To quote one of my work buddies who is a diehard Met fan…“ITS THE MET THING TO DO”
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I try to help the payroll situation but I just can’t eat Little Caeser’s anymore
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350m next year
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Then that will be the cap for 2027.
I believe ONE of the reasons Illitch authorized Harris to Trade Skubal & Mize is lingering memories of the Tigers signing a former Nationals pitcher several years ago for over $100M, who failed miserably with the Tigers. There was alot of discussion back then from Tiger Mgmt, who to paraphrase vowed to “Never do that again”. Fast forward to 2026. I could easily envision Tiger Mgmt conducting a thorough drill down Risk Analysis on Skubal & Mize, and coming to the conclusion of either pitcher breaking down again, physically, to Not being worthy of re-signing, and trading at close to the “Top”, whatever that is, for a 2-Month Rental, which will admitally be less than Full Value…
On a Side Note: With the $$$ saved with these 2 trades, I would think the Tigers would have ample funds to go after One or More Top End relievers, whenever the Next Season begins. Closer Jansen @ $11M for 1 year IS a catastrophe, and won’t be re-signed, as I have predicted throughout the current season. I’ve seen way too much of him here in LA. He was DONE Last Year !!!…lol
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They overpaid for Zimmerman in the wake of Scherzer spurning them. Zimmerman was coming off 5 solid to darn good season throwing a solid amount of innings each year. Good arm, super durable, heading into his prime.
Dude goes like 1 ERA 5 and 0 in 7 starts or so…
and then spends the rest of the deal careening from injury to injury and getting hammered at each restart of his Tiger careee.
Sucks.
All I can think about is where we would be if we had Big Mike in charge still God Rest his Soul
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