2017 AL CENTRAL DISCUSSION

[Erie Warrior]

Sure. Tigers have a late game on get away day!!
Any thing to make it tougher on the tigers.
Give Indians a easy road.
The league is embarrassed for the Indians and that 1948 thingy...... so league helping Indians. Holding the tigers down. 11 game road trip. Last game on get away day is night game. What a sham

I don't buy it Doug. I don't see the B1G making it any easier on UM to help them win their first Natty since we broke the sound barrier. Why would MLB make it easier on the Tribe?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

20 mins in the corner Iffy

What the fuck, Chicken? Since when are Penn State butt r*pe jokes off the table?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

One raggedy clothed bozo once told me (with can of beer held firmly in his hand) that he was, at one time, going to be named Plant Manager of a Ford auto plant - "but his alarm didn't go off that morning" , so.........
My response was, "So you decided to go into Laundromat management instead?"

Reminds me of of a past life, when I used to bartend at a hot college bar, the pay's not great, but the benefits are awesome...

Spoiler: NSFW

 

[molsaniceman]

did doug approve this

MLB Network's Jon Morosi reports that the Tigers will make all veterans available via trade if they're still under .500 by the end of June.

It's the same stance they seemingly had going into last winter before they wound up essentially just standing pat. However, the Tigers have an aging roster that seems unlikely to be in the thick of the playoff race and also the desire to cut payroll, so it's not hard to see the writing on the wall here. Morosi notes that Justin Wilson drew the most interest of any Tigers player last offseason and that interest has surely only piqued given how good he's been in the first two months. However, we could see Detroit unload several players, from impending free agent J.D. Martinez to possibly even Justin Verlander. The Tigers are currently two games under .500 and 4.5 games behind the Twins in the American League Central.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

did doug approve this

MLB Network's Jon Morosi reports that the Tigers will make all veterans available via trade if they're still under .500 by the end of June.

It's the same stance they seemingly had going into last winter before they wound up essentially just standing pat. However, the Tigers have an aging roster that seems unlikely to be in the thick of the playoff race and also the desire to cut payroll, so it's not hard to see the writing on the wall here. Morosi notes that Justin Wilson drew the most interest of any Tigers player last offseason and that interest has surely only piqued given how good he's been in the first two months. However, we could see Detroit unload several players, from impending free agent J.D. Martinez to possibly even Justin Verlander. The Tigers are currently two games under .500 and 4.5 games behind the Twins in the American League Central.

Sounds about right. Had an insider (I want to say Morosi or Olney, but can't remember for sure) pretty much indicate the Tigers would abandon ship very quickly if things went the way of the titanic.


In the same vain the Royals are supposedly going to be a bit more stubborn and wait.

 

[Mondo Jay]

did doug approve this

MLB Network's Jon Morosi reports that the Tigers will make all veterans available via trade if they're still under .500 by the end of June.

It's the same stance they seemingly had going into last winter before they wound up essentially just standing pat. However, the Tigers have an aging roster that seems unlikely to be in the thick of the playoff race and also the desire to cut payroll, so it's not hard to see the writing on the wall here. Morosi notes that Justin Wilson drew the most interest of any Tigers player last offseason and that interest has surely only piqued given how good he's been in the first two months. However, we could see Detroit unload several players, from impending free agent J.D. Martinez to possibly even Justin Verlander. The Tigers are currently two games under .500 and 4.5 games behind the Twins in the American League Central.

Hopefully some of these guys can get moved to a contender.

 

[Howie115]

MLB Network's Jon Morosi reports that the Tigers will make all veterans available via trade if they're still under .500 by the end of June.

It's the same stance they seemingly had going into last winter before they wound up essentially just standing pat. However, the Tigers have an aging roster that seems unlikely to be in the thick of the playoff race and also the desire to cut payroll, so it's not hard to see the writing on the wall here. Morosi notes that Justin Wilson drew the most interest of any Tigers player last offseason and that interest has surely only piqued given how good he's been in the first two months. However, we could see Detroit unload several players, from impending free agent J.D. Martinez to possibly even Justin Verlander. The Tigers are currently two games under .500 and 4.5 games behind the Twins in the American League Central.

It makes sense. I would much rather see them try to work out an extension for J.D. Martinez now, and put guys like Verlander and/or Cabrera on the block, even if the Tigers have to eat some cash to do so. J.D. is still relatively young and hitting his peak years. Trading Justin Wilson is a bad idea unless the other team offers a pile of prospects. The Tigers need bullpen help more than anything. Wilson is one of the few reliable guys in an otherwise terrible bullpen, and he's also relatively cheap.

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

What the fuck, Chicken? Since when are Penn State butt r*pe jokes off the table?

Well as you recall from my Fannation days I was required to attend 4 hours of sensitivity training. I am good enough, smart enough, and this sucks

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

You may not know this, but I bagged groceries at the same store as Kurt Warner, thus the Rams made me backup QB.

Did you bang his GI Jane looking wife?

 

[broncosmitty]

That was the 2nd loss tagged to the Indians' bullpen. How does that compare to Detroit's?

You talking this week?

 

[broncosmitty]

Well, this could be ugly... The Tigers play a night game in Houston today, probably get into Chicago at 3 AM on Friday, then have to play a doubleheader that same day. Meanwhile, the Chisox have a day off today.

Then there's the fact that the Tigers are starting Buck Farmer in the early game Friday. Yuck.

Nicks rested.

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

You talking this week?

Now see here you bitter little monkey....we have the best bullpen in all of baseball. We don't often get to be the best of anything so I am enjoying it.

Your bullpen looks like the green room of the George Lopez Show

 

[broncosmitty]

Now see here you bitter little monkey....we have the best bullpen in all of baseball. We don't often get to be the best of anything so I am enjoying it.

Your bullpen looks like the green room of the George Lopez Show

We swapped out a Mexican for an Aussie though.

And the second W is silent for some reason. And Eucalyptus leaves are poisonous, but that's 38.7% of their diet. Warwick Saupold, don't bother remembering it. Unless you're into athlete police reports.

 

[ChiSoxFan]

Did you bang his GI Jane looking wife?

No, but I asked mine to get the same short haircut with frosted tips.

 

[dougplayer]

Sounds about right. Had an insider (I want to say Morosi or Olney, but can't remember for sure) pretty much indicate the Tigers would abandon ship very quickly if things went the way of the titanic.


In the same vain the Royals are supposedly going to be a bit more stubborn and wait.

Ain't over till it's over. Tigers just a couple games back. Indians and twins to pass. Easy ...piece of cake

 

[dougplayer]

Wow. At krogers. Some guy walks by me...wearing a tiger jersey... a. CHAMBERLAIN jersey. Wow.. just. Wow

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Ain't over till it's over. Tigers just a couple games back. Indians and twins to pass. Easy ...piece of cake

Over for the Tigers is looking increasingly like July 31st.

 

[Erie Warrior]

Wow. At krogers. Some guy walks by me...wearing a tiger jersey... a. CHAMBERLAIN jersey. Wow.. just. Wow

Probably got it on ebay for like $3

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

We swapped out a Mexican for an Aussie though.

And the second W is silent for some reason. And Eucalyptus leaves are poisonous, but that's 38.7% of their diet. Warwick Saupold, don't bother remembering it. Unless you're into athlete police reports.

sounds more like Doug's thing

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

No, but I asked mine to get the same short haircut with frosted tips.

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