2025 DETROIT TIGERS REGULAR SEASON THREAD

[TigerNation]

 

Edited 17 hours ago by TigerNation

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, TigerNation said:

 

Not fired, not retired, no announcement of an upward move to a new team?

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[Tiger337]

15 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Not fired, not retired, no announcement of an upward move to a new team?

Getting out before the pitch stealng scandal hits.😄

Edited 16 hours ago by Tiger337

[oblong]

On the surface it seems weird.  But depending on what he could have been responsible for then the start of the season could make sense. He’s been with them for a long time. Maybe he was fulfilled and wants to move on. 

[Tenacious D]

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[chasfh]

10 hours ago, oblong said:

On the surface it seems weird.  But depending on what he could have been responsible for then the start of the season could make sense. He’s been with them for a long time. Maybe he was fulfilled and wants to move on. 

Or maybe he wasn’t very good at the way Scott Harris wants to do analytics, which wouldn’t surprise me if it’s true. The timing is kind of interesting, though. Reddit is all in on the scandal angle.

[monkeytargets39]

44 minutes ago, chasfh said:

 Reddit is all in on the scandal angle.

As is tradition

[Edman85]

My theories...

• Crowded front office, personalities clashing. Between Greenberg and the new VP of Analytics hire shifting Sartori into more of Menzin's duties, he may have felt marginalized.
• He was named in the racial discrimination suit by the fired clubhouse employee a couple years ago. Maybe something came from that.
• Could just be burned out... A lot of hours.

[Edman85]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Or maybe he wasn’t very good at the way Scott Harris wants to do analytics, which wouldn’t surprise me if it’s true. The timing is kind of interesting, though. Reddit is all in on the scandal angle.

Menzin hasn't really been the analytics guy for a while. He was more that by default in the Dombrowski days, but once Avila started building up the analytics staff, Menzin's duties were more of a traditional assistant GM/jack-of-all-trades type...

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[Edman85]

As for timing, if your point person for contract negotiations resigns right after extension season and not getting anybody locked up long term, that may be a scab to pick at.

[romad1]

5 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

As for timing, if your point person for contract negotiations resigns right after extension season and not getting anybody locked up long term, that may be a scab to pick at.

Scapegoat for not getting Alex Bregman in the fold? 

[Edman85]

1 minute ago, romad1 said:

Scapegoat for not getting Alex Bregman in the fold? 

Possibly? I hadn't thought of that? I was more thinking the pre-arb extensions that tend to locked up around Opening Day. Greene would be such a candidate...

[romad1]

1 minute ago, Edman85 said:

Possibly? I hadn't thought of that? I was more thinking the pre-arb extensions that tend to locked up around Opening Day. Greene would be such a candidate...

or Skubal?

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Or maybe he wasn’t very good at the way Scott Harris wants to do analytics, which wouldn’t surprise me if it’s true. The timing is kind of interesting, though. Reddit is all in on the scandal angle.

That is my guess.  I remember reading about him from the Dombrowski days. He was reasonably well versed in baseball analytics, but I didn't get the sense that he had the sophistication of the modern analysts.  

[davidsb623]

15 hours ago, TigerNation said:

 

This is a DOGE cut.