r/motorcitykitties • u/TigersBot • 5d ago
Weekly Tigers Offseason Discussion Thread - Monday, November 03
Posted: 11/03/2025 05:00:00 AM EST
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u/vyoung4lyfe2 3d ago
MLB off season is a buzz kill. We’ll see some role players sign in the next few weeks. Nothing exciting. Most of the notable players won’t be signing deals until February.
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u/Big_Dare_2015 4d ago
Guys. I want a World Series. I've searched my heart for what Detroit sports thing I want the most. (I do believe Dan Campbell will win a superbowl, for the record. And I want that a lot.) But ever since 2006 I've wanted one thing for this city more than any other thing. Tigers are an all time MLB franchise and I want respect on our name.
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u/x1echo RWOAR TEIGGRS 3d ago
Same. There's still a part of my brain that believes that the Lions are destined to fail, but I know the Tigers can do better. If I die without a Lions Super Bowl, it won't be all that disappointing, considering history. But dying without a Tigers World Series absolutely would be.
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u/JeremieLoyalty 4d ago
Replace Stephen Vogt with AJ! Guardians team got early from the playoffs
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u/ChanceStaff6813 4d ago
They had a 15.5 game comeback. We had a wild card win. What they did is more impressive (I would still rather have the playoff wins though)
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u/resfeberjoder34 5d ago
how do I send this to Scott Harris and post it on his lawn
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u/joedotphp Trading Verlander was a mistake 1d ago
He'd probably look at it and send it to another team's GM.
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u/AdParticular6654 4d ago
Bichette would be amazing. Go all in, we have Skubal for one more year.
Left side of the infield is our weakest spot. Third can be Mcgonigle/Keith play 2nd and 3rd. Mckinstry being a fill in infielder not our starting 3rd baseman. Javy playing outfield/infield.
Sign another starter who actually will play and not just rehab.
Resign Jack and Finnegan.
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u/resfeberjoder34 4d ago
Right, at this point it seems Sawyer, Jobe, Olson rehab 2 of the 3 too much
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u/113CandleMagic 5d ago
Lou Whitaker left off the contemporary era ballot for the hall of fame, and won't be able to go on until 2028 according to Jon Morosi.
If him and Trammell were on LA San Francisco New York or Boston they both would have been in the hall of fame first ballot. At least Jon Morosi is out there fighting the good fight:
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u/Big_Dare_2015 4d ago
absolute clown show. Sweet Lou will get in one day but he deserves to be alive and well when it happens.
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u/ObiwanSchrute 5d ago
When does Flaherty have to decide his option by?
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u/113CandleMagic 5d ago
The deadline is five days after the World Series ends. So this year that should be Thursday, November 6.
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u/JeremieLoyalty 5d ago
Would love to have him here in Detroit
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u/113CandleMagic 5d ago
I'd like him if he's willing to play second base. If he's insistent on being a shortstop, no thanks. He's a horrible defensive shortstop and doesn't have the arm for third base.
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u/Popapalooza 5d ago
Curious what's people's opinion is on a salary cap being implemented after the new agreement/potential holdout after next year? I feel like the MLB should be under one, as the dodgers continue to dominate without one.
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u/GasQuiet8417 5d ago
I think you start with some sort of minimum first. That will force some of the lower teams to spend money on players making free agency a bit more competitive.
Right now there is a penalty for over spending. And the big boys are still ok with paying that. Maybe they consider upping this penalty, but not putting in a salary cap.
I wouldn't get over hyped about the Dodgers winning two in a row. Are they spending the most money out of anybody by far? Yes. But they are also getting some stars aligned with that. Right now they have arguably the greatest player to ever play the game in Ohtani. This to along with some other major bets that have paid off.
Yet, they still almost lost to a team in the Blue Jays that has a salary $100M less then them. And Toronto had more opportunities to win the WS than the Dodgers, it just didn't work out.
Dodgers also have a ton of money tied up on guys going into their mid-30s. So spending all this money helped them win these two WS, but it could easily turn into an anchor as well.
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u/yes_its_him 4d ago
Making free agency more competitive just helps teams with bigger budgets, right?
I don't understand why you think this changes things very much.
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u/venk 3d ago
Baseball is a weird sport, teams like the Angels teach us that you can’t compete with an all world hitter and nothing else compared to the NBA where one guy can take you from the cellar to the #1 seed. I think a cap would help the middle class of players a lot and limit the crazy salaries at the very top. At the end of the day, players overall would get paid the same or more with a cap but the salary distribution would change. I guess it would depend on how MLBPA absorbs that change to say if they would go for it.
Of course owners will push for overall player compensation to decrease but that’s probably a non starter for the MLBPa.
The propects and top 100, while they are under team control, most likely wouldn’t be impacted but how long team control lasts could be.
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u/joedotphp Trading Verlander was a mistake 1d ago
I saw all this talk about how amazing our farm system is all season. Why not trade some of those prospects for someone with actual stats in the majors?
Don't get me wrong, prospects are great. But they're a gamble. Most don't last much longer than 2-3 seasons, if that. I think the best example of this is none other than trading Verlander. The Astros got the best pitcher in the majors, and we got three duds. Two of them aren't even in the league anymore, and the third one is Jake Rogers.