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Tigers 2023-2024 Offseason: Trades, Free Agents, Call ups, Rule 5, tender, non-tender

I'm certain they'll take another step forward. So I'm looking forward to see the size of the next step. Young players getting better and injured starters coming back. Could this be the year that skubal, Manning and Mize all make it over 100 innings?
 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...cody-stavenhagen/id1557916983?i=1000640233453
Turning The Corner Tigers Podcast Episode 136: Detroit Tigers New Era. 52 minutes.

Happy New Year from Turning The Corner. Is 2024 the start of a new era for the Detroit Tigers? The Athletic's Cody Stavenhagen and co-host Kieran Steckley discuss. Topics include Scott Harris' sales pitch to free agents, Shelby Miller, Colt Keith, Riley Greene, A.J. Hinch, Casey Mize and more.
 
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...years-resolutions-detroit-tigers/72089575007/
'Days of Roar' Tigers Podcast: New Year's resolutions for Detroit Tigers and predictions for next season. 62 minutes.

On this episode: The Days of Roar crew is welcoming in the new year by discussing their resolutions for the Detroit Tigers in 2024. Evan and Mark talk about how the Tigers can take the next step, some potential offseason targets for next year, what they'd like to see Scott Harris do, and the players who are already in the organization who can help the Tigers get back to the postseason.

Then, towards the end of the show, Evan offers an idea for a star player the Tigers could target down the line that had Mark so excited, he offered to kiss him. For all that and a lot more, catch the latest episode of Days of Roar.
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/watercooler-wednesday-116/
WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

Are expensive, long-term contracts worth the risk they create down the road?

Teams sign these elite stars to get them to the World Series. But it?s not always guaranteed that will happen. Just looking at the Detroit Tigers back in the 2010?s is proof. They had 5 of them and got swept in the 2012 October Classic.?None of their high-priced players got a ring with Detroit.

It also was a significant catalyst for why the team has been rebuilding for 7 years and counting.

The Boston Red Sox continue to hold a fire sale on the expensive players Dave Dombrowski signed despite his departure over 3 years ago. They now have been playing below .500 and have been sitting in the AL East basement for the last 2 years.

The Mets, despite having MLB?s highest payroll by far, performed worse that the Tigers last year, losing 12 more games than they won despite buying a roster. This off-season, they have been finding out that top free agents no longer want to sign there.

The San Diego Padres went on a shopping spree last winter. All the signings got them to 3rd place with just 2 more wins than losses. It necessitated that the team take out a loan because they didn?t have the money to pay their players.

Of course, there are some teams who have signed huge contracts with free agents and got to the World Series, even winning it. But no team has won back-to-back World Series in decades.

Is it worth the risk to sign expensive free agents? To commit more money to 1-2 players instead of?investing in the entire roster?

Is it worth the risk to make these moves that don?t guarantee winning and may only pay off with rings for a single year? To then put your team at a disadvantage in future years as these players age, produce less, take up a significant share of payroll and end up being untradable?

Would you sign these players in an attempt to get 1 really big year, knowing that there would be multiple years of ugliness to follow?

Is the risk worth the potential pain or is a more moderate approach that probably won?t result in a tear-down a better option?

Is a long-term expensive player contract worth the risk it creates?

1. Yes, I'll take the chance to win a ring knowing there will be future problems.

2. No, the risk is too great and more likely to create long-term problems.

VOTE
 
kalinecountry said:
Is a long-term expensive player contract worth the risk it creates?

1. Yes, I'll take the chance to win a ring knowing there will be future problems.

2. No, the risk is too great and more likely to create long-term problems.

VOTE
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I voted no...especially the long term portion of the question. I even think it's a bad idea to sign your own players to long term contracts when they are older.
 
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/reds-designate-austin-wynns-for-assignment.html
Reds Designate Austin Wynns For Assignment.
MLBTR

Don't be surprised if Wynns becomes a Detroit Tiger. Scott Harris has been collecting catchers over this winter.

The failure by the Tigers to develop decent catchers over the decades is finally being addressed by the new Front Office. They've introduced a new catcher development program and hired a new set of catcher coaches and coordinators.

Totally Tigers
 
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