It really lays it out clearly. The same thing with the Lions. The time to win is now.
Win always. Not win now. The time to win is every year. Now and also later. I’m not ok with the 2027 Tigers losing 90+ games.
Finally a decent article on the state of the Tigers. Caputo is correct here. The Tigers have a bunch of good young talent both on the major league team, and in the minors, but it seems like Harris lacks any sort of vision for the team beyond just hoarding prospects and trying to find reclamation projects on the waiver wire or with high-risk free agent signings.
This is the strategy that teams use while tanking and rebuilding, and it was a perfectly fine strategy to employ during the rebuild that the Tigers started in 2017. But now that the team is competitive again, it is time for them to shift out of rebuilding mode.
Staying in permanent rebuilding mode means that the Tigers want to become a poverty franchise and major league feeder club, such as the Pirates, Reds, As, White Sox, Marlins, etc.
The model the Tigers should follow is something more along the lines of the Astros and Rangers, both of which went through a rebuild like the Tigers did, and then supplemented their homegrown talent with a few key pieces brought in through trade or free agency, and both of which have recent championships to show for it.
Nobody is suggesting they trade away their best prospects for rental players (which no team does in today’s MLB), or engage in bidding wars for elite free agents like Ohtani or Soto, but there is no reason for the Tigers to not act like the mid-market team they are and quit the constant dumpster diving in favor of an approach that has a chance to actually win a championship.
There’s needs to be a salary minimum forcing every team to spend the average salary of the top ten teams annually. If you don’t, no revenue sharing.
Disagree. They are not as close as Pat Caputo or a lot of fans think. Scott Harris won’t say that out loud, but he knows it. This is not a win now team.
Chris Ilitch doesn’t care about winning.
The Mantra ever since we emptied the cupboard to try and win one for Mike, was do it the right way and bring everyone up through the farm system. But every time we bring up a brand new star the right way, we refuse to fucking pay him and then have to watch him be a star for someone else.
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It really lays it out clearly. The same thing with the Lions. The time to win is now.
Win always. Not win now. The time to win is every year. Now and also later. I’m not ok with the 2027 Tigers losing 90+ games.
Finally a decent article on the state of the Tigers. Caputo is correct here. The Tigers have a bunch of good young talent both on the major league team, and in the minors, but it seems like Harris lacks any sort of vision for the team beyond just hoarding prospects and trying to find reclamation projects on the waiver wire or with high-risk free agent signings.
This is the strategy that teams use while tanking and rebuilding, and it was a perfectly fine strategy to employ during the rebuild that the Tigers started in 2017. But now that the team is competitive again, it is time for them to shift out of rebuilding mode.
Staying in permanent rebuilding mode means that the Tigers want to become a poverty franchise and major league feeder club, such as the Pirates, Reds, As, White Sox, Marlins, etc.
The model the Tigers should follow is something more along the lines of the Astros and Rangers, both of which went through a rebuild like the Tigers did, and then supplemented their homegrown talent with a few key pieces brought in through trade or free agency, and both of which have recent championships to show for it.
Nobody is suggesting they trade away their best prospects for rental players (which no team does in today’s MLB), or engage in bidding wars for elite free agents like Ohtani or Soto, but there is no reason for the Tigers to not act like the mid-market team they are and quit the constant dumpster diving in favor of an approach that has a chance to actually win a championship.
There’s needs to be a salary minimum forcing every team to spend the average salary of the top ten teams annually. If you don’t, no revenue sharing.
Disagree. They are not as close as Pat Caputo or a lot of fans think. Scott Harris won’t say that out loud, but he knows it. This is not a win now team.
Chris Ilitch doesn’t care about winning.
The Mantra ever since we emptied the cupboard to try and win one for Mike, was do it the right way and bring everyone up through the farm system. But every time we bring up a brand new star the right way, we refuse to fucking pay him and then have to watch him be a star for someone else.