2022-23 Detroit Tigers Offseason Thread

[1984Echoes]

Sweet. #3 and we (Detroit teams) don't usually get lottery luck so... good for Harris (at this point).

[Cruzer1]

3 is pretty sweet. Good position prospects (outfielders) should be available.

[Tenacious D]

That was the biggest group of awkward looking guys you’ll ever want to meet.

And nice to leapfrog the Royals!

[Tenacious D]

Anyone know how much our draft pool grows by going from #6 to #3?

[RatkoVarda]

$1.55M was difference last year between slots 3 and 6

[1984Echoes]

The first 4 guys look like monsters next year (if they all hold up) so we may get ourselves the choice of 2 premium guys that fall to #3...

[Tenacious D]

Just now, 1984Echoes said:

The first 4 guys look like monsters next year (if they all hold up) so we may get ourselves the choice of 2 premium guys that fall to #3...

Source please? (Would like to see the list you’re referencing)

[1984Echoes]

(Dylan Crews OF, Jacob Gonzalez SS, Max Clark OF, Chase Dollander RH SP).

So we won't be forced into taking a pitcher at #3, but "should" have a choice.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by 1984Echoes

[1984Echoes]

Prospects Live, MLB.com, and Perfect Game USA all pretty much on the same page... USA has Clark at #7 instead of #4...

[1984Echoes]

Oh... links if you wanted them:

https://www.perfectgame.org/articles/View.aspx?article=21422

https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2022/1/15/2023-mlb-draft-prospects-fx4td

https://www.mlb.com/news/2023-mlb-draft-mock

[Cruzer1]

The Tigers also get an extra pick at the end of the 1st round.

[Cruzer1]

The Tigers should be able to have plenty of money to manipulate with these picks.

[Cruzer1]

Baseball America has the Tigers taking Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford with the third pick.

[CMRivdogs]

Sounds like he's currently on the fence...

[gehringer_2]

15 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

IOW - go suck wind Lynn.

[Sports_Freak]

26 minutes ago, Cruzer1 said:

Baseball America has the Tigers taking Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford with the third pick.

Is the draft still in June?

[Tenacious D]

9 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Is the draft still in June?

I don't think they've adjusted the timing--I believe it is still tied to All-Star game weekend.

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said:

(Dylan Crews OF, Jacob Gonzalez SS, Max Clark OF, Chase Dollander RH SP).

So we won't be forced into taking a pitcher at #3, but "should" have a choice.

 

 

 

 

Stay away from Chasing Dollanders.  

[Tiger337]

45 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Sounds like he's currently on the fence...

I love his answer about building a team for the ballpark.  A smart team should be able to take advantage of an asymmetric park.  I don't get the stuff about the park not being "fair" to hitters.  It's not a terrible park for hitters,  It's below average home run park, but it's pretty close to neutral for run scoring.  The obsession with the long ball is hurting the game.    

[1984Echoes]

1 hour ago, Cruzer1 said:

Baseball America has the Tigers taking Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford with the third pick.

Average speed with an arm that won't play RF so most likely ends up in Left.

No thanks. I believe there's better sitting for us at #3...

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I love his answer about building a team for the ballpark.  A smart team should be able to take advantage of an asymmetric park.  I don't get the stuff about the park not being "fair" to hitters.  It's not a terrible park for hitters,  It's below average home run park, but it's pretty close to neutral for run scoring.  The obsession with the long ball is hurting the game.    

and the thing is, with the shift banned,  LHH will be free to put even more emphasis on pulling the ball, and the park is plenty HR friendly to LHH pull hitters.

[CMRivdogs]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I love his answer about building a team for the ballpark.  A smart team should be able to take advantage of an asymmetric park.  I don't get the stuff about the park not being "fair" to hitters.  It's not a terrible park for hitters,  It's below average home run park, but it's pretty close to neutral for run scoring.  The obsession with the long ball is hurting the game.    

Especially with the supposed change in the ball.

As an aside, have you seen this story....3 different balls were supposedly used last season

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/study-shows-mlb-used-three-different-baseballs-in-2022-after-admitting-two-were-used-last-season

[Tiger337]

4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

and the thing is, with the shift banned,  LHH will be free to put even more emphasis on pulling the ball, and the park is plenty HR friendly to LHH pull hitters.

Another thing which I think is going to be an even bigger deal than banning the shift is the pitch clock.  Having less time to rest between pitches will likely hurt pitchers significantly.

[gehringer_2]

1 minute ago, Tiger337 said:

Another thing which I think is going to be an even bigger deal than banning the shift is the pitch clock.  Having less time to rest between pitches will likely hurt pitchers significantly.

This is purely out-of-left-field speculation, but it also makes me wonder if working faster if going to sort of naturally push them away from max-effort-on-every-pitch. It would be ironic if after all the decades of calling for a pitch clock, another benefit of finally having one turns out to be that it's good for pitchers' health. 

[Tiger337]

13 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

This is purely out-of-left-field speculation, but it also makes me wonder if working faster if going to sort of naturally push them away from max-effort-on-every-pitch. It would be ironic if after all the decades of calling for a pitch clock, another benefit of finally having one turns out to be that it's good for pitchers' health. 

That was what I was thinking.  I would have to think that less time between pitches would force them to get away from max effort on every pitch.  Either that or throw even fewer innings.