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Tigers 2021-2022 Free Agents Trades Rule 5 Arbitration Moves

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2021/12/07/watercooler-wednesday-15/
WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

Today, another chance for readers to have increased opportunities to discuss the hottest topics in a forum where thoughtful conversations and a variety of opinions are welcomed.

Let?s create some running conversation threads with not just comments but replies to others. And for those of you still going into offices, here?s a question to take with you ? or use via Zoom calls ? as you talk to your co-workers.

Here is today?s hot topic. For this blog only, a maximum of 10 sentences please.

While MLB is on hiatus due to the owners? lockout, other leagues are playing winter ball.

Some Tigers play every year. Others to rehab or work on specific skills.

We?re starting to hear stories about how well certain Tigers are doing. Joe Jimenez is playing winter ball for the first time in several years.

Isaac Paredes is back and once again, ?crushing HRs? like he did last year. However, he struggled mightily during his 2021 year in Detroit.

How seriously do you take these winter leagues? Are they helpful to the Tiger players? development? Are they worth the participation and time?

What do you think?

Choose from the 3 options below. To make it challenging, there?s no fence-sitting on this one!

And as always, feel free to explain your rationale in the comments section.

Do the winter leagues offer worthwhile benefits to the players?

1. Yes.

2. Depends upon the player.

3. No.

VOTE
 
The Tigers have selected RHP Nick Kuzia from the San Diego Padres in the MiLB Rule 5 Draft.

The Tigers have selected RHP Elvis Alvarado from the Seattle Mariners in the MiLB Rule 5 Draft.
 
 
Tigers historians how about this anecdote from @GoodSeatsStill podcast 170. The Denny McLain lopsided trade with the Senators may have been a quid pro quo. The Senators sent many fine young players to the Tigers for Mr. Fetzer's vote to allow the Senators to move to Texas!

Also it was engineered by Bowie Kuhn to ?keep an eye on? McLain..You get a 20 game winner and a whole gold glove left side of the infield for basically nothing ..If you look at it on paper it was really fishy.

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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2021/12/10/saturday-survey-8/
SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

Earlier this week, Totally Tigers addressed the brooming/revamping of the Tigers? player development system. Long-term employees who started with Dave Dombrowski in Montreal and Miami and followed him to Detroit are being released and/or re-assigned.

In their place, the organization is hiring much younger individuals with advanced analytical and technological skills. Many of these new employees are coming from teams with top-ranked player development systems.

The Tigers are becoming a younger and more modern organization.
The outdated ways of the past are disappearing.

But as some of TT?s readers have commented recently, the team still has a group of ?special assistants? who report to Al Avila. They are: Kirk Gibson, Willie Horton, Jim Leyland, Lance Parrish, Mike Russell and Alan Trammell. All, save Willie Horton, are actively involved in helping the organization.

Gibby works with both MLB and MiLB issues including personnel and spring training. Lance Parrish also works with on-field instruction in the minors. Alan Trammell has worked on fielding with top prospects and was also appointed temporary bench coach for A. J. Hinch to help with Covid issues. Jim Leyland has been the most active ? scouting and recommending signings to Al Avila, traveling through the minor league systems, evaluating players in both spring training and at Comerica, and also helping with the yearly draft.

Given the Tigers? movement towards youth, technology, analytics and cutting-edge strategies, what should they now do with their special assistants? Do the 2 sides now conflict with each other ? or do they complement?

What do you think, Tiger fans?

What should the Tigers do with their special assistants?

1. Keep them actively involved.

2. Keep only 1-2 actively involved.

3. Change the job into an honorary title only.

VOTE
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2021/12/11/deeper-discussions-11/
DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

MLB is going into its second year exploring how to make the game better and more exciting. One of the biggest issues concerns the length of games and pace of play.

One idea that is being discussed revolves around pitching. Multiple pitching changes, especially in the later innings, is a root cause of both issues listed above.

Through the 2021 season, teams were able to have as many pitchers on their roster as they wanted. Most teams had between 12 ? 15. These numbers could vary throughout the year.

Going into the 2022 season, MLB is limiting teams to a maximum of 13 hurlers. But they are also continuing to explore reducing those number even further to 11-12.

It is believed that by having fewer pitchers, teams will make fewer pitching changes during games.

It will put more stress on roster building and possibly impact the type of relievers teams sign. It may also impact organizations which are experiencing different situations with their starting pitching rotation.

Should teams be able to stay at the 13-pitcher limit or should their arms be reduced even more for the sake of the game?

Today?s blog addresses this dilemma and allows readers to share their thoughts in more detail. And hopefully, to actively engage with others by responding to their posts and creating back-and-forth discussion threads. The more the merrier!

For this one blog only, you?ve got 10 sentences max to share your thoughts. Of course, you can respond to as many other readers as you want.

TT will supply the ammunition. One thought-provoking question. Several options provided. One hard choice to be selected. One vote.

Ready?

How many pitchers should a team have on its active roster?

1. Current 13 pitcher maximum.

2. Proposed plan for 11-12 pitchers.

VOTE
 
https://www.podpage.com/tigers-srd-a-detroit-tigers-mlb-podcast/episode-413-the-lockout-blues/
Tigers SRD Podcast: Episode 413: The Lockout Blues. 71 minutes.

Show Notes:
Chris, Rogelio, and Yooper talk about the 1967 Detroit Tigers, the crumbs of baseball news, and the two newest arms in the minor league system.

Buy anything from the Tigers Minor League Store from now until January 1st and get free shipping with the code "Winter21" and all of the proceeds will go back to helping the minor leaguers keep a steady income going until the end of the season.
 
The Tigers had interest in Kevin Gausman before the right-hander signed with the Blue Jays. Detroit hadn?t previously been linked to Gausman, though given how aggressively the Tigers courted the pitching market, it isn?t surprising that they checked in on his services as part of their broad search for arms. That search has already resulted in one major pitching signing, as Detroit signed lefty Eduardo Rodriguez to a five-year, $77MM pact.

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