Tiger Cubs (notes on the minors)

[monkeytargets39]

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

And so is Clark at 31 (for the opposite reason).  They’re not very high on him.

I don’t know that I’d say they’re down on him as much as I’d say they’re really high on McGonigle—and deservedly so with those K/BB numbers.  Clark struggled a little bit with the jump to WM but was still pretty good.

 

McGonigle could climb the ladder real quick 

[LongLiveMaroth]

Briceno will be in the top 100 for pipeline.

 

[Tenacious D]

Oh, boy

 

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

[chasfh]

On 1/20/2025 at 8:23 AM, Tenacious D said:

Oh, boy

 

Just what is his chest prophesying is going to happen on December 13, 2025? 

[gehringer_2]

46 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Just what is his chest prophesying is going to happen on December 13, 2025? 

I would guess he's engaged and that's the date. Though I don't know why any fool would want to get married in the winter like I did (we had a blizzard 😱). But then again it's probably going to be in FLA.

[CMRivdogs]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I would guess he's engaged and that's the date. Though I don't know why any fool would want to get married in the winter like I did (we had a blizzard 😱). But then again it's probably going to be in FLA.

We were married 12/30, that was the closest Saturday to her parents anniversary if I recall (1978). It was in the low 70s in Norfolk, Va.

Then again we had the audacity to schedule the wedding in the middle of a Steelers playoff game with Denver. My side of the family was from Western Pa

[RandyMarsh]

Jobe #5, Clark 6, McGonigle 28, Rainer 53, Liranzo 82 and Briceno 95 on Pipeline's latest rankings. 

[RatkoVarda]

Keith Law, who hates the Tigers, has those 6 plus Hamm in Athletic's Top 100

[LongLiveMaroth]

27 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Keith Law, who hates the Tigers, has those 6 plus Hamm in Athletic's Top 100

[Tigermojo]

The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.

[Arlington]

Law said he saw McGonnigle having a long career and getting 2,500 hits which only 3 other Tigers have accomplished as Tigers.

Wonder if the Tigers are considering any Colt Keith like contracts here.  With so many players coming within a few short years, it might be well worth their money to pay a little bit more early so that they can have a more manageable budget when they are all peaking.  

Also, thought the Max Clark commentary was particularly interesting.  Apparently Max had lost a significant amount of speed since high school. At draft time he was rated a 70 but that has fallen to 55.  Thought that was unusual. 

Edited January 27 by Arlington

[Shelton]

1 hour ago, Arlington said:

Law said he saw McGonnigle having a long career and getting 2,500 hits which only 3 other Tigers have accomplished as Tigers.

Wonder if the Tigers are considering any Colt Keith like contracts here.  With so many players coming within a few short years, it might be well worth their money to pay a little bit more early so that they can have a more manageable budget when they are all peaking.  

Also, thought the Max Clark commentary was particularly interesting.  Apparently Max had lost a significant amount of speed since high school. At draft time he was rated a 70 but that has fallen to 55.  Thought that was unusual. 

That’s not what law said. He said that if Kevin hit his 95% projection that he would finish with 2500 hits. 
 

Regardless, Keith loves the tigers this year. 
 

 

[Arlington]

True, should have said "could see" rather than "saw".  But honestly, I have never seen such an forward looking evaluation before.

[Tenacious D]

Some interesting choices

 

[RandyMarsh]

Kiley McDaniel of ESPN put out his preseason top 100 today and only 4 Tigers made the list...good news though is that 3 were in the top 10 with Jobe at 7, Clark 9 and McGonigle 10. Rainer was the other one coming in at number 79. Surprised to not see Lirano or Brucieno. He must have questions about their defensive positioning going forward. 

[LongLiveMaroth]

Keith Law's farm system ranking. Good to see stuff about the international markets

[Arlington]

Disappointingly vapid comment from Law.  Hope we are better than the 2000s, when the Tigers produced a couple of Stars. The rest was pretty much garbage.  Take away Verlander and Granderson and their draft produced barely 10 WAR from the decade.

Law could have addressed depth a bit.  Last year the Tigers got some good production from some players that were not all that high in the prospect lists and I think they have set themselves up to see a good amount of help this year, particularly in the relief corps. 

[RatkoVarda]

so now we are mad at Law for ... being complimentary of the team?

[AlaskanTigersFan]

9 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

so now we are mad at Law for ... being complimentary of the team?

Yes.

[theroundsquare]

Law hates the Tigers and only complimented the team in this manner because he knew it would sow discord among Tigers fans

[Cruzer1]

Harris  plus the Tigers extra picks each year, are the reasons the Tigers are in better shape with talent in the minors.

[papalawrence]

1 minute ago, Cruzer1 said:

Harris  plus the Tigers extra picks each year, are the reasons the Tigers are in better shape with talent in the minors.

I'm optimistic about the Tigers and am more confident in sustainable quality baseball. Part of me is still braced to lose Skubal, eventually Greene, etc. There hasn't been a situation yet to offer huge contracts. I suspect we'll see more Colt Keith like contracts. But I also think we as fans will also see any superstars move on following team control. Have to wait and see. Morris, Lou, Tram and Parish would have all past team control just prior to 1984. Different era altogether. Hot dogs are the same.

[chasfh]

On 1/30/2025 at 8:19 AM, LongLiveMaroth said:

Keith Law's farm system ranking. Good to see stuff about the international markets

Saying that Al Avila sucked without saying the actual words “Al Avila sucked”.

[Tenacious D]