2017 AL CENTRAL DISCUSSION

[dougplayer]

The Tigers have $56 million coming off the books next year (Sanchez, Kinsler, JD, Pelfrey, Lowe, F-Rod), plus another $22 million of annual salary if Upton exercises his option to bolt. That gives the team plenty of under-the-cap flexibility for 2018 without going into total fire sale mode.

Not like we have to worry. Indians surprise season last season won't happen again.

 

[Wamu]

I swing my cell phone. Screen is small. Galaxy S7. Plus in hospital bed right. So some typos getting your panties in a knot...get a life

What's wrong dumbass did the Tigers run out of heart before the season even started?

 

[Howie115]

Yeah, but I think the point is that the cupboards in the farm system are bare. Having salary off the books isn't going to help that. All those people coming "off the books" will need to be replaced on the roster.

Of course they have to be replaced. My point is, they have players whose contracts are ending anyway that can be dealt to contending teams in July for prospects (namely, JD and Kinsler). You can then supplement the younger guys by using what they will have under the cap next year to sign 1 or 2 of the top free agents. To me, a total fire sale would be trading Verlander or Miggy for prospects, and I'm not convinced the Tigers need to be that desperate.

 

[Iffster]

I swing my cell phone. Screen is small. Galaxy S7. Plus in hospital bed right. So some typos getting your panties in a knot...get a life

Doug.....Hospital bed? They finally committed you?

 

[Wamu]

Doug.....Hospital bed? They finally committed you?

He didn't get committed. He finally got an operation to have his head removed from his ass.

 

[Iffster]

Of course they have to be replaced. My point is, they have players whose contracts are ending anyway that can be dealt to contending teams in July for prospects (namely, JD and Kinsler). You can then supplement the younger guys by using what they will have under the cap next year to sign 1 or 2 of the top free agents. To me, a total fire sale would be trading Verlander or Miggy for prospects, and I'm not convinced the Tigers need to be that desperate.

I'm not sure you could move Cabrera. If he is playing well....he would be too expensive (money and players) to trade. Verlander however, might be a trade candidate - if he is pitching well this year. Some team might gamble a good prospect or position player for JV's final two years.

 

[dougplayer]

He didn't get committed. He finally got an operation to have his head removed from his ass.

All that fighting and fucking when i was younger caught up with me

 

[Wamu]

All that fighting and fucking when i was younger caught up with me

So when you were younger you were always getting your ass kicked? I'm not surprised.

 

[dougplayer]

No no. I would go down in Ohio. So I knew I would win fights easy.

 

[dougplayer]

Then break one off. Dry

 

[broncosmitty]

@broncosmitty

I was reading 2017's Baseball Prospectus and thought you would get a kick out of Bauer's blurb:

A boy and his drone, selected highlights, 2016:
February - while in Arizona for spring training, Bauer takes his beloved drone to a park. He encounters a man who suggests he should use the drone in a comedy film about a bank robbery, to which Bauer responds that drone-users already have a stigma and so a drone movie should not include robbery. He films the conversation and uploads it to YouTube, with flight footage from the drone set to "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis.
April - The Chicago Tribune reports that "a Cleveland Indians player" has crashed a drone into the White Sox video scoreboard. Bauer claims he didn't do it.
July - "Trevor Bauer and friends recover treed drone in dead of night" is a headline in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
October - Bauer tries to repair his drone before a playoff start and costs his finger badly enough that his start must be pushed back. The he does start, he bleeds so profusely on the mound that he must be removed in the first inning.
Conclusion: Bauer continued to be maddeningly inconsistent, and even at his best is more fascinating than he is productive.

I don't even find him that fascinating tbh.







Lol, that entire thing is fuckin awesome!

 

[broncosmitty]

I swing my cell phone. Screen is small. Galaxy S7. Plus in hospital bed right. So some typos getting your panties in a knot...get a life

Hospital bed!?!

You alright man?


Iffy gives a helluva sponge bath...

 

[broncosmitty]

No. He is just curious

El Curioso, the plumber.

 

[ChiSoxFan]

I'd talk shit about a good White Sox player, but I can't think of any.

We have that guy that only hits HRs but does nothing else. White guy. Plays 3B.

 

[dougplayer]

Hospital bed!?!

You alright man?


Iffy gives a helluva sponge bath...

Lung infection. Wish I was at university of Michigan hospital. I will be well be now

 

[Howie115]

Lung infection. Wish I was at university of Michigan hospital. I will be well be now

Breathing those Clinton River fumes?

 

[broncosmitty]

Lung infection. Wish I was at university of Michigan hospital. I will be well be now

Get your rest dougie!

Hope you get to feeling better.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Lung infection. Wish I was at university of Michigan hospital. I will be well be now

I sincerely wish you a speedy and full recovery. Homo.

 

[broncosmitty]

Even from his hospital bed, Douglass continues to crunch numbers and shoot straight.



That folks, is HEART!

 

[dougplayer]

You know they kick you out soon. So many 1 more day. Or 2. Nurses keep pulling on my junk. They love it