2022-23 Detroit Tigers Offseason Thread

[Useful Idiot]

Neifi, Neifi, Neifi Baez most amazin' man, there's ever been.
He's the general, the president, the king of the scene,
Neifi, Neifi, Neifi Baez

A modern leader gotta twist and shout,
Got tell the people let it all hang out.
If you don't want to vanish with a boot up the bum,
You gotta give the population something to hum.

Neifi, Neifi, Neifi Baez most amazin' man, there's ever been.

[Useful Idiot]

12 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

  Most improved poster?  

I'm happy with the way Harris has pwned all the Boyd critics who celebrated his departure last year, so perhaps I'm just feeling charitable? 

[casimir]

4 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Trea Turner says, "hold my beer."

11 years?  Well at least he’s got plenty of room available on the slide down to the defensive position spectrum.

[Jim Cowan]

Kershaw gets 1 year and $20 million?

[mtutiger]

I like that they are doing these updates now

[RandyMarsh]

3 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

I like that they are doing these updates now

Likewise, in the past it felt like we were kept in the dark about the progress of guys. Btw I see no mention of Turnbull so I assume he's good to go now? Based on your normal tj timeline he certainly should be. 

[SoCalTiger]

30 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

Kershaw gets 1 year and $20 million?

Sounds cheap doesn't it.

[Tiger337]

The Tigers continue to lead the league in medical updates.  

[RatkoVarda]

Kyle Gibson's contract with Baltimore is 1/10M; rather have Boyd

[chasfh]

21 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Kyle Gibson's contract with Baltimore is 1/10M; rather have Boyd

Tigers, too. 

 

[SoCalTiger]

Any Tiger rumors coming out of San Diego? Aren’t our illustrious beat writers digging up the news ? Crickets 🦗. 

[Tenacious D]

Harris seems to be a close-to-the-vest guy.  Haven't heard a peep including the Tigers, but most of the speculation is around the bigger free agents, which I suspect we're not going to be in on.

[chasfh]

10 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Any Tiger rumors coming out of San Diego? Aren’t our illustrious beat writers digging up the news ? Crickets 🦗. 

Lots of coaching hires. 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, RatkoVarda said:

Kyle Gibson's contract with Baltimore is 1/10M; rather have Boyd

I'd rather have Boyd, but not by a lot.  It makes sense they got the same deal.    

[Tiger337]

53 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Any Tiger rumors coming out of San Diego? Aren’t our illustrious beat writers digging up the news ? Crickets 🦗. 

They are going to claim a player we've never heard of off waivers,  put him back on waivers next week and then eventually assign him to the minors.  And then Edman can explain to us what really happened after the beat writers get it all wrong!

Edited December 6, 2022 by Tiger337

[RandyMarsh]

Kate Upton said that the Yankees made Verlander a higher offer than the Mets but Verlander didn't want to play for them.  

[Edman85]

7 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

They are going to claim a player we've never heard of off waivers,  put him back on waivers next week and then eventually assign him to the minors.  And then Edman can explain to us what really happened after the beat writers get it all wrong!

Only McCosky will get it wrong.

[Shinzaki]

Lynn Henning will write a scathing analysis about the Adames trade

[casimir]

11 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

Kershaw gets 1 year and $20 million?

I think you have to be fair on this one and apply your theory of Carlos Correa availability's for a true contract value to Kershaw.  Look at his starts and innings per season.  He's still damn good quality, but the quantity isn't there.

But even trying to factor that in, $20M does seem like cheap.

Edited December 6, 2022 by casimir

[casimir]

Phillies To Focus On Mid-Rotation Starters, Back-End Relievers

Hey Dave, how about Soto?

[Motor City Sonics]

Feels like the Tigers aren't even a part of the league anymore.     We're a AAAA team now.    I hope Harris changes that.  I can't imagine he gets lured away from his hometown to not be able to have some financial freedom.     Kind of hamstrung for a couple of years with A - having no real prospects to trade and B - no idea how your pitching health will look in 2024. 

Just Draft, Baby

 

Tigers 2026 playoff bound !

[oblong]

So next year the Phillies can under achieve and DD can get fired and leave the team with a bunch of large contracts they aren't happy with?

 

[RatkoVarda]

17 minutes ago, oblong said:

So next year the Phillies can under achieve and DD can get fired and leave the team with a bunch of large contracts they aren't happy with?

 

after he wins a WS, then you can fire him for not being efficient

[Sports_Freak]

On 12/5/2022 at 10:00 AM, Tiger337 said:

Your frustration is understandable, but the previous administration failed the last six years.  It will take a while to fix it. Hopefully not 7 or 8 years.  

Many times, a new GM or President of a team, will bring in his own people and get rid of the previous GM players to start a rebuild. Not giving Candelario 7 million dollars, with no other 3rd baseman on the roster is a very bad sign, IMO. Is he planning on rebuilding the entire roster? And try to go cheap? Forget 7 or 8 years, it may be never. I was encouraged going into last season and then very disappointed. Going into this season, I'm not very hopeful. Hopefully he doesn't trade away our young pitchers for a 3rd baseman who gives us even less offense and worse defense.

[KL2]

35 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Many times, a new GM or President of a team, will bring in his own people and get rid of the previous GM players to start a rebuild. Not giving Candelario 7 million dollars, with no other 3rd baseman on the roster is a very bad sign, IMO.