Hope they prove me wrong, but Chris is not like his father.  

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  On 11/6/2024 at 4:00 PM, 1776 said:

Am I the only one that has reservations about bringing Flaherty back? I was all in on the signing last year but I’d prefer moving on from him at this point. 

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You are not.

Flaherty’s going to get at least four years. I mean, he’s a good pick up for a rich team with money to burn that a great pitching science staff and can see taking a chance on him being healthy and consistent enough be to a solid 2/3. But he is definitely not the ace of a staff that plays into November. The Yankees didn’t want him even for a stretch run because of history concerns.

As for us, I don’t know whether our roster is mature enough to warrant paying something like 4/80+ to Jack Flaherty. Fans don’t want to hear this, but the rebuild is still not finished, although I do think we have crossed the midway point of the rebuild. We can still win while finishing up the rebuild, but I also think last season might have been this version’s 2006.

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  On 11/7/2024 at 12:48 PM, Motor City Sonics said:

Seeing Top 50 Free Agent predictions of people signing with the White Sox, A's and Rays. 

Why would a north-of-30 Free Agent want to go to the White Sox.  Horrible team.  Owner either going to sell or possibly move them.  

The A's will be playing at a minor league stadium for the next 3 years and is the Vegas thing even confirmed yet?   

And where the hell are the Rays going to play?   A minor league stadium in Tampa or Orlando, or will the share the stadium with the Marlins in Miami.    They're surely not sinking 9 figures into fixing a stadium they are leaving in 3 years, are they?

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I don’t think any top free agent would go to the hate Sox, but they may pick up someone whose back is against the career wall as a possible flip piece.

Remember, even signing with the White Sox for a guaranteed deal is preferable to going to Asia or Mexico.

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  On 11/7/2024 at 9:47 PM, Longgone said:

Soto is a top hitter, but not a very good defender, and he is a sub par athlete who probably won’t age well. Probably be a dh soon, players of his skill set tend to lose bat speed as they age. Great player, but not without concerns.

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It's true he's a poor defender now, but he will still be in the outfield for at least another four years, if not more. They may try to figure out a way to move him to first.

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  On 11/7/2024 at 10:27 PM, papalawrence said:

A wrinkle on Soto - how certain is it that he is 25? Recently a minor league player from Dominican Republic made agreement at 14. Turns out he was 19.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/dominican-baseball-player-with-verbal-agreement-with-padres-was-19-not-14-per-report/

Soto is a great player. But maybe he didn't start at 19? Signing him to a 15 yr deal carries so much risk. I'll bet Boras is starting at 15/700

 

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We will know exactly how old Soto is when he comes for his pension.

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  On 11/8/2024 at 12:04 AM, Tiger337 said:

And he reportedly rejected a 15-year contract from the Yankees.  Odds are we wouldn't like the last 7 or so years of whatever contract he gets.  

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I believe you mean the Nationals? Had the Yankees offered 15 years to Soto, wouldn't that be seismic news?

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  On 11/8/2024 at 2:57 PM, chasfh said:

I believe you mean the Nationals? Had the Yankees offered 15 years to Soto, wouldn't that be seismic news?

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Probably.  Regardless, as much as I want the Tigers to boost their offense, I wouldn't suggest that they get involved in anything like that.    

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  On 11/8/2024 at 2:21 PM, romad1 said:

might as well be.   I lost track of him. 

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At one point there was a report that Parker still talks to him everyday. I hope that's true. 

"I developed a condition that prevents me from playing baseball but allows me an otherwise fairly normal life"

is a lot better than

"I developed a condition that continues to get worse and will destroy my normal life."

I don't know that anyone has ever said which he's dealing with, which is their right of course......

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