Detroit Tigers Ongoing 2017 Thread

[burfboy]

Tigers lineup

1. Ian Kinsler, 2B
2. Jim Adduci, RF
3. Justin Upton, LF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Nicholas Castellanos, 3B
6. Victor Martinez, DH
7. Alex Avila, C
8. Mikie Mahtook, CF
9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Bench: C James McCann, IF/OF Andrew Romine, IF Dixon Machado.

Starting pitcher: LHP Matthew Boyd

 

[themuzzer]

Yo smitty, my nephew is out in New Mexico playing in the Connie Mack world series tournament. Game just started listening to it on the radio...That's kinda cool.

 

[themuzzer]

There playing some team from Grand Rapids.

 

[Iffster]

Any time the Tigers want to let Bruce Rondon go....it will be OK by me.

 

[themuzzer]

The won 9-0....off to a good start.

 

[burfboy]

Tigers lineup

1. Dixon Machado, 2B
2. Mikie Mahtook, CF
3. Justin Upton, LF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Nicholas Castellanos, 3B
6. Victor Martinez, DH
7. James McCann, C
8. Andrew Romine, RF
9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Bench: C Alex Avila, 2B Ian Kinsler, OF Jim Adduci.

Starting pitcher: RHP Justin Verlander

 

[Howie115]

Scouts in the stands, and Verlander's average fastball is 96.5 today. Trying to impress?

 

[Iffster]

Scouts in the stands, and Verlander's average fastball is 96.5 today. Trying to impress?

Well....he couldn't do much more to try and facilitate a trade. Maybe pitch into the 7th or 8th inning....but a good outing.

 

[burfboy]

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a deal that would send left-handed reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila to the Chicago Cubs for two prospects. The Detroit Free Press first reported the players involved in the deal; FanRag Spo...
Tigers trade Justin Wilson, Alex Avila to Cubs for 2 prospects

 

[Howie115]

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a deal that would send left-handed reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila to the Chicago Cubs for two prospects. The Detroit Free Press first reported the players involved in the deal; FanRag Spo...
Tigers trade Justin Wilson, Alex Avila to Cubs for 2 prospects

Clearly punting the rest of the season, given how much worse the Tiger bullpen will be without Wilson. Alex Avila was turning back into the old Alex -- hitting .158 in July (9-for-57) with no home runs and 4 RBI. Jeimer Candelario is pretty much MLB ready and is a 3B -- makes me think the Tigers will either attempt to trade Castellanos or try to move him to the outfield next season, and possibly 1B in 2019. We'll see.

Now, someone please tell Al Avila we have enough infield prospects already. Some other positions would be nice. Where are the young pitchers we need?

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a deal that would send left-handed reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila to the Chicago Cubs for two prospects. The Detroit Free Press first reported the players involved in the deal; FanRag Spo...
Tigers trade Justin Wilson, Alex Avila to Cubs for 2 prospects

That's not a terrible trade although I was hoping for better than Paredes or getting him and Caratini.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Clearly punting the rest of the season, given how much worse the Tiger bullpen will be without Wilson. Alex Avila was turning back into the old Alex -- hitting .158 in July (9-for-57) with no home runs and 4 RBI. Jeimer Candelario is pretty much MLB ready and is a 3B -- makes me think the Tigers will either attempt to trade Castellanos or try to move him to the outfield next season, and possibly 1B in 2019. We'll see.

Now, someone please tell Al Avila we have enough infield prospects already. Some other positions would be nice. Where are the young pitchers we need?

We need a catcher and some OF prospects, maybe a 1st baseman too. Tigers top prospects were already RHPers but we need some lefties now.

 

[Iffster]

That's not a terrible trade although I was hoping for better than Paredes or getting him and Caratini.

Exactly what I felt....Candelario and Caratini would have been a better deal.

However...Baseball America is not impressed with Candelario, ranking him 9th on the Cubs prospect list and Paredes above him by several spots.

 

[Howie115]

Exactly what I felt....Candelario and Caratini would have been a better deal.

However...Baseball America is not impressed with Candelario, ranking him 9th on the Cubs prospect list and Paredes above him by several spots.

Depends which source you believe, I guess. Baseball America has Candelario ranked as the Cubs #9 prospect and Parades the #5. MLB Pipeline has Candelario ranked #1 and Parades ranked #8. They probably use different criteria.

Candelario is clearly more MLB-ready, but Paredes may well be the better player long-term.

 

[Howie115]

Hmmm....

 

[burfboy]

The Tigers have called Jimenez and Hicks up.
NEW YORK -- The Detroit Tigers have dotted the i's and crossed the t's on their deal with the Chicago Cubs. The Tigers confirmed Monday morning that they had sent left-handed reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila to Chicago for minor-leagu...
Tigers confirm trade with Cubs, recall 2 players from Toledo

 

[Voltaire26]

The Tigers have called Jimenez and Hicks up.
NEW YORK -- The Detroit Tigers have dotted the i's and crossed the t's on their deal with the Chicago Cubs. The Tigers confirmed Monday morning that they had sent left-handed reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila to Chicago for minor-leagu...
Tigers confirm trade with Cubs, recall 2 players from Toledo

Hicks and Jimenez called up ... I'm good with that!!

 

[Howie115]

Trial by fire. The Tigers have no closer now. Might as well try Jimenez.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Hmmm....

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Avila is a trash GM. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Howie115]

Al Avila = Fail