Tiger Cubs (notes on the minors)

[papalawrence]

Very encouraging about Clark. Probably the best Tigers farm in decades.  Who else was coming up when they had Maybin and Miller? 

[RandyMarsh]

3 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

Very encouraging about Clark. Probably the best Tigers farm in decades.  Who else was coming up when they had Maybin and Miller? 

I remember Humberto Sanchez was ranked by some in the top 50 overall but he was traded for Sheffield, can't remember any other top 100 guys in that Maybin/Miller era. 

[monkeytargets39]

15 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

Very encouraging about Clark. Probably the best Tigers farm in decades.  Who else was coming up when they had Maybin and Miller? 

CALE IORG

[Arlington]

9 hours ago, chasfh said:

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

LOL, and DD sucked too when it came to the draft.  He was able to sign a few like Porcello and Castellanos because he broke the rules and signed them well above slot.  DD's antics was probably a major impetus for the strict allotments today.

[Arlington]

I remember when they signed Humberto.   It was a pleasant surprise - a draft and follow.  He was projected to go pretty high in 2002 draft.  Baseball Reference's transaction line - June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 31st round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed May 27, 2002.  Here's a statistical oddity: Tigers traded Sanchez, Anthony Claggett, and Kevin Whelan to the Yankees for Sheffield in 2006.  Each pitcher eventually made it to the majors to pitch in two games for the Yankees: 2, 2.2, and 2.2 innings, respectively.   DD was great in the 2000s in obtaining contributing players for Tiger draft picks that never panned out.

[RandyMarsh]

Tigers at number 3 on Kiley McDaniels/ESPN latest system rankings. 

[monkeytargets39]

The nice thing about having a top 5 farm system in this instance is that most of them are in A ball, so aside from Jobe, we aren’t up there because of 2 or 3 prospects about to break into the bigs with nothing of note behind them.  The system has both quality and depth.

Edited 11 hours ago by monkeytargets39

[Edman85]

On 2/1/2025 at 11:28 PM, Arlington said:

LOL, and DD sucked too when it came to the draft.  He was able to sign a few like Porcello and Castellanos because he broke the rules and signed them well above slot.  DD's antics was probably a major impetus for the strict allotments today.

He didn't "break rules," and a lot of teams did that in that era.