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[G-Snarls]

If I can't smoke and swear I'm f****d

 

[Pendleton]

[Dick_Pole]

****

****

Bitch

Cock

Dick

Pussy

Retard

*******

Slut

Whore

**********

Mother****er

Tits

POS

******

Many still made it through. The longer version of the gay f slang didn't make it but the three letter f-word did ( I self edited that, I'm not trying to start a war LOL)

 

Me, if they did:

 

[Carlos Danger]

****

****

Bitch

Cock

Dick

Pussy

Retard

*******

Slut

Whore

**********

Mother****er

Tits

POS

******

Many still made it through. The longer version of the gay f slang didn't make it but the three letter f-word did ( I self edited that, I'm not trying to start a war LOL)

 

Just say, “ear muffs” and we will be good.

[Brownie19]

Just say, “ear muffs” and we will be good.

 

**** works. Fantastic.

[thatoneguy]

This is starting to feel like last offseason again.

 

If we don’t sign at least 1 of the big bats to help out the lineup, (and I mean a 50 million + guy, not a 1 year deal hail mary) I’d consider this offseason a massive failure.

 

This organization needs a clean out.

[jaysblue]

 

Hopefully he improves. I got him in the LOD haha!

[Laika]

Insanely soft pillow for Torres. 1/$15m

[jaysblue]

Insanely soft pillow for Torres. 1/$15m

 

Yeah nice pickup by the Tigers.

 

He should bounce back and give them 2-3 WAR.

[The Cats Ass]

Insanely soft pillow for Torres. 1/$15m

 

Good deal for the Tigers.

[Jays24]

Is this a sign that the market may be cooling off? There are still tons of impactful players on the market and I'm not sure i can see all of them getting a huge payday.

[Brownie19]

 

I have to assume he broke Javy Baez's records. Impressive work really.

[Brownie19]

Insanely soft pillow for Torres. 1/$15m

 

That just doesn't compute. Well done by the Tigers.

[Pendleton]

Insanely soft pillow for Torres. 1/$15m

 

I think that's the exact same deal they signed Flaherty for last off season. Why are these guys falling in the Tigers lap?

[Brownie19]

I think that's the exact same deal they signed Flaherty for last off season. Why are these guys falling in the Tigers lap?

 

Because Detroit is an elite playoff team with ooodles of potential, star core players that are locked up and is one of the most beautiful places to live and play in America.

 

Honestly - no idea. To be fair, Flaherty wasn't highly sought after last offseason. He'd been often injured in previous years and **** the bed down the stretch for the O's. Torres is a little different. He's coming off a down season, but hit well in the 2nd half and into the playoffs (after making some adjustments). His defense and base running suck balls, but he's still young and should be a quality player for a few more years. I'm surprised he had to take a pillow deal.

[max silver]

Yeah nice pickup by the Tigers.

 

He should bounce back and give them 2-3 WAR.

 

We shall see. It took a big month of September to even reach the mediocre end of season numbers he ended with so there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical. He produced 1.0 FWAR of his end of season 1.7 FWAR total over his final 24 games based off of a .395 BABIP so it's very possible it was a short unsustainable hot streak.

[Laika]

Because Detroit is an elite playoff team with ooodles of potential, star core players that are locked up and is one of the most beautiful places to live and play in America.

 

Honestly - no idea. To be fair, Flaherty wasn't highly sought after last offseason. He'd been often injured in previous years and **** the bed down the stretch for the O's. Torres is a little different. He's coming off a down season, but hit well in the 2nd half and into the playoffs (after making some adjustments). His defense and base running suck balls, but he's still young and should be a quality player for a few more years. I'm surprised he had to take a pillow deal.

 

I'm not surprised he wanted a pillow deal, just surprised how light it is

[Spanky__99]

Insanely soft pillow for Torres. 1/$15m

 

There's a lot of stupid fans that think this is a BAD signing in the twitterverse.

[Stangstag]

There's a lot of stupid fans that think this is a BAD signing in the twitterverse.

 

Yankees fans?

[Spanky__99]

We shall see. It took a big month of September to even reach the mediocre end of season numbers he ended with so there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical. He produced 1.0 FWAR of his end of season 1.7 FWAR total over his final 24 games based off of a .395 BABIP so it's very possible it was a short unsustainable hot streak.

 

And '23 and '24? That's a nice cheap signing, they did well here.

[Spanky__99]

Yankees fans?

 

Both.

[glory]

I would have taken Torres at 1/15 over Gimenez at 5/100 (close to it) but obviously this FO has a specific skillset that they like, and Torres isn’t it.

 

I think Bregman might be a real possibility now. I don’t see many other options for him unless the Tigers are still on the market for a 3B, which they might be.

[max silver]

And '23 and '24? That's a nice cheap signing, they did well here.

 

It's a low risk/medium reward signing for sure. Torres is getting worse season over season in the field and on the bases so there's a lot of pressure on the bat to provide any value. If he's a 1.5-2 win player that's not exactly much of a bargain all things considered. On top of that Comerica Park looks like a poor fit for Torres as his 2024 expected home runs drop from 17 in Yankee Stadium all the way down to 9 in Detroit.

[Spanky__99]

I would have taken Torres at 1/15 over Gimenez at 5/100 (close to it) but obviously this FO has a specific skillset that they like, and Torres isn’t it.

 

I think Bregman might be a real possibility now. I don’t see many other options for him unless the Tigers are still on the market for a 3B, which they might be.

 

I doubt they block Jace Jung. Could be wrong though, but I doubt it. They pivot off Bregman signed Torres for 2nd base and Jung slides back in at 3B. I can see them signing someone like Flaherty to strengthen their rotation.

[Jays24]

I doubt they block Jace Jung. Could be wrong though, but I doubt it. They pivot off Bregman signed Torres for 2nd base and Jung slides back in at 3B. I can see them signing someone like Flaherty to strengthen their rotation.

 

Who even would still be in the market for Bregman other than us? Yankees?

[Stangstag]

Who even would still be in the market for Bregman other than us? Yankees?

 

Mets if they decide not to bring back Alonso

[Brownie19]

Feels like SF sneaks in to grab Bregman

[jaysblue]

Feels like SF sneaks in to grab Bregman

 

To play him at 2B?

[jaysblue]

Who even would still be in the market for Bregman other than us? Yankees?

 

Yeah Yankees could use a 3B and then move Jazz to 2B or the outfield.

[Spanky__99]

Who even would still be in the market for Bregman other than us? Yankees?

 

 

He has a bunch of teams sniffing around him. I think his term demands are stalling a team to sign(and I don't blame them)...

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/players/alex-bregman