Detroit Tigers Thread: Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here

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  1. danny2430

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    Yeah he had a decent start to his career but kinda just faded

    I’ll always remember him for the bitch made stuff he did with Acuna
     
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  2. BobLoblaw

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    Yes
     
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  3. Brocktoon

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    Worst part may be that it's a signal they're going to be even cheaper this offseason. Looking at $3-4 million deals versus the $6 million last year.
     
  4. Jack Parkman

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    inconsistent
     
  5. Constant

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    $3 mil bad contract is only half as bad as a $6 mil bad contract. #math
     
  6. Vinegar Strokes

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    Hell yeah. Way to go Avila.

     
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  7. MG2

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  8. MG2

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    I think we may have just made a move I don't hate, but I'm not sure yet.
     
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  9. Vinegar Strokes

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    I honestly never heard of the guy.
     
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  10. MG2

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    I remember him a bit from the Twins, and I tend to follow the A's a bit for late night TV reasons. He was good last year. Hope that trend continues.
     
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  11. Vinegar Strokes

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    Is this the first guy that dip shit Avila has signed to a multi year deal in 5 seasons?
     
  12. MG2

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    yes. first since Justin Upton in January, 2016
     
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  13. DeToxRox

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  14. DeToxRox

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  16. smeegsgreen

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    Neither of those tweets make me feel confident
     
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  17. Vinegar Strokes

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    Fuck Avila. He just needs to stop talking to the media.
     
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  18. DeToxRox

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  19. DeToxRox

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  20. DeToxRox

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    I believe that after those two signings that we have just about a third of pool left to spend.
     
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  21. Joe Louis

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    He was nice in DFS last year, cheap OF usually to blend in with your A's stacks. Believe he can move around on D too ...
     
  22. MG2

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    We've talked about this kid 3-4 times already because these guys were supposed to sign in July until COVID and MLB is stupid, but it's worth repeating that this is probably the most highly regarded kid we've signed out of LA in a really long time. Similar money to what we gave to the Campos kid last year, but people have actually heard of this guy.
     
  23. Vinegar Strokes

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    Only the #14 guy on MLB Pipeline. Come on Avila, you should be going after the higher ranked guys on that website.
     
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  24. Vinegar Strokes

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    Yikes. Guy was awful last season, and the last four months of 2019.

     
  25. smeegsgreen

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    $6.5M is nothing
     
  26. Vinegar Strokes

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    It is to Chris Ilitch. Our payroll is like $60 million lol.

    If he pitches like he did last year, he won’t be getting anything close to that in 2022.
     
  27. Vinegar Strokes

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    Hell yeah Avila

     
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  28. DeToxRox

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  29. Vinegar Strokes

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    Hell yeah. Jason Castro. LFG
     
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  30. Joe Louis

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    like many of my FA insights, i can only say he's been p good as a cheap DFS catcher to finish out my stacks ...
     
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  31. DeToxRox

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  33. MG2

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    I don't understand why they weren't trying that more already. At this point, it's almost easier and takes less athleticism to play 2B than 3B.
     
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  34. DeToxRox

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  35. DeToxRox

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  37. MG2

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    Ramos was awful to start last year, and then above average offensively in the second month. Don't think he's good defensively, but he should at least be decent at the plate, which is a huge improvement. If he and Grossman are just decent versions of themselves that's a pretty significant upgrade from where we were.
     
  38. DetroitNole

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    MLB.com is slowly releasing their top prospects list.

    Just reminder last year ended with
    Torkelson 4 #1 3b
    Mize 5 #1 rhp
    Manning 20 #6 rhp
    Greene 25 #7 of
    Skubal 42 #4 lhp
    Paredes outside top 100 but #10 3b

    No top 100 list yet but
    Torkelson remains #1 3b
    Mize fell to #2 rhp
    Manning remains #6 rhp
    Skubal jumped to #2 lhp
    Paredes still #10 3b
    No OF list yet

    So it looks like Torkelson will probably be similar in this year's rankings with a slight dip for Mize and a bump for Skubal
     
  39. DetroitNole

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    Tork up to #3, Mize down slightly #11. Skubal with a pretty nice jump

     
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  40. MG2

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    Joc to the Cubs for 1/$7M. We probably would have had to pay closer to $10M, but I wish we were on that.
     
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  41. spartanchuck

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    Just wait until we get that next draft pick! Avila is winning the prospects game in 2021...
     
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  42. Vinegar Strokes

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    4 of those 5 guys we got be default. What’s Avila gonna do when they graduate this year?
     
  43. Vinegar Strokes

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    Damn the guy picked after Green is #8. Avila has to be kicking himself on that one. He has a bonus clause in his contract for prospects in top 10 per mlb pipeline
     
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  44. DetroitNole

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    He won't play them this season and our new draft pick they can advertise 6 top 30 guys.

    But honestly it won't shock me is Manning, Tork and Greene don't play this year. Also with Boyd, Norris, Urena, Fulmer and Turnbull, one of Skubal or Mize may not play much either
     
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  45. DeToxRox

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  46. ~ taylor ~

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    And no other players in the top 500.
     
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  47. Vinegar Strokes

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    Who gives a fuck. We have that many top prospects because we finish in last ever year, there is no lottery, and we keep them in the minors.

    start trying to compete you cheap fucks.
     
  48. spartanchuck

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    Parades with the game tying run in game 7 of the Mexican World Series
     
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  49. MG2

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    I haven't been paying any attention beyond random tweets that pop up, but I'm pretty sure he's had a very good run in winter ball to this point. At least at one time he was leading his league in hitting.
     
  50. Vinegar Strokes

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    Move him to 2nd, and see if you have something with him.