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Tigers FO thread, Scott Harris Pres. of Baseball Ops,Tigers Hire Jeff Greenberg GM

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2023/05/25/five-for-friday-69/
FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
Totally Tigers

On this long holiday weekend, let?s do a deeper dig on the pulse of Tiger fans with a series of polls to gauge their feelings. The first is on viewership.

After 7 years of attempted rebuilding, the Tigers have hired Scott Harris and an assorted other number of Front Office executives and coaches to turn this ship around. In this first year, how interested have you been in following the team?

How interested have you been in following the team this year?

1. I am watching/listening to more games.

2. I am watching/listening to the same # of games as last year.

3. I am watching/listening to fewer games.

4. I am watching/listening to very few games.

5. I am watching/listening to no games.

VOTE
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2023/05/27/deeper-discussions-73/
DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

One year before Scott Harris was hired, the Tigers started revamping their player development program with the hiring of Ryan Garko. To this day, Garko has been brooming this area and hiring new people to help oversee it and implement new plans.

Once Harris was hired, he broomed much of the scouting department and all of the people in charge of drafting. We will see the first results later this summer.

Both areas have been ignored for decades with the same people in charge. There is still lots of work to be done and it will take at least several years to start seeing results.

If you were in charge, and could only pick 1 department, which area would you put the most focus, money and resources on? Why?

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 6 sentences max to share your thoughts.
Of course, you can respond to other readers as well.

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

Ready?

Which department should receive more focus, money and resources?

1. Player Development

2. Scouting/Drafting

VOTE
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2023/05/30/watercooler-wednesday-87/
WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

Today, another opportunity for readers to discuss the hottest topics in a forum where thoughtful dialog and a variety of opinions are welcomed.

Let?s create some running conversational threads. And for those of you back in actual offices, here?s a question to take with you ? or use via Zoom ? as you talk to your co-workers.

Here is today?s topic??..

After a horrendous April start, the Tigers have been playing over .500 baseball and have been sitting in 2nd place in the AL Central. Through Monday?s contests, they remain 2 games under .500. They have yet to reach .500.

The MLB trade deadline is in 2 months. How should the Tigers handle it should they remain in contention for the AL Central title and/or a wild card slot?

Will you consider them to be serious contenders or would you simply want them to perform as best as possible and see where it gets them? Will the fact that the AL Central?s reputation as the weakest one impact your decision?

Or is it time for the Tigers to stop trading off their talent?

On the other hand, do you think the trade deadline is a chance for the team to make a jump in acquiring talent? Will trading off certain players help them take a bigger step towards contending next year? Could they solve some current roster problems or receive multiple players in return who will strengthen the roster?

It?s unlikely that the Tigers will be buyers in the traditional sense ? trading off young, promising talent to get an established well-known player. They are not at that point yet.

So the question to ask is whether they should be sellers or should they stand pat for the most part? Should they trade off some talent in order to strengthen their future roster or should they retain their stronger players so they may help the team compete for the rest of the year?

What should the Tigers do by the trade deadline?

1. They should be sellers.

2. They should stand pat.

VOTE
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/five-for-friday-70/
FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
Totally Tigers

The Tigers haven?t had a great week considering the newest injuries to players both at the MLB and minor league levels. Some of them surprising, some of them not. But all of them will have some impact on how the Tigers perform for part or the rest of the year as well as next year.

But do all injuries carry the same amount of impact on a team? No, especially when it comes to starting pitchers and players that the team is building around vs certain positional ones.

In Detroit?s case, out of the 5 most problematic injuries they currently have, 4 of them are to starting pitchers. An outfielder joins them in this list of injuries that may not easily go away or create problems of a new kind.
 
What is he doing ? Getting a guy so they can promote Keith maybe ?

06/08/23 Miami Marlins traded 3B Joe Rizzo to Detroit Tigers.
 
biggunsbob said:
What is he doing ? Getting a guy so they can promote Keith maybe ?

06/08/23 Miami Marlins traded 3B Joe Rizzo to Detroit Tigers.
Click to expand...

He hit .118 at AAA is an organizational player and was a mediocre AA player. He should not see the light of day in Detroit.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rizzo-000joe

Rizzo is 25 years old

In 182 PA's between AA/AAA in 2023 he is slashing
.203/.276/.313

Last year in 540 AA PA's he slashed .277/.343/.467

Rizzo has been assigned to Triple-A Toledo. He is not on the 40-man roster, so no corresponding move needed.
 
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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2023/06/08/five-for-friday-71/
FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
Totally Tigers

If you?ve been reading this blog for awhile, you?re familiar with that roller coaster I?ve been writing about. Well, folks, we?re on it again. This time heading down the hill.

And this one is more serious. There?s no guarantee that the Tigers will make it up that hill again this year unless changes are made.

I?m talking about the recent skid in which the team has lost 5 games straight (through Wednesday) and been shut out twice while scoring 1, 2 and 3 runs in the other losses.

So why is this different? What does it all mean?

I?ve got my top 5 takeaways???
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2023/06/10/deeper-discussions-75/
DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are going through more struggles and have now lost 8 straight. There are variety of factors that have put them in this downward spiral.

The team has lost some significant positional players like Riley Greene, Kerry Carpenter (until 2 days ago) and Matt Vierling. Pitchers like Eduardo Rodriguez.

As they have lost these players, it?s been harder for the organization to fill the holes either from within the roster or from Toledo. They continue to suffer from a lack of depth.

And offense is even harder to find. They have only scored a total of 14 runs in their last 8 games.

All three of these factor into the Tigers losing streak. But which one has created the most damage for the team?

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 6 sentences max to share your thoughts. Of course, you can respond to other readers as well.

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

Ready?

Which factor has contributed the most to the Tigers' losing streak?

1. Too many injuries.

2. Lack of depth in the system.

3. Lack of offense.

VOTE
 
The Ilitches are on their way to their 23rd losing season in the 31 years they?ve been owners. Lost over 100 games 4 times. Lost over 90 games 12 times.
They have not had a winning season since 2016(86-77) they?ve finished over 20 games behind 1st place over 15 times. SELL CHRIS!!!

The Tigers are the only team in baseball that is winless in the month of June.
In fact?
This is the first time in 122 seasons of Detroit Tigers Baseball that the team has started 0-9 in the month of June.

You have the draft..primary pitching pieces returning from injury..and Riley Greene all in the next 6 weeks..then the trade deadline and hopefully the release of Colt Keith from exile and see what Meadows and Malloy can learn ..its the best Harris can hope for from 2023..
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2023/06/13/watercooler-wednesday-89/
WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

Today, another opportunity for readers to discuss the hottest topics in a forum where thoughtful dialog and a variety of opinions are welcomed.

Let?s create some running conversational threads. And for those of you back in actual offices, here?s a question to take with you ? or use via Zoom ? as you talk to your co-workers.

Here is today?s topic??..

The Detroit Tigers have been on a roller coaster this year. A bad April followed by the month of May in which they won 5 more games than they lost. For awhile, they sat in 2nd place just a couple games out of first. For the record, the AL Central leader is sitting at .500 (through Tuesday?s games).

In June, they lost 9 in row before winning Monday night?s game in the bottom of the 9th. They now sit in 4th place, 10 games under .500.

Over the winter, Scott Harris was hired to oversee the resurrection of the team. In turn, he hired a significant number of new people to oversee coaching, training, scouting, drafting and development. The process of rebuilding this organization is expected to realistically take at least a couple years.

At what level of performance were you expecting this year?

Did you think that the Tigers would show some small improvement this year?

Or did you believe that the new team would initiate some level of tearing down in order to create a clean slate?

Or did you believe that the PoBO would have inspired a much bigger step forward?

How do you feel about the year so far?

How do you feel about the Tigers' 2023 season so far?

1. Happy to see some progress/promise.

2. It's what I expected to see.

3. I'm disappointed in what I see.

VOTE
 
kalinecountry said:
At what level of performance were you expecting this year?

Did you think that the Tigers would show some small improvement this year?

Or did you believe that the new team would initiate some level of tearing down in order to create a clean slate?

Or did you believe that the PoBO would have inspired a much bigger step forward?

How do you feel about the year so far?

How do you feel about the Tigers' 2023 season so far?

1. Happy to see some progress/promise.

2. It's what I expected to see.

3. I'm disappointed in what I see.

VOTE
Click to expand...

3. disappointed
 
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