KL2 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Tenacious D said: I kind of like this It's great except for being awful. Other than that just great 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Tenacious D said: I kind of like this Rays move to Montreal, A's move to Las Vegas AL East - Baltimore, Boston, NY Yankees, Toronto AL Central - Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota AL South - Houston, Kansas City, Nashville Texas AL West - Colorado, Las Vegas (A's), Los Angeles, Seattle NL East - Montreal (Rays), NY Mets Philadelphia, Pittsburgh NL Central - Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Milwaukee, NL South - Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Washington NL West - Arizona, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco 18 vs. your own division = 54 6 vs. your league teams = 72 6 vs. Interleague Buddy Team = 6 6 games vs. 5 Other Interleague Teams (rotation every 3 years) = 30 Total = 162 Playoffs. All division winners and two wild cards. Best two records get a bye week. Wild Card Round - Best of 3. Divisional Round - Best of 5 League Championship - Best of 7 World Series - Best of 7 Interleague Buddy System, A home and home series ever year for........... Baltimore - Washington Boston - Philadelphia NY Yankees - NY Mets Toronto - Montreal White Sox - Cubs Cleveland - Cincinnati Detroit - Pittsburgh Minnesota - Milwaukee Houston - Miami Kansas City - St. Louis Nashville - Charlotte Texas - Atlanta Colorado - Arizona Las Vegas - San Francisco Angels - Dodgers Seattle - San Diego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 10 hours ago, 1984Echoes said: I have better ones: National League: Frigidaire Division Cubs, White Sox, Brewers, Twins Border Patrol Division San Diego, Arizona, Houston, Texas California Dreamin' Division Dodgers, A's, Giants, Angels (guess which state...?) Grunge (or Grody, or Nirvana) Division Mariners, Rockies, Royals, Cardinals American League: Patriots Division Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Phillies In or Near Canada Division Tigers, Guardians, Blue Jays, Reds Appalachia EW Division Pirates, Orioles, Nationals, Nashville (expansion team) Hurricane Alley Division Marlins, Rays, Braves, Charlotte (expansion team) Sorry, better divisions would involve 8 team divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 10 hours ago, Tiger337 said: I want eight-team divisions. Make the division titles mean something. There are going to be a million wildcards anyway, so they don't have to pretend small divisions make it more competitive. Yes, agree. I think the risk with fewer teams per division is having a team with a losing record win a division. It happens in football every couple of seasons and it just seems ridiculous to reward a losing record with a playoff berth. I think Bowden's 8 division setup can easily be condensed to a 4 team setup by combining his divisions together. He has them set up well geographically. LAA, LAD, SD, SF, OAK, SEA, AZ, CO HOU, TX, KC, SL, CHC, CWS, MN, (MIL) That's an easy two divisions in the west to set up. I have Milwaukee in parentheses because they could move to the east divisions if an expansion team happens to be placed somewhere in the west. Maybe that means Colorado moves out of the Pacific time zone based division to the more Mountain/Central based one. NYY, NYM, BOS, PHI, WAS, BAL, PIT, (Charlotte) DET, CLE, CIN, TOR, TB, MIA, ATL, (Nashville) There's probably some give and take with the two eastern based divisions. Nashville seems like the top of the expansion picks right now. Charlotte seems to be have been up there for a while. I wouldn't think MLB would want the two expansion teams in the same division. Maybe there is some sincerity to returning to Montreal, but that's probably debatable. That might create a desire to place Toronto and Montreal together. Expansion seems like nothing more than pure speculation. MLB needs to wait for the Athletics and Rays to get their stadium situations figured out. I wouldn't be surprised to see geographical realignment, but it might be easier for MLB to implement that with expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Andrew Chafin still available, purportedly values being close to his farm south of Cleveland. Gotta think there's still a chance, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 7 hours ago, casimir said: Yes, agree. I think the risk with fewer teams per division is having a team with a losing record win a division. It happens in football every couple of seasons and it just seems ridiculous to reward a losing record with a playoff berth. I think Bowden's 8 division setup can easily be condensed to a 4 team setup by combining his divisions together. He has them set up well geographically. LAA, LAD, SD, SF, OAK, SEA, AZ, CO HOU, TX, KC, SL, CHC, CWS, MN, (MIL) That's an easy two divisions in the west to set up. I have Milwaukee in parentheses because they could move to the east divisions if an expansion team happens to be placed somewhere in the west. Maybe that means Colorado moves out of the Pacific time zone based division to the more Mountain/Central based one. NYY, NYM, BOS, PHI, WAS, BAL, PIT, (Charlotte) DET, CLE, CIN, TOR, TB, MIA, ATL, (Nashville) There's probably some give and take with the two eastern based divisions. Nashville seems like the top of the expansion picks right now. Charlotte seems to be have been up there for a while. I wouldn't think MLB would want the two expansion teams in the same division. Maybe there is some sincerity to returning to Montreal, but that's probably debatable. That might create a desire to place Toronto and Montreal together. Expansion seems like nothing more than pure speculation. MLB needs to wait for the Athletics and Rays to get their stadium situations figured out. I wouldn't be surprised to see geographical realignment, but it might be easier for MLB to implement that with expansion. Four-team divisions are not all bad though. When the Tigers win their division in 2027 with an 83-79 record, we'll all be strutting around like we're something special and getting a feeling of immense pride when they put up the AL Central champions banner in Comerica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: Four-team divisions are not all bad though. When the Tigers win their division in 2027 with an 83-79 record, we'll all be strutting around like we're something special and getting a feeling of immense pride when they put up the AL Central champions banner in Comerica. Thankfully they haven't gone the division championship banner route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Said everything is going well but won't give a timetable on a return. It does sound like he plans to be return sometime this year but thats something that I think people were expecting anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 9 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: Said everything is going well but won't give a timetable on a return. It does sound like he plans to be return sometime this year but thats something that I think people were expecting anyway. Is it? Given how Matthew Boyd went with the same surgery, I've had my expectations tempered on any return prior to at least September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 I am going into the season assuming no significant contribution from Skubal. Anything they get from him this year would be a bonus. I'd rather he take his time coming back anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 33 minutes ago, mtutiger said: Is it? Given how Matthew Boyd went with the same surgery, I've had my expectations tempered on any return prior to at least September. I thought it was but maybe that was just me. I thought the consensus at the time was that he'd be back sometime by the break. In the article it says "what would you to say to somebody that said you were going to miss the entire year?" to which Skubal replied "Id call that person a liar." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Boyd was expected back sooner - he had a definite rehab set back. Of course anyone else could also You really can't count on anything wth pitchers, but if Skubal can stay on the prescribed schedule without such a set back, he has a shot a being out less time than Boyd was. That's about all you can say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTiger Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 “ Due to an abundance of caution we have decided not to have Tarik pitch this season”….AJ Hinch August 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said: “ Due to an abundance of caution we have decided not to have Tarik pitch this season”….AJ Hinch August 2023 translation: "Here we are at 35 and 65 again..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Tiger337 said: I am going into the season assuming no significant contribution from Skubal. Anything they get from him this year would be a bonus. I'd rather he take his time coming back anyway. Same. No point in rushing him back prematurely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, casimir said: Same. No point in rushing him back prematurely. /...sigh.../ The board is already too resigned to another disaster season. However, It won't be premature if he stays on schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: /...sigh.../ The board is already too resigned to another disaster season. However, It won't be premature if he stays on schedule. I am never optimistic about injured pitchers. They always seem to take longer than expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: I am never optimistic about injured pitchers. They always seem to take longer than expected. Yeah there is no bigger fallacy than the "wait til pitcher x is back in the rotation!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Beck with his starting line-up forecasts has Baddoo competing for platoon time in *right* field. That would be daylight madness with his arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Beck with his starting line-up forecasts has Baddoo competing for platoon time in *right* field. That would be daylight madness with his arm. Just because Meadows played left for the Rays doesn't mean he should be playing at CoPa. He should probably be DH most of the time. I think Baddoo/Vierling LF, Meadows/Cabrera DH and Carpenter/ Meadows RF makes the most sense. I know Hinch will mix and match a lot more than that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Tigermojo said: Just because Meadows played left for the Rays doesn't mean he should be playing at CoPa. He should probably be DH most of the time. I think Baddoo/Vierling LF, Meadows/Cabrera DH and Carpenter/ Meadows RF makes the most sense. I know Hinch will mix and match a lot more than that though. Roster wise, I'm not sure they have the flexibility to carry both Baddoo and Carpenter at the same time, which complicates matters some. Hypothetically: C Haase 1B Torkelson 2B Schoop SS Baez 3B Maton LF Meadows CF Greene RF Baddoo DH Cabrera BENCH C Sands or Rogers IF Nevin or Hernandez OF Vierling That's 13, and Vierling seems like a lock given the fact that he bats right handed in an outfield full of lefties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longgone Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, mtutiger said: Roster wise, I'm not sure they have the flexibility to carry both Baddoo and Carpenter at the same time, which complicates matters some. Hypothetically: C Haase 1B Torkelson 2B Schoop SS Baez 3B Maton LF Meadows CF Greene RF Baddoo DH Cabrera BENCH C Sands or Rogers IF Nevin or Hernandez OF Vierling That's 13, and Vierling seems like a lock given the fact that he bats right handed in an outfield full of lefties. That's 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 10 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: /...sigh.../ The board is already too resigned to another disaster season. However, It won't be premature if he stays on schedule. I don't know. The past few seasons have really not been kind to Tiger pitching health. They did make a significant hire this offseason which, sure, it'd be nice to assume that this won't be an ongoing issue. But I'm cautious with pitchers in general and I'm not sure the Tigers are so deep in players to risk bringing anyone back ahead of schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Longgone said: That's 12 Give him a break. Its early in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longgone Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, casimir said: Give him a break. Its early in the morning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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