At least in regards to trades? The tigers could have traded for a legit bat last year and honestly it would have helped TONS, but they did get some very iffy pitching help that they probably didn’t really need.
Watching the Eagles continue to load up and I wonder what would it take for Brad to pull a trigger on something for the team. Both tigers and lions are very happy with ‘homegrown’ talent and try to reward it appropriately, nothing wrong with that.
But it’s obvious the lions could use a little help. I’m done with the dline at this point it’s obvious that our oline is going to get goff killed and our offense cannot function with how we’re built. If we can’t run we can’t play action. No fear there.
Agree! The Pistons for example, just like the Lions, most of the core players were drafted by another regime, Troy Weaver, yet Langdon gets most of the credit. He did hire a coach that fell into his lap and a bunch of aging vets to cheap deals. What is his long-term plan? They should have kept Schroder but he botched it. He signed LeVert to a ridiculous contract???
But you still have to pay Ivey and Duren? Harris is in the last year of his team. You have to identify the core and quick build around them. As you waste time, you lose player and the consistent play because inconsistent. I wouldn’t be shocked if the Pistons fall back this year. Cunningham is a all-star but not a franchise player. They are trying to making him a point guard because of his lack of athleticism and he wears down. He has struggle the first couple of games. You would expect more for a franchise player if that’s the case
I’m beyond sick and tired of the last of risk taking. Yzerman traded for DeBrincat, who was objectively a good player, and he is still…and objectively good player. Who would’ve thunk it!!! It’s almost like that’s how that ■■■■■■■ works.
But for the Lions, instead of trading for actually good players, they trade all their picks in the draft for players that we either don’t need or that aren’t very good.
from what I gather they offered him a contract that was ‘embarrassingly low’ or something. Skub wants top of the top dollar. Tigers don’t do that until someone is on the downswing of their career.
Back when the team started, they kept giving big contracts to decent but not great players (except for Johnson and Schilling) and ended up winning the World Series with all of those bloated contracts.
The principal owner got booted out by other investors and the current owner is ridiculously cheap. If the Diamondbacks have a good player they trade them away and claim “small market” team. The team was .500 this year and they promised the fans that there will be a lower payroll next year.
I’m well aware that if we had Skubal we wouldn’t have kept him. Heck, we traded Scherzer away to you guys before he hit his prime for 2 players that we only kept for 1 - 2 seasons.
yep. it’s a nightmare in baseball to keep good players, which is why I’m in favor of a legit salary min/max situation. teams are forced to a league minimum salary as well as a cap so you don’t have complete dogshit teams, for the sake of the fans.
if I were skubal no way I’d stay here. Not nearly enough run support. pitch incredibly well, give up 1 or 2 runs and lose consistently? nah.
Trade him this offseason, give a team a full one year rental you’d get the most value. Sign a couple bats. yea we’ll miss a complete ace 1 game in 5 but I’d bet we still have decent arms both in the majors and minors.
One of the reasons I don’t follow baseball as much as I did 10 years ago (besides the fact that it has been difficult to get a decent package to watch all of the games “in market” since I have cut the cord) is that there is no loyalty or consistency in players. Once a player is good they’re traded away. It’s almost like CFB (which I am also having issues with as an Arizona Wildcats fan). Once a player is good they transfer to a bigger program.